Once February hits, second-line centre chatter is as inevitable as frostbite in this city. But Adam Lowry has shown he very well may be capable of handling that role effectively this season.

Adam Lowry is Winnipeg's de facto No. 2 centre, making his extended absence a troubling item for the top team in the West.

Will they trade him now, will he walk or could the Jets still re-sign him? You wonder if Cole Perfetti is big or strong enough for his first full playoffs. Some of you just want to get Eric Comrie some run support — and one of you asked a fun statistical question about the Jets’ performance in Comrie’s starts.

The Jets (31-14-3) are in Colorado (28-19-1) on Wednesday night. The two teams last knocked heads during the recent eight-game homestand, with Connor Hellebuyck earning his league-leading sixth shutout, as the Jets won 3-0 on Jan. 11.

It’s hard to envision Lowry becoming an offensive center at the age of 31, but his offensive game has been trending upward.

Winnipeg Jets’ forward Nikolaj Ehlers has reached the 500-point plateau on his career. He became the first Danish-born player to accomplish the feat when he assisted Cole Perfetti’s empty-net goal in the Jets’ 5-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club Friday night at Canada Life Centre.

Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel announced captain Adam Lowry is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, according to Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press."It's a big loss," Arniel said. Lowry was injured in the first period of Monday's loss to the Utah Hockey Club.