Jets' depth to be tested once more without Morrissey in Game 5

Morrissey took part in practice on Thursday and didn't speak to the media afterwards, but his teammates touched on the hole that will be left in the sophomore's absence.
"Huge part of our team," captain Blake Wheeler said. "We value what he does. We're lucky in this situation, because we've been doing it all year."
The Jets are already without Dmitri Kulikov and Toby Enstrom, plus the status of Tyler Myers remains up in the air Game 5. Still, there didn't seem to be an ounce of panic in the dressing room, even though they will be missing a player who consistently goes up against the other teams' top lines.
"He's been one of our most consistent defenders; highly underrated," Bryan Little said. "We're going to have to do what we've done all year and have guys step in for him. We've been in this position before. We've had key guys out of the lineup and other guys have come in and played really well."

ICE CHIPS
Adam Lowry did not take part in practice, so the line rushes looked like this without him. It should be noted that Lowry didn't practice between Games 3 and 4 in St. Paul, either.
Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler
Ehlers-Stastny-Laine
Copp-Little-Roslovic
Tanev-Hendricks-Armia
Maurice said that Hendricks is an option to play at this point, should the need arise as he was cleared for contact more than a week ago.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Patrik Laine is celebrating his 20th birthday and was given the shaving cream 'pie'-to-the-face treatment by Hendricks while doing an interview. Outside of that moment, his Jet teammates said they were keeping the celebrations low key with the focus staying on Game 5.

"We gave him hugs and high fives," Little said. "He's no longer a teenager anymore and that's a positive."
Laine, who doesn't have anything special planned to celebrate his big day, said he doesn't feel any wiser now that he's 20.
"Not at all, I don't think so," smiled Laine. "I've always been wise. So it's not going to just change for the day; I'm still wise."