Brendan Lemieux LW FA Mon 1/22/18 3:05 PM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux was promoted from AHL Manitoba on Monday.
EDGE Analysis
Lemieux will provide the Jets with some emergency forward depth after Shawn Matthias (upper body) picked up an injury. The 21-year-old Lemieux has one goal, 19 PIM and four shots to show for his eight NHL games this year. In the minors, however, the Denver, Colorado native has racked up an impressive 25 points in 27 outings. If the winger can to translate that scoring touch to the NHL level, he will no doubt earn himself a permanent spot on the 23-man roster.
Brendan Lemieux LW FA Sun 1/14/18 11:47 AM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux was assigned to AHL Manitoba on Sunday.
EDGE Analysis
The Jets are off until Jan. 20, so this move was to keep Lemieux on the ice until then. There's still plenty of injuries for Jets' forwards that could leave room for Lemieux to be recalled after the break depending on how many are unable to recover in time.
Brendan Lemieux LW FA Mon 1/8/18 2:16 PM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux was promoted from AHL Manitoba on Monday, Jim Toth of TSN 1290 Winnipeg reports.
EDGE Analysis
Lemieux will provide some extra forward depth for the Jets' four-game road trip, as Adam Lowry is dealing with an upper-body malady. In his previous stint with Winnipeg this year, the 21-year-old Lemieux tallied one goal, 19 PIM and nine hits in seven games. In a corresponding move, Tucker Poolman was sent down to rejoin the Moose.
Brendan Lemieux LW FA Mon 11/13/17 1:17 PM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux was reassigned to AHL Manitoba on Tuesday.
EDGE Analysis
Reading between the lines, Lemieux's demotion likely clears the way for Mathieu Perreault (lower body) to be activated off injured reserve. The 21-year-old Lemieux returns to the Moose, for whom he has tallied three goals and two assists in just four outings the season. The winger will continue to headline the list of potential call-ups throughout the season if (when) the injury bug strikes again in Winnipeg.
Brendan Lemieux LW FA Mon 10/30/17 3:04 AM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux netted his first NHL goal in Sundays win over Pittsburgh.
EDGE Analysis
Only fitting that the son of Claude Lemieux also picked up a misconduct in the game he notched his first career goal. The 21-year-old has the potential to be a strong fantasy contributor in the future due to his goal-scoring ability and solid hit and PIM totals. Lemieux doesn't hold much value right now due to his fourth-line role, but if he sticks with the club, he's one to watch.
Brendan Lemieux LW FA Tue 10/17/17 2:31 PM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux was called up from AHL Columbus on Tuesday.
EDGE Analysis
With injuries piling up -- Mathieu Perreault (lower body), Adam Lowry (upper body) and Matt Hendricks (undisclosed) are all on injured reserve -- the Jets turned to Brendan Lemieux to add some additional depth to their forward lines. In four minor-league games this season, the 21-year-old has tallied three goals and a pair of helpers, an impressive start to the year. Unless somebody is ruled out long term, the winger is unlikely to stick for the rest of the 2017-18 campaign, but could make his NHL debut during this stint with the big club.
Brendan Lemieux LW FA Tue 10/11/16 11:11 AM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux was assigned to AHL Manitoba on Tuesday, Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun reports.
EDGE Analysis
Lemieux, who recently resumed skating following a lower-body injury, comes packed with grit and toughness, but the Jets needed to trim the roster down to 23 players and Lemieux was the final cut ahead of the season opener against the Hurricanes on Thursday.
Brendan Lemieux LW FA Sat 10/8/16 6:45 PM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux (lower-body) has resumed skating, Ted Wyman of the WinnipegSun.com reports.
EDGE Analysis
Jets' head coach Paul Maurice told reporters, "he has to put in a certain amount of time for that thing to heal and then he'll be back and going" and "next week we'll be discussing when [Lemieux'll] fit back into practice. Although Maurice gave no specific timetable for when the left winger will return to game-form, the signs are pointing to him being shelved for at least another two weeks.
Brendan Lemieux LW FA Sat 9/24/16 4:58 PM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux sustained a lower-body injury and is "week-to-week," Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun reports.
EDGE Analysis
Lemieux is the son of Claude Lemieux, a former NHL toughman who won the Stanley Cup four times and with three different clubs. The younger Lemieux spent most of last year with OHL Windsor, notching 48 points (23 goals, 25 assists) in 34 regular-season games. He also had a cup of coffee with AHL Manitoba, where he'll presumably be for most (if not all) of the 2016-17 campaign. Winnipeg has the gritty winger on an entry-level deal through the 2018-19 season.
Brendan Lemieux LW FA Fri 12/4/15 10:38 PM
Brendan Lemieux
LW FA
Lemieux had two goals and an assist in OHL Barrie's 6-4 win over Sudbury on Friday.
EDGE Analysis
Lemieux added a plus-two rating and game-high ten shots on goal for good measure. He missed a month's worth of action earlier this season after being suspended due to a vicious hit to the head of an opposing player. Friday was just Lemieux's tenth game of the year for Barrie. He has nine goals and 13 points in those ten contests, but a long suspension was a bad look for a player who has been rumored to have attitude problems in the past. If he can just manage to stay in the lineup, Lemieux has the talent to be an NHL regular at some point down the line.