The hits just keep coming for the Winnipeg Jets, who will open the new NHL season this week in a world of hurt.

Add winger Cole Perfetti to the growing list of wounded players. The young forward suffered a high-ankle sprain in last Friday’s preseason finale in Calgary and is officially listed as week-to-week.

“Not the best news we wanted to get,” coach Scott Arniel said following Sunday’s practice. “If it’s broken, you usually have a pretty good timeline. When it’s a high-ankle sprain, it’s a little trickier.”

Perfetti joins captain Adam Lowry (recovering from offseason hip surgery) and shutdown defenceman Dylan Samberg (broken wrist) on the shelf. Neither is expected back until some point in November, and it’s now possible Perfetti could extend beyond that.

Perfetti is coming off a ca

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