WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets are aiming to be the best team in the NHL this season – but in June rather than April.

After claiming the Presidents’ Trophy last season for posting the most regular-season points (116), the Jets will try to rinse and repeat while improving enough to win the Stanley Cup.

It won’t be an easy start with three key players on the shelf before the team even opens the regular season at home Thursday against the Dallas Stars.

Second-line winger Cole Perfetti is out week-to-week after suffering a high-ankle sprain in the club’s final pre-season game last Friday.

“It’s not the best news we wanted to get,” Winnipeg head coach Scott Arniel said after Sunday’s practice.

Second-pair defenceman Dylan Samberg broke his wrist during a Sept. 27 game and is out six to eight

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