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Final night time, Josh Morrissey achieved a big milestone, passing Dustin Byfuglien to develop into the all-time factors chief amongst defencemen in Jets 2.0 historical past. Morrissey now sits sixth on the franchise’s general leaderboard with 364 factors (77G, 287A).
The record-breaking level got here within the center body when Nino Niederreiter led the assault into the Oilers’ zone and arrange Morrissey for a spectacular redirection previous Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner, tying the sport at two.
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The Calgary native has 11 objectives and 43 assists, totaling 54 factors by way of 69 video games this season—simply 22 factors shy of his career-high 76 factors within the 2022-23 marketing campaign. As soon as once more, Morrissey is firmly within the Norris Trophy dialog, awarded yearly to the NHL’s prime defenseman in the course of the common season.
Drafted thirteenth general within the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Morrissey made his NHL debut on March 5, 2016, in a house matchup in opposition to the Montreal Canadiens. His first profession NHL aim got here on November 15, 2016, in a 4–0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Morrissey accomplished his first full NHL season with 26 factors (6G, 20A) in 82 video games and adopted that with one other 26-point season in 81 video games, serving to the Jets qualify for the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Morrissey is usually requested about that memorable 2018 playoff run. “We had a particular group that 12 months, on and off the ice,” Morrissey stated. “That 12 months was my second 12 months within the league, so to get to play with that group and study from them was excellent. I’ve plenty of nice reminiscences, solid some actually good friendships which have lasted… so I look again fondly on that 12 months, for certain, and I’m simply appreciative for these guys taking me beneath their wing.”
On September 12, 2019, Morrissey signed an 8-year, $50 million extension with the Jets, carrying an AAV of $6.25 million. Shortly after, on October 1, 2019, simply previous to the 2019–20 season, Morrissey was named an alternate captain of the Jets.
