Jets move Cole Perfetti to IR with upper-body injury

The Winnipeg Jets announced three injury-related transactions Monday, including activating both Nathan Beaulieu and the recently claimed Adam Brooks from injured reserve. To make room on the roster, Cole Perfetti has been moved to IR after suffering an upper-body injury last week against the Seattle Kraken.

Getting Beaulieu back explains the demotion of Ville Heinola Sunday and suggests that the veteran defenseman will finally get to continue his season. Beaulieu hasn’t played since Jan. 27 and has just 19 games on the year between absences from injury and illness. In the second season of a two-year, $2.5M deal signed in 2020, when he does return to the action he’ll jump aboard a Jets team that is still scuffling along, unable to string together any sort of winning streak.

Winnipeg lost on Saturday night to the Edmonton Oilers, snapping a short two-game winning streak from last week. The Jets take on the Calgary Flames Monday – a game that won’t include Beaulieu just yet – and try to snap the red-hot Pacific Division leader’s nine-game winning streak. Brooks is making his Jets debut on a line beside Kyle Connor and Pierre-Luc Dubois after being shipped all over the league this season through waivers.

That spot had belonged to Perfetti, who has quickly shown that he is already a full-time NHL option. The 20-year-old forward has seven points in 18 games this season after being the 10th-overall pick in 2020. It’s not clear yet how long Perfetti will be out, but he has to miss at least seven days from his last appearance on Feb. 17.