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WINNIPEG - As they prepare to fight for their second home win of the season, the Winnipeg Jets and their struggling offence can look forward to Evander Kane returning to the lineup sometime soon.The Jets (2-4-0) host the Tampa Bay Lightning (4-2-1) Friday night. While they wont have Kane back that soon, head coach Paul Maurice said Thusday his sniper should be back in practice soon.Evander Kane is progressing quite well, to the point where we have an expectation here in the next few days that hell be back on IR (injured reserve) skates, Paul Maurice. Non main group skates, so nobody runs into a guy.But hell be back on the ice sometime this week and then after that its as much about strength and healing time.Kane has been off for two weeks after hurting his knee in a collision with linemate Mark Scheifele in Winnipegs season opener and first win, 6-2 over the Arizona Coyotes. They then went on a four-game slide they only reversed with their second win Tuesday night, their first at home, 3-1 against the still winless Carolina Hurricanes.The team wants for more from Kane this season after he missed a good chunk of last year with injuries that limited him to 63 games. They put him on a line with Scheifele and last seasons scoring leader Blake Wheeler.They were hoping for a return to something like the career-high, 30-goal peformance in 74 games he delivered in 2011-12, when the team relocated from Atlanta to Winnipeg.Since that first game in Arizona, however, goals in general have been hard to come by for the Jets. Until Tuesdays win they were shut out twice and had scored just one goal in each of their other two losses.The big one for us is getting the puck to the net, says Maurice. A lot of our shots have missed the net or been blocked.Defenceman Zach Bogosian says Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop is good but the Jets have the same issues with him that they face with any netminder in the NHL.Any goalie in this league, if they see the puck theyre going to catch it, he said.Get in front of them. Make it hard for them to see those pucks. Usually they cant catch what they cant see. . . Make sure you get traffic and bang home the rebounds.Winnipegs power play in particular has been ineffective, again. It was one of the worst in the league last season and although the sample is small, so far it continues that tradition.The Jets are one of just three teams in the NHL which have yet to score a power-play goal this season. The others are Minnesota and Buffalo.Maurice is trying Dustin Byfuglien in front of the net, instead of his usual spot on the blue-line during power plays, to see if that can generate a little more success. Byfuglien can occupy more real estate that pretty well anyone on the team and is hard to move.Veteran centre Mathieu Perreault, playing his first season with the Jets, says they keep working at it. They scored a couple of goals during power-play practice Thursday.Its just practice, it doesnt mean anything, but at least we moved it well, he said. Eventually you know theyre going to start going in and who knows, they might come in bunches and we wont even talk about it any more. Kelly Olynyk Jersey . Since coming to the big leagues in late May, La Stella is 6 for 7 with the bases loaded, driving in 13 runs in those at-bats. Udonis Haslem Jersey . 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But he also walks around with a tangle of metal screws, rods and plates after breaking his neck in 2006 playing high school football in Louisiana.KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Chiefs coach Andy Reid got a closer look at Dee Ford during the teams three-day rookie minicamp, and he liked what he saw from the teams first-round draft pick. Ford is transitioning from defensive end at Auburn to outside linebacker with Kansas City. "Its a new position for him," Reid said. "I think hes done a great job of jumping in the book and learning the drops, the things that you need to do with the pass coverage. Thats not an easy thing with all the combination things that we do. Im happy with what hes done there." Kansas City grabbed Ford with the 23rd overall pick. The 6-foot-2, 252-pound Ford had 20 1/2 sacks and 27 1/2 tackles for loss in 52 games at Auburn. He was an All-SEC selection in 2013. "I would tell you his quickness and athletic ability," Reid said when asked what stood out about Ford. "It looks like hes spent a lot of time learning." Throughout the weekend, Ford either stood up or got down in a three-point stance before the snap during 11-on-11 drills. He appeared comfortable in both positions. "All the rushers do it a lot," Ford said. "Its just all about disruption. Anything we can do to confuse the tackle, or as an upside for us, just putting your hand on the ground or standing up, you just want that freedom." Ford gives Kansas City another pass rusher after the Chiefs had 47 sacks last season, tied for sixth in the NFL. But 36 sacks came before the Week 10 bye. The absence of starting outside linebacker Justin Houston, who missed five games down the stretch with an elbow injury, played a role in the Chiefs recording 11 sacks in a span of seven games. Frank Zombo filled in for Houston, but recorded a single sack. Along with Fords skills off the edge, Reid said his intangibles are "off the charts." "He brings a lot of energy," Reid said. "He loves playing the game." Reid and the Chiefs will learn more about Ford in the nextt couple of weeks.dddddddddddd Ford lined up mostly over the right tackle during the rookie minicamp that concluded on Monday. He didnt appear to have any problem going against sixth-round pick Laurent Duvernay-Tardif on Saturday, and then Ryan McKee, an invited rookie tryout from Southern Mississippi, the last two days of camp. Starting in Tuesdays organized team activities, Ford will line up against right tackle Donald Stephenson or left tackle Eric Fisher. "It will give him a little different look," Reid said, "but I think that quickness is going to remain. That part is not going to change. Then hell just work his combinations against a better player, a more veteran player. But I think hell be fine." For his part, Ford said the biggest areas he wants to carry over from rookie minicamp into organized team activities is consistency and believing in his abilities. While he knows the competition level rises against the veterans, Ford wants to keep it simple. "I dont want to say its not much different," he said. "But in my mind, I dont make things harder than what it is." NOTES: Former Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray, who is coming back from November knee surgery, wore a brace on his left knee and practiced without limitations during the minicamp. ... Former Georgia State wide receiver and undrafted free agent Albert Wilson, who made some impressive catches throughout minicamp, caught Reids attention. "I like his athletic ability," Reid said of the 5-9, 200-pound former Panther. "Hes strong, I mean very strong even though hes not the tallest guy and he runs fast." ... Former BYU strong safety and undrafted free agent Daniel Sorensen recorded two interceptions on Day One of minicamp. "Ball skills is something I feel like is a strength for me," he said. 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