WINNIPEG — Rick Bowness’ future as Winnipeg Jets head coach is up in the air. The Jets have a club option for the third year of the contract Bowness signed in 2022, with meetings planned between ownership, management and Bowness in the coming days. Bowness spoke to his future on Thursday.

Disbelief seemed to be the overriding emotion among the Winnipeg Jets after their early exit from the NHL playoffs. “I am truly kind of puzzled why it didn’t work because I really thought we had a really good group,

The only way that there is any good from this is that we learn from it and we actually look at how we can improve as individuals and as a group.” It might not feel like it now — all playoff losses taste bitter — but this is a striking push forward in the Jets’ narrative about themselves.