BOSTON — Morgan Barron is the latest Winnipeg Jets player to be bitten by the injury bug. The Winnipeg Jets forward was placed on injured reserve on Wednesday, according to Puck Pedia. That would leave the Jets with only 12 healthy forwards, so it probably wasn’t a coincidence Parker Ford was scratched from the Manitoba Moose on Wednesday night.

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Barron was placed on injured reserve Wednesday, per the NHL media site. Barron logged 12:10 of ice time in Winnipeg's 4-1 win over Montreal on Tuesday, so this move can presumably be retroactive to that date.

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