The lineup already has eight new or first-year starters — a hidden roster-rebuild signal.

In the club’s own game preview, Winnipeg acknowledged Thursday’s lineup included four first-year starters and four more starters new to the club. That eight-man churn is a transaction-wire fingerprint of off-season turnover and injury replacements, not just a schematic slump, and it explains why the 4-4 record feels so unstable.