It’s not much fun being a goalie when your team keeps losing. You can make the saves, keep the score respectable, and give your teammates a chance to get back into a game.
For the first time in roughly a decade, there is uncertainty between the pipes for the Winnipeg Jets. After Friday’s blockbuster deal with the New Jersey Devils, star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is no longer a Jet, raising the question of how Winnipeg plans to divvy up its workload in the crease.
The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 Sunday at the 2026 NHL Heritage Classic at Princess Auto Stadium, home of the CFL’s Winnipeg Jets.
The Winnipeg Jets hosted the Montreal Canadiens in the 2026 Heritage Classic on a crisp Sunday evening at a sold-out Princess Auto Stadium, and it was a superb atmosphere and experience from start to finish (at least from the perspective of this writer, who was one of the 32,343 the attendance).
The Winnipeg Jets’ decision to trade Connor Hellebuyck may have been driven as much by concerns about a public feud as by anything else. According to insider Elliotte Friedman, there was a thought that Hellebuyck was going to talk, and the Jets wanted to avoid that.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
As expected, the Winnipeg Jets have added a defenseman after Jack St. Ivany was claimed off waivers earlier today. According to a team announcement, the Jets recalled Elias Salomonsson from the AHL’s Manitoba Moose.
On Saturday morning in Newark, New Jersey Devils general manager Sunny Mehta introduced his new star goalie, Connor Hellebuyck, a bit under 24 hours after the news first started to break that Mehta had landed the disgruntled goalie in a blockbuster trade with the Winnipeg Jets.
It turns out neither defenseman placed on waivers on Friday passed through successfully. Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press reports (Twitter link) that the Capitals have claimed defenseman Jack St.
The early assessment of Friday’s Connor Hellebuyck trade has drawn mixed reviews. Some think that the Devils acquired him at a discount while others think the Jets made out rather well. Regardless of your take on the matter, New Jersey did indeed acquire the veteran netminder at a discount. That is, a discount in his cap hit.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
While the New Jersey Devils are feeling fat and happy with their recent transaction, what about the teams that came up short in acquiring Connor Hellebuyck?
The Winnipeg Jets have made the necessary roster changes following a blockbuster trade that sent Connor Hellebuyck to the New Jersey Devils. To open space for the two roster players included in the return, Winnipeg has moved forward Vladislav Namestnikov to injured reserve and placed defenseman Jack St.
10 games into the new season, the Winnipeg Jets are dealing with an old problem: a near-complete lack of scoring from outside their top line. The Jets have scored 26 goals this season, and 15 of those have come off the sticks of just two players: Kyle Connor (nine) and Cole Perfetti (six).
The Winnipeg Jets have placed forward Walker Duehr on waivers, according to reporting from Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press. The 28-year-old began the 2026-27 season on the club’s opening injured reserve list after suffering a lower-body injury during the preseason.