Winnipeg Jets: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights

3 early Jets trade candidates after missing 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Winnipeg Jets missed the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs just one season after winning the Presidents’ Trophy. Even a late-season surge could not get them into the Wild Card race, finishing with 82 points.

Features

The Morning Bark

The Quiz of the Day

The Jets Are Sitting in the Middle of a Hellebuyck Mess

Connor Hellebuyck didn’t mince words after a rough year: “unacceptable,” and “something’s got to happen.” For a vet coming off Olympic hardware with three years left on his deal, that’s heavy.

Winnipeg Jets News / The Hockey Writers / April 21

7 Stats That Illustrate the Jets’ Regression in 2025-26

The Winnipeg Jets regressed badly this season (by 21 wins and 34 points) and became one of just five teams all time to fail to make the playoffs the season after winning the Presidents’ Trophy.

Kevin Cheveldayoff News / The Hockey Writers / April 21

Jets GM Cheveldayoff Takes Some Blame for Rough 2025-26

Winnipeg general manager (GM) Kevin Cheveldayoff started off his end-of-season press conference with prepared remarks expressing disappointment with how poorly the 2025-26 season went for his team and what the organization is going to do this offseason, but couldn’t avoid tough questions for long.

Tage Thompson News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'Last 40-goal season by NHL team' quiz

How many of the most recent players to score at least 40 goals in one season for each NHL franchise can you name in five minutes?

The 'NHL hat-trick leaders since 2000-01' quiz

The 'Most goals in a Stanley Cup Playoffs' quiz

The 'Most 5-point NHL games' quiz

NHL News / Yardbarker

The 25 greatest rookie seasons in NHL history

There have been successful rookie seasons in NHL history, and there have been superior efforts worth celebrating time and time again. Here's our list of the 25 notable seasons from those with official rookie status, as deemed by the NHL, in reverse chronological order.

NHL News / NHL Rumors / April 20

NHL Rumors: Winnipeg Jets and the San Jose Sharks

Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press: The Winnipeg Jets had a nightmare season with a nosedive that literally made fans and management sick to their stomach.

Connor Hellebuyck News / NHL Trade Talk / April 20

Insider Believes Connor Hellebuyck’s Jets Future Is More Complicated This Time

For the second time in the last four years, Connor Hellebuyck expressed his displeasure with the state of the Winnipeg Jets at the end of a disappointing season.

Scott Arniel News / The Hockey Writers / April 20

'Extremely Disappointed': Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel Reflects on Poor 2025-26

Scott Arniel stepped up to the podium and didn’t waste any time. “This year was certainly a lot different than last year at this time,” the Winnipeg Jets head coach said at his end-of-season press conference Monday at Canada Life Centre, before he even took a single question.

Gabriel Vilardi News / Daily Faceoff / April 20

Jets’ Gabriel Vilardi to play for Canada at 2026 World Championship

Canada’s roster is slowly coming together. Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel confirmed that forward Gabriel Vilardi will join Mark Scheifele and Dylan DeMelo at the upcoming IIHF World Championship in Switzerland next month.

Cole Koepke News / Inside The Rink / April 20

Cole Koepke Extended Two Years in Winnipeg

The Winnipeg Jets announced that they’ve extended forward Cole Koepke to a two-year contract extension. The deal carries an average annual value of $1.45 million.

Connor Hellebuyck News / The Hockey Writers / April 19

Connor Hellebuyck’s Blunt Assessment Raises Questions About Jets’ Future

The Winnipeg Jets are once again heading into an offseason filled with more questions than answers, and this time, their franchise cornerstone didn’t shy away from addressing it.

Winnipeg Jets News / Daily Faceoff / April 18

Jets sign Cole Koepke to two-year contract extension

Just after their 2025-26 season officially came to an end, the Winnipeg Jets have wasted little time getting back to business. The Jets have signed forward Cole Koepke to a two-year contract extension that will carry an average annual value of $1.45 million.

Cole Koepke News / Pro Hockey Rumors / April 18

Jets Sign Cole Koepke To Two-Year Extension

The Winnipeg Jets are retaining some of their bottom-six depth for a few more seasons. The Jets announced that they’ve signed forward Cole Koepke to a two-year, $2.9MM ($1.45MM AAV) extension through the 2027-28 season.

Winnipeg Jets News / Pro Hockey Rumors / April 18

Jets First Rounder Sascha Boumedienne Transfers To Ohio State

With the NCAA season now over, the transfer window is open and with a much shorter period this year, moves have been happening quickly. (Instead of 45

Click here to get Yardbarker's Quiz of the Day emailed to you!

The 'Most 30-point NBA Playoff games' quiz

The 'Playoff debut scoring-record by team' quiz

The 'NBA minutes-per-game leaders' quiz

The 'Stanley Cup Playoff hat-tricks' quiz

Winnipeg Jets News / NHL Rumors / April 18

Connor Hellebuyck Is Not a Happy Camper, and Offseason Priorities for the Winnipeg Jets

Mike McIntyre: (on Hellebuyck’s comments) “The anger. The emotion. The pause. The body language. The words — spoken and unspoken. All of it points to something bigger.

Connor Hellebuyck News / NHL Trade Talk / April 18

Floated Landing Spot for Connor Hellebuyck Could Terrify the NHL

The Winnipeg Jets’ upcoming offseason just got a lot more interesting. Connor Hellebuyck held nothing back in his year-end media availability on Friday, displaying frustration with how the season went, concerns about the future of the team, while also being very non-committal about his own future.

Winnipeg Jets News / The Hockey Writers / April 18

5 Most Disappointing Jets of 2025-26

The Winnipeg Jets regressed badly this season and became one of just five teams all time to fail to make the playoffs the season after winning the Presidents’ Trophy.

Jonathan Toews News / NHL on ClutchPoints / April 18

Jonathan Toews hints at future with Jets after return season

The Winnipeg Jets signed Jonathan Toews last summer, giving the future Hall of Famer a chance to return to hockey with his hometown team. Toews sat out two seasons as he dealt with issues relating to illness and COVID-19.

Winnipeg Jets News / Yardbarker / April 17

Unhappy Connor Hellebuyck rips 'unacceptable' Jets to add to Winnipeg's problems

The Winnipeg Jets went from the NHL's best record a year ago to missing the playoffs entirely during the 2025-26 season. That is a staggering regression, and there were a lot of problems that led to it.

Devils make fascinating GM hire that could be home run

One must-watch player from each NHL team in the Stanley Cup playoffs

Stanley Cup playoffs: Five storylines that will define the first round

Players with the most to prove in the Stanley Cup playoffs

Every team's biggest weakness in the Stanley Cup playoffs

Winnipeg Jets News / Professor Press Box / April 17

The Jets Promised a Cup Run: So What Happened?

Winnipeg came into the season with a loud, simple goal: compete for the Stanley Cup. Instead, they missed the playoffs. There’s no getting around that.

Winnipeg Jets News / Daily Faceoff / April 17

‘Something’s gotta happen’: Connor Hellebuyck speaks on Jets’ need for improvement

The future of the Winnipeg Jets is in question, but one of its star players has made it clear that things need to change. When speaking to the media during locker cleanout day on Friday, Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck was asked what the team needs to do to bounce back after a miserable 2025-26 season.

Winnipeg Jets News / Inside The Rink / April 17

Winnipeg Ends 2025-26 Season ‘Dissapointed’ with Finish

Losing streaks plagued the 2025-26 Winnipeg Jets. On multiple occasions, the Jets found themselves losing, and the games kept piling up. 35-35-12 is the Jets’ season record, and that’s after a Presidents’ Trophy-winning season.

Garrett Brown News / Pro Hockey Rumors / April 16

Jets Sign Garrett Brown To Two-Year Deal

The Winnipeg Jets have added a collegiate national champion to their ranks. Defenseman Garrett Brown has signed a two-year contract with the Jets following the end of his junior year at the University of Denver.

NHL News / Field Level Media / April 16

Underperforming Jets set sights on Sharks in season finale

The Winnipeg Jets and visiting San Jose Sharks will look to end their seasons on a high note when the two face off on Thursday night. It'll be the conclusion of a disappointing campaign for the Jets (35-34-12, 82 points), who enter the finale with 34 fewer points than their Presidents' Trophy-winning season of one year ago.

Winnipeg Jets News / Inside The Rink / April 12

Winnipeg Jets’ Season on the Ropes After 7-1 Massacre by Philadelphia

A less-than-friendly outta town scoreboard made an already massive must-win game become even more intense. There was just absolutely next to no room for error on Saturday night for Winnipeg, and the Jets managed to put themselves in a position where their season is hanging on by a thread.

Morgan Barron News / Field Level Media / April 6

Jets C Morgan Barron (upper-body injury) week-to-week

Morgan Barron's injury-riddled season took a turn for the worse Monday when Winnipeg Jets coach Scott Arniel told the media that the veteran center is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.