A Winnipeg Jets goaltender has a tough job these days. Stop the pucks, keep the team in the game, and somehow find a way to give everyone a reason to believe the next one will be different.
Goaltending situations have a funny way of getting complicated. A team thinks it knows its starter, its backup, and how it will divide the minutes. Then something happens, somebody gets an opportunity, and the conversation changes.
A question hangs over the Winnipeg Jets’ goaltending situation, and Clay Stevenson is right in the middle of it. He’s had two starts, one really good and one he’d probably like to forget.
The Winnipeg Jets are without three-time Vezina Trophy-winning goalie Connor Hellebuyck, who is sitting out of action after requesting a trade from the team that drafted him in 2012 after a disappointing 2025-26 season for both team and player.
The Winnipeg Jets probably weren't expecting Clay Stevenson to become one of the stories of their first road game of the season. Connor Hellebuyck is suspended, so he’s unavailable.
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.
When the Winnipeg Jets claimed Clay Stevenson off waivers, I suspect a few fans looked at the list of available goalies and thought, “Why him?” Stevenson isn’t the biggest name on that list.
The Winnipeg Jets have claimed goaltender Clay Stevenson off of waivers from the Washington Capitals, reports Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. Everyone else on yesterday’s extensive list of waived players has successfully cleared, including New York Rangers top goalie prospect Dylan Garand.
The Winnipeg Jets have claimed goaltender Clay Stevenson off waivers from the Washington Capitals, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Monday afternoon.
The Capitals announced that they’ve reassigned forwards Ivan Miroshnichenko and Ilya Protas, as well as goaltender Clay Stevenson, to AHL Hershey. Their season is over after last night’s win over the Blue Jackets, although their four-game win streak to end the season wasn’t enough to get them into playoff position.
The Washington Capitals announced that they have recalled goaltender Clay Stevenson from their AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears. In a corresponding move, netminder Mitchell Gibson has been reassigned to the Bears.
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.
The Capitals announced they’ve recalled goaltender Garin Bjorklund from AHL Hershey and returned fellow netminder Clay Stevenson to Hershey in the corresponding move.
Two third-period goals help end their four-game losing streak PHILADELPHIA – On the night where their GM Danny Briere tried to put cold water on the recent noise around the team, the team announced the bell.
According to a team announcement, the Washington Capitals have recalled netminder Clay Stevenson from the AHL’s Hershey Bears. The Capitals already have a full 23-man roster, so they’ll need to make a corresponding roster move before tonight’s game against the Detroit Red Wings.
The Washington Capitals have become the second team today to make a change to their backup goaltending situation. Washington announced that they have recalled Garin Bjorklund and reassigned Clay Stevenson to the AHL’s Hershey Bears in a corresponding roster move.
Thursday will be a day to remember for Clay Stevenson. On recall with the Washington Capitals, the 26-year-old netminder will make his NHL debut Thursday against the Metropolitan Division rival Pittsburgh Penguins, Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery confirmed to Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post.
Washington Capitals President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Brian MacLellan has announced that the Capitals have re-signed goaltender Clay Stevenson to a three-year, $2.325 million contract extension.