The Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets are making a minor player swap ahead of free agency, as the Jets are acquiring defenseman Jack St. Ivany from the Pens in exchange for center David Gustafsson.
Just hours before the puck drops on their season, the Winnipeg Jets have already made a roster move. On Thursday, the team placed forward David Gustafsson on waivers.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
David Gustafsson was born on April 11th, 2000, in Tingsryd, Sweden. He is a centre who has spent his entire NHL playing career with the Winnipeg Jets. Listed as 6-foot-2 and 196 pounds, Gustafsson is a left-handed shot.
On Saturday, the Winnipeg Jets announced they had re-signed forward David Gustafsson and defenceman Logan Stanley to two-year contracts. Stanley will receive a small pay raise compared to his previous $1 million deal with his new contract, which carries an average annual value of $1.25 million through the 2025-26 season.