The Jennings and Vezina trophies are in Winnipeg Friday, reflecting Connor Hellebuyck's great work last season.
If you’re going to the game Friday night, hopefully you get a chance to take a picture with some of that silverware that Connor Hellebuyck won last season.goaltender’s great work last season. And you can’t help but smile to know that big number 37 will be in the Jets’ net for the next seven seasons — for a reasonable cap hit of $8.5 million.Hellebuyck wanted to be in Winnipeg — wanted to be a Jet — and quite frankly, that makes building a contender in the Central just a little bit easier.
And while the sample size is small, it’s hard not to think Hellebuyck and Schiefele have been the team’s best players out of the gate.right now. Jeremy Swayman’s contract in Boston got Linus Ullmark a similar salary in Ottawa, and Jake Oettinger the exact same contract in Dallas. Swayman’s negotiation was ugly, as is the current haggling between the New York Rangers and Igor Shesterkin.Hellebucyk is a Jet. End of story.
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