The Winnipeg Jets have swung a trade, acquiring Eric Fehr from the Washington Capitals in exchange for a 4th round pick in 2012 & forward Danick Paquette. Fehr, from Winkler, Manitoba, is entering his 7th season in the NHL, having made his debut in the 2005-06 campaign. A right winger, Fehr had 10 goals and [...]
NHL Winnipeg: Jets agree to terms with Andew Ladd. Although terms were not released, a good signing by the fledgling NHL franchise. According to TSN’s hockey insider Darren Dreger; Ladd gets $4 mil next year and $4.5 mil for the remaining 4 years. Total. $22 million. Instant Analysis: Good on Kevin Cheveldayoff and Craig Heisinger [...]
Winnipeg Free Press sports reporter Ed Tait has confirmed through his Twitter account that The Winnipeg Jets have signed free agent forward Rick Rypien, 27, to a one-year, $700,000 contract. Winnipeg hockey fans are very familiar with the Coleman, Alberta native as he played parts of five seasons for The Manitoba Moose of The American Hockey League. Rypien has [...]
Illegal Curve has confirmed through Ed Tait and Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press that the Winnipeg Jets have signed Winnipeg-born defenseman Derek Meech, 27, to a one-year, two-way contract, winger Tanner Glass to a one-year deal and centre Aaron Gagnon to a one-year deal. Meech’s contract is worth $700,000 in the National Hockey [...]
I had the chance to speak with a Winnipeg Jets season ticket holder this week about the seat selection process. This particular season ticket holder was lucky enough to have purchased during the general on sale. Two weeks ago he received an e-mail indicating that True North had set up an account on their website; [...]
With the NHL schedule having been released this afternoon, Drew, Richard, Remis & Dave of Illegal Curve sat down and conducted a mock draft to divide up their season tickets. The draft order: 1) Remis 2) Dave 3) Richard 4) Drew The even number rounds will be in reverse order, so Drew will pick 1st [...]
With the clock hitting zero last night in Vancouver, and with the Boston Bruins breaking an almost 40 year drought in their quest to return Lord Stanley’s Cup to Beantown, we finally get to take a break from hockey. Or do we? While the temperature starts to rise, making us want to forget all about [...]
As season ticket are being snapped up by the city of Winnipeg like a slurpee on a hot day in June (note to self – get slurpee after work), those of us who are sharing season tickets have begun to focus on which games we want to attend. Whether you have a draft or randomly [...]