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32 Thoughts: Elliotte Friedman adds clarity to Barry Trotz and the Winnipeg Jets

There have been a few rumours swirling around about Barry Trotz and the Jets the last few days.

Today on the 32 Thoughts Podcast, Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek provided some clarity.

Marek asked who else Trotz was meeting with in addition to the Jets and Flyers.

Friedman responded:

“I still think there’s supposed to be conversations with at least Vegas and Philadelphia and, although Steve Yzerman is not confirming anything, there’s been rumours of Detroit. There was actually a wild rumour going around Winnipeg on Sunday, that a couple people called me about ‘have you heard that Barry Trotz is going to Winnipeg, he’s chosen, he’s going to the Jets’. I don’t want to say it’s not possible that Barry Trotz is going to the Jets but my best information right now is that’s premature. There’s still a whole process to go through out here. But that was definitely going around the province on Sunday, I got a couple of calls about it. We’ll see. He’s got a lot of interest and we’ll see where it goes over the next week or so.”

Stay tuned as TrotzWatch continues.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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