2012 1st round draft pick Jacob Trouba signs with Winnipeg Jets

Update:  Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff confirms that Trouba has been signed by the team during the 2nd intermission of the Winnipeg and New York game.

Update II:  Jacob Trouba took to twitter to share in the excitement

Update III:  GM Kevin Cheveldayoff spoke with the media following the Jets loss to the Islanders:

Kevin Cheveldayoff

Audio courtesy of TSN Radio 1290.

According to EJ Hradek a senior reporter for NHL Network/NHL.com it is looking so.  He just tweeted the following:

Matt Slovin, who is the Managing Editor and hockey beat writer for Michigan Daily added the following:

Should be interesting to see how this impacts the Jets.  We have contacted Scott Brown, Senior Director of Corporate Communications, to find out if the Jets have further comment.  We will update this post as soon we hear further.

We have already examined the options for Trouba if/when he leaves college.  Listen here.

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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