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Report: Mutual interest between the Winnipeg Jets and Evgeny Svechnikov

The 19th overall pick from 2015 was Evgeny Svechnikov who was selected by the Red Wings. Detroit chose not to qualify him this summer making the Russian winger an unrestricted free agent. First reported this morning by Spinorama Hockey which was subsequently confirmed by Ken Wiebe of Sportsnet that there is mutual interest between the Jets and Svechnikov.

Svechnikov’s played 41 NHL games with the Wings scoring five times and adding seven assists. He’s a left shooting winger who plays on the right side.

You can learn more about him in this article from the Detroit Free Press.

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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