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The Chris Johnston Show | Thinks it’s likely Winnipeg Jets UFA Nikolaj Ehlers will hit the open market

On This episode of The Chris Johnston show Julian McKenzie and Chris Johnston go over a variety of topics including the one everyone in this market is interested in being Nikolaj Ehlers. It begins at the 51:09 mark with Chris indicating he believes Ehlers will be testing free agency. Expects there to be a number of teams interested mentioning both Chicago and Carolina as suitors.

He does say “at this point I haven’t heard that he’s 100% made the decisions to move forward with free agency but it feels like that’s where it’s headed”.

You can watch the segment here which runs until 52:52.

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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