Winnipeg Jets Afternoon Links

Note: Puck drop is at 7 PM CST as the Jets go up against the Canucks in Winnipeg. After the game, be sure to check out illegalcurve.com for all the post-game reaction.

Note II: We want you to be part of the conversation on on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.

Jets news:

Sportsnet: How historical season could earn Connor Hellebuyck the Vezina, Hart. I’ve been saying it for some time while I think he’d love a third Vezina and do not doubt that winning the Hart as a goalie would be a feat, his eyes are firmly planted on one trophy this year.

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The Athletic Winnipeg: Jets free-agent stock watch: What’s Dylan Samberg’s price? Who will cost more or less next year? (Paywall). This was a discussion we had with Murat when he was a guest on our show. It’s one Jets fans will have plenty of questions about and he does his best to project the numbers for the nine unrestricted and restricted free agents that are on the roster.

theScore.com: Canucks’ Hronek returning vs. Jets after 21-game absence. Big boost for the Vancouver blueline.

Illegal Curve Hockey: Jets vs Canucks pre-game report. Check out the projected lines and D pairs and get all the latest game info.

Illegal Curve Hockey: Morning Papers. If you missed any of the news from earlier today, we have you covered.

Jets video:

TSN: ‘They’re an awful lot alike’: Hughes-Morrissey head-to-head matchup among NHL’s best. The next time Josh Morrissey and Quinn Hughes face each other, it will be as Canadian and American adversaries at the 4 Nations Face-Off. Until then, it seems like every time the Jets and Canucks square off, the matchup of two elite No. 1 defencemen becomes more compelling given the strides forward both Morrissey and Hughes have made in their all-around games in the past two-plus seasons. TSN’s John Lu has more.