Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Note: The Jets are in offseason mode but is there really ever an offseason? If there is any news we will have it for you here.

Note II: The Moose are also now in offseason mode. We did almost 20 interviews on Monday to conclude the Moose season. Lots of good stuff from Jets prospects. The team has been releasing the content since that time. And we will wrap up the season next week with an end of season Moose recap show.

Note III: To date they’ve released Jimmy Oligny (watch here), head coach Mark Morrison (watch here), Evan Polei & Cole Maier (watch here), Dominic Toninato (watch here), Oskari Salminen (watch here), Ashton Sautner (watch here), Ville Heinola (watch here), Arvid Holm (watch here), Simon Lundmark (watch here), Henri Nikkanen (watch here), Daniel Torgersson (watch here), Greg Meireles (watch here) and Tyrel Bauer (watch here).

Note IV: The Ice and Thunderbirds split the first two games of the WHL Championship series in Winnipeg over the weekend. The series now shifts to Seattle for games 3-5. It gets underway tomorrow night in Washington State with game three.

Jets news:

Global News: Jets, Leafs fans have plenty in common this off-season. Let’s hope Jesse Pollock isn’t seeing that headline or he may take issue with Kelly however the focus of this piece is have the cores of these two clubs run their course and require changes.

The Athletic Winnipeg: NHL offseason trade board: What we’re hearing about Jets stars, Leafs’ Core 4 and other targets. (Paywall). Michael Russo and Eric Duhatschek teamed up for this article. They think if Hellebuyck is available then Buffalo and/or New Jersey are the teams to take big swings. With the usual speculation about Wheeler, Dubois and Scheifele thrown in for good measure.

New York Post: Bidding war for Connor Hellebuyck. The article by Larry Brooks starts with a potential new coach for the Rangers. Eventually it gets to teams who might be interested in the services of the top netminder of Winnipeg. The ones he mentions include New Jersey, Ottawa and Pittsburgh.

Jets audio:

Illegal Curve Hockey Show: Saturday Podcast. On the show this weekend we discussed Connor Hellebuyck being a Vezina Finalist, the Jets draft pick moving from 19 to 18, Leon Gawanke signing a four-year deal in DEL, Ville Heinola’s big summer ahead, whether the Jets should sign Vlad Namestnikov,  the next contracts for Dylan Samberg/Morgan Barron/Kevin Stenlund and Bryan Little’s desire to retire as a Jet.