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Winnipeg Jets sign goalie Connor Hellebuyck to a six-year deal

Photo Credit: Colby SpenceAfter putting up Vezina quality numbers this season RFA goalie Connor Hellebuyck stood to get a handsome raise from the Jets.  He ended the season with 44 wins a 2.36 GAA and .924 save %.  His goals saved above average which is a solid advanced stat for netminders jumped from -9.96 in 2016-17 to +23.75 in 2017-18.

Today the team announced that they have signed the Michigan native to a six-year deal worth 37 million dollars with an AAV of 6.167 million.

Hellebuyck spoke this morning about his new deal (audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg):

Connor Hellebuyck

Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff spoke this afternoon:

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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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