The NHL’s version of Christmas morning has arrived! It’s time for the free agent frenzy to begin. All day, we will be keeping track of all of the latest signings or trades, and give analysis on each of the transactions. Be sure to keep checking back here all day. Happy Free Agent Frenzy Day (and…
This morning, general manager of the Winnipeg Jets, Kevin Cheveldayoff, held an end of the year press conference discussing the season, and where things are going in the future. To start off the press conference, Cheveldayoff announced that head coach of the Jets, Paul Maurice, has been signed to a 4 year contract extension. It…
Since the Winnipeg Jets are now mathematically eliminated from the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoff race, it is time for Jets fans to start looking toward the future, specifically the offseason. Since the Jets have returned to Winnipeg, General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff has done an excellent job in drafting young talent. Most notably, Mark Scheifele…
The above picture pretty much sums up last night for the Winnipeg Jets, along with Cam Ward’s highlight reel stick save on Bryan Little in the first period. With the loss last night against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Jet’s are all but eliminated in the playoff race, which will mean three straight years since the…
The Winnipeg Jets are right in the thick of it for the final wild card playoff spot in the Western Conference. Currently, they sit 4 points back of the 8th place Dallas Stars, and the Stars have two games at hand on the Jets. Ondrej Pavelec has always been the solidified starting goaltender for the…
Mark Stuart signed a four year deal worth $10.5 million on wedensday with the Jets. Winnipeg had a relatively quiet day, but they were able to ink one of their key, veteran defenceman to a long year deal. Stuart has been a real defensive force on the blue line ever since the Jets have made…
The Winnipeg Jets have fired the team’s head coach, Claude Noel, and have replaced him with Paul Maurice. Assistant coach Perry Pearn was also let go by the team. Noel was hired as head coach by the Jets when they moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg in 2011, and only had 24 games of experience as…
As we approach the beginning of the new year, and the halfway point of the season, there are plenty of players who have not started the season the way that they had hoped. A new year is often looked at as a fresh start, a clean slate with the opportunity to get back on track.…
Last night, the Teemu Selanne Farewell Tour took a nostalgic and emotional turn. After announcing that this season would be his last, the 43-year old superstar and his Anaheim Ducks returned to the city of Winnipeg to play the Jets, in what would be Teemu Selanne’s final game in Winnipeg (barring an unlikely playoff series…
Today the Winnipeg Jets announced that they signed General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff to a contract extension. The two-year extension adds on to his current five-year contract, making him the Jets’ GM through the 2017-2018 season. This past summer was busy for Cheveldayoff, who locked up Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian, Ondrej Pavelec, Blake Wheeler, and Bryan…
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