Tag: Connor Hellebuyck

2018 NHL Free Agents: Restricted Free Agent Goalies

The offseason is close at hand. Three of the more prominent restricted free agent forwards from the Pacific Division were under the spotlight here. Now, we continue with a forgotten position. The goalies take center stage. There are quite a…

Chris Wassel

NHL Rumors: Winnipeg Jets – Laine, Trouba and Stastny

On the Winnipeg Jets ... Sara Orlesky: Forward Patrik Laine was asked about signing a contract extension, and he said he'd like to stay in Winnipeg as long as they want him. Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun: Pending restricted free…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Winnipeg Jets – Hellebuyck, Laine, Stastny and Pending Free Agents

On the Winnipeg Jets ... Emily Kaplan: Looking the keys to the offseason for the Winnipeg Jets. 1. Connor Hellebuyck - The Jets have Steve Mason for another year at $4.1 million, but the Jets need to commit long-term to pending…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings and the Winnipeg Jets

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Craig Custance of The Athletic: The Red Wings are stuck with a bunch of bad contracts that they'll eventually be burned off, but for now there won't be a lot of turnover. There will…

Mark Easson

NHL News: Vezina Finalists, Coyotes, Bruins, Flames, Avs, Devils, Flyers, Lightning, Leafs and Knights

On the Vezina Finalists ... Elliotte Friedman: Vezina Finalists: Connor Hellebuyck (WPG), Pekka Rinne (NSH) and Andrei Vasilevskiy (TB). Save percentage, 2017-18 .930 Raanta .927 Fleury .927 Rinne * .926 Gibson .924 Hellebuyck * .921 Quick .921 Bobrovsky .920 Varlamov…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Canadiens, Blues, Senators, Jets and Six Teams That Could Be Interested In Pacioretty

On the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Ottawa Senators, and Winnipeg Jets ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: A Hurricanes - Jets game in Finland next year would make sense with the likes of Sebastian Aho, Patrik Laine, and Teuvo Teravainen.…

Mark Easson

Central Division: Winnipeg Jets Season Outlook

Forwards The forwards must try to play a semblance of a two-way game somehow. Last year came down to the Winnipeg Jets not being able to defend when they needed it most. They are relying on a lot of logical…

Chris Wassel

NHL Free Agent Signings: Penguins, Predators, Senators and Jets

On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Pittsburgh Penguins and defenseman Brian Dumoulin agreed to six-year deal with a salary cap hit of $4.1 million. The sides avoided salary arbitration where the Penguins had offered…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Canadiens, Golden Knights, Jets, Devils, Iginla and Doan

On the Montreal Canadiens and Vegas Golden Knights ... Aivis Kalnins: Doesn't appear that Stephane Da Costa will return to CSKA Moscow next season and it's looking more likely that he'll return to the NHL. Aivis Kalnins: The Montreal Canadiens…

Mark Easson

NHL News: Senators, Flyers, Ex-Rangers, Campbell and Salary Arbitration Dates

On the Ottawa Senators ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen: The Ottawa Senators and forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau agreed to a three-year, $9.3 million contract today. The deal carries a $3.1 million salary cap hit. The Senators and Pageau were…

Mark Easson

NHL News: Canadiens, Oilers, Maple Leafs, Salary Arbitration, Coyotes, Galiev and Islanders

Catching up on some NHL news from the past 24 hours ... On the Montreal Canadiens ... Chris Johnston: The Canadiens signed Alex Galchenyuk to a three-year contract extension with salary cap hit of $4.9 million. He'll be an unrestricted…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Winnipeg Jets and the Carolina Hurricanes

On the Winnipeg Jets ... Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun: The Jets signed Steve Mason and Dmity Kulikov to contracts over $4 million a season, and a made a few other depth signings. They currently sit at around $64…

Mark Easson