Has Connor Hellebuyck performed his final sport for the Winnipeg Jets?
Has Connor Hellebuyck’s time with the Winnipeg Jets come to an finish, or will he be again subsequent season? NHL Media: EJ Hradek was requested if...
Has Connor Hellebuyck’s time with the Winnipeg Jets come to an finish, or will he be again subsequent season?
NHL Media: EJ Hradek was requested if Hockey-reference.com/gamers/h/helleco01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2026-07-25_hr” goal=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>Connor Hellebuyck has performed his final sport for the Winnipeg Jets and if he’ll be traded by the beginning of the season.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Jamison Coyle: “Has the netminder performed his final sport already in Winnipeg?”
Hradek: “I feel he has. I feel that, that the conversations that Hellebuyck talked about after the yr, all of the rumors about him being moved. I feel they’re, they’re planning on shifting him.
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Now, once more, I am going again to the scenario with Buffalo. I feel for the Winnipeg Jets, they need to get somebody who might be a second heart in return. Somebody who may slide behind (Mark) Scheifele and fill a gap they’ve had, fairly frankly, there for a very long time.
I feel the backwards and forwards with the Buffalo Sabres has been, the Sabres really need Hellebuyck. They’ll provide the goalie, and perhaps it’s UPL in return, so that you get that mounted up. You have got him and (Stuart) Skinner collectively. However what’s the opposite piece? I feel Buffalo is keen to maneuver off of Hockey-reference.com/gamers/q/quinnja01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2026-07-25_hr” goal=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>Jack Quinn, however he’s a winger. So does that basically assist the Winnipeg Jets, who simply got here to phrases with Hockey-reference.com/gamers/p/perfeco01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2026-07-25_hr” goal=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>Cole Perfetti (final week) on an extension, which is sweet information for them?
So, you recognize, I feel that’s the rub there. And once more, there’s no urgency proper now in the midst of July. Buffalo might be sitting there and saying, ‘Effectively, that is what we’re keen to supply, and you recognize that’s it.’ After which Winnipeg, however, is saying, ‘Hear, you need Connor Hellebuyck? It’s going to need to be a special participant, participant X, participant Y.’ You have got so many good younger gamers there in Buffalo.
So I feel that’s the rub, as a result of once more, there isn’t a rush proper now. It may occur any day. We may, August sixth, September 1st. Who is aware of? However as we get nearer to the common season, that stress begins to construct, and perhaps that’s what the Buffalo Sabres are hoping for-that the Jets don’t need to go into the season having to have this hanging over their head.
Coyle: “Yeah, Connor Hellebuck to Buffalo, hypothetical. If it occurs, how a lot better does that make the Sabres on paper?
Hradek: “Effectively, I feel on paper, definitely rather a lot higher. I imply, let’s face it: this man has received a number of Vezina trophies, received the Hart Trophy, he’s received a gold medal. He’s a extremely good goaltender, and it fills the slot there in Buffalo. So there’s no query about it.
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However I’ll say this in regards to the Sabres: (Alex) Tuch is gone up entrance. (Bowen) Byram is gone on the blue line. That’s some important depth. They’ve some actually gifted younger gamers which might be going to be necessary gamers for the Sabres that they assume can fill these roles, significantly in 2, 3, 4 years down the highway. However it’s awfully troublesome within the rapid to exchange these 30-plus targets from Tuch and the large measurement and energy that he has, and to exchange what Byron was capable of do in a second-pair function for the Sabres on the blue line. So it’ll be fascinating to see how issues go in Buffalo this yr, after such an excellent season final yr.”
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