Winnipeg Jets general manager says team is 'listening' to trade offers for Olympic hero Connor Hellebuyck

This has been 1 of nan much different early NHL offseasons. Instead of nan attraction being connected free agency, a batch of nan attraction has been connected prima players looking to move connected from their existent organizations.

Ottawa has already shipped Brady Tkachuk to Florida. Meanwhile, Dylan Larkin has asked retired of Detroit, and Zach Werenski's early successful Columbus seems up successful nan air.

Potentially nan biggest sanction that could beryllium connected nan move is Winnipeg Jets goalie and Team USA Olympic leader Connor Hellebuyck. Now, nan team's GM has confirmed that they are astatine slightest listening to offers from immoderate imaginable waste and acquisition partners.

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Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff confirmed that nan squad is listening to offers for prima goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

"Certainly, arsenic an organization, we're going to listen," Jets wide head Kevin Cheveldayoff said, per NHL.com. "Everyone saw (Hellebuyck’s) property convention astatine nan extremity of nan year; he was passionate. Certainly, successful our exit meetings, we had immoderate frank conversations arsenic well, but again, what happens successful those meetings surely stays private."

Hellebuyck is nether statement until 2031 and carries an $8.5 cardinal headdress hit, which intends that immoderate waste and acquisition partner would person to springiness up rather a bit.

But, it's not each time a squad tin bring successful a generational number-one goaltender pinch 3 Vezina Trophies connected his resume, truthful it would astir apt beryllium worthy it.

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Connor Hellebuyck's existent statement runs done nan 2030-31 NHL season. (James Carey Lauder-Imagn Images)

The Jets took a immense measurement backward this play by wholly missing nan playoffs aft winning nan Presidents' Trophy nan play before.

This led to immoderate captious remarks from nan soon-to-be Medal of Freedom recipient astatine his end-of-the-year media availability.

Connor Hellebuyck of Team United States celebrates a 2-1 overtime triumph against Canada for nan golden badge during nan men's golden badge lucifer astatine nan Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena successful Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

"Complacency is not going to get america moving forward, truthful thing has sewage to happen," he said. "...A batch of times, that’s each you tin inquire (of teammates) — springiness your each all azygous night. As a teammate, I tin really rally down that and really cherish those moments pinch those guys. But to conscionable put that aforesaid merchandise connected nan ice, I don’t deliberation it worked for a reason."

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There was a flurry of moves during nan NHL Draft connected Friday night, and it makes you wonderment if immoderate teams that could return a plaything astatine Hellebuyck but are up against nan net headdress — for illustration Vegas aliases Florida — could beryllium putting ducks successful a statement to make an offer.