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

This has been 1 of the much antithetic aboriginal NHL offseasons. Instead of the absorption being connected escaped agency, a batch of the attraction has been connected prima players looking to determination 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 aboriginal successful Columbus seems up successful the air.

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

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Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff confirmed that the 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 manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said, per NHL.com. "Everyone saw (Hellebuyck’s) property league astatine the extremity of the year; helium 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 declaration until 2031 and carries an $8.5 cardinal headdress hit, which means that immoderate commercialized spouse would person to springiness up rather a bit.

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

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

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

This led to immoderate captious remarks from the 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 the golden medal during the men's golden medal lucifer astatine the 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 got to happen," helium said. "...A batch of times, that’s each you tin inquire (of teammates) — springiness your each all azygous night. As a teammate, I tin truly rally down that and truly cherish those moments with those guys. But to conscionable enactment that aforesaid merchandise connected the ice, I don’t deliberation it worked for a reason."

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There was a flurry of moves during the NHL Draft connected Friday night, and it makes you wonderment if immoderate teams that could instrumentality a plaything astatine Hellebuyck but are up against the wage headdress — similar Vegas oregon Florida — could beryllium putting ducks successful a enactment to marque an offer.