Where do things sit with C0nnor Hellebuyck and the Winnipeg Jets?
Day by day Faceoff: David Pagnotta last week when asked about Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and where things are at.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Irfaan Gaffar: “There’s also a goalie situation happening with the Winnipeg Jets and Connor Hellebuyck. Now, are team’s waiting. Did the Jets persuade him to remain? Have they done enough to persuade him to need to stay? Or where are we at with Connor Hellebuyck straight away?
Pagnotta: “Yeah, I mean, look, Cole Perfetti desires to know. You mentioned it yesterday, where his introductory press conference on his recent deal, not introductory, but formal press conference on his recent deal, acknowledging that ‘Hey, similar to everybody else, he desires to know what’s happening together with his goaltender too.’
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By every indication, there’s still reluctant willingness to have those conversations with other teams from Winnipeg side. I mean, if something were close, it’d probably be done by now. But , the Jets have been pretty firm on what they’d want in the event that they do move him out.
And I also think there’s a part of their what they’re attempting to do is persuade him to a minimum of give this one other run. Like last yr was an anomaly. We’re filling up the roster. We get, we’ve got kid we’re super high on at eight (Viggo Bjorck). We’re still looking to usher in one other winger now with Perfetti locked in. We’ve got two strong lines that may do some damage. We feel we bolstered the defense a bit bit. Obviously bringing in Mario Ferraro. Let’s let’s see if we are able to get back on target.
I believe that’s the preference, obviously, from the Jets to not move the previous Vezina and Hart winner. But I still think there’s an openness to have those discussions because obviously the player is, is they, they he’d like them to try this.
I believe at the tip of the day, if he comes back in camp, he’s a professional. He’ll, he’ll, they’ll cope with it and, and water under the bridge in the intervening time.
But I still imagine, , talking to people across the team and and across the league that if if the suitable deal is there that (Jets GM Kevin) Cheveldayoff and company can get, they’d explore that and move forward with it. But obviously, we’re here on July whatever twenty second, and we’re still waiting.”
Gaffar: “And I believe we’re going to be waiting. I believe it is a situation very like the Dylan Larkin one which’s probably going to go right around training camp. Obviously, training camp opening a bit bit earlier since the season kicks off earlier with the couple extra games that we’ve got.
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But I believe that it is a situation where you’re going to take a look at it, and possibly in some unspecified time in the future you’re gonna see a press release that comes out from Connor Hellebuyck that claims, ‘I’m a Winnipeg Jet, and that is I don’t want it to be distraction anymore. That is where I’m. This is that this is it.’
Because you possibly can’t go into training camp with with these query marks. Identical to Dylan Larkin can’t go into training camp with these query marks. It happens on a regular basis where you desire to get this stuff settled before the the large media parade happens before the season starts.”
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