Author: Conrad Jack

Conrad Jack is a Manitoba based sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He writes the Bargain Bin blog which covers NHL News & Rumours.

Where Should Nikolaj Ehlers End Up This Off-Season?

The Winnipeg Jets have a decision to make on their aging winger who hasn’t been deployed properly, especially over the last few years. The 28-year-old Nikolaj Ehlers is in the final year of his seven-year, $6,000,000 annual average value contract and reportedly wants out. Ehlers’ contract has a 10-team modified no-trade clause, meaning he can […]

Dylan DeMelo Gets Four-Year Contract Extension in Winnipeg

The Winnipeg Jets announced today that they’ve re-signed defenseman Dylan DeMelo to a four-year contract. DeMelo, 31, was set to become an unrestricted free agent (UFA) on July 1st. DeMelo’s four-year contract carries an average annual value (AAV) of $4.9 million per season, trade and/or movement clauses are unconfirmed at this time. DeMelo played all […]

Winnipeg Jets Announce Preseason Schedule

The Winnipeg Jets announced today their six-game 2024 NHL preseason schedule. The schedule includes three away games and three home games against three opponents. They begin in Winnipeg where they are set to face the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, September 21st at the Canada Life Centre. The Jets hit the road to face the Edmonton […]

Jets and Moose Extend ECHL Affiliation With Norfolk

The Winnipeg Jets and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose have made it official that they’ve extended their ECHL affiliation with the Norfolk Admirals. The Admirals spent the 2023-24 season as the Jets’ ECHL affiliate and they will do it for the second consecutive year in 2024-25. Winnipeg Jets draft picks Dmitry Kuzmin […]

Winnipeg Jets Announce Two Coaches Added to Arniel’s Staff

The Winnipeg Jets announced today that the team has successfully hired Dean Chynoweth and Davis Payne as assistant coaches on head coach Scott Arniel’s staff. Both Chynoweth and Payne will join returning assistant coaches Wade Flaherty and Marty Johnson. It is to be assumed that Chynoweth will handle the Jets’ penalty kill and defensive structure […]

Winnipeg Jets Linked to Hurricanes Restricted Free Agent

The Nikolaj Ehlers talk is in full swing and the Winnipeg Jets are certainly attempting to map out the best possible outcome for the team and the player. Talks of strong interest from the Jets in a current restricted free agent (RFA) out of Carolina have only doused this fire with more gasoline. Martin Necas’ […]

Manitoba Moose new assistant Morgan Klimchuk

AHL: Morgan Klimchuk to Join Moose Coaching Staff

The Manitoba Moose announced today that Morgan Klimchuk will join the team as an assistant coach under Mark Morrison’s coaching staff. The 29-year-old Klimchuk spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach with the Victoria Royals in the Western Hockey League. In the Royals’ 2023-24 season, they posted a win-loss record of 29-30-5-4 where […]

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Patrik Laine Looking for Fresh Start After Mutual Agreement with Columbus

After a rather rough season for Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine, it has been reported by TSN Insider Pierre LeBrun on Insider Trading that Patrik Laine is looking for a fresh start and it’s a mutual feeling with the team. This isn’t shocking news after Laine hasn’t been able to find his elite game […]

Laurent Brossoit Linked to Toronto Maple Leafs

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Laurent Brossoit has been linked to the Toronto Maple Leafs recently. Per James Mirtle of The Athletic, there’s mutual interest between Brossoit and the Maple Leafs. Current Leafs general manager Brad Treliving has been on the hunt for a bonafide number-one goaltender. There’s nobody of that stature available via free agency, only […]

Should the NHL Shorten the Draft?

For as long as I can remember, the NHL Entry Draft has been seven rounds. There was a point in time when the NHL actually had nine rounds. If you dive into the history of the NHL Entry Draft, you can find a time when the NHL had 22 and 25 rounds for an NHL […]