Thoughts on the Winnipeg Jets, Manitoba Moose, Winnipeg ICE, and the NHL
The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms with 2017 first round pick Kristian Vesalainen on a three-year, entry-level contract with a cap hit of $925,000 and an AAV $1.492,000 per season.
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Winnipeg Jets 2018 NHL Entry Draft Selections –
The Winnipeg Jets made a total of six selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, picking three centres, two defencemen and a goalie. The Jets were without a 1st round pick (Paul Stastny trade) and did not have a selection in the fourth round. They had two fifth-round picks. Despite rumblings of a trade in the works, the Jets remained quiet and steady, adding depth to the prospect pool with this draft.
The Winnipeg Jets selected their second Finn of the 2017 NHL Draft in Santeri Virtanen with the 105th pick overall. Virtanen played last season with TPS U20 of the Junior A SM-liiga. He was ranked as high as #46 by McKeen’s Hockey. [Read more…]
The Winnipeg Jets added Johnathan Kovacevic out of Merrimack College to their prospect pool with the 74th overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Bob McKenzie and TSN had him unranked but hockeyprospect.com had him penciled in at #72. [Read more…]
The Winnipeg Jets selected six more players on day two of the 2015 NHL Draft. Including the two players selected in the first round, it brings their total number of players drafted this year to eight.
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