The Connor Hellebuyck Showdown Is About To Get Expensive For The Jets - Defector
Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck is returning from a suspension following a contentious trade request. The team must now decide whether to reintegrate him or find a trade partner to offload his contract.
Why it matters
The situation illustrates the complex labor and contractual dynamics between professional athletes and NHL franchises.
Connor Hellebuyck goes back on the Winnipeg Jets payroll today, which must come as a great source of joy and satisfaction to ... well, who, exactly?
Hellebuyck is, as you may remember from that burst of not-entirely-misguided patriotism you felt back in February during the Winter Olympics, the goalie for the gold medal–winning U.S. men's hockey team. He is also the longtime goalie of the Winnipeg Jets, kind of, and by acclaim the finest practitioner of that extremely difficult job on earth. Well, until lately.
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