Posts About "Connor Hellebuyck"
3 Jets to Watch in the 2020 Playoffs
July 18th, 2020 After a four-and-a-half month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Winnipeg Jets will return to the ice on Aug. 1 to participate in a summer hockey extravaganza the likes of which no one has ever seen or will ever see again. Related: NHL Announces 24-Team Playoff Format The five-game play-in series between the Jets and...
Ranking the NHL's Starting Goaltenders in the 2020 Playoffs
June 16th, 2020 At long last, NHL training camps are just around the corner and players are starting to return to the ice. With July 10 as the set date right now, the play-in and round-robin series should be starting at the beginning of August and hockey will officially be back on our televisions. As we all know there are many factors in winning a...
Jets' 5 Greatest U.S.-born Players
June 15th, 2020 The NHL awarded its first Vezina Trophy, honoring the league's top regular-season goalie, in 1926-27. Since then, only six U.S.-born netminders have earned the award. As you know, Connor Hellebuyck is poised to become the first in Jets' history to win the Vezina, and first U.S.-native to do so since 2011, when Boston's Tim Thomas won...
Should Jets Re-Sign Brossoit?
May 5th, 2020 Who the Winnipeg Jets' number-one goaltender will be in the seasons to come is not a question. Connor Hellebuyck is inked to a long-term deal and his outstanding play singlehandedly kept the team in countless games this season. The 26-year-old is just entering the prime of his career, looks to be a perennial All-Star candidate, and...
Winnipeg Jets News & Rumors: Hawerchuk, Byfuglien & Hellebuyck
April 21st, 2020 With the NHL’s season suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, obviously there’s no on-ice news to report for any teams. However, a fair bit of “action” is going on behind the scenes within each organization and with the players. In my News & Rumors reports, I will try to report on some of that news so we can stay...
Canucks Need Markstrom but Not at Any Cost
April 11th, 2020 Objectively speaking, the Vancouver Canucks need No. 1 goaltender Jacob Markstrom. What’s open to debate is the degree to which they need the pending unrestricted free agent. Markstrom vs. Luongo Over the last few seasons, Markstrom has emerged as a legitimate starter in this league, which must frustrate the Florida Panthers to...
Jets' Top Five Games of 2020
April 7th, 2020 The Winnipeg Jets certainly faced a lot of adversity in the 2019-20 NHL season, and when they overcame that adversity, it was often quite exciting. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to rob us of the Jets' last 11 contests, which were bound to be electric as the team was in the thick of the Western Conference wild card...
Jets' Top 5 Late-Round Draft Picks
March 17th, 2020 The 2.0 Winnipeg Jets have been solid at finding talent in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft since their relocation to Winnipeg and, it's fair to say, that success has carried into their selections beyond the first round as you will see highlighted in this article. Related: Jets 2.0 First-Round Draft Picks – Ranked The Jets...
THW's Goalie News: Hellebuyck Stays Hot, Andersen's Response
March 12th, 2020 In the midst of one of the unnerving and unpredictable times in recent history, the National Hockey League carried on with five games on Wednesday night. While we await the official word on what may happen with the remainder of the 2019-20 season, we’ll look back at a hot goaltender in Winnipeg and a response to a testy situation in...
Jets' Hellebuyck Deserves Vezina & Hart Consideration
March 8th, 2020 Here we are entering the second week of March and the Winnipeg Jets are in the fight of their life trying to earn a playoff spot. The fact we are still able to say those words is largely due to one man – goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. Related: Jets’ Connor Hellebuyck: From Fifth-Rounder to Shutout Leader Hellebuyck has been...
Jets Need Cheveldayoff and Cheveldayoff Only to Right Ship
March 7th, 2020 Barring a surprise Stanley Cup run, the 2019-20 season will end up being a disappointment for the Winnipeg Jets. And, yet, general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff deserves some credit for getting them as far as they are right now. A Hard Path to the Playoffs for Jets First, the Jets would first have to make the playoffs to go on a run...
THW's Goalie News: Hellebuyck Perfect, Schneider Rebounding
March 7th, 2020 During the 2019-20 season, few goalies have had more opposite seasons than Connor Hellebuyck and Cory Schneider. But on Friday, both started, and both saw fantastic results. Hellebuyck Perfect When Nikolaj Ehlers scored a goal 32 seconds into the Winnipeg Jets' game against the Vegas Golden Knights, there was no reason to believe...
THW's Goalie News: Hellebuyck, Incredible Free Agent Class
February 28th, 2020 The action on the ice was sizzling on Thursday night, and Connor Hellebuyck put on a show. Also, we'll take a look ahead at the pending unrestricted free agent (UFA) goalie class in the NHL. Hellebuyck Flawless Hellebuyck has as strong a case as any goalie for the 2020 Vezina Trophy. Few goalies if any have been as single-handedly...
