Winnipeg Jets GM says team is listening to offers for Connor Hellebuyck but has made no moves

Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff stated on June 26, 2026, that the organization is listening to trade offers for goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, Cbc reported. Cheveldayoff spoke during a pre-draft video call and said the team would consider moves that improve the roster. "Everybody is talking about ways to improve their team or different things like that.

Certainly, as an organization we're gonna listen," he said. The Jets finished the 2025-26 season at 35-35-12 and missed the playoffs. That marked a steep drop from their 56-22-4 record and Presidents' Trophy win in 2024-25.

895 save percentage. He had won the 2025 Hart Trophy as league MVP and his third Vezina Trophy as top goaltender. In February 2026, Hellebuyck backstopped the United States to a 2-1 overtime Olympic gold-medal win over Canada.

President Donald Trump later awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom for leading the team to its first Olympic gold since 1980. Hellebuyck, 33, remains under contract for five more years on a seven-year deal with an $8.5 million annual average value and a full no-movement clause. The Jets selected him 130th overall in the 2012 draft.

Cheveldayoff noted that exit meetings with Hellebuyck included frank conversations but added that details would stay private. He said offers received so far had not prompted action. "Obviously, what I've been hearing hasn't made me act.

Hellebuyck said in April that the team's performance was unacceptable. Rumors have linked him to interest from Carolina, Florida and Buffalo. Winnipeg holds the eighth overall pick in the June 26 NHL draft.