Player Discussion: 2024 Vezina Winner Connor Hellebuyck

[Mortimer Snerd]

He was available for trade, maybe, never on the open market. They would have had to duke over big time and pay a salary much higher than he signed for, at the time team depth and not elite goaltending were seen as the key to winning as vegas won with average goal keeping and great team depth. This year’s Jets have both

The whole story was that he wouldn't sign here. We heard nothing but for the whole off-season. He was being shopped. The belief was that the proposed returns were disappointing. So Chevy circled back and convinced him that Jets would compete for the Cup, which is why he supposedly was not willing to sign in the first place. Once convinced, he signed a team friendly contract. The way he and Scheifele signed in the end supports that story. Neither would extend unless the other did because Jets were not competing without either one.

 

[Luc Labelle]

I am looking forward to the thread title being changed to Conn Smythe winner Connor Hellebuyck (not in a losing cause like the other Connor)