Connor Hellebuyck was nowhere in the Winnipeg Jets' new campaign rollout this week, and that omission is hard to miss.
Hockey Patrol flagged it Sunday, noting the three-time Vezina winner was left out of Winnipeg's promotional artwork for the 2026-27 schedule release.
The account stopped short of calling it a trade signal. But leaving the face of the franchise out of marketing material is not nothing.
Hellebuyck just wrapped a rough one. He posted a .895 save percentage across 57 appearances, a number that would have felt unthinkable two seasons ago.
Winnipeg finished 35-35-12, good for 82 points and 26th overall. The Jets went 5-5-0 over their final ten games and closed the year on a four-game skid.
Their last outing was a 1-6 blowout loss to San Jose on April 16th. Not the kind of finish that settles nerves heading into a long offseason.
Scott Arniel's group finished seventh in the Central Division, a steep fall for a roster that has spent recent years chasing a real Cup run.
Hellebuyck's .895 save mark fuels the offseason questions
The Hockey Patrol post pairs a shot of the netminder lifting his mask into frame with a blunt LEFT OUT caption stamped across the bottom.
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The goaltender carries a cap hit of $8,500,000, ranked fifth among all netminders in the league by pay. That is starter money, not fallback insurance.
Winnipeg has real business to sort out this summer. A three-time Vezina winner sitting outside the marketing plan is the kind of detail fans notice fast.
GM Kevin Cheveldayoff hasn't addressed it publicly. Until he does, every schedule graphic without Hellebuyck's face on it gets read the same way.
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