The Winnipeg Jets made sure to get potential unrestricted free agent forward Kyle Connor signed before the season of the season, and he is already paying off with a great start offensively through Winnipeg’s first three games. He is one of their best overall players and one of the best goal-scorers in the league, and now they know they have him locked in for the long-term.
Overall Winnipeg has been mostly fine through three games, losing a tough one-goal season-opener to the Dallas Stars and then beating the Kings and Islanders. They were not overly dominant wins, and some of their early-season underlying numbers are near the bottom of the league, but they did enough to get four points.
The Jets should be considered a pretty strong playoff lock in the Western Conference, and that is where all eyes are going to turn to starting goalie Connor Hellebuyc. He has been an MVP and Vezina level player during the regular season, but has struggled mightily in his past three playoff appearances. Winnipeg fans almost certainly like the regular season success and the fact he gets them to the playoffs, but now they want to see him get them a championship. He struggled in his first start of the season against the Stars, but bounced big in a big way in his second start against the Kings.
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