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2 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Shayna Goldman |Murat Ates |Murat Ateş
Nikolaj Ehlers is closing in on unrestricted free agency after 10 seasons with the Winnipeg Jets. Ehlers, 29, has scored 520 points in 674 regular-season games. He's averaged 15:48 per game over the course of his last three seasons, prompting frequent discussion about his playing time - most of it online, some between Ehlers and multiple head coaches.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Murat Ates |Murat Ateş
The Winnipeg Jets' season was spectacular but it ended in Round 2. The Jets won the Presidents' Trophy and have finalists for the top goaltender, most valuable player, coach of the year and GM of the year awards. They are a good hockey team and should remain one, with or without Nikolaj Ehlers, but there is also an enormous question facing them in the years ahead. How do the Winnipeg Jets get over the top?
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Murat Ates |Murat Ateş
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Murat Ates |Murat Ateş
The Winnipeg Jets begin the 2025 offseason with a high-profile, homegrown UFA to sign - or an abundance of cap room to go shopping with. Once it has Nikolaj Ehlers' future sorted out, it has Dylan Samberg and Gabriel Vilardi's long-term futures to prioritize. But what next? In what order? How much cap space do the Presidents' Trophy-winning Jets have to work with - and how do Kyle Connor, Adam Lowry, and Winnipeg's other 2026-27 free agents impact what the Jets do this summer?
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Murat Ates |Murat Ateş
Nikolaj Ehlers' Jets future is in jeopardy, but GM Kevin Cheveldayoff says he met with Ehlers' agent, Andre Rufener, for two hours on Monday. That such a meeting took place is a positive sign toward an Ehlers extension - they did not do the same with Brenden Dillon or Nate Schmidt's representation at this time last year - although it's clear the Jets are also preparing themselves for the possibility of an Ehlers departure.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Murat Ates |Murat Ateş
Josh Morrissey spent part of his Game 6 warmup fighting back tears, in awe of the man he called his best friend. Morrissey knew more about what Mark Scheifele was going through behind the scenes than most people did. The suddenness of Brad Scheifele's death was a surprise, but Mark Scheifele had shared with Morrissey that his dad had been ill. Brad Scheifele was familiar to Morrissey - someone he'd gotten to know on Jets dad's trips and on golf courses through his friendship with Mark.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Murat Ates |Murat Ateş
The Winnipeg Jets won the Presidents' Trophy while setting a franchise record for most points in a season. They did not make it to the Western Conference final. Their offseason begins where those two facts intersect. There are decisions for the team and players to make this offseason that will have far-reaching impacts. Nikolaj Ehlers' uncertain UFA future is the most urgent, while Dylan Samberg and Gabriel Vilardi's next contracts will help determine Winnipeg's ability to keep the momentum going.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Murat Ates |Murat Ateş
DALLAS - Mark Scheifele stepped out of the penalty box and into the arms of his teammates. Game 6 couldn't have ended worse for the Winnipeg Jets but there they were, waiting to hug him, even after the series-ending handshake line had begun. Scheifele played Game 6 against the Dallas Stars for his father, Brad, who died overnight Friday, and for his teammates, whose hearts broke for him once when they heard the news and again when Thomas Harley scored in overtime for a 2-1 win.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Murat Ates |Murat Ateş |Mark Lazerus
DALLAS - It's a Western Conference final rematch. Thomas Harley scored a power-play goal at 1:33 of overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 6 of the second-round series. The goal gave the Stars a 4-2 series win and sent them back to the conference final, where they'll face Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers for the second straight spring. The Stars never seem to make it easy on themselves, and Game 6 was no exception.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Murat Ates |Murat Ateş
DALLAS - Mark Scheifele's dad, Brad, died overnight, Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff told reporters on Saturday morning. Scheifele remained at the team hotel during Winnipeg's morning skate on Saturday. His status for Game 6 remains uncertain. "As an organization, we're doing everything we can to support him," Cheveldayoff said. "We wish and give his family our most sincere condolences.
