{"id":751026,"date":"2026-06-21T14:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T14:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:57:13","slug":"bs-meter-on-connor-hellebuyck-bowen-byram-and-the-latest-nhl-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751026\/","title":{"rendered":"BS Meter on Connor Hellebuyck, Bowen Byram and the Latest NHL Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following completion of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, Connor Hellebuyck’s name appeared in the rumor mill. According to TSN’s Darren Dreger and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and Nick Kypreos, there was “a lot of noise” about the Winnipeg Jets’ goaltender, earning him a spot on our latest NHL Trade Block Big Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hellebuyck raised eyebrows<\/a> around the league in April when he expressed frustration about his performance and his team’s effort following a disappointing season. Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff defended his goalie, praising his competitiveness.<\/p>\n

That seemed to be the end of it until now. According to TSN’s Chris Johnston, teams are calling the Jets<\/a> to find out what it might take to acquire Hellebuyck. However, he claimed it was only at the conversation stage, and no decisions were made.<\/p>\n

Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press believe<\/a> the speculation doesn’t mean Hellebuyck will be traded. They feel it’s an example of “connect-the-dots”, citing his Team USA teammates Dylan Larkin’s trade request from the Detroit Red Wings and Quinn Hughes forcing a trade from Vancouver.<\/p>\n

BS Meter: It’s BS…for this summer.<\/p>\n

Teams are likely calling the Jets, and Cheveldayoff could be listening, but it’s unlikely that Hellebuyck will be dealt. He has a full no-movement clause, and there’s no indication he’s asked for a trade. However, that might change by next summer if the Jets haven’t improved.<\/p>\n

Stats and standings via NHL.com<\/a>. Salary info via PuckPedia<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following completion of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, Connor Hellebuyck’s name appeared in the rumor mill. According to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-751026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}