{"id":760574,"date":"2026-06-26T01:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/760574\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T01:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:52:19","slug":"latest-nhl-trade-rumors-on-connor-hellebuyck-reveal-new-landing-spot-amid-panthers-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/760574\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest NHL Trade Rumors on Connor Hellebuyck Reveal New Landing Spot Amid Panthers Buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Carolina Hurricanes made a trade offer to the Winnipeg Jets for superstar goalie Connor Hellebuyck, per Frank Seravalli<\/a> of Hockey 24\/7.<\/p>\n

“Sources indicate the Carolina Hurricanes made a pitch this week for United States Olympic gold medalist and three-time Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck. The offer was believed to include a first-round pick along with pending RFA defenseman Alexander Nikishin, a player swirling in trade winds this week.”<\/p>\n

Seravalli added that Carolina has an extra first-round draft pick as a potential trade piece following the Mikko Rantanen trade to the Dallas Stars that notably brought Logan Stankoven to the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

Hellebuyck has also previously been connected to the Florida Panthers, per TSN’s Darren Dreger.<\/p>\n

TSN’s\u00a0Darren Dreger<\/a>\u00a0reported:<\/p>\n

“Well, as you would expect, there’s some interest. Probably not as much as [Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff] would want at this point. I would say a number of teams have expressed a level of interest, including the Florida Panthers, with the uncertainty that they have in their crease as they continue to restock the cupboard there.”<\/p>\n

“…the offers on this future Hall of Fame goaltender just flat out aren’t good enough yet. It’s early in the week. Perhaps there can be developments moving forward. But I wanna remind everyone, Connor Hellebuyck is under contract with the Winnipeg Jets until 2031. So for him to get moved, the offers have to improve.”<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Hellebuyck is a four-time All-Star and three-time Vezina Trophy winner. In 2024-25, Hellebuyck led the NHL with 47 wins, a 2.00 GAA and eight shutouts en route to the Hart Memorial Trophy. He also had a .925 save percentage.<\/p>\n

Last year wasn’t as successful for Hellebuyck or the Jets, who finished 35-35-12, missed the playoffs and finished second-last in the Central Division. Hellebuyck’s GAA went up to 2.86, his save percentage fell to .895 and his record stood at 23-23-11 after going 47-12-3 the year before.<\/p>\n

Still, Hellebuyck is one of the best goalies (if not the best) in the league, so it’s understandable why there’s much interest surrounding him.<\/p>\n

Hellebuyck is on a seven-year, $59.5 million contract that runs through 2030-31. He obviously figured into the Jets’ long-term plans when the contract began in 2024, but Winnipeg has to figure out its future after a down season. Hellebuyck, in theory, could lead to a treasure trove of players and draft assets that can get the team back on the right track.<\/p>\n

Both the ‘Canes and Panthers make sense. Carolina just won the Stanley Cup and obviously wants to keep its Stanley Cup window wide open. The Panthers, who were back-to-back Stanley Cup champs in 2024 and 2025, just missed the playoffs and obviously want to get back in the postseason picture ASAP.<\/p>\n

We’ll see what transpires down the road, but Hellebuyck’s status is something to monitor as the offseason continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Hurricanes made a trade offer to the Winnipeg Jets for superstar goalie Connor Hellebuyck, per Frank…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-760574","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\/760574","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=760574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}