{"id":190703,"date":"2025-10-05T04:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/190703\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T04:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T04:01:09","slug":"jets-sign-nikita-chibrikov-to-two-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/190703\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Sign Nikita Chibrikov To Two-Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Winnipeg Jets have locked up a talented young forward, Nikita Chibrikov<\/a>, per agent Dan Milstein<\/a>. The deal is a two-year, one-way extension, worth $850k and $900k at the NHL level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite the Jets\u2019 consistent presence as a playoff contender across the last decade, and the subsequent lack of high draft picks, the organization has managed to assemble a formidable group of forward prospects, including Chibrikov. The youngster\u2019s high skill and effort projects himself as a future middle-six scorer for Winnipeg, with the potential for more, especially if he cleans up his defensive game. Having lost stalwart Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a> in free agency, and Kyle Connor<\/a> a soon-to-be free agent with an uncertain future, Winnipeg will turn to their youth to help keep their window open.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Selected by Winnipeg 50th overall in 2021, Chibrikov never made a significant impact in the KHL as a young NHL-draftee, but he was an immediate standout in North America, posting 47 points as an AHL rookie in 2023-24, and lighting the lamp in his NHL debut as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last season the Russian forward continued his progression with the Manitoba Moose, and earned a four game stint with the Presidents\u2019 Trophy Jets in December, where he notched two goals and an assist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With forwards such as Cole Perfetti<\/a>, Jonathan Toews<\/a>, and Adam Lowry<\/a> currently banged up, the Jets could turn to Chibrikov to start the season. If not, and he is sent back down, expect the 22-year-old to be a key member of the Manitoba Moose again as an eventual fixture of Winnipeg\u2019s lineup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Winnipeg Jets have locked up a talented young forward, Nikita Chibrikov, per agent Dan Milstein. The deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,4247,448,29209,82,4584,449],"class_list":["post-190703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-newsstand","tag-nhl","tag-nikita-chibrikov","tag-sports","tag-transactions","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}