{"id":632157,"date":"2026-04-27T15:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/632157\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:45:26","slug":"winnipeg-jets-offseason-plan-draft-develop-or-trade-a-core-piece-illegal-curve-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/632157\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Offseason Plan: Draft, Develop\u2026 or Trade a Core Piece? \u2013 Illegal Curve Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Video Description:<br \/>After looking back at how the Jets fell into the \u201cmushy middle,\u201d the focus turns to what comes next. Why the 2026 first-round pick could be the most important asset in the organization, how Winnipeg\u2019s development system is being questioned around the league, and whether the team can build a true second wave of talent.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the big question everyone is talking about. Should the Jets consider trading a core player like Connor Hellebuyck, Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor or Josh Morrissey to reset their path?<\/p>\n<p>This is all about the path forward and what it will actually take for Winnipeg to become a contender again.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>Intro (00:00)<br \/>Murat Ates on Jets offseason outlook (00:30)<br \/>How the Jets became a \u201cmushy middle\u201d team (01:10)<br \/>The missing second wave of talent (02:40)<br \/>Why the 2026 1st round pick is critical (03:00)<br \/>Draft vs free agency vs trades in Winnipeg (04:00)<br \/>Why the pick should be a foundational piece (05:10)<br \/>Using draft picks to improve the roster (06:00)<br \/>Can the Jets find secondary scoring help (07:00)<br \/>Concerns about player development (08:00)<br \/>What needs to change in development (09:30)<br \/>Scouting and drafting issues (11:30)<br \/>Have the Jets drafted well enough (13:00)<br \/>Should the Jets trade a core player (14:30)<br \/>Pros and cons of moving core pieces (15:30)<br \/>The risk of losing elite talent (17:00)<br \/>What Murat heard from Connor Hellebuyck (18:30)<br \/>Hellebuyck\u2019s mindset and future (21:00)<br \/>What a Hellebuyck trade could look like (23:30)<br \/>Can the Jets win without him (25:00)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logoillegalnew.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video Description:After looking back at how the Jets fell into the \u201cmushy middle,\u201d the focus turns to what&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-632157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632157","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=632157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}