{"id":773272,"date":"2026-07-01T12:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773272\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:41:13","slug":"winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-todays-hockey-headlines-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773272\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers: Today\u2019s Hockey Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: It was another busy day down at hockey for all centre on Day 2 of Development Camp. \u00a0You can watch the media availabilities here: <a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/winnipeg-jets-development-camp-day-2-kevin-he-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kevin He<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/winnipeg-jets-development-camp-day-2-garrett-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Garrett Brown<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/winnipeg-jets-development-camp-day-2-alfons-freij-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alfons Freij<\/a>. We will have more media chats today so stay tuned here and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRV4QNGLMrk3f_-XTAlrBoA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note II: In addition to the above, today is the opening of Free Agency in the NHL which gets underway at 11 AM CDT. It\u2019s always a \u201cbusy\u201d day (not) in Winnipeg but if anything happens we\u2019ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n<p>Note III: Happy Canada Day.<\/p>\n<p>Jets news:<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Free Press:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/breakingnews\/2026\/06\/30\/cant-wait-to-get-going\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018Can\u2019t wait to get going\u2019: Childhood duo of He, Walton raring for Moose season<\/a>. (Paywall). The two faced each other in the OHL for years but now will get a chance to take the next step together.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Sun: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegsun.com\/sports\/winnipeg\/jets-freij-ready-to-make-mark-with-moose\/article_a792a1c0-ab76-43fb-814b-ff898b7f48bf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alfons Freij ready to make mark<\/a>. The second rounder from 2024 is one of the biggest personalities at camp. He\u2019s got quite the personality off the ice but will be looking to showcase what he can do on the ice.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209337\" class=\"wp-image-209337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CS-June-30-2026_8539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-209337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Sun: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegsun.com\/sports\/winnipeg\/jets-stuck-on-hellebuyck-as-free-agency-looms\/article_7e179add-4fc8-4802-8bdf-9e826e4a8b70.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jets stuck on Hellebuyck as free agency looms<\/a>. The awkward part is what the hell is gonna happen with Eric Comrie. If Hellebuyck is gonna stay then I\u2019d expect so would Comrie.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic Winnipeg: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7407220\/2026\/06\/30\/winnipeg-jets-free-agency-trades-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Top priorities and potential targets as Jets navigate unusual free-agency market<\/a>. (Paywall). Plenty of good tidbits in Murat\u2019s latest.<\/p>\n<p>Jets video:<\/p>\n<p>TSN:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/tsn-insider-trading-dreger-winnipeg-is-willing-to-continue-to-be-patient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Winnipeg is willing to continue to be patient<\/a>. Hockey Insider Darren Dreger indicated that teams are still kicking tires on Connor Hellebuyck following the NHL Draft. Said the interest in 37 is still out there but not as aggressive as GM Kevin Cheveldayoff would like.<\/p>\n<p>Manitoba hockey news:<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Free Press:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/breakingnews\/2026\/06\/30\/vigfusson-vying-to-impress-at-development-camp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vigfusson vying to impress at Jets development camp<\/a>. Always nice when there\u2019s some Manitoba flavour at Dev Camp.<\/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":"Note: It was another busy day down at hockey for all centre on Day 2 of Development Camp.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-773272","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\/773272","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=773272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}