{"id":800139,"date":"2026-07-13T23:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800139\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T23:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:48:10","slug":"jets-sign-first-rounder-viggo-bjorck-to-entry-level-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800139\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets sign first-rounder Viggo Bjorck to entry-level contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viggo Bjorck\u00a0is headed to Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p>The first-round pick signed a three-year, entry-level contract worth $1.075 million annually, the Jets\u00a0announced\u00a0on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Bjorck, 18, went eighth overall to Winnipeg in last month\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p>The five-foot-nine centre helped Sweden win gold at the world junior championship last season (three goals, six assists in seven games) and also played for the country at the men\u2019s world championship (one goal, five assists in eight games).<\/p>\n<p>Bjorck also registered six goals and nine assists in 42 games for Djurg\u00e5rdens in Sweden\u2019s top men\u2019s league.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets have had a relatively quiet off-season, with key signings including defenceman Mario Ferraro (three years, $12 million) and goalie Stuart Skinner (two years, $7.5 million).<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viggo Bjorck\u00a0is headed to Winnipeg. The first-round pick signed a three-year, entry-level contract worth $1.075 million annually, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-800139","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\/800139","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=800139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}