{"id":818545,"date":"2026-07-22T12:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818545\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:17:24","slug":"winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-todays-hockey-headlines-106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818545\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers: Today\u2019s Hockey Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: We spoke with Jets management, prospects and staff throughout draft weekend and Development Camp, and we\u2019ll continue turning the most newsworthy comments from those interviews into standalone stories in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Note II: Fresh off signing his five-year, $30 million contract with the Jets, Cole Perfetti sat down to discuss the deal, his expectations and much more. We\u2019ve time-stamped every question so you can jump right to the topics that interest you most. Watch it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qPUK6XmDHKI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note III: The Jets are down to just one RFA, as defenceman Tyrel Bauer has yet to sign a new contract. It\u2019ll be interesting to see whether they consider a Johnny Kovacevic-type deal, one with a bit more term in the hope of discouraging a waiver claim.<\/p>\n<p>Note IV: On Tuesday the Moose signed former Winnipeg Ice forward Mikey Milne and defenceman Evan Nause to one-year contracts. Milne appeared in one NHL game with the Wild in 2024-25 after starring with the Ice. Nause is a Panthers 2nd round pick from 2021 who spent the last couple of seasons in the ECHL.<\/p>\n<p>Jets news:<\/p>\n<p>Daily Faceoff: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/interesting-time-winnipeg-jets-josh-morrissey-movement-more-power-players-nhl-trade-request-larkin-tkachuk-hughes-hellebuyck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018It\u2019s an interesting time\u2019: Morrissey on movement of more power for players<\/a>. This is from the chat number 44 had with Ryan Pinder below but really has been interesting to hear from players as they share their perspective on the changing NHL landscape.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196107\" class=\"wp-image-196107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/March-11-2025_2536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-196107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)<\/p>\n<p>NHL.com: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/jets\/news\/i-was-very-happy-to-get-it-done\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cI was very happy to get it done<\/a>.\u201d More from Cole Perfetti\u2019s media availability from the other day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jets video:<\/p>\n<p>Barn Burner:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/barn-burner-josh-morrissey-on-the-winnipeg-jets-international-hockey-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Josh Morrissey on the Winnipeg Jets, International Hockey &amp; more<\/a>.\u00a0Josh Morrissey joined Pinder for a wide-ranging conversation about his journey to the NHL, growing up in Calgary, and his career with the Winnipeg Jets. The two discuss playing alongside Connor Hellebuyck, Mark Scheifele, Dustin Byfuglien and Patrick Laine, the evolution of the Jets, coaching, leadership, international hockey, the 4 Nations tournament, becoming a father, and life away from the rink. It\u2019s an in-depth conversation with one of the NHL\u2019s premier defencemen as he reflects on the moments and people that have shaped his career.<\/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: We spoke with Jets management, prospects and staff throughout draft weekend and Development Camp, and we\u2019ll continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-818545","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\/818545","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=818545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}