{"id":820843,"date":"2026-07-23T12:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820843\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:57:14","slug":"winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-todays-hockey-headlines-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820843\/","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. One of the topics that came up <a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/winnipeg-jets-gm-kevin-cheveldayoff-on-shane-doans-visit-to-winnipeg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was the status<\/a> of Shane Doan who came to Winnipeg for a visit reportedly about a possible front-office role.<\/p>\n<p>Note II: 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>Jets news:<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Sun:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/sports\/basketball\/nba\/lebron-james-jets-heat-viral-press-conference-mistake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LeBron James to the Winnipeg Jets? NHL team jokes about Heat\u2019s viral press conference mistake<\/a>. While I may have missed this, the Jets social media team did not and had some fun at the expense of the Miami Heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jets video:<\/p>\n<p>TSN: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/video\/2026\/07\/22\/who-should-stay-who-should-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Who should stay, who should go<\/a>?\u00a0The host of TSN OverDrive Bryan Hayes joined That\u2019s Hockey to a play a game of \u2018Who should stay, who should go?\u2019 where he shares his thoughts on some of the biggest NHL names that could still be on the move this summer. He thinks Connor Hellebuyck should stay in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209935\" class=\"wp-image-209935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CS-March-26-2026_9234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-209935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)<\/p>\n<p>Jets audio:<\/p>\n<p>680 CJOB: <a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/jets-noon-chat-with-former-winnipeg-jets-captain-blake-wheeler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jets @ Noon \u2013 chat with former Jets captain Blake Wheeler<\/a>. Kelly and Jim were joined by former Jets captain Blake Wheeler to talk about what he\u2019s up to with the Rangers, what he\u2019s learned so far, staying in the game, reflections on his career, getting ready for the alumni game, his time in Winnipeg and trying to ensure the GST line gets back together in October.\u00a0<\/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":820844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-820843","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\/820843","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=820843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}