{"id":825262,"date":"2026-07-25T13:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825262\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:14:26","slug":"winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-todays-hockey-headlines-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825262\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers: Today\u2019s Hockey Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Note II: The Jets are down to just one RFA, as defenceman\u00a0Tyrel Bauer\u00a0has 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

Note III: Reminder that the Illegal Curve Hockey Show are now on summer hiatus. Be sure to continue to follow along with our YouTube channel<\/a> as we will continue to use it throughout the summer.<\/p>\n

Jets news:<\/p>\n

Sportsnet: How Jets can get back in the playoffs<\/a>. It won\u2019t be easy given the depth of the Central Division but he sees it as a possibility if Winnipeg does the following: 1) Spread the offence around. 2) Elevate Cole Perfetti. 3) Give Viggo Bjorck a real shot to make the team. 4) If Hellebuyck is back, make sure he stays fresh.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Mathieu Ferrand (Illegal Curve)<\/p>\n

NHL.com: Toews could sign 1-day contract to retire as Blackhawk<\/a>. While Manitobans loved seeing him in a Jets jersey the past season, when you think of him, it\u2019s definitely in a Hawks uniform.<\/p>\n

Daily Faceoff: How Morrissey\u2019s prairie roots made Winnipeg easy to commit to<\/a>. A kid from Calgary who played junior in Prince Albert had all the makings of a Jets player.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-825262","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\/825262","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=825262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}