{"id":845922,"date":"2026-08-04T16:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845922\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:10:17","slug":"winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-todays-hockey-headlines-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845922\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers: Today\u2019s Hockey Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: 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<p>Note II: \u201cHe <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICdave\/status\/2083931752951861289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">has a great shot<\/a>. Offensively he\u2019s really, really good.\u201d Swedish coach Magnus Havelid speaking about Jets prospect Viktor Klingsell (2025 5th) after the Summer Showcase.<\/p>\n<p>Note III: Gimli\u2019s own Adam Vigfusson, a Centennial Cup champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICdave\/status\/2084369649521623387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">drew cheers<\/a> while taking part in the Icelandic Festival parade in Manitoba\u2019s Interlake.<\/p>\n<p>Jets news:<\/p>\n<p>NHL.com:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/jets\/news\/what-if-they-weren-t-the-jets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">What if they weren\u2019t the Jets<\/a>? While I understand the reason the organization wanted to be able to apply their own brand to the new franchise there was little doubt what the people of this province wanted. While I think Jets was the right call, I will say that it\u2019s a shame the Manitoba Moose and Assiniboine Zoo no longer do a jersey game anymore as the Polar Bear one was always a great jersey design.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110395\" class=\"wp-image-110395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Front-of-new-Polar-Bear-Uniform.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-110395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Colby Spence<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7481011\/2026\/08\/04\/nhl-teams-mushy-middle-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Why these 7 NHL teams are in danger of getting stuck in the mushy middle<\/a>. (Paywall). He\u2019s got the Jets there if they end up dealing Hellebuyck.\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: The Jets are down to just one RFA, as defenceman\u00a0Tyrel Bauer\u00a0has yet to sign a new contract.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-845922","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\/845922","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=845922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}