{"id":914276,"date":"2026-09-29T16:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/914276\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:44:23","slug":"winnipeg-jets-claim-clay-stevenson-and-what-it-means-for-a-connor-hellebuyck-trade-illegal-curve-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/914276\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets claim Clay Stevenson and what it means for a Connor Hellebuyck trade \u2013 Illegal Curve Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Video Description:<br \/>The Winnipeg Jets have claimed goaltender Clay Stevenson off waivers from the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n<p>Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press joins Andrew \u201cHustler\u201d Paterson to break down the move, Stevenson\u2019s impressive AHL r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and why the Jets chose him to help fill the void in goal with Connor Hellebuyck away from the team.<\/p>\n<p>They also discuss how adding Stevenson alongside Stuart Skinner could impact Winnipeg\u2019s approach to a potential Hellebuyck trade. Could the Jets now be more open to prospects, picks or a futures-based package instead of requiring a goaltender in return?<\/p>\n<p>Plus, Mike looks at potential Hellebuyck destinations including Buffalo, San Jose, Utah and Carolina, and the possibility of a more complicated three-team trade.<\/p>\n<p>Topics:<br \/>Jets claim Clay Stevenson off waivers (00:00)<br \/>Why Stevenson made sense for Winnipeg (03:35)<br \/>What it means for a Hellebuyck trade (05:40)<br \/>Could the Jets change their trade ask? (07:07)<br \/>Potential Hellebuyck trade partners (10:51)<br \/>Could the market heat up this week? (16:19)<\/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\/2026\/09\/1790700263_521_logoillegalnew.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video Description:The Winnipeg Jets have claimed goaltender Clay Stevenson off waivers from the Washington Capitals. Mike McIntyre of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-914276","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\/914276","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=914276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}