The Winnipeg Jets saw something special in Connor Hellebuyck.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In
\n2012, the organization drafted him in the fifth round, 130th overall.
\nFew could have predicted what that would lead to.<\/p>\n
More than a decade later, Hellebuyck had earned three Vezinas and
\n a Hart Trophy. He had also won the hearts of Winnipeggers and Jets fans
\n around the world. He was on track to be a local legend.<\/p>\n
Then came the heartbreak. The cozying up to a U.S. president who
\nwas threatening Canadian sovereignty. The trade request. The failure to
\nreport to training camp. The suspension.<\/p>\n
The Jets are moving on without him. The season is underway. The
\nteam has a new look and a new attitude. Meanwhile, Hellebuyck is in
\nlimbo. And that’s costing him, day by day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Winnipeg Jets saw something special in Connor Hellebuyck.\u00a0 In 2012, the organization drafted him in the fifth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[741,49,48,748,448,764,22073,449],"class_list":["post-926654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-nhl","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-winnipeg","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926654","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=926654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}