Articles for tag: Connor Hellebuyck, Kevin Cheveldayoff, Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele

October 9, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Kyle Connor Winnipeg Jets

Kyle Connor Cashes In: Winnipeg Jets Bet Big on a Homegrown Star

In a move that reverberates through the prairies and signals a clear organizational direction, the Winnipeg Jets have locked up their superstar winger, Kyle Connor, for the foreseeable future. Announced on the eve of the 2025-26 season opener, the eight-year, $96 million contract extension is a monumental commitment, not just in dollars, but in philosophy. For a franchise that has often prided itself on a rigid and principled approach to negotiations, this deal represents a significant evolution, a necessary adaptation to the high-stakes game of retaining elite, homegrown talent in the modern NHL. Also on the EDGE – The Presidents’

September 17, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Winnipeg Jets Celebrate

High Stakes & Burning Questions at the Winnipeg Jets Training Camp

As the Winnipeg Jets open their 2025 training camp this week, they do so not as scrappy underdogs, but as the reigning Presidents’ Trophy winners. A franchise-record 56 wins and 116 points last season rewrote the narrative around this club. The question is no longer if they can compete, but whether they can handle the immense pressure that comes with being the team to beat. Last year’s incredible run has established a new standard. Now, General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and Head Coach Scott Arniel face the unenviable task of piloting this group through the turbulent skies of a title-contending season,

September 5, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman

Closing Loopholes and Changing the Game: A Deep Dive into the NHL’s New CBA Era

The dust has barely settled on another thrilling Stanley Cup Final, but the most significant changes to the National Hockey League landscape aren’t happening on the ice—they’re being finalized in the boardroom. While a new four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement isn’t set to fully kick in until the 2026-27 season, the league and the NHLPA have agreed to fast-track several crucial changes. Starting this upcoming 2025-26 season, the strategic playbook used by general managers to build a champion is about to be fundamentally rewritten. For years, fans, media, and front-office executives have debated the merits and fairness of certain rules that,