https://www.nhl.com/jets/news/roster-update-jets-announce-opening-day-roster-for-25-26-season
 

Depth for sure. 
 

Looks and sounds  like top 6 is 

Connor Scheifele Vilardi 

Nyquist Toews Chibrikov. 

bottom 6. I’m not sure but you got several guys to pick. 
 

Nino names lambert (why not try it) 

Koepke Barron Iafallo. Gus and Pearson scratched. Ford sent down (doesn’t require waivers) 

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Depth?  Yes…. Scoring depth?  Not so sure.  We’re going to need it because we can’t rely on the top line to do everything.  Hopefully Perfetti isn’t out too long and the other line combos can build chemistry quickly.

 

 

 

 

25 minutes ago, iHeart said:

Zod help us if it’s 13m x 8.

Heard it's 12+ for sure... 

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Zod help us if it’s 13m x 8.

Why. It’s Chipman and Thompsons money.  Totally irrelevant. It’s not like we are paying their salaries. 

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22 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Why. It’s Chipman and Thompsons money.  Totally irrelevant. It’s not like we are paying their salaries. 

Such a dumb post. 

1) There's a cap... Spending this much % on one guy is wild.

2) Yes. We're paying their salaries... To meet the salary cap the team is going to jack the price u in stuff like tickets and concessions. 

9 hours ago, Noeller said:

Such a dumb post. 

1) There's a cap... Spending this much % on one guy is wild.

2) Yes. We're paying their salaries... To meet the salary cap the team is going to jack the price u in stuff like tickets and concessions. 

No we aren’t. It’s Thompson and chipmans  money. Ticket sales make up less than half the cap. The cap is rising. 1 guy making 12 million when the cap is over 100 is irrelevant. Not everyone gonna be paid their 8 year 12 million per like KC got. 
 

this isn’t the bombers. You aren’t paying their salaries. They have billion dollar tv deals and billionaire owners. Your 1980s thinking is not relevant in 2025. 
 

oilers have 2 guys making 26.5 million. Jets have KC (he signed) at 12 and Helle and Scheifele at 8 each. So 28 for the 3 stars. Edmonton 26.5 for 2. 
 

lol at thinking 3rd or 4th liners gonna get these deals cuz they won’t. 
 

actually. Like the cfl the cap money will go to the stars not the foot soldiers. And that’s what’s happening cuz it’s the stars signing these big deals. Meanwhile Chibrikov signed 2 years 850k per. Iafallo got 4 ish this off season.  Not everyone is gonna get that bag. Scheif Helle signed 8 years. They are making 8 for 8!years. Next guy up who might get paid is Josh. That’s it tho. 
 

nHl is not a gate driven league. It’s a billion dollar tv deal driven league. Canadian teams are the only ones who sell out consistently and ppl think it’s their ticket money. lol. It’s not. It’s the tv deal. The prices are going up with everything. Going to a nhl game is not a necessity tho it’s a luxury. 

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8 years, $96M.

18 minutes ago, BomberBall. said:

8 years, $96M.

12 per. 28. 5 ish for all 3 of KC Scheifele and Helle for 8 years. None of our stars need to be paid again and are all jets for life. That’s a huge win for the Jets. Josh is next cuz Lowry ain’t getting a huge raise. See when you break it down it’s about 9.5 each for the 3. That’s really solid when one dude who both KC and 55 out produce got 17. 
 

those 3 are our stars. They get paid like it. Josh is our other star. He will get paid the most on D. He will get 9 or 10 per. The others won’t. We could hope one day a guy like Salo will cuz it means he’s a star.  
 

Vilardi signed long term also. I mean none of them are up soon. Josh and Lowry but like I said the stars will get the bags like the qb did in the cfl, and there’s lots of space. Florida has multiple players making 10 don’t they. We got 3 making 28. It’s normal now. It’s actually, Helle and 55 took discounts. 

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Full no move clause and bonuses in the contract. It’s a huge win. Dude wanted to be here. Didn’t  want to be anywhere else. Put it in his contract even. People should be celebrating this. Biggest signing in Winnipeg sports history and the guy signing it genuinely wants to be here and he’s an American. 

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Dreger adds 55 million in salary. 41 in basically signing bonuses. He’s gonna get paid 5.25 million every July 1st for example for 8 years. Maybe every October 8. 

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1 hour ago, BomberBall. said:

8 years, $96M.

*Low whistle* that's probably more than what a Scheif and Helle signed for a couple years back (I think it was in the 80 mil area for those two)

 

I should applaud the Jets main social page for calling it an 8 piece combo

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8 x 8.5 for both 55 and 37. It was 66 ish million. I can’t remember the exact aav but it’s. 8.5 for Helle and  scheif is also 8.5 actually.  They signed the same deals. 

they have 7 years remaining 

 

Edited October 8, 2025Oct 8 by Goalie

11m/yr good, 13m/yr bad so of course its right in the middle 🤷‍♂️

I love seeing some posts on this where people are thanking KFC for believing in the Winnipeg Jets. You're welcome he says as he confirms his bank account info to regularly deposit very large sums of money into. lol. 

Good on him.

18 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I love seeing some posts on this where people are thanking KFC for believing in the Winnipeg Jets. You're welcome he says as he confirms his bank account info to regularly deposit very large sums of money into. lol. 

Good on him.

He puts up 100 points a year. If he was up 2 years ago and scheif and Helle were up now trust me Kyle would be 8.5 and 55 and 37 be 12. But  I lol’d tho when I saw Eichel got 13.  KC isn’t even top 5 paid in the league lol. 

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David Gustafsson on waivers. They kept up the kids and ford. 25 years old and 20 points in his nhl career means he’s probably gonna clear. 

there's new strobe lights on the railings at CLC this year.

I’d love to see them light up the outside more. Should be mandatory for businesses downtown. Especially with LED now. 

3 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

there's new strobe lights on the railings at CLC this year.

It’s okay, everyone else’s seems better. Gets some leds along the boards now,

 

 

Toews Helle and Perfetti got the biggest reactions. 55 and Samberg also. 

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I'm a loser... I sat here in my basement and cried the whole way through the Toews intro. What a moment. 

On 2025-10-10 at 5:21 PM, Noeller said:

I'm a loser... I sat here in my basement and cried the whole way through the Toews intro. What a moment. 

I thought I’d be more teary eyed cuz I actually played a bit with JT growing up. Like in tournaments. He was a good player but didn’t really stand out at the time lol. But was a moment. That’s for sure.