By extending Mark Scheifele and Connor Hellebuyck, the Winnipeg Jets are not giving up on its current core, but rather than trying to maintain competitive respectability, do NHL teams need to tear the roster down to return as cup contenders?
Winnipeg Jets fans welcomed Pierre-Luc Dubois back to Canada Life Center on Tuesday night with a reception as cold as its frigid winter weather. Then he got the last laugh.
Acquired in the Patrik Laine blockbuster at the start of the 2020-21 season, Dubois was public enemy number one in Winnipeg – with boos reigning down from Jets faithful, starting from the 25-year-old's first shift of the game.