Along with the return of Drew Stafford, the resigning of Alexander Burmistrov has made the most noise in the Winnipeg Jets offseason so far.
Burmistrov departed the Jets following the 2012–13 season for the Kontinental Hockey League. The two sides didn’t leave on the best of terms, most of which was attributed to Burmistrov’s much-talked about relationship with then-Head Coach Claude Noel (“Everyone knows why I left,” he said recently). But during his two-year hiatus in Russia, the Jets maintained his rights and have now brought him back into the fold.
As it stands right now, a good bet is Burmistrov will start the season as a winger on the third line with Adam Lowry centering and potentially Nik Ehlers on the opposite wing, although Head Coach Paul Maurice says he is juggling four different ideas.