There’s nothing subtle about Kyle Connor’s offensive numbers. They speak loudly and they speak clearly, so much so that most are already pencilling him in to a top-six spot with the Winnipeg Jets next fall.
The Jets’ first-round draft pick crashed through his first year of college hockey like a battering ram, piling up 71 points (35 goals, 36 assists) — including a 27-game point streak — in 38 games with the Michigan Wolverines. And with the Jets’ playoff hopes long since deep-sixed, the 19-year-old’s handiwork has been a timely distraction for a club hoping to fast-forward to the end of this season and crank up the sales pitch on a youth movement next fall.