Report reveals MASSIVE Hellebuyck trade update...

A recent report reveals a massive Connor Hellebuck trade update with him recently being linked to the Los Angeles Kings. In this video, we're going to break down everything about a potential trade with the Kings, who we would get in return, and so much more. You're not going to miss this episode of Winnipeg Jets Digest. Before we dive into everything here, I just want to say we're on the road for 2,000 subscribers here on the channel. So if you're new here, you want us to update on the latest news around the Winnipeg Jets, we're home for you here on YouTube. So go below, hit that subscribe button. It's completely free to do so. But yes, today we're back talking about Connor Hellebuck as we have a new update on him and that the Los Angeles Kings have been linked to him in a trade. So we're going to break down what a potential trade package would look like for Connor Hellebuck at this point. So let's dive right into it here as a unlikely suitor comes out of nowhere in the Los Angeles Kings. And here we go. It's the Los Angeles Kings explore a Hellebuck trade. And right now, it's from Frank Saravelli, which is a notable NHL reporter, saying, count the Los Angeles among the teams who have recently kicked the tires on Connor Hellebuck, saying it is called, discussed what the price would be, had that initial conversation with GM Kevin Cheveldayoff, and it's looking like now it's between kind of the two teams in California with the Sharks and the LA Kings both being interested in Connor Hellebuck. But I do think LA has some pieces that would suit Winnipeg better than San Jose at this point. So let's kind of dive into everything here. Because obviously Hellebuck, he struggled last season. And having an 8-9-5 save percentage for this team. And obviously it led to us missing the playoffs. And then he requests a trade. Now he's sitting at home not getting paid. And we're just looking for a trade to rise for him. And right now it's looking like it's going to be the LA Kings. Obviously, the reported asking price by Cheveldayoff was a two young roster players as a part of the package. It was either this or it was like a player and a goaltender or and something like this. But now the new asking price is now two young roster players for Connor Hellebuyck. So looking at the Kings place right now in their in their division right now, they're kind of seventh. They only got two points on the season. They need a little bit of a shake up right now to get this team back in order and try to get back. you know into their winning ways and Connor Hellebuyck is a guy who come in and easily help out their goaltending situation because it is you know it is in it is need it is in dire need of help at this point so it does make sense for this for this trade to happen but the real reason I like this them as the best opportunity best destination for Hellebuyck is because of what they offer and I think Branden Clark is the guy who would offer Winnipeg the cornerstone of this trade obviously they would need to give back a big piece here to the Winnipeg Jets to get Connor Hellebuyck and Branden Clark is my guy I definitely think he is a great great right shot puck moving fast elite edges type of defenseman that we would really love to have in Winnipeg he doesn't have a no trade clause he just signed a contract that's a pretty decent number right now his strengths shots on goal he's got three shots a game he's not afraid to rip them from the blue line power play points are up as well his giveaways are one of his weakness though but uh you know we'll take that because Branden Clark is a fast fast skater he has great skating edges he can stop up and turn on an instant and he's also got some some decent hands on him to make some plays happen and I really do like Branden Clark and I think he is the future of the blue line in the NHL and right now he has four points on the year for the LA Kings one goal three assists nine blocks for him so far this season 15 shots on goal averaging almost 20 minutes on ice a night has been looking very good through the first couple of games of this season he's still you know fairly young as well as Brent Clark which is great to see you know we'll be getting a guy that's 23 years old back in this and just looking at his career stats he had 40 points last year 33 points the year before he's just a tremendous tremendous defenseman and a great guy on the right on the right side that is very fast and uh you know he's been playing this league since he was 18 years old so i like Brent Clark a lot to be honest with you guys i definitely think this is a guy we should be looking at uh coming back in this trade obviously you see here an instance where you know he uses those edges to create a goal which is great just kind of want to highlight that to you guys because you know it's kind of sometimes you don't really know what you're getting with these players but just seeing this uh it's great to see him you know obviously have this kind of season uh looking at the hard minutes here for defenseman you got three takeaways here this year 11 giveaways and nine block shots so uh you know it's kind of ranking around you know in the middle of defensemen uh for takeaways and giveaways giveaways at 43rd which is great right so uh nine block shots for him as well not the most physical guy but when you have a fast like agile guy like uh Brant Clark he's not going to be laying the body too much uh Winnipeg builds a package around Clark so this is kind of what i'm looking at right now uh for this trade we got Connor Hellebuyck going to LA and coming to Winnipeg we have Brant Clark, Carter George and a top 10 protected first round pick so you know I think this obviously is a lot to give up for Hellebuyck even in this scenario I would take Brant Clark, Carter George without even the pick maybe if we threw a third in here but this is kind of like a you know a high higher end kind of package I did put together obviously I do like Brant Clark I definitely think we should center it around him I think he's going to be a great defenseman in this league and a guy we could definitely use on this right side for the future of our team and like i said i don't even i think i would do this trade without the first round pick to be honest with you guys uh just because of how high i am on Brant Clark and how high of a ceiling this kid does have and just looking at his contract like i mentioned he just signed a new deal uh he's going signed through 2031 at 7.4 million that's an unbelievable deal for this guy and obviously this guy is going to come in fit the kind of you know the younger slash veteran mold we have on this team and just come in immediately play top second pairing and just put points up on the board for us create offense uh on the blue line which would be great to see and obviously now with Morrissey out week to week obviously I know Morrissey's on the left side but getting a guy like Brandt Clarke who can kind of fill that role uh in the meantime would be great for this team uh going forward which would be awesome obviously we kind of see here why Winnipeg asks for these pieces Clarke's a premium young uh NHL centerpiece George is a future goaltending option with a development risk obviously projected first uh you know with the next an explicit rollover and our proposal is not reported by the King's offer but this is kind of what i'm seeing like i said i would even do this without the first round pick just to kind of get Hellebuyck out of here and get a key piece back in here so you know i did want to include the first in our in our mock trade but to me i i would do it without it to be honest with you guys love to hear your guys thoughts on that looking at the Winnipeg's cap sheet uh after the moves uh you know they would they would be less in salary they would be at 14 million dollars in cap space now to make more moves happen uh and to be able to obviously uh you know get some big pieces at the deadline to kind of bolster our rush to the Stanley Cup playoffs this year i definitely think Brandt Clarke would really fit in with our team uh with how good defense we have right now adding another piece like that would be exceptional especially on the right side and obviously Carter George is a great player to get in here too because the Kings select him in the second round back in 2024 uh and he was uh in in the juniors he was putting up like nine ten save percentage numbers now he's with the Ontario Reign in the AHL uh recently had like one or two starts so small sample size right now but i believe his numbers are in the high 800s uh but this is a great prospect to kind of have in our system a guy who can come down uh with the Manitoba Moose help them out there and hopefully develop into a goaltender that we can use at some point off at the NHL level so that'd be great to see for Carter George so hopefully we can see that for sure obviously it adds kind of a element of risk in this deal because we don't know if he's going to turn out to be an NHL backup or starter but I definitely think with our goaltending obviously development we would be able to help this guy out for sure because we have a tremendous goaltending development all throughout you know our minor system so that'd be great to see but Los Angeles must decide what it will pay obviously LA after this deal they still would be remain under the cap like about 700k under the cap so that's not bad so obviously they would get Connor Hellebuyck this would help them out in the crease going forward obviously they do lose a key piece on their blue line but I do think going forward they need goaltending more in my opinion and obviously you know if we're talking about two pieces coming back for Connor Hellebuyck we're they're talking about obviously the big one in Quinton Byfield or we're talking about Brant Clark and I would rather see Brant Clark come than Quinton Byfield because we got Viggo Bjork now who can kind of be our second line center going forward yeah Byfield's a great player and I do think I would like to see him on this team for sure but I'd rather see Brant Clark if the option is there for Byfield or Brant Clark Brant Clark is going to come in and just be a better player for us a better fit to this roster so I'd like to see him uh instead of Byfield here in this situation if you're if you're asking me and just kind of looking at our lineup after uh you know this you can uh this mock trade uh we kind of see here Brant Clark centering that or being not centering uh being on this right side here with Josh Morris he obviously is when the team is fully healthy uh so this is kind of why i kind of like we also kind of mix it around we could have maybe Sandberg up with him or you know him down with Sandberg or Ferraro you know we could obviously there's a lot of options that we could talk about here but i really do like him on the top line with Morrissey Morrissey is really two-way centered and same with Brian Clark he leans way more offensive though he's a really agile he's a guy who can whip the puck around as well and I you know he has a lot of confidence which I really like so I think this roster with Brian Clark looks absolutely disgusting and something I would like to go after and this is why you know maybe LA would reject an offer like this Clark is a part of LA's future defense Byfield carries age and recent performance risk the protected first still has to stand substantial value in this deal that's probably why they would accept it with the first and LA would need to replace uh replace Clark's minutes for sure but i do think that them i said their goaltending is struggling right now and they need to make a move and Winnipeg's you know renegotiating a renegotiating position as Clark uh as the cornerstone renegotiate renegotiate the prospect uh and the prospect and pick addition so maybe even if they don't want to give up Clark maybe then you move to Byfield and then you kind of get Byfield here but like i said i think the cornerstone of this deal should be Clark avoid confusing high asking price with a likely final return so yeah i'm i'm liking this uh links recent links to um the LA Kings let me know what you guys think down below in the comment section uh do you think we should take this uh Clark and George uh you know obviously a deal here or do you think we should uh obviously you know Winnipeg should demand more what do you think let me know how you guys are feeling down below uh in the comment section about this trade do you think maybe we should go after Byfield do you think Clark is too big of an asking price i love to hear your guys thoughts down below in the comment section while you're down there leave a like subscribe to the channel as always i've been your host keep your stick on the ice