I can't BELIEVE this is happening...

I can't believe this is happening as Elliot Friedman drops a bombshell about Connor Hellebuck potentially returning to the Winnipeg Jets lineup. In this video, we're going to break down everything about this situation, talk about everything in our loss yesterday to the Carolina Hurricanes. So you're not going to miss this episode of Winnipeg Jets Digest. Before we dive into everything here, just want to say we're on the road for 3,000 subscribers here on the channel. So if you're new here, you want to stay up to date on the latest news around the Winnipeg Jets, We're home for it here on YouTube, so down below, hit that subscribe button, it's completely free to do so. But yes, today we're here talking about Connor Hellebuck potentially rejoining the team as soon as next week. This is something I never thought I would say when he did get suspended, but per reports from Elliot Friedman, who is a very, very reputable insider, he said that the suspension of Connor Hellebuck ends on Friday, October 23rd. 23rd so this coming Friday now we could see Connor Hellebuck rejoin the team be in practices do I think he'll be our starting goaltender probably not but he will rejoin the team but he also does you know have the option to do this kind of the timeline you know he was intentioned to report back in October the 2nd then it was return date was reported you know after suspension ended october 23rd now he's eligible to return on october 23rd which is crazy i just thought that we could just sit him on the couch all year and just you know not not you know obviously not pay him but that's not the case apparently his suspension ends here october 23rd and now if we do still want to keep him away from this roster we now will have to pay his salary which uh yeah that that sucks let's just put bluntly that that really that really hurts us if we really had to pay his salary just for him to sit at home but it'll be interesting to see now if he does rejoin the team I have seen some reports come out saying that he would be willing to report to the practice and report to the team so uh yeah we'll have to see what happens here come Friday and we might see Connor Hellebuyck back out on the ice uh with this team and I think now that you know the Winnipeg Jets have had a solid start to the year I think he maybe has changed his mind and saying yeah maybe i can see myself winning here in winnipeg but uh you know i obviously have some some weird feelings towards that i i really don't want a player with with my with my team that wants you know doesn't want uh to be there and like had had a no doubts in this roster had doubts in his teammates and in this locker room on whether we could win or not you know i think having that uh mentality around the locker room is going to hurt us in the long run and you know i really don't want him there to be honest with you guys like to hear your thoughts now down below in the comment section but here we see from Friedman again one possibility is the jets pay him to stay at home so you know we could see Hellebuyck you know still you know be at home be on the couch uh waiting for a trade to happen and this time he will be getting paid which will hurt us even more so uh we really need to figure out a trade we need to figure out if he wants to come back this week is going to be crucial in terms of the Connor Hellebuyck saga and we'll keep you guys up to date on everything and as we've alluded to last year i mean Hellebuyck had a bit of a down year and .895 is still not too bad he's still 0.005 uh percentage uh out of getting to the to the .900 uh career save percent or to the .900 uh save percentage last season but you know obviously this is a guy who won the Vez in two seasons ago he's a great goaltender no doubt about it and yeah he might have had a bit of a down year but i think all this team last year kind of had a bit of a down year barring Connor and Scheifele uh so uh maybe he will come back and maybe he will play some games and maybe we'll see uh Stu and uh and obviously uh you know Hellebuyck be the one and two punch here this year but uh you know i'd be willing to just ride with Hellebuyck and Stevenson at this point because uh you know i really like what i'm seeing out of those guys to be honest with you guys and i just seen here Adam Lowry addresses Connor Hellebuyck's return and this is what he had to say now this is a great quote by the captain here Adam Lowry said if he does show up conversations are going to have happened and I mean I definitely think I agree with this right because obviously as the captain he knows everybody in the locker room kind of feels betrayed by Hellebuyck right yeah he requested a trade after last season now we're this far in I we're into the season now and he still hasn't been traded he's sitting at home not willing to come to this team and report to this team and then get suspended for it and now we're here talking about him potentially rejoining I think guys like Lowry Scheifele Connor all the big guns here all the leadership group in Winnipeg is going to have to get together and talk about whether you know is it worth bringing a guy like this back into our locker room how are we going to deal with it because I know some guys feel a certain way about it and what are we going to do to kind of make sure that there is no you know bad blood between players in the locker room and it's definitely going to be a tricky situation the juggle for guys like Lowry and Scheifele and you know obviously more seeing guys like this but hopefully I know that they all do feel betrayed by Hellebuck and him coming back into this locker room will be a bit weird and I know that there will be a weird feeling and a weird tension between all these players that we hope don't transition to the ice so hopefully all this can be cleared up hope I know Lowry's a great captain and he'll be able to you know get everybody's minds in in order and try to be able to deal with him coming back Lowry's had a solid start to the season for us as well one goal three six three assists we love to see that uh from the captain which is great to see just kind of look at the next stop next stop what remains resolved is whether Hellebuck rejoins the team or not we don't know what his kind of thought process is on this right now how do conversations with the room unfold we got to figure out what everybody's going to say it's going to be interesting to see what the y'all say to the media about this if he does rejoin uh because i do think there will be some bad blood between uh teammates here and whether Winnipeg completes a trade I definitely think now is crucial for them to uh get a trade done like with his suspension um you know obviously coming up to an end in him potentially rejoining the team uh we're gonna need uh obviously this uh this team to uh to obviously uh you know figure out what they want to do what Kevin Cheveldayoff wants to do does he want to trade him does he think that he's still a valuable asset to us and is he going to sit him at home we're going to have to see what Cheveldayoff's plan is going to be but there are some willing participants now in the Kings and the Sharks and the Rangers that could definitely go after a guy like Hellebuyck and the deal could be done pretty soon but i think if a deal was going to be done uh by then it would be done already so it's gonna be interesting to see how this unfolds this week for Connor Hellebuyck stay tuned subscribe to the channel put those notifications on so you do know when we stay up to date on that Connor Hellebuyck situation and when he does come back to practice it's going to be an interesting one to follow but uh Clayton Stevenson uh keeps the kids the Winnipeg Jets in reach yesterday in the game against the Carolina Hurricanes I thought we had this one we go up two to one in this one and I was like ah it felt so good I was like oh we got this one we got this one but then goes back to three to two so uh uh it was it was it was a good battle though I think the team battled well against the reigning uh Stanley Cup champions and just seeing us be that close to victory against this team gives me a lot of hope going forward, to be honest with you guys. And Stevenson, he had a big bounce-back game for us. 34 saves with a .919 save percentage. You love to see that. And obviously, like I said, bouncing back off a bad .750 save percentage loss against the Anaheim Ducks. Wasn't really all his fault that game, but it's great to see Stevenson come back in against probably the top team in the league right now and just put up good numbers. .919 save percentage 34 stops great to see Stevenson have a bounce back here and obviously just looking at where we are in the standings we're one point behind the Wild and Colorado Avalanche right now two points behind Utah so uh you know with the win we could potentially be tying for fourth first in this not fourths first in the central division here so hopefully we can go out next game get a get a win but look at recent times we're on a two-game skid right now We lost to Chicago. We lost to Carolina. Looking to bounce back here on our next, as we continue on the road against the Blues and the Stars go back on the road now. Hopefully we can get a win against the Blues, carry it into another game against the Stars, or is it our first game of the season against the Stars? So hopefully we can beat them as well. So yeah, we're looking to turn this two-game skid around in St. Louis and take some momentum going in against the Stars. So hopefully we'll see that this coming week as well. I did just want to mention before we wrap up this video about Mario Ferraro because it was a scary situation where he kind of skated to the bench, went to the locker room, but he did return after evaluation and played the continuation of the game. So it doesn't look like we have that bad of an injury scare on Mario Ferraro's side. When I was watching this and I see him skating to the bench, I was like, oh no, not another defensive injury. We can't have this right now. uh but he does he's fine he comes back out like like the warrior Mario Ferraro is and he continues that he continues in the game he has 12 hits 13 blocks this year three takeaways only nine giveaways which is great for Ferraro looking at his ice time for us recently over the last five he's averaging about 21 minutes a night so that's great to see for Ferraro and then last night's game he did only play 18 minutes because he was uh off for part of this game but he did have four blocks in this one one hit so he was doing Mario Ferraro things last night just being uh obviously being that guy that we need back there on that blue line the defensive guy and i just want to hear your guys thoughts on the Helbach situation how do you think they should handle it a reintegrate him if he returns b keep him separate while seeking a trade or c decide after conversations with the room let me know what you guys are thinking down below if it's me i think we got to wait and hear what these players have to say because the players you know get together have a meeting and they say yeah i don't want this guy back then we're gonna have to have some conversations around that and we're gonna have to talk about potentially Connor Helbox being paid to be at home i'm sure i'm not quite sure how this works because i want to hear your guys thoughts like do you guys know if we do pay him while he's at home if it goes to the IR or not i'm not completely sure on that because i've never seen a situation like this before but if you guys know let me know down below in the comment section if you enjoyed leave a like subscribe to the channel as always i'm your host kc