2016–17 Winnipeg Jets season

2016–17 Winnipeg Jets
Division 5th Central
Conference 9th Western
2016–17 record 40–35–7
Home record 22–18–1
Road record 18–17–6
Goals for 249
Goals against 256
Team information
General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff
Coach Paul Maurice
Captain Blake Wheeler
Alternate captains Dustin Byfuglien
Mark Scheifele
Arena MTS Centre
Minor league affiliate(s) Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Patrik Laine (36)
Assists Mark Scheifele (50)
Points Mark Scheifele (82)
Penalties in minutes Dustin Byfuglien (117)
Plus/minus Mark Scheifele (+18)
Wins Connor Hellebuyck (26)
Goals against average Michael Hutchinson (2.89)

The 2016–17 Winnipeg Jets season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the sixth in Winnipeg, Manitoba since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.[1]

Off-season


Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z Chicago Blackhawks 82 50 23 9 46 244 213 +31 109
2 x Minnesota Wild 82 49 25 8 46 266 208 +58 106
3 x St. Louis Blues 82 46 29 7 44 235 218 +17 99
4 x Nashville Predators 82 41 29 12 39 240 224 +16 94
5 Winnipeg Jets 82 40 35 7 37 249 256 7 87
6 Dallas Stars 82 34 37 11 33 223 262 39 79
7 Colorado Avalanche 82 22 56 4 21 166 278 112 48
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot; z Clinched conference.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z Chicago Blackhawks 82 50 23 9 46 244 213 +31 109
2 x Minnesota Wild 82 49 25 8 46 266 208 +58 106
3 x St. Louis Blues 82 46 29 7 44 235 218 +17 99
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot; z Clinched conference.
Top 3 (Pacific Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y Anaheim Ducks 82 46 23 13 43 223 200 +23 105
2 x Edmonton Oilers 82 47 26 9 43 247 212 +35 103
3 x San Jose Sharks 82 46 29 7 44 221 201 +20 99
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot; y Clinched division.
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA x Calgary Flames 82 45 33 4 41 226 221 +5 94
2 CE x Nashville Predators 82 41 29 12 39 240 224 +16 94
3 CE Winnipeg Jets 82 40 35 7 37 249 256 7 87
4 PA Los Angeles Kings 82 39 35 8 37 201 205 4 86
5 CE Dallas Stars 82 34 37 11 33 223 262 39 79
6 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 30 42 10 24 197 260 63 70
7 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 30 43 9 26 182 243 61 69
8 CE Colorado Avalanche 82 22 56 4 21 166 278 112 48
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log[3]

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Jets did not qualify for the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular Season[4]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele 79 32 50 82 18 38
Laine, PatrikPatrik Laine 73 36 28 64 7 26
Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler 82 26 48 74 6 47
Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers 82 25 39 64 1 38
Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien 80 13 39 52 10 117
Little, BryanBryan Little 59 21 26 47 −7 18
Trouba, JacobJacob Trouba 60 8 25 33 4 54
Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault 65 13 32 45 −11 30
Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry 82 15 14 29 1 52
Morrissey, JoshJosh Morrissey 82 6 14 20 6 38
Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp 64 9 8 17 8 18
Enstrom, TobyToby Enstrom 60 1 13 14 –7 42
Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford 40 4 9 13 –2 12
Armia, JoelJoel Armia 57 10 9 19 −8 20
Postma, PaulPaul Postma 65 1 13 14 3 15
Petan, NicNic Petan 54 1 12 13 −13 12
Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 45 8 4 12 0 13
Dano, MarkoMarko Dano 38 4 7 11 0 10
Chiarot, BenBen Chiarot 59 2 10 12 2 33
Myers, TylerTyler Myers 11 2 3 5 5 13
Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn 64 3 1 4 −7 95
Tanev, BrandonBrandon Tanev 51 2 2 4 −6 26
Connor, KyleKyle Connor 20 2 3 5 −7 4
Burmistrov, AlexanderAlexander Burmistrov 23 0 2 2 −6 6
Stuart, MarkMark Stuart 42 2 2 4 4 27
Melchiori, JulianJulian Melchiori 18 0 2 2 0 8
Howden, QuintonQuinton Howden 5 0 0 0 1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck 55 51 3033:55 26 19 4 146 2.80 1572 .907 4 0 0 0
Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson 28 22 1318:35 9 12 3 65 2.94 690 .905 1 0 0 0
Pavelec, OndrejOndrej Pavelec 8 8 439:30 4 4 0 26 3.55 233 .888 0 0 0 0
Comrie, EricEric Comrie 1 1 60:00 1 0 0 4 4.00 39 .897 0 0 0 0

Roster

Updated July 1, 2017.[6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
40 Finland Armia, JoelJoel Armia RW R 24 2015 Pori, Finland
33 United States Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien (A) D/RW R 32 2010 Minneapolis, Minnesota
7 Canada Chiarot, BenBen Chiarot D L 27 2010 Hamilton, Ontario
81 United States Connor, KyleKyle Connor LW L 20 2015 Clinton Township, Michigan
9 United States Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp C L 23 2013 Ann Arbor, Michigan
56 Slovakia Dano, MarkoMarko Dano C/RW L 22 2016 Eisenstadt, Austria
27 Denmark Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers LW L 21 2014 Aalborg, Denmark
39 Sweden Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom D L 32 2003 Nordingrå, Sweden
37 United States Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck G L 24 2012 Commerce, Michigan
34 Canada Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson G R 27 2013 Barrie, Ontario
77 Russia Kulikov, DmitriDmitri Kulikov D L 26 2017 Lipetsk, Russia
29 Finland Laine, PatrikPatrik Laine RW R 19 2016 Tampere, Finland
18 Canada Little, BryanBryan Little C R 29 2006 Edmonton, Alberta
17 Canada Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry C L 24 2011 St. Louis, Missouri
35 Canada Mason, SteveSteve Mason G R 29 2017 Oakville, Ontario
16 Canada Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias  C L 29 2016 Mississauga, Ontario
71 Canada Melchiori, JulianJulian Melchiori D L 25 2010 Richmond Hill, Ontario
44 Canada Morrissey, JoshJosh Morrissey D L 22 2013 Calgary, Alberta
57 Canada Myers, TylerTyler Myers  D R 27 2015 Houston, Texas
62 Canada Nogier, NelsonNelson Nogier D R 21 2014 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
85 Canada Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault LW L 29 2014 Drummondville, Quebec
19 Canada Petan, NicNic Petan C L 22 2013 Delta, British Columbia
55 Canada Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele (A) C R 24 2011 Kitchener, Ontario
13 Canada Tanev, BrandonBrandon Tanev LW L 25 2016 Toronto, Ontario
8 United States Trouba, JacobJacob Trouba D R 23 2012 Rochester, Michigan
26 United States Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler (C) RW R 30 2011 Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Transactions

Winnipeg has been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date
Details
Ref
June 24, 2016 To Philadelphia Flyers
CHI's 1st-round pick in 2016
2nd-round pick in 2016
To Winnipeg Jets
1st-round pick in 2016
3rd-round pick in 2016
[7]
June 25, 2016 To Montreal Canadiens
7th-round pick in 2016
To Winnipeg Jets
7th-round pick in 2017
[8]
March 1, 2017 To Boston Bruins
Drew Stafford
To Winnipeg Jets
conditional 6th-round pick in 2018
[9]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Shawn Matthias Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $4.25 million [10]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Quinton Howden Florida Panthers 1 year, $650,000 [11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Brian Strait New York Islanders 1 year, $600,000 [12]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Andrew MacWilliam New Jersey Devils 1 year, $575,000 [13]
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) Thomas Raffl EC Red Bull Salzburg Undisclosed [14]

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Alexander Burmistrov Arizona Coyotes January 2, 2017 [15]

Lost via retirement

Date Player Ref
June 1, 2016 Grant Clitsome [16]

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Julian Melchiori 2 years, $1.25 million [17]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Jamie Phillips 2 years, $1.35 million entry-level contract [17]
July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03) Patrik Laine 3 years, $10.725 million entry-level contract [18]
July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07) Mathieu Perreault 4 years, $16.5 million contract extension [19]
July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08) Brenden Kichton 1 year, $600,000 [20]
July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08) Mark Scheifele 8 years, $49 million contract extension [21]
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14) Joel Armia 2 years, $1.85 million contract extension [22]
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14) Adam Lowry 2 years, $2.25 million contract extension [22]
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18) Jack Roslovic 3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract [23]
July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21) Brandon Tanev 1 year, $874,125 [24]
August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15) JC Lipon 1 year, $650,000 [25]
November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07) Jacob Trouba 2 years, $6 million contract extension [26]
December 6, 2016 (2016-12-06) Logan Stanley 3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract [27]
March 30, 2016 (2016-03-30) Tucker Poolman 1 year, $1.775 million entry-level contract [28]
April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07) Jansen Harkins 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [29]
May 15, 2017 (2017-05-15) Sami Niku 3 years, $2.75 million entry-level [30]
June 1, 2017 (2017-06-01) Michael Spacek 3 years, $2.55 million entry-level [31]
June 13, 2017 (2017-06-13) Marko Dano 1 year, $850,000 contract extension [32]

Draft picks

Below are the Winnipeg Jets' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 2 Patrik Laine RW Finland Finland Tappara (Liiga)
1 18[a] Logan Stanley D Canada Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
3 79[b] Luke Green D Canada Canada Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4 97 Jacob Cederholm D Sweden Sweden HV71 (SHL)
5 127 Jordan Stallard C Canada Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6 157 Mikhail Berdin G Russia Russia Russia U18 (MHL)
Notes
  • [a] The Philadelphia Flyers’ first-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Chicago’s first-round pick and a second-round pick both in 2016 (22nd and 36th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016 (79th overall) and this pick.[33]
  • The Winnipeg Jets’ second-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first and third-round pick both in 2016 (18th and 79th overall) to Winnipeg in exchange for Chicago’s first-round pick in 2016 (22nd overall) and this pick.[33]
  • The Winnipeg Jets' third round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 25, 2015 that sent Jiri Tlusty to Winnipeg in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[34]
  • [b] The Philadelphia Flyers’ third-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Chicago’s first-round pick and a second-round pick both in 2016 (22nd and 36th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (18th overall) and this pick.[33]
  • The Winnipeg Jets' seventh-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2017 to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.[35]

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