Top 50 Winnipeg Jets
Let’s be very clear.This list of the top 50 Winnipeg Jets of all-time only refers to the current incarnation that began in Atlanta, Georgia as the Thrashers.
The reason for this is that the National Hockey League has not given the “history” to the organization that now resides in Manitoba.
As such, and as of this writing, this is not exactly the most interesting of our Hockey lists, but reality dictates that one franchise had to have this designation. Since the Jets/Thrashers have only made the NHL playoffs twice in their sixteen-year existence, we are not exactly talking about a plethora of Hall of Famers, are we?
Still, this is what we do here at Notinhalloffame.com, and let’s check them out!
Note: Hockey lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.
This list is up to the end of the 2022-23 Season.
An Atlanta Thrasher for nearly three seasons, Rich Peverley averaged nearly .70 Points per game while playing for the organization. Peverley’s best full statistical season in the National Hockey League was in Atlanta where he had 55 Points and his lone 20 Goal season. He would overall have 127 Points…
Andrew Brunette really developed his playmaking skills at the professional level in his two years in Atlanta. Brunette’s first 20 Goal season was in Atlanta as was his first 50 Point campaign of which he would have two for the Thrashers, which incidentally was the amount of years he played…
Ben Chiarot was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 2009 when the team was still located in Atlanta, and four years later he played a single game for the team in the 2013-14 Season. Chiarot was a regular afterwards, utilizing a stay-at-home defensive game, which every team needs.
Playing for the Atlanta Thrashers for six seasons, Garnet Exelby was a stay-at-home defenseman who exceeded expectations as an eighth round pick. Exelby wasn’t much of a scorer but did provide 10 Defensive Point Shares over his Thrasher career.
Donald Audette’s stay with the Atlanta Thrashers was a brief one as he played less than 100 games for the team. Still, this is a player who average over a point per game in Atlanta and was the franchise’s All Star representative in 2001. That season saw him record his…
Greg de Vries was an undrafted blueliner who would win the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche. He would later play two full seasons in Atlanta and gave the team solid defensive play along with his best offensive output with a 35 Point season in the 2005/06 campaign with 59…
The son of Hockey Hall of Famer, Peter Stastny, Paul Stastny cut his teeth with the Colorado Avalanche, where he had his best campaigns, cracking the 70-Point plateau three times. After a run with the Blues, Stastny was traded to the Jets, bringing a veteran presence for their playoff run. Stastny had…
Spending two seasons with the Winnipeg Jets, Czech born Left Winger, Michael Frolik would put up remarkably consistent numbers, scoring 42 Points in both of his seasons in Winnipeg. Frolik brought a winning temperament to Winnipeg, as he was a member of the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks prior to…
A very physical defenseman, Chris Tamer would spend his final five seasons in the National Hockey League with the expansion Atlanta Thrashers. Never known for being much of an offensive threat, Tamer would have his best offensive output with Atlanta with 50 Points in 339 Games. That doesn't sound like…
Shawn McEachern went to the Atlanta Thrashers for two seasons after a successful stint with Ottawa. McEachern would have his last 50 Point season as a Thrasher (2003-04), which would be the only season where he would receive votes for the Frank J. Selke Award.