Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top Winnipeg Jets.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Jets failed to make the playoffs, but as this is our first update in two years, there were three new entries and multiple changes.  Please note that Winnipeg technically does not have the lineal history to the original Jets, so this Top 50 is based on the franchise that originated as the Atlanta Thrashers.

As always, we present our top five:

1. Blake Wheeler

2. Ilya Kovalchuk

3. Dustin Byfuglien

4. Connor Hellbuyck

5. Mark Scheifele

You can find the entire list here.

Wheeler advanced to the top spot, though his time with Winnipeg might be coming to an end.  Hellebuyck moved from #5 to #4, overtaking Scheifele, who stayed at #5.

Kyle Connor makes the top ten for the first time, elevating to #9 from #17.

Nikolaj Ehlers, moved up two spots to #12.

Defenseman, Josh Morrissey, reaches #16 from #21.

Center and now New York Ranger, Andrew Copp, rose from #39 to #28.

Our highest debut is Defenseman, Neal Pionk, who enters at #29.

Left Wing, Adam Lowry edged up to #37 from #41.

Forwards, Paul Stastny, who is now with the Carolina Hurricanes, enters at #45, and Pierre-Luc Dubois comes in at #48.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

A two-time Vezina winner with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Russian-born Goalie, Sergei Bobrovsky signed with Florida as a Free Agent, with the Panthers believing that he was the missing piece of the puzzle.

Bobrovsky’s Florida career did not start off with a bang, as his 3.23 GAA in his debut season with the Panthers was his worst in Hockey.  He shaved that down to 2.91 the year after, but his third season was a renaissance for Bobrovsky with a solid 2.67 GAA and a league-leading 39 Wins.  Last season, Bobrovsky anchored the Panthers to their first Stanley Cup off of his best season in Florida (2.37 GAA with a third-place finish in Vezina voting).  He isn't done yet! 

Pierre-Luc Dubois began his career with the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he played three-years-and-change before he requested a trade out of Ohio.  He got it, with Winnipeg as his landing place in January of 2021, though that was not necessarily where he wanted to go.

In Dubois's first full year with the Jets, he had his best season since his sophomore campaign with a 28/30/60 line.  He followed that with 63 Points, breaking his previous best, but it was well known that he had no intention of staying in Manitoba when hs contract expired so in the 2023 offseason, he was traded to Los Angeles.  Dubois had a solid run with 143 Points in 195 Games for Winnipeg.

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 the most productive post-season of his life, scoring 15 Points in 17 Games, but he departed for the Vegas Golden Knights as a Free Agent shortly after.

Stastny returned to the Jets via trade before the 2020/21 Season where he played two years, the latter of which saw him break 20 Goals for the first time since 2013-14.  Stastny bolted again from Winnipeg as a Free Agent after the 2012-22 Season, this time for Carolina.

With the Jets, Stastny had 87 Points.