2016–17 Winnipeg Jets season

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.
==Off-season==
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 16 	Winnipeg Rookies 	1–4 	Calgary Rookies 	 	Berdin 	2,706 	0–1–0 	Recap 	
2 	September 18 	Winnipeg Rookies 	2–3 	Vancouver Rookies 	 	Phillips 	4,113 	0–2–0 	Recap 	
3 	September 19 	Winnipeg Rookies 	1–4 	Edmonton Rookies 	 	Berdin 	2,789 	0–3–0 	Recap 	
Rookie Tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia	
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===Regular season===
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October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 13 	Carolina 	4–5 	Winnipeg 	OT 	Hellebuyck 	15,296 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap 	
2 	October 15 	Winnipeg 	3–4 	Minnesota 	 	Hutchinson 	19,024 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap 	
3 	October 17 	Boston 	4–1 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,296 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap 	
4 	October 19 	Toronto 	4–5 	Winnipeg 	OT 	Hutchinson 	15,294 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap 	
5 	October 23 	Edmonton 	3–0 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	33,240(outdoors) 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap 	
6 	October 25 	Winnipeg 	2–3 	Dallas 	 	Hutchinson 	18,040 	2–4–0 	4 	Recap 	
7 	October 27 	Dallas 	1–4 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,294 	3–4–0 	6 	Recap 	
8 	October 28 	Winnipeg 	1–0 	Colorado 	 	Hutchinson 	16,135 	4–4–0 	8 	Recap 	
9 	October 30 	Buffalo 	3–1 	Winnipeg 	 	Hutchinson 	15,294 	4–5–0 	8 	Recap 	
== Playoffs ==
The Jets did not qualify for the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.
==Player statistics==
Final Stats
===Skaters===
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	79	32	50	82	18 	38
 	82	26	48	74	6 	47
 	73	36	28	64	7 	26
 	82	25	39	64	1 	38
 	80	13	39	52	10 	117
 	59	21	26	47	−7 	18
 	65	13	32	45	−11	30
 	60	8 	25	33	4 	54
 	82	15	14	29	1 	52
 	82	6 	14	20	6 	38
 	57	10	9 	19	−8 	20
 	64	9 	8 	17	8 	18
 	60	1 	13	14	–7 	42
 	65	1 	13	14	3 	15
‡ 	40	4 	9 	13	–2 	12
 	54	1 	12	13	−13	12
 	45	8 	4 	12	0 	13
 	59	2 	10	12	2 	33
 	38	4 	7 	11	0 	10
 	11	2 	3 	5 	5 	13
 	20	2 	3 	5 	−7 	4
 	64	3 	1 	4 	−7 	95
 	42	2 	2 	4 	4 	27
 	51	2 	2 	4 	−6 	26
 	5 	0 	2 	2 	–1 	0
 	18	0 	2 	2 	0 	8
‡ 	23	0 	2 	2 	−6 	6
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	0
 	10	0 	0 	0 	–1 	5
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
===Goaltenders===
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	56	53	3,033:31	26	19	4	146	2.89	1,572	.907	4	0	0	0
 	28	20	1,378:20	9 	12	3	67 	2.92	690 	.903	1	0	0	0
 	8 	8 	439:30 	4 	4 	0	26 	3.55	233 	.888	0	0	0	0
 	1 	1 	59:18 	1 	0 	0	4 	4.05	39 	.897	0	0	0	0
* † Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
* ‡ Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
* Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Roster==
==Transactions==
Winnipeg has been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
June 24, 2016	To Philadelphia FlyersCHI's 1st-round pick in 20162nd-round pick in 2016	To Winnipeg Jets1st-round pick in 20163rd-round pick in 2016	
June 25, 2016	To Montreal Canadiens7th-round pick in 2016 	To Winnipeg Jets7th-round pick in 2017 	
March 1, 2017	To Boston BruinsDrew Stafford 	To Winnipeg Jetsconditional 6th-round pick in 2018 	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Shawn Matthias	Colorado Avalanche	2 years, $4.25 million 	
 	Quinton Howden	Florida Panthers 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Brian Strait 	New York Islanders	1 year, $600,000 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Andrew MacWilliam	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Thomas Raffl 	Red Bull Salzburg	Undisclosed 	
===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 	
===Lost via retirement===
Date 	Player 	Ref
June 1, 2016	Grant Clitsome	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Julian Melchiori 	2 years, $1.25 million 	
 	Jamie Phillips 	2 years, $1.35 million entry-level contract 	
 	Patrik Laine 	3 years, $10.725 million entry-level contract	
 	Mathieu Perreault	4 years, $16.5 million contract extension 	
 	Brenden Kichton 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Mark Scheifele 	8 years, $49 million contract extension 	
 	Joel Armia 	2 years, $1.85 million contract extension 	
 	Adam Lowry 	2 years, $2.25 million contract extension 	
 	Jack Roslovic 	3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract	
 	Brandon Tanev 	1 year, $874,125 	
 	JC Lipon 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Jacob Trouba 	2 years, $6 million contract extension 	
 	Logan Stanley 	3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract	
 	Tucker Poolman 	1 year, $1.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Jansen Harkins 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Sami Niku 	3 years, $2.75 million entry-level 	
 	Michael Spacek 	3 years, $2.55 million entry-level 	
 	Marko Dano 	1 year, $850,000 contract extension 	
==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 	Tappara (Liiga)
1 	18 	Logan Stanley 	D 	Canada 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
3 	79 	Luke Green 	D 	Canada 	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4 	97 	Jacob Cederholm	D 	Sweden 	HV71 (SHL)
5 	127	Jordan Stallard	C 	Canada 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6 	157	Mikhail Berdin 	G 	Russia 	Russia U18 (MHL)
;Notes
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
==References==
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