Some Winnipeggers are distraught today to discover that formerly cherished Winnipeg Jets goaltender, Connor Hellebuyck, is a thirty-three-year-old American man from the United States of America. The controversy surrounding his stellar performance at the Milano Cortina Olympics, which propelled the Stars and Stripes to their first Olympic hockey Gold in forty-six years, has only intensified after the two-time Vezina- and Hart Trophy-winning star’s recent appearance on CBS’s Celebrity Family Feud, where he stood alongside American teammates and won $25,000 for the USA Hockey Foundation. How terrible! How selfish! How American!
Recent rumours of the goaltender’s prospective trade continue to swirl, leaving Jets fans wondering if GM Kevin Cheveldayoff will buyck up and pull the trigger. We asked one hundred Winnipeggers if they supported a Hellebuyck trade, and the survey says….!