October 8, 2025 | 7:25am ET
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CONNOR SIGNS $96M EXTENSION WITH JETS
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Kyle Connor, forward
The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms on an eight-year, $96 million contract with sniper Kyle Connor, as TFP’s David Pagnotta was first to report.
Connor, 28, is in the final year of a seven-year, $50 million contract and would have been eligible to become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
In 82 games with the Jets last season, Connor registered 41 goals and a career-high 56 assists for a career-high 97 points.
Some early chatter this gets done today at 8x$12M ($96M total), structured nicely for Connor. https://t.co/u7ti3UvdDW
— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) October 8, 2025
The Shelby Township, Michigan, native was selected 17th overall by the Jts in the 2015 NHL Draft.
He has recorded 284 goals and 298 assists for 582 points in 613 career NHL games.
Since he became a full-time NHLer in 2017-18, Connor has scored at least 30 goals in seven seasons and eclipsed 60 points six times. He won the 2022 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as "the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability."