# Hellebuyck trade near

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On October 23, Elliott Friedman tweeted that the Connor Hellebuyck saga was ending, then reported Winnipeg and New Jersey were working on a deal. The completed trade sends Mercer, Kaman, Dawes, Bjugstad, a 2029 second and a 2027 seventh to Winnipeg. Hellebuyck, who had five years left on his contract, stopped 16 of 17 shots in his Devils debut, a win over Dallas; Dallas managed 1.65 expected goals, the lone goal a Herkoian redirect, and his save percentage under 30 shots against is .912 versus a .899 league average. The talk now weighs whether the Jets got full value and whether the no-trade clause shaped the return.

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## Segments

- [The Pat McAfee Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thepatmcafeeshow), 2026-10-13, 1:23:58 to 1:38:04: **Argues Winnipeg faces no pressure to move him**. P.K. Subban spends the back half on Hellebuyck, siding with Winnipeg: the team has no obligation to trade him, the room has rallied around the situation, and he won't revisit it until a move happens. Adds contract length and the Jets' standing as context. New angle: Hellebuyck has five years left on his contract, and Subban says Winnipeg faces no pressure to move him.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-19, 30:21 to 34:26: **Walks through the standoff before the trade**. Walks through the standoff before the trade: the suspension is expected to be lifted, but Granger doubts Hellebuyck ever plays in Winnipeg again and floats the lift as a self-imposed trade deadline. Notes the hellebucks.com counter and the $8,000-a-day figure. New angle: Hellebuyck loses $8,000 per day while suspended, tracked by a fan site, hellebucks.com.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-23, 17:56 to 22:12: **Weighs the suitors after Friedman's tweet**. Reacts to Friedman's tweet that the Hellebuyck saga is ending and runs through the suitors, weighing Buffalo against a Panthers team the hosts doubt would bail on the injured Markstrom. Speculation, not reporting. New angle: Elliott Friedman tweeted that the Connor Hellebuyck saga is coming to an end.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-23, 37:27 to 41:56: **Catches Friedman's tweet live on air**. Catches the follow-up tweet live on air: Friedman reports Winnipeg and New Jersey are working on a Hellebuyck deal, with the caveat that it may not develop. The rest of the segment is Aikman-Buck fight hypotheticals and jockey trash talk. New angle: Elliott Friedman tweeted that Winnipeg and New Jersey are working on a Connor Hellebuyck deal.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-23, 2:11 to 7:33: **Reacts to the completed trade and sold-low return**. Emergency reaction pod to the completed Hellebuyck trade. Retells the return, argues Winnipeg had no leverage and sold low, and stays inside the package debate already on the record, with Goldman adding that a rebuilt Devils goalie department gives Hellebuyck a better rebound path.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-23, 9:21 to 10:56: **Zooms out to the Metro standings**. Zooms out to the Metro standings: the Devils' forward depth absorbs Mercer's exit, and the Rangers, Islanders, Flyers and Penguins all have holes, so New Jersey can join Washington and Carolina at the top. Analysis of the trade's consequences, not a new development.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-23, 10:53 to 15:52: **Critiques Winnipeg's return as neither rebuild nor haul**. Critiques the Jets' return: no first-round pick, a second-rounder three years out, and a package that is neither a rebuild nor a win-now haul. Goldman argues Mercer's value had already fallen in New Jersey and that Winnipeg should have moved Hellebuyck sooner and chased players like Paterka and Nyes.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-23, 16:08 to 21:40: **Weighs the deal against Mehta's goalie line**. Weighs the Hellebuyck trade against Sonny Mehta's public line that goaltending is the least predictable position and not worth heavy investment, and finds the deal consistent with it because the first-round picks stayed. Notes the Devils' cupboard is thin after moving Nemec and Command, leaving Silayev as the top prospect, and that Keefe is the next pressure point. New angle: The Devils kept their first-round picks and still hold significant cap space after the Hellebuyck deal.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-23, 21:40 to 24:46: **Speculates on the fallout and cap math**. Speculates about the fallout of the Hellebuyck trade: whether the Wild now feel pressure to chase Dylan Larkin, and how New Jersey could fit Quinn Hughes by moving Dougie Hamilton's $9 million. Stays inside hypotheticals and the cap math already on the record.
- [The Rich Eisen Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thericheisenshow), 2026-10-23, 3:24 to 5:37: **Reports the completed six-for-one return**. Reports the completed six-for-one deal that the earlier Friedman tweets only hinted at, naming the full return: Mercer, Kaman, Dawes, Bjugstad and two picks. Frames it around the Devils' playoff push and Buffalo missing out. New angle: The completed deal sends Mercer, Kaman, Dawes, Bjugstad, a 2029 second and a 2027 seventh to Winnipeg.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-26, 2:11 to 4:26: **Ribs the reporter who missed the trade**. Opens the show ribbing Jesse Granger for flying to Dallas for a Stars-Jets game only to have the Hellebuyck trade land an hour after his flight left. Anecdote and insider-reporting jokes, no new development in the trade itself.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-26, 4:22 to 11:03: **Explains the low-shot save percentage split**. Granger walks through his weekend story on why Hellebuyck fits New Jersey: the analytically minded front office avoided goalie spending until a predictable goalie came free. The new material is the low-volume split - Hellebuyck's save percentage barely drops when he faces under 30 shots, while the league average falls off a cliff. New angle: Hellebuyck's save percentage is .912 under 30 shots against, versus a .899 league average.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-26, 11:03 to 12:49: **Slots the Devils second in the Metro**. Weighs where the Devils slot in the Metro now that Hellebuyck is in net, landing on second behind Carolina if the team stays healthy. Then a detour on Quinn Hughes' return to Vancouver and the mixed reception from Canucks fans.
- [The Athletic Hockey Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathletichockeyshow), 2026-10-28, 5:57 to 11:47: **Breaks down the Devils debut and the light workload**. Breaks down Hellebuyck's Devils debut in Dallas: a 5-1 win, 17 saves on 18 shots, 1.65 expected goals against. Argues the light workload is the point, and uses Swayman's post-holdout season as the caution on calling New Jersey an elite contender. New angle: Dallas managed 1.65 expected goals against Hellebuyck, and the lone goal was a Herkoian redirect.
- [PTI](https://boilpoints.com/u/pti), 2026-10-28, 14:17 to 16:31: **Reports Hellebuyck's 16-save Devils debut**. Covers Hellebuyck's Devils debut: 16 saves on 17 shots in a win over Dallas, framed as vindication for a goalie who sat out and lost $39,000 a day. The trade talk is now a completed deal and a first start. New angle: Hellebuyck stopped 16 of 17 shots in his Devils debut, a win over the Dallas Stars.