"I told (the Jets) they didn't do anything wrong," Ehlers said. "I loved it there. I love the organization, the people in it, the guys."

There was nothing the Winnipeg Jets could say or do to ensure Nikolaj Ehlers remained in Navy blue for life. “(My leaving Winnipeg) was inevitable,” Ehlers said on a Saturday morning Zoom call. “I told (Jets management),

The Carolina Hurricanes scooped up the last star player remaining on the free-agent market on Thursday, inking winger Nikolaj Ehlers to a six-year contract worth $8.5 million annually.