WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets have avoided salary arbitration with restricted free agent goalie Connor Hellebuyck by signing him to a one-year contract worth $2.25-million.
The two sides were scheduled to meet with an arbitrator on August 1. Hellebuyck is coming off a three-year, entry-level deal that paid him an average of $925,000 a season.
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Hellebuyck appeared in a career-high 56 games for the Jets last season. He put up a 26-19-4 record along with a 2.89 goals-against average, .907 save percentage and four shutouts.
The 24-year-old was selected by Winnipeg in the fifth round of the 2012 NHL Draft.
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