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Connor Hellebuyck to Utah? No.
The Connor Hellebuyck-to-Utah chatter sounds fun until you apply even five seconds of real-world logic. Austin breaks down why the Mammoth may have the assets on paper, but Bill Armstrong is not about to mortgage the future for a 33-year-old goalie on a massive deal after already paying a painful price to get Vincent Trocheck.
There’s also the part the rumor machine keeps skipping: Winnipeg and Utah are in the same division. Why would the Jets trade their best player to a team they’d have to see in huge Central Division games for years? Austin says the whole thing is being stretched way past what was actually said, and yes, he puts his hair on the line if he’s wrong.
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