The Winnipeg Jets and the National Hockey League may be in a holding pattern because of the coronavirus pandemic, but that is not stopping general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff from attending to some important business.
A pressing item was checked off the to-do list with the signing of University of Minnesota-Duluth defenceman Dylan Samberg to a three-year entry-level contract. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The deal has an average annual value of $1.175 million and kicks in for the start of the 2020-21 season.
Samberg was a second-round pick of the Jets in the 2017 NHL entry draft. The six-foot-four, 215-pound left-shot blueliner from Hermantown, Minn., had one goal and 20 assists for 21 points in