Jonathan Toews is a safe bet for the Jets

The Winnipeg Jets confirmed on social media Friday that Jonathan Toews will be joining the team for the 2025-26 season.

The news comes after Toews, who last played an NHL game on April 13, 2023, signalled to the league that he was ready to return to professional hockey following a two-year absence from the game. Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reported that three teams held interest in Toews – Winnipeg, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche – but it was Toews’ hometown Jets that he decided to sign with.

On Friday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discuss the Jets’ latest signing and what comes next for the 37-year-old future Hall of Famer.

Tyler Yaremchukoe: I think everyone agrees the fit is really nice between Toews and the Jets, who are going to need a centermen.

Frank Seravalli: It couldn’t be better. You’re talking about a player who oozes leadership, success, Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe-pedigree, and oh yeah, happens to play in a position that your team was in desperate need of and couldn’t properly fill at last year’s deadline.

You mean to tell me a team with oodles of cap space, and the need and want to do this, can bring in this player with very little risk? I mean, I can’t think of a better marriage, to be honest. This fits for Toews and his family, this fits for the Jets, and it allows both of them, together, to team up and chase Winnipeg’s first Stanley Cup, and a fourth for Toews, which would put him in very special category, especially doing it in two separate places.

You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…