Altitude Check: What does Nylander’s contract mean to the Winnipeg Jets

Jets News:

After William Nylander signed a contract after a lengthly stalemate, what is the impact for the Jets? (Sportsnet)

Do Jets fans have a gripe about the officials? Andrew Berkshire examines. (Winnipeg Free Press)

Kristian Vesalainen already has two goals in the KHL. (Twitter)

Down Goes Brown sees the Jets as the team that is third most likely to win the Stanley Cup within the next five years. (The Athletic)

Hockey News:

USports has named it All-Star Team and it features a lot of CHL guys. (CHL)

Speaking of the CHL, they would not exist without billet families. What is the role of the billet family and how do they help players beyond providing a place to live? (The Athletic)

What is the reason behind the New Jersey Devils slide back from last year? (All About the Jersey)

Women are becoming more prominent in the broadcast booth in hockey and it is not because of tokenism. (The Athletic)

Which team is the most valuable team to the NHL? (Forbes)

Anthony Duclair has learned a lot of things by playing on four teams in three years. (ESPN)

Are kids specializing in hockey too early and quitting because of it? (The Athletic)

Elliotte Friedman’s must read column is jam-packed with Seattle news and he is also Team Kraken. (Sportsnet)

The next big step in analytics will come from player tracking and it will be a game-changer. (The Athletic)

It may not be big, but Latin America has a hockey community and they are growing) (The Athletic)

People are blaming Erik Karlsson for being traded. These people are being paid by Eugene Melnyk. (Silver Seven)

Brendan Gallagher thinks that making hockey men wear suits to games is not necessary and that kids definitely shouldn’t have to. (Montreal Gazette)