With 2025 underway, the NHL is celebrating the best of the past 25 years by revealing Quarter-Century Teams for each of the League's 32 franchises and the Arizona Coyotes.
Each club will be represented by a First Team and Second Team of six players -- three forwards, two defensemen and one goalie -- who played for the franchise after Jan. 1, 2000. The first and second Teams were selected by broadcasters, national writers and local writers and NHL.com writers who have covered the respective teams, in addition to select former players.
The six players voted to each First Team will be on the ballot for the NHL All Quarter-Century Team that will be chosen via a fan vote that will start in February.
Today, the First and Second Quarter-Century Teams for the Winnipeg Jets. Players are listed in alphabetical order.
WINNIPEG JETS QUARTER-CENTURY TEAMS
First Team
Forwards
Defensemen
Goalie
Forwards: Kovalchuk played 594 games with the Atlanta Thrashers from 2001-10 before the franchise relocated to Winnipeg for the 2011-12 season. He had 615 points (328 goals, 287 assists) during his eight seasons with Atlanta and still holds the franchise record for power-play goals with 115. Selected No. 1 by Atlanta in the 2001 NHL Draft, Kovalchuk went on to play with the New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals and had 876 points (443 goals, 433 assists) in 926 regular-season NHL games. Scheifele is second all-time scoring for the franchise with 765 points (320 goals, 445 assists) in 839 games. Selected No. 7 by Winnipeg in the 2011 NHL Draft, Scheifele has scored at least 20 goals in each of the past 10 seasons. Wheeler is the franchise leader in points with 812 (262 goals, 550 assists) in 897 games between Atlanta and Winnipeg from 2010-2023 and was Jets captain for six of his 12 seasons with the team. He also leads the franchise in playoff points with 39 (nine goals, 30 assists).
Defensemen: Byfuglien played nine seasons for the franchise (2010-19), eight in Winnipeg. He retired as the highest scoring defenseman in franchise history with 416 points (122 goals, 294 assists) in 609 games. He won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010 before being traded to Atlanta for the 2010-11 season. Morrissey is still active and ranks second on the franchise scoring list among defensemen with 349 points (71 goals, 278 assists) in 624 games during his 10 seasons with the team. The first-round pick (No. 13) in the 2013 NHL Draft, Morrissey holds the franchise record for longest point streak by a defenseman with 14 points (one goal, 13 assists) in 11 games during the 2022-23 season.
Goalie: Hellebuyck holds all franchise records among goalies. He earned his 300th win in a 5-2 victory against the Nashville Predators on Jan. 7 and has 42 shutouts. Hellebuyck has won the Vezina Trophy as the best goalie in the NHL twice (2019-20, 2023-24) and is a candidate for the award this season. The fifth-round pick by Winnipeg in the 2012 NHL Draft, he is 25-6-2 this season with a 2.08 goals against average and .926 save percentage and will represent the United States at the 4-Nations Face-Off next month.
