After two seasons away from the ice, Jonathan Toews is making his return to the NHL with an settlement in place to signal with the Winnipeg Jets. The contract cannot formally be registered with the league till free company begins on July 1. Toews grew up in Winnpeg, so the gifted ahead will get an opportunity to play for his hometown crew.

Toews final performed professionally through the 2022-23 season when he recorded 31 factors (15 objectives and 16 assists) in 53 video games with the Blackhawks. He registered 14 objectives and 14 assists in his first 46 video games in 2022-23, however his well being turned an element all through the second half of the yr. 

In February 2023, Toews introduced he was nonetheless coping with signs of COVID-19 however finally returned to the lineup in April. After the Blackhawks revealed they weren’t re-signing him, Toews introduced he would sit out the 2023-24 marketing campaign to concentrate on his well being — although he didn’t announce a retirement. 

Toews, 37, has had a legendary profession up up to now. The Winnipeg native helped lead the Blackhawks to 3 Stanley Cups. He additionally appeared in six All-Star Video games, successful the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP (2010), and capturing the Selke Trophy as high defensive ahead (2013). 

Toews has racked up 883 factors (372 objectives & 511 assists) in 1,067 profession regular-season video games. When it comes to Blackhawks historical past, he ranks fifth in video games performed, sixth in factors, sixth in objectives, eighth in assists, and third in game-winning objectives (69).

It is unclear what Toews has left within the tank at this level in his profession, however he’ll be a part of a Jets crew that captured the Presidents’ Trophy with 116 factors in 2024-25. Winnipeg earned the Western Convention’s high seed however have been eradicated in six video games by the Dallas Stars within the second spherical of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.