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Jets Recall Brayden Yager From WHL

May 2, 2025 at 9:23 am CDT | by Gabriel Foley Leave a Comment

The Winnipeg Jets have assigned top prospect Brayden Yager to the NHL roster after the end of his season with the WHL’s Lethbridge Hurricanes. Yager will join the club ahead of a potential series-clinching Game 6. He finished the WHL playoffs with eight goals and 14 points in 16 games.

Winnipeg acquired Yager in a one-for-one swap that sent Rutger McGroarty back to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The move helped keep the Saskatoon native in western Canada, after growing up in Martensville and spending the last five seasons in the WHL. Yager was drafted 14th-overall in the 2023 NHL Draft by Pittsburgh, following a dazzling age-18 season with the Moose Jaw Warriors. He scored 28 goals and 78 points in 67 games of his draft-eligible campaign, and earned a confident hold over Moose Jaw’s top center role. Yager has continued to match that mark in the years since, with 95 points in 57 games last year and a combined 82 points in 54 games this season – split between Moose Jaw and Lethbridge. He has also been a dominant force for Canada internationally, scoring five points in five games at the 2024 World Juniors and returning to captain the lineup and net three assists in five games this year.

Yager is a playmaker through-and-through, with strong control over the middle lane and an impressive ability to keep his poise at top speeds. He has a slight frame – six-foot tall and 170-pounds – that’s worried some scouts in the past. But the right-shot centerman has shown a consistent ability to play above his size and bully his way into the dirty areas of the ice. It’s unlikely that he sees any NHL action in the coming days, though a first-round could have Winnipeg excited to test their top man in round two.

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