5:10 p.m.: The Jets have now officially announced the extension.
3:40 p.m.: With his name coming up heavily in trade rumors, Pierre-Luc Dubois is one step closer to being out of Winnipeg. According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, Dubois has opted to accept his one-year, $6 million qualifying offer before the upcoming deadline.
That means Dubois, at least for this summer, has opted not to sign a long-term contract with the Jets, as many expected. Dubois will be an unrestricted free agent in two years. Dubois’ agency communicated a desire for their client to finish playing for the Montreal Canadiens, and Dubois actually attended the draft in Montreal because he believed the deal would be completed at the draft. However, that didn’t happen, so DuBois has now accepted his qualifying offer as a means of facilitating his departure from Winnipeg.
The Jets traded up two significant players to acquire DuBois: Patrick Lane and Jack Roslovich, and they did so because they believed that a one-two punch at the center position of DuBois and Mark Scheifele would be the key to the next era of contending Jets teams.
This pairing of Dubois and Scheifele doesn’t look to stick around for long, as the Jets will have to decide if they want to deal Dubois this summer or continue with him on the roster in hopes that he changes his mind to stay in winnipeg
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