Cheveldayoff, an assistant GM in Chicago when Toews and the Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup, said that when he joined the Jets the following year, he and team co-owner Mark Chipman mused about the possibility of seeing Toews in a Winnipeg jersey one day.

Koepke signed a one-year deal for $1 million average annual value with the Winnipeg Jets. After making the Bruins following a strong training camp. Koepke had 10 goals and seven assists for Boston, but most of those came early in the season when he played on a line with Mark Kastelic and Johnny Beecher.