The Winnipeg Jets got three assets for trading a pending free agent and still have some key players. Ryan Kennedy and Mike Stephens discuss what could be a make-or-break year. Adam Lowry [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjAwNzQ3NjU5NjY3OTczMzI0/usatsi_20518543_168400847_lowres.jpg] Adam Lowry The Winnipeg Jets are going with a familiar face to fill their captaincy, as the club announced that veteran forward Adam Lowry will don the 'C' this season. Lowry becomes the third captain in Jets franchise history and takes over the role after Blake Wheeler served in it for six years before being stripped of the captaincy prior to the 2022-23 season. Wheeler was bought out following the season and signed a one-year contract with the New York Rangers in July. The 30-year-old Lowry has spent his entire nine-year NHL career with the Jets, logging 621 regular-season games with the franchise and racking up 93 goals and 111 assists for 204 points in the process. The St. Louis-born Canadian is even coming off a career year in 2022-23, finishing with 13 goals and 23 assists for 36 points, the latter two of which are personal bests. Lowry's ties to the organization run deep, as his father, Dave, was hired as an assistant head coach by the Jets in 2020 and even took over as the team's interim head coach during the 2021 season when Paul Maurice stepped down midway through the year. After years of reported internal turbulence, it seems as if the Jets are going with a steady hand to guide their club's leadership core.
