The Winnipeg Jets have added another big piece in advance of the NHL's trade deadline.
On Friday morning, the Winnipeg Jets and New Jersey Devils came together on a trade that saw veteran forward Tyler Toffoli dealt for two draft picks.
Heading back to New Jersey is Winnipeg's 2025 second round pick and its third round selection at this year's draft. On top of that, the Devils are retaining half of Toffoli's $4.25 million cap hit on his expiring contract.
Toffoli, 31, won the Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings in 2014, before playing another six years in California for the team that drafted him out of the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's, where he put up multiple 100-point seasons.
Having overlapped time with Gabriel Vilardi and Alex Iafallo in Los Angeles, Toffoli also spent time with fellow Jets newcomer Sean Monahan both when they played in Ottawa together, as well as their short season of overlap with the Calgary Flames in 2021-22.
On the year, Toffoli has 26 goals and 44 points in 61 games, which followed up the best statistical season of his career in 2022-23, to which he amassed 34 goals and 73 points in 82 games.
Toffoli has 253 goals and 510 points in 794 career regular season games, and another 18 goals and 44 points in 88 postseason contests.
The offensive forward now joins a top-six consisting of Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Gabriel Vilardi, Nikolaj Ehlers and Cole Perfetti.
The Jets, which may not yet be done, are clearly set to go all-in following the jump start move in acquiring Monahan and now the addition of Toffoli. All that may be left is another shut-down blueliner for the heck of it.