Josh Morrissey Post-Game Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo is having an offseason to remember, as he welcomes his second child with his wife, Jessica, roughly a month after signing a four-year extension worth $19.6 million. The DeMelos add another boy to the family, Eddie John DeMelo, after having their first child together in 2021, named Caleb. [embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/p:C-BPZesSXPc[/embed] When speaking to the Winnipeg Free Press about Caleb’s birth, DeMelo expressed how surreal the experience was to become a father. “You try to play it out in your head how it’s going to be with the whole birthing process and the first few days being a dad and, I’ll just say the real thing doesn’t do it justice,” he said “An amazing moment for my wife and I and both of our families and we couldn’t be happier right now.” The birth of Caleb came right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and likely made things more challenging than the birth of Eddie. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epMTDEX5gTs[/embed] DeMelo is coming off a solid season where he led all Winnipeg skaters in blocked shots (139) and short-handed minutes played per game (2:35).
