Overview
- Winnipeg signed 25-year-old defenseman Henry Thrun to a one-year, two-way contract with an $850,000 NHL cap hit that reduces his prior $1 million salary.
- Thrun spent most of 2025–26 with the AHL Toronto Marlies, recording 23 points in 55 regular-season games and appearing in 24 playoff games during the club’s Calder Cup run while playing four NHL games with Toronto.
- The Maple Leafs did not tender Thrun a qualifying offer, which made him an unrestricted free agent and allowed Winnipeg to complete the signing.
- Thrun will compete for NHL minutes against players such as Garrett Brown, Isaak Phillips, Alfons Freij, and Jack St. Ivany and is likely to split time between the Jets and the AHL Manitoba Moose depending on roster needs.
- A former fourth-round pick who captained Harvard and played parts of three seasons with the San Jose Sharks, Thrun has 123 NHL games with five goals and 25 points and is being signed as a depth and development option for Winnipeg.