Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff pulled off a tidy bit of work Friday in locking up forward Gabriel Vilardi to a six-year extension worth $7.5 million per year.

The Jets announced that they have reached a six-year deal with top-line winger Vilardi, avoiding an arbitration hearing. It's worth $7.5 million a year, more than double his last contract. Vilardi set ...

Vilardi, who joined the Jets by way of trade in the Pierre-Luc Dubois blockbuster two summers back, turned into the key piece of the deal - which also included mainstay depth forward Alex Iafallo (who ...