Jets, He ink ELC

[Brewin Flames]

Jets sign Kevin He, 1st China-born player with NHL contract

• Associated Press

Dec 17, 2024, 05:47 PM ET

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Winnipeg Jets signed Kevin He to an entry-level deal Tuesday, making him the first China-born player to sign an NHL contract.

 

Winnipeg picked the 18-year-old forward in the fourth round of the 2024 draft, becoming the second player from China selected after Andong Song by the New York Islanders in 2015. Song, a sixth-rounder, never signed with the team.

 

He was born in Beijing and moved to Canada with his family when he was 6. He is midway through his third season with the Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League and was named captain Oct. 22.

 

The contract is worth $975,000 annually in the NHL and between $80,000 and $85,000 in the minors. It could begin this season or next, depending on how long he remains at the junior hockey level.

[thegx.ca]

He-Man

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

I hope he becomes a scorer in the NHL.

I can just imagine the sound bytes after each of his goals! 
"HE-HEEEEE!"

[Brewin Flames]

He's in.....and heeeeeeeee scores.

[SaucyJack]

Beijing hosted the 2022 Winter Games, thus China got to play ice hockey.  This signing is somewhat remarkable in that the Chinese squad went 0-4, with a -19 goal differential (GF 4, GA 23).

 

Maybe the start of big things over there?  Especially if He is televised.  

[Icechipper]

Let me get this straight, He is at center, so Who is on left wing? (Love that Abbot and Costello…What must be at right wing?)

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