Ehlers Out 6-12 Weeks

Yikes! Have they said what the injury is or if he's getting surgery?

Edit: I see its being reported that he's getting sports hernia surgery, no injury is good but thats gotta be a difficult one to come back from.

Sports Hernia surgery. Bones said he'll "be back this season" but its long term

Super tough injury. Copp had it as well and took a long while to get back into form. Ladd was never the same after his. Crosby had it I think but he’s a freak athlete so not surprised he’s the same after it.

Jets seriously need to look at acquiring a top 6 winger.

They'd have to move out decent salary (not just an ELC or league minimum guy) to fit a top 6 winger in under the cap.

From a longer article in The Athletic (Murat Ates), emphasis added:

Will the Jets make a trade?

Winnipeg’s 10-4-1 record is the key stat here, implying that the Jets can win even without Ehlers in the lineup. But now Winnipeg knows he’s out long-term, and the team has lost Appleton and Morgan Barron to injuries, so the Jets’ challenge has grown.

The obvious answer appears to be to trade one of Winnipeg’s many defensemen for help up front. Prospect Ville Heinola has been called up after catching fire again in Manitoba but has yet to play, suggesting Winnipeg sees itself as deep on defense even with Logan Stanley injured and Dylan DeMelo battling a new, minor upper-body injury.

My guess is that Winnipeg takes a wait-and-see approach to the situation. The Jets’ record is terrific and most of it has been earned without Ehlers on board. Thus, the incentive for Cheveldayoff to trade a veteran defenseman away from a potentially playoff-bound team may be low. Maybe that changes if the forwards falter and the defense gets healthy but Cheveldayoff made it all the way through his offseason without clearing his logjam of defensemen, and that was before the Jets roared out to their 10-4-1 start. – Ates