# Connor Hellebuyck reveals how Olympic fallout factored into his Jets exit

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/connor-hellebuyck-reveals-how-olympic-fallout-factored-into-his-jets-exit/
- Published: 2026-11-11T01:03:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T01:18:41+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/sports/connor-hellebuyck-reveals-how-olympic-fallout-factored-into-his-jets-exit/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Family incidents helped drive Hellebuyck’s trade request.
- He linked the attention partly to his Olympic profile.
- Winnipeg fans booed him on his return with New Jersey.

## Summary

Connor Hellebuyck says incidents involving his family, alongside online threats, made him certain he needed to leave Winnipeg and ask the Jets for a trade. The Devils goaltender said he was acting as a husband and father, while acknowledging that his Olympic prominence may have increased the attention directed at him.

Hellebuyck helped the United States win Olympic gold in February and faced criticism in Canada after attending a White House reception where Donald Trump announced he would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He missed three weeks of the NHL season during a contract standoff before the Jets traded him to New Jersey on 23 October; in Winnipeg on Tuesday, he was booed and subjected to hostile chants. He said he loved his 11 years with the Jets but wanted to handle his family’s security privately.

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