Connor Hellebuyck will have surgery on his knee Saturday and will be out 4-6 weeks for the Winnipeg Jets.

"Obviously, he's, what is it, 10 years, he's been pretty healthy," Jets coach Scott Arniel said Friday. "And this has kind of been nagging on him here since training camp. It's something we've kind of known about, he was trying to play through it, would be good days, bad days, just something that, timing's right, get it done now.

"A lot of schedule ahead of us, so that was really just the thinking. Sat down, talked to him, obviously the medical staff, everybody, agent. This was the time to do it."

Hellebuyck, who won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and the Vezina Trophy as the best goalie in the NHL last season, is 8-6-0 with a 2.51 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in 14 g

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