Forward Nikolaj Ehlers was the last big fish on the National Hockey League’s free agent market. In the end, he waited until two days after the market opened to decide on his new destination: the Carolina Hurricanes,

There was nothing the Winnipeg Jets could say or do to ensure Nikolaj Ehlers remained in Navy blue for life. “(My leaving Winnipeg) was inevitable,” Ehlers said on a Saturday morning Zoom call. “I told (Jets management),