THE impasse is over: Josh Morrissey is under contract with the Winnipeg Jets.
It took at least a few days longer than anyone expected, spilling over from summer into the start of training camp, but Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff managed to check off the last box on his off-season to-do list, signing Morrissey to a two-year contract worth US$6.3 million (an average annual value of US$3.15 million) on Sunday.
Morrissey, whose three-year entry-level deal ended July 1, missed Thursday’s medical testing, on-ice fitness assessments Friday and two days of on-ice sessions at Jets training camp at the Iceplex.