Michael Russo of The Athletic: A source is saying the NHL and NHLPA will agree to slide contracts that are set to expire on June 30th until when the 2019-20 NHL season is over. This would also apply to minor league players that are on two-way contracts that could be recalled when the NHL expands their rosters for the playoffs.
It may be different for coaches and other employees within each organization. Teams may address this individually. Things would be normal for the seven non-playoff teams.
Free agent and trade options for the Jets blue line
Ken Wiebe of The Athletic: The Winnipeg Jets have pending unrestricted free agent defenseman in Dylan DeMelo, Dmitry Kulikov, Nathan Beaulieu, Luca Sbisa and Anthony Bitetto.