Nothing has come all that easy for Winnipeg Jets goalie Michael Hutchinson — and that’s just the way he likes it.
Hutchinson, a third-round pick of the Boston Bruins in 2008, took the long route to the NHL, bouncing between the ECHL and AHL before finally settling in with the Jets the past two NHL seasons.
He finished the 2015-16 campaign as the club’s No. 2 goalie behind Ondrej Pavelec and inked a two-year, US$2.3-million deal with the Jets in the off-season.
But many believe he could, ultimately, wind up with the Manitoba Moose this fall — he’d have to clear waivers in order to be sent to the AHL club — while Pavelec and Connor Hellebuyck stick with the big club.