Winnipeg's players will be glad to have Brandon Tanev and Luke Schenn, even as Jets management set its sights higher and missed.

The Winnipeg Jets have made a pair of moves on trade deadline day. Brandon Tanev returning to Jets in trade with Kraken Brandon Tanev is returning to the place where he began his career. The veteran grinder was traded to the Winnipeg Jets from the Seattle Kraken ahead of the deadline,

The NHL trade deadline is Friday, and in what could be Scott Laughton and Rasmus Ristolainen’s last game as members of the Flyers, the team laid a stinker on Thursday, losing, 4-1, to the Winnipeg Jets at the Wells Fargo Center.

The Jets have added Brandon Tanev and Luke Schenn at the NHL trade deadline, filling two of their biggest needs.

Brandon Tanev, a pending unrestricted free agent, was held out of Thursday's 5-3 Kraken road loss to the Predators, the telltale sign a trade was coming.

As quickly as it arrived, the NHL Trade Deadline passed, and the Winnipeg Jets stayed fairly quiet as the clock ran out. In what was one of the most shocking deadlines of the past several years, star players found new homes and helped some of the NHL’s cup contenders solidify already impressive rosters.