Cheveldayoff, an assistant GM in Chicago when Toews and the Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup, said that when he joined the Jets the following year, he and team co-owner Mark Chipman mused about the possibility of seeing Toews in a Winnipeg jersey one day.

The moment has finally come, Jets fans, as Jonathan Toews landed in Winnipeg and spoke to reporters for the very first time as a member of his new team.