The 1992–93 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets' 21st season, their 14th in the

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(NHL). The Jets qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round. Winnipeg was not shut out in any of their regular-season games or playoff games.

Offseason

On June 20, 1992, the Jets and

Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division i ...

made a trade at the

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, as the Jets acquired the Blackhawks 17th and 27th overall picks for the Jets 12th and 36th overall picks. With their first round, 17th overall pick at the draft, Winnipeg selected

Sergei Bautin Sergei Viktorovich Bautin (11 March 1967 – 31 December 2022) was a Soviet-born ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings and the San Jose Sharks. Playing career Bautin was drafted in the ...

from

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. Bautin, a defenceman, had 1 goal and 4 points in 37 games with Dynamo. Other notable players the Jets selected in the draft included

Boris Mironov Boris Olegovich Mironov (russian: Борис Олегович Миронов; born 21 March 1972) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Mironov. Playing career Mironov began his hockey ...

in the second round, and

Nikolai Khabibulin Nikolai Alexandrovich Khabibulin (; rus, Николай Александрович Хабибулин, p=xəbʲɪˈbulʲɪn, born January 13, 1973) is a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Known by the nickname "The Bulin Wall", h ...

in the ninth round. The club announced

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first-round draft pick

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would join the Jets for the 1992–93 season. He had 39 goals and 62 points in 44 games with

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of the Finnish

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in 1991–92. He also played for

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at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

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, scoring 8 goals and 11 points in 7 games. On August 24, 1992, Winnipeg traded defenceman Shawn Cronin to the

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in exchange for

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. Lambert had 6 goals and 15 points in 28 games with the Nordiques in the 1991–92 season. Late in training camp, on October 1, 1992, the Jets traded goaltender

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to the

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in exchange for future considerations. The same day, Winnipeg traded Pat Elyniuk to the

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in exchange for

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and the Capitals' fourth-round pick in the

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. Druce had 19 goals and 37 points in 67 games with the Capitals in 1991–92, while Elyniuk was coming off a 25-goal and 50-points in 60 games with Winnipeg in 1991–92.

Regular season

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was traded in February, and replaced as captain by defenceman

Dean Kennedy Edward Dean Kennedy (born January 18, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Kennedy played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1982 to 1995 for the Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets and Ed ...

. The Jets scored the fewest short-handed goals in the NHL, with three.

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

The Jets faced the Smythe Division champion, the

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in the Division Semi-Finals. The Canucks defeated the Jets in six games.

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring ;Goaltending

Playoffs

;Scoring ;Goaltending

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Waivers

Free agents

Draft picks

Winnipeg's draft picks at the

held at the

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Farm teams

References

External links

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Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Waivers

Free agents

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links