Overview
- TSN’s Darren Dreger says Winnipeg and Lowry are “getting closer” to an agreement, though no contract has been finalized.
- Lowry returned to the lineup Tuesday in Los Angeles after May hip surgery that kept him out for the first four weeks of the season.
- He is in the final season of a five-year, $16.25 million contract that is set to expire in July.
- Analyst projections favor a four-to-five-year extension with an average annual value in the roughly $4.5–$4.75 million range.
- PuckPedia projects about $27.5 million in Jets cap space for 2026–27, and Lowry’s current six-team no-trade clause could be revisited in a new deal.