Pierre-Luc Dubois has accepted a one-year, $6 million qualifying offer from the Winnipeg Jets. TSN’s Darren Dreger reported the news on Friday.
Dubois’ name has emerged more than once in trade chatter in recent weeks. He reportedly intends to test the 2024 unrestricted free-agent market and there was a feeling that the Jets would love to trade him this offseason with the Montreal Canadiens showing interested for the top forward. Dubois is hoping to get moved to the Canadiens, so much so that he attended the Draft in Montreal earlier in July hoping to be traded in front of the hometown crowd.
A trade did not take place and now Dubois, who is coming off a two-year, $10 million contract which was signed with the Blue Jackets before he was traded, accepted the qualifying offer in Winnipeg.
A trade however remains on the table, especially if the Jets want to make sure they don’t lose Dubois for nothing at free agency. This gives the Jets more time to convince Dubois to stick around and sign a longer-term extension.
Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff will wait for an irresistible offer, and for now, it seems like the Canadiens won’t be able to put one together that is tempting enough.
