Jets sign Cole Koepke, Tanner Pearson to one-year contracts

By Canadian Press on July 1, 2025.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed forwards Cole Koepke and Tanner Pearson to one-year contracts worth US$1 million apiece.

Pearson, 32, had 12 goals and 15 assists in 78 games for the Vegas Golden Knights last season.

The winger from Kitchener, Ont., has totalled 150 goals and 162 assists in 722 career NHL games for Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Montreal and Vegas.

Koepke, 27, compiled 10 goals and seven assists in 73 games for the Boston Bruins last season.

The six-foot-one, 207-pound winger has appeared in 99 NHL games with 11 goals and nine assists.

Forward Brandon Tanev, acquired at the March trade deadline by the Jets, signed a three-year, $7.5 million contract with the Utah Mammoth.

Tanev had 10 goals and 12 assists in 79 regular-season games split between the Jets and Seattle Kraken in 2024-25. The 33-year-old from Toronto also skated in 13 playoff games for Winnipeg.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 1, 2025.

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