The Winnipeg Jets have signed former Edmonton Oiler and Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Stu Skinner to a two-year deal worth an average annual value of US $3.75 million.

Skinner started a total of 50 games with the Oilers and Penguins during the 2025-26 season and registered a 2.92 goals against average, .888 saves percentage with two shutouts and a combined record of 23-17-9.

In three playoff starts for the Penguins, Skinner was 0-3 with a 3.08 GAA and .873 SP.

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The 27-year-old Edmonton native spent the first seven and a half years of his professional career with the Edmonton organization, finally breaking through as an NHL regular in the 2022-23 season when he started 50 games and then another 12 in the playoffs that year.

Skinner’s career numbers at the NHL level read 224 regular season games played with a 121-71-23 record, 2.77 goals against average, .902 saves percentage, and nine shutouts.

The six-foot-four-inch, 215-pound netminder also has 53 career playoff games on his resume and twice helped Edmonton get to the Stanley Cup Final in the 2024 and 2025 post seasons.

It’s the second time the Jets have gone the free agent route to sign a goalie. In 2017 Winnipeg inked former Philadelphia Flyer Steve Mason to a two-year deal worth an AAV of US $4.1 million.

Mason played only 13 games during the 2017-18 season before eventually being traded to Montreal.