Back in September of last year, the contributor’s room at Union and Blue made some bold predictions. Not all of them aged gracefully, but one came remarkably close to hitting the bullseye:
Bold prediction #2: Jet Greaves finishes top-10 in the NHL in save percentage, earning him Vezina Trophy votes.
Among NHL goaltenders who played at least 32 games, just under 40% of their team’s schedule, Jet Greaves finished exactly 10th in save percentage per MoneyPuck. Using that same threshold, he ranked 9th in Goals Saved Above Expected, 10th in GSAx/60, 10th in Save Percentage Above Expected, and 10th in Goals Against Average. He was also one of only 11 NHL goalies to appear in 55 or more games this season, finishing with a 2.60 GAA and a .908 save percentage.
No matter which metric you choose, the conclusion is the same: Jet Greaves was right around the 10th‑best goalie in the NHL in 2025–26.
Even if you drop the requirement to just 10 games played, Jet still sits comfortably inside the top 15 across these categories among more than 70 NHL goaltenders. He is exactly what the Columbus Blue Jackets have been searching for since Sergei Bobrovsky’s departure: a stabilizing, consistently above‑average presence in the crease, and he’s already shown he can sustain this level of play at the sport’s highest level.
Jet’s breakout season earned him a well‑deserved reward: his first opportunity to represent Canada at the international level in his career, at the IIHF Men’s World Championships in Germany. Just before the writing of this article, he and fellow Blue Jacket Denton Mateychuk combined to shut out a resurgent United States squad, captained in part by teammate Mathieu Olivier, giving Jet his first international shutout.
There’s really no other way to put it: Jet Greaves is exactly what the Blue Jackets need in net moving forward. The concerns about his size have proven largely irrelevant.
His elite lateral precision, sharp reads, and one of the league’s best glove hands have made him a nightmare for shooters through his first 76 NHL games. The common fear with young goalies is that the league will eventually “solve” them, something we saw with Elvis Merzlikins after his electric rookie season, but Jet already has four years of pro tape between the AHL and NHL, and he’s consistently shown the ability to adjust when opponents find a weakness.
In a stroke of good fortune for Columbus, Jet also met the games‑played requirement this season to avoid becoming a Group 6 UFA, meaning the Jackets retained his RFA rights for one more year. There is no timeline, dimension, or alternate universe in which Don Waddell fails to tender him a qualifying offer before the June 30 deadline, preserving the club’s right to match any offer sheet.
AFP Analytics projects two likely contract paths:
- a 1‑year extension at $4.3 million, keeping him an RFA next summer, or
- a 4‑year extension at $6.5 million, carrying him through 2030.
If it were up to me, I’d lean toward the long‑term option for the Ontario‑born netminder, but we’ll see where Waddell and Jet’s agent, Pat Brisson, land in negotiations.
Either way, the takeaway is the same: the future of Blue Jackets goaltending is finally secure. Jet Greaves should be a fixture in Columbus for a long time to come.
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