Cheveldayoff, an assistant GM in Chicago when Toews and the Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup, said that when he joined the Jets the following year, he and team co-owner Mark Chipman mused about the possibility of seeing Toews in a Winnipeg jersey one day.

The three-time Stanley Cup champion, who last played an NHL game more than two years ago, was introduced Friday as a member of his hometown Winnipeg Jets during a news conference at Canada Life Centre.