The Winnipeg Jets are keeping a local kid in the organization. The team announced Thursday that goaltender Isaac Poulter has signed a one-year, two-way contract extension for the 2026-27 season. The NHL portion carries an average annual value of $855,000. It’s the second straight one-year deal between Poulter and the Jets.
Poulter, 24, spent most of the 2025-26 season in the ECHL with the Norfolk Admirals. That’s where he put up a 25-17-1 record across 43 games with a 2.76 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage. He also notched two shutouts. He got three games in with the AHL’s Manitoba Moose and went 2-0-0 with a 2.83 GAA and an .885 save percentage.
This is a guy who went undrafted out of the WHL. His final junior season with the Swift Current Broncos in 2021-22 was solid: 49 games, a 20-23-6 record, a 3.00 GAA, and a .911 save percentage with five shutouts. He signed with the New Jersey Devils organization in 2022 and kicked around their system for a few years.
His first pro season was split between the AHL’s Utica Comets and the ECHL’s Adirondack Thunder. He went 7-3-3 with a 3.62 GAA and .883 save percentage in 13 games for Utica, and 10-8-2 with a 2.93 GAA and .910 save percentage in 22 games for Adirondack. That’s a pretty standard ride for a young goalie finding his way.
But his 2023-24 season was something else. Poulter went 17-8-1 in 28 games with Utica, posting a 2.55 GAA and a .911 save percentage. Then he absolutely took over during Adirondack’s playoff run. In 15 postseason games, he went 7-8 with a 1.86 GAA and a .939 save percentage. That’s the kind of run that gets you noticed. He followed that up with a 16-13-6 record, a 2.86 GAA, and a .898 save percentage in 36 games with Utica in 2024-25.
When New Jersey declined to qualify him as a restricted free agent last summer, Poulter hit the open market and signed with his hometown Jets in July 2025. Across 80 career AHL games, he owns a 42-24-10 record with five shutouts, a 2.88 GAA, and a .899 save percentage.
He’s not a household name. But he’s a Winnipeg kid grinding through the minors on one-year deals, and the Jets clearly like what they’ve seen enough to keep bringing him back. For now, he’ll likely spend most of next season in the ECHL or AHL, but he’s one injury or hot streak away from getting a real look.
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