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Toby Enstrom never seeks out the spotlight, so it should come as little surprise he didn’t make his way to the podium for a potential goodbye.

Although the Winnipeg Jets trotted out many of the prominent players on Tuesday following exit meetings, Enstrom left the building without speaking to members of the media.

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Enstrom was a healthy scratch in Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, a defeat that eliminated the Jets in five games in the Western Conference final.

Since he’s a pending unrestricted free agent on July 1, there’s a good chance Enstrom has played his final game for the organization and maybe his last in the NHL.

“Toby is a special player in this organization. And regardless of how things move forward, whether he chooses play again and then whether there’s an opportunity to play here, that chapter of things is still to be written,” said Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff. “Toby was the first person we signed to an extension when the franchise moved here. Obviously, we signed Andrew Ladd to a contract because he needed to have a contract signed, but Toby had a contract and was going to be coming to unrestricted free agency and he was the first player that said, ‘I want to believe in this process and I do believe in this process.’