Big and boring. Calm. Makes its look easy.

Those are all words used to described Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck over the years.

Teammate Nik Ehlers chose another on Wednesday: Superstar.

“I’ve been with him since he got into the league,” Ehlers said. “So it’s been a fun last nine, 10 years watching him as a goalie to just grow, grow and keep on growing and get to that superstar level that he’s at now. He’s the best goalie in the league and he’s a special guy.”

The night before, Hellebuyck had joined a club of 30 NHLers when he recorded his 300th regular-season win to go along with 500 games and 40 shutouts.

Of course, he hasn’t joined the Stanley Cup champions club, yet.

But this week is about the milestone he’s achieved, not the millstone that continues to weigh him and his team down because of its lack of playoff success.

After hitting the big 3-0-0 against Nashville on Tuesday, the 31-year-old acknowledged he’d been getting a little antsy for it, as his last two tries had come up empty.

That’s how opposing shooters often come away from an encounter with the Michigan product. Even in practice.

It seems they don’t come away in awe, though, of any particular facet of his game: A snake-like glove hand, an elastic set of legs that can stack the pads in an instant, or the mobility of an acrobat.

“What I see when I come down against Bucky is he’s very calm,” Ehlers said. “You don’t see him panicking, even in chaos situations. He’s in the net and ready to get that puck. That would be my No. 1 thing about Bucky, just him being calm in all situations.”

He was pretty hyped after Tuesday’s game, soaking in some adulation from the crowd, then absorbing some more from his teammates.

“Obviously, he’s waited for that one for a little bit,” Ehlers said. “To be able to be in the room with him and to be on the ice when he got No. 300 is pretty cool for me, as well. We celebrated him a little bit and he was feeling pretty good about it.”

As for his game, he should be feeling really good about that.

Coming off his second Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie, Hellebuyck is putting up even better numbers. Career-best numbers:

– His 25-6-2 record has him on pace to top the 44 wins he amassed in 2017-18.

– His 2.08 goals-against-average is his best yet, by far.

– His .926 saves percentage is his career-best, by a hair.

– His five shutouts are already just one shy of his career high of six, which he hit twice.

All those numbers top the league.

At this pace, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Hellebuyck nominated for, or even win, both the Vezina and Hart Trophies, the latter as the league’s most valuable player.

“You’ve got to tip your hat to greatness,” is how head coach Scott Arniel put it after Tuesday’s game. “You always love to see it when guys want to be here and how the fans reciprocate that. These guys, they only come around every so often. And we’ve got him for a few more years, which is great.”

The seven-year contract extension Hellebuyck signed last summer ensures he’ll be frustrating opposing shooters here for a while.

Jets forward Morgan Barron gets a kick out of watching it.

“There are times we’re playing the other team and you just hear guys saying, ‘What is going on? This guy is unbelievable.’ Just muttering to themselves on the ice,” Barron said after the 5-2 win over Nashville.

It was Predators forward Filip Forsberg’s 27th regular-season game against Hellebuyck, and the career 297-goal scorer beat him for just a fourth time.

“He’s been probably their best player since he came into this league,” Forsberg said. “They have a good system in front of him, too. It makes it somewhat easy. I wouldn’t call it easy. He’s obviously made some great saves. But the combination of those two obviously is a winning factor for these guys. He keeps showing up.”

When Hellebuyck shows up at the rink for Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Kings, he’ll be in the spotlight before the game even starts, as the Jets honour his triple-crown of achievements – wins, games and shutouts – this season.

With his wife, two kids and father there, Jets owner Mark Chipman will present him with some gifts to mark the occasion.

And then the big, boring and calm goalie will get back to work on what would be the ultimate gift.

Good luck making that look easy.