Posts About "Brendan Lemieux"
Jets' Lemieux Still Has Much to Prove
October 4th, 2018 Winnipeg Jets management has swung its knives over the past week and finalized the club's 23-man opening-night roster. For the first time since going pro full-time prior to the 2016-17 season, Brendan Lemieux survived Paul Maurice and Kevin Cheveldayoff's chopping block. Although the 22-year-old has cracked an opening-night NHL...
Brendan Lemieux: A Perfect Jets' 4th Liner
August 16th, 2018 Brendan Lemieux had his ups and downs in his first two seasons as a pro. His rookie season was a lot more down than up, but his sophomore year was the polar opposite. So much so that it's time to consider him for a permanent Winnipeg Jets roster spot. The son of former NHL super-pest Claude, Lemieux will likely spend his entire career...
3 Moose Poised to Join Jets
May 1st, 2018 Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff is rightly and regularly heralded by hockey pundits and fans for his wizardry at the draft table. His patient, draft-and-develop approach has finally paid off. His team, comprised primarily of homegrown players like Mark Scheifele, Adam Lowry, Patrik Laine, Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey,...
Has Nic Petan's Time Run Out In Winnipeg?
March 12th, 2018 The Winnipeg Jets have one of the deepest forward corps and prospect pools in the NHL, so some very good players are not going to play for them in the NHL. It looks increasingly likely that one of those players is Nic Petan. Petan has a legion of fans and defenders among Jets observers, and rightly so. His junior numbers are...
Nic Petan's Time to Shine
February 6th, 2018 Nic Petan has been toiling in the AHL for most of the season after playing six games with the Winnipeg Jets. Now, he's finally getting a second look. The news came down on Feb. 5 that with Adam Lowry, Matt Hendricks, and Brandon Tanev all headed to the IR for varying lengths of time, Petan and Brendan Lemieux were heading up. Now,...
Brendan Lemieux Proving He Belongs
October 30th, 2017 It is already apparent that general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and the Winnipeg Jets won the trade that sent power forward Evander Kane to the Buffalo Sabres in February of 2015. The Jets packaged Kane with rugged defender Zach Bogosian and goaltender Jason Kasdorf to the Sabres for Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, Joel Armia, Brendan...
