Posts About "Kevin Cheveldayoff"
Jets Select Diverse Crew on NHL Entry Draft Day 2
October 8th, 2020 The Winnipeg Jets weren’t the busiest team on Day 2 of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, but did add three more prospects to their pipeline, all with very different skill-sets. The day after selecting Saginaw Spirit standout centre Cole Perfetti at 10th overall, general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff was back in his war room to select three...
Blue Jackets' Potential Trade Partners: Winnipeg Jets
September 8th, 2020 We continue our September Columbus Blue Jackets mini-series on Trading Partners with our look at the Winnipeg Jets. In case you missed the first two parts, you can catch up on both the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Jets are one of the most interesting teams this offseason not only for the Blue Jackets, but for the...
Trading Laine, Ehlers Makes Little Sense for Jets
September 1st, 2020 TSN's Frank Seravalli suggests that two of the Jets' biggest young guns might be trade bait. "At some point this week, we're going to be having our first TSN Trade Bait board of the offseason coming out, and I wouldn't be surprised to see two players from the Winnipeg Jets on the list in both Patrik Laine and Nikolaj Ehlers,"...
Jets Can't Lose at 2020 NHL Entry Draft
August 9th, 2020 Whether the balls fall the Winnipeg Jets' way or not this Monday when Phase 2 of the NHL Entry Draft takes place, the Jets really can't lose. So You're Telling Me There's a 12.5 Per Cent Chance? By virtue of their anticlimactic, disappointing Stanley Cup Qualifier performance — in which they were dispatched rather easily by the...
Jets Can Still Flourish with a Flat Cap
July 10th, 2020 Any chance of the NHL salary cap increasing substantially for the 2020-21 season is dead. The COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the league to pause the 2019-20 season in March, has done a number on its pocketbook. Just a couple weeks before everything ground to a halt, the NHL got general managers around the league salivating by...
Jets' Free Agents: Who Stays & Who Goes
March 27th, 2020 It should not be nearly as stressful a summer for Winnipeg Jets’ general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff this time around. But that does not mean he won’t have his fair share of work to do. Related: Jets’ Future Should Include Appleton & Harkins The Jets have seven upcoming restricted free agents (RFA) and 15 unrestricted...
Jets Need Cheveldayoff and Cheveldayoff Only to Right Ship
March 7th, 2020 Barring a surprise Stanley Cup run, the 2019-20 season will end up being a disappointment for the Winnipeg Jets. And, yet, general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff deserves some credit for getting them as far as they are right now. A Hard Path to the Playoffs for Jets First, the Jets would first have to make the playoffs to go on a run...
Jets Lacking Urgency at Pivotal Point in Season
February 26th, 2020 At at time the Winnipeg Jets should be playing more desperately than ever to snag a Western Conference wild card spot and a chance to hoist Lord Stanley's mug, they're playing more like a team interested in hitting the links. Jets Not Exactly "Fuelled With Passion" Right Now The Jets — over their past three losses in particular...
Jets & Cheveldayoff Should Skip the Trade Deadline
February 22nd, 2020 Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff recently said he wants to reward his scrappy team for staying in the fight through the adversity they've faced all season long by giving them a leg up in their battle for a Western Conference wild card spot. The way he can reward them best and give them the biggest leg up — both for...
Jets Making Cheveldayoff’s Decisions Difficult
February 21st, 2020 The Winnipeg Jets are in a wild card spot once again after reeling off three-straight wins along with the Arizona Coyotes losing on back-to-back days against the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues. The Jets are giving themselves a fighting chance to make it with their recent play and they could be getting some more reinforcements over the...
DeMelo Deal a Deft One for Jets
February 19th, 2020 The Winnipeg Jets have made a deft move by dealing for Dylan DeMelo. Acquired from the Ottawa Senators Tuesday in exchange for a 2020 third-round draft pick, DeMelo will help stabilize a Jets' d-corp that's been suspect and struggling all season long. DeMelo an Immediate Upgrade Much has been made about the Jets' defensive...
Jets & Cheveldayoff Should Wait to Replace Byfuglien
February 5th, 2020 Kevin Cheveldayoff must be feeling like a guy who stumbled upon a wallet filled with cash but no ID. The Winnipeg Jets general manager is soon to have $7.6 million at his disposal, as the club and Dustin Byfuglien are working toward a mutual contract...
Jets Fans Have Lost Faith in Floundering Club
January 23rd, 2020 There isn't much joy in Jetsville. Take a quick look at newspaper comment sections, Twitter feed, or Facebook post and you'll find many have written the 2019-20 season off as the All-Star weekend is upon us and the Winnipeg Jets have lost four straight. Here's a selection from the Winnipeg Free Press' Mike McIntyre's game recap...
