Posts About "Nic Petan"
The Steady Decline of Jets' Petan
September 8th, 2018 The 2018-19 NHL season is a make-or-break year for many young Winnipeg Jets players. Marko Dano needs to prove himself worthy of a long-term deal, JC Lipon needs to turn years of solid AHL play into a full-time NHL position, and Patrik Laine needs to see how far he can stretch the AAV on his impending new contract. Among this crop of...
Jets Nic Petan Has New Lease on Life
July 10th, 2018 As recently as March, it looked like Nic Petan's time with the Winnipeg Jets was going to come to an end. The team had seemingly no room for the ultra-skilled but undersized forward, and he was languishing in the AHL. Then, summer rolled around and the Jets cleaned house with some of their UFAs. While not all of the house-cleaning was...
3 Jets Who Could Take off This Summer
June 28th, 2018 While some general managers make names for themselves for the deals they make, the Winnipeg Jets' management team prides itself on the opposite. Since Kevin Cheveldayoff began running the operation upon the franchise's return to Winnipeg in 2011, he has only made 26 trades in seven years. In his tenure, he has dealt a total of 19...
Jets' Potential Partners in Petan Deal
June 18th, 2018 Some players become victims of their organizations — one of them is Nic Petan. The Winnipeg Jets are profoundly deep at forward and have a proliferation of top-six options. Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers, and Patrik Laine are firmly entrenched on the first two lines, and other players such as Mathieu...
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,...
