The GM of Winnipeg jets, Kevin Cheveldayoff, has a complete plate to manage during the dead.
And some of the most interesting decisions will understand what to do in the depth table of the blue line.
Suppose everything is planned this summer and Dylan Samberg signs a long -term agreement in the range of seven to eight years. In this case, we can be more or less certain that the Hermantwn two of Samberg and Neal Pionk – as well as the two long -standing Josh Morrissey and Dylan Demelo – will form the first four of the defense jets for the coming season and beyond.
After that, it becomes interesting. The veterans on the right Colin Miller and Luke Schenn still have one more year on their respective contracts. Just like Logan Stanley and City Heinola on the left side.
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And then interesting transforms into bulging if the free agent without restriction Haydn Fleury Parlays of his impressive first season in jet in something beyond a year-one agreement and if Elias Salomonsson arrives as defender of the NHL before the calendar.
Winnipeg Blueline Prospects Cabinet is not exactly too fluid, but there is also no immediate need for help. So, with what Cheveldayoff, head coach Scott Arniel and the rest of the organization know Stanley and Heinola, time to give one or two players a chance to become a full-time NHLER elsewhere?
Stanley is only a year from the free agency without restriction. There is more time on the clock before Heinola will have the chance to test the free market.
Can Cheveldayoff conclude an agreement – or offers – to transform some young veterans into assets that better correspond to the Winnipeg chronology?
Lord knows that the two draft choices in the first round were professional in the management of difficult situations and, for the most part, they were patient.
At one point, the jets must fish or cut the bait.
This last option could be the best course of action, especially with a pair of players who could potentially slip even further into the hierarchical order in 2025-2026.
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