Now that an agreement has been concluded by the Winnipeg jets With Jonathan Toews on a one -year contract, what could be the next on the Kevin Cheveldayoff task list?
In normal circumstances, Cheveldayoff would be on the way to the host city of the In the NHL Private entry to snuggle up with its interior management circle and the professional and amateur scouting staff of the organization.
But with the decentralized format in play for the 2025 event, which begins with the Tour 1 Friday at 6 p.m., central time at the Peacock Theater de la Live, all meetings with draft choices will be made virtually.
This therefore gives Cheveldayoff and the Company at least 10 to 12 overtime non-commissioning time to potentially have a last-minute or two conversation with Nikolaj Ehlers and / or his agent Andre Rufener before the start of the free agency without restriction next Tuesday.
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And if the situation with Ehlers was to remain the status quo, there would be more time to work on phones and assess the level of interest for the 28th choice in total on Friday evening to try to strengthen the current Winnipeg list with a player who falls in the “difficult to play category.”
I am almost sure that Cheveldayoff and the jets are rarely, if never, influenced by the actions of the other contenders for the current cup, but the last four teams to win everything recently placed in stock in the long -term development of draft choices in the first round.
Friday evening, Florida and Tampa Bay will each have a choice of first round in total in the last five losses.
The Vegas Golden Knights exchanged six of the seven players they have selected in the first round since they joined the NHL in 2017.
The Colorado avalanche has a choice of first round playing in their organization since it took Makar Fourth in the general classification in 2017.
Like the director general of Tampa Bay, Julien Brisebois, said it on the deadline for negotiation last spring, “I prefer to have a range full of good players than a bank of a ton of draft choice.”
Only Cheveldayoff knows if it is a justification that jets could consider adopting for their immediate future.
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