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Lottery just a long-odds diversion for draft-savvy Jets GM

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The Winnipeg Jets rely on the hard work of scouts, and not on a machine randomly spitting out numbered ping-pong balls, says Kevin Cheveldayoff. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)

Kevin Cheveldayoff and the bird dogs who make up his amateur scouting crew have already done the bulk of their work — on this continent and across the pond — to prepare for the 2017 NHL Draft.

The Winnipeg Jets general manager, just back from the world under-18 hockey championship in Slovakia, is still getting some final looks at players whose names the NHL club could call out during the two-day draft in Chicago in late June.