The Calgary Sun · Apr 25, 2015
Real work begins for Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff
Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff has plenty of work just to keep the team at the same level, let alone improve over the off-season.It was a quaint little message when they weren’t making the playoffs, a we-know-what-we’re-doing plea for patience.
And while it may have been sincere, it came off as a tad patronizing.
The Winnipeg Jets, we were told as the years without a playoff berth went by, weren’t just trying to get in one season — they wanted to build a team that gets in season after season.
With four drafts, a flurry of recent trades and the 2014-15 playoff appearance in the rear view, brief as it was, are they there?