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Drafting deftly

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Left-winger Kyle Connor pulls on a Winnipeg Jets sweater after being chosen 17th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft.

More of the same, please.

If the Winnipeg Jets’ five-year rolling average of entry-draft production should continue at somewhere near the level of the franchise’s first five years of selections, organizational assets should never be a problem.

Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff has five drafts under his belt and heads for a sixth Friday and Saturday at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center.

What has been gained from 2011 through 2015 has injected life into a moribund franchise that arrived via relocation in the Manitoba capital.