And now Kevin Cheveldayoff must decide what he saw: A young team with lots of parts that is still learning or a group that simply isn’t good enough to compete with the NHL’s best teams.
Emotions will be running high right now after last night’s 5-2 series-clinching loss to the Anaheim Ducks. Cheveldayoff, however, can’t fall into that trap and overreact.
Thankfully for fans of the Winnipeg Jets, that’s highly unlikely. Cheveldayoff doesn’t rattle and the quick defeat will be taken with perspective.
This next evaluation is critical. To determine if some pieces need to go, if it’s best to serve youth and let veteran free agents walk or to try and keep as much of the band together as possible falls to Cheveldayoff.