The season is over. The exit meetings complete. The second-guessing and public hand-wringing is beginning to fade. And for members of the Winnipeg Jets, the sting of an earlier-than-expected playoff exit is probably beginning to subside.
Now the hard work really begins, the search for answers to explain what went wrong well underway. It's going to be a long, difficult summer for general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and his staff, who are faced with the painful realities of building and maintaining a Stanley Cup contender in the salary cap-era.
There's a belief that the window of opportunity was wide open for the Jets this season, perhaps more than it's going to be for quite some time.