On the final day of the general managers’ meetings in Boca Raton, Fla., the 30 men running the NHL’s hockey departments heard an outline of potential rules and guidelines for a potential expansion draft in 2017.
At the conclusion of today’s session, Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff considered it a priority to relay that information to his hockey staff because it’s about to become part of the everyday thinking in managing a roster.
"Certainly, from the moment I left the meetings, it was one of the first phone calls I made to our staff, that here are some of the parameters we’re talking about," Cheveldayoff said via phone from Florida today.