Jets enter off-season with heightened expectations

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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSConsider it the new normal around these parts, an expectation that it won't simply be enough to make the playoffs. No, the Winnipeg Jets say this deep run toward the Stanley Cup has significantly raised the bar going forward.

Even if coming up short this spring leaves a scar.

"You know, there’s a genuine hurt. It’s going to take a few days, probably more, to really come to grips with just the emotion that goes in to what we’ve just gone through. And that’s good. I think that’s really good," Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said Tuesday as coaches and management met with players for a final time before they parted ways for the…