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Free Press checks in with Kevin Cheveldayoff as season nears halfway point

Kevin Cheveldayoff has built a team to win the Stanley Cup this year. (Trevor Hagan / The Canadian Press files)

LOS ANGELES — Kevin Cheveldayoff is sitting in a private suite overlooking the Staples Center ice surface, getting ready to watch his red-hot Winnipeg Jets club take on the lowly Los Angeles Kings.

These are heady days for the team Cheveldayoff has put together. The Jets are on top of both the ultra-competitive Central Division and Western Conference, and knocked off the league’s top outfit, the Tampa Bay Lightning, 48 hours earlier.