It’s been a long off-season for fans of the Winnipeg Jets.
After reaching a franchise-best 99 points in the 2014-15 season, en route to their first playoff berth since arriving from Atlanta in 2011, the Jets found themselves 21 points short of that mark last season.
Though a poor record cost Winnipeg another chance to compete for the Stanley Cup, it did set them up nicely for the future as the Jets would go on to pick second overall in June’s NHL Draft, eventually landing Finnish sensation Patrik Laine.
Laine joins a Winnipeg team filled with youth and complemented by a stable of veterans.