NASHVILLE — Paul Maurice vividly remembers the conversation. It was 2012, and Mark Scheifele, the first draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets 2.0, had just been returned to his junior team in Barrie for a second straight season.
Scheifele had a total of 11 NHL games under his belt at that point, with one goal and no assists to show for it.
Maurice was serving as a panelist on TSN at the time, having been dismissed from his head-coaching job with Carolina the previous season.
“The question on the panel that night was, ‘Is Mark Scheifele a bust?