Winnipeg Jets Have Successful Deadline, but Struggles Persist

The Winnipeg Jets went hard at the deadline, going for a big fish and several small fish. It was surprising to see them be so active, but they know their window won’t be open forever.

It’s not ideal to keep trading your first round picks for rentals, but the Winnipeg Jets know they need to really go for it while their window is still wide open.

And Kevin Hayes is a really great fit for this team, who needed a second line center that could really push possession. Hayes is just that. And while he didn’t score in his debut, a big reason the Jets wanted someone like that was to help Patrik Laine.

Laine, if you’ll recall, has been ice cold. Painfully so. He went fourteen games without a goal and…