Darryl Manchulenko

Winnipeg Jets 2016-17 Roster Predictions: Goaltending

April 7, 2016 by Darryl Manchulenko

The Winnipeg Jets and their crowded crease –

With their 2015-16 season soon coming to an end the Winnipeg Jets brass certainly have more questions than they do answers about what this team will look like when the camp opens next September. Arguably, the team is not as bad as its record will suggest making the post-mortem on the worst season since the teams return hotly contested amongst the pundits and fans alike. Over the next few weeks, we will attempt to look into the crystal ball and try to piece together the opening day lineup, a roster that likely will and should get younger. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured, Roster Tagged With: Connor Hellebuyck, Eric Comrie, Jamie Phillips, Kevin Chevaldayoff, Michael Hutchinson, Ondrej Pavelec, Winnipeg Jets

The Legends of the Fall: Winnipeg Jets Are Back

September 19, 2014 by Darryl Manchulenko

Thoughts on the Winnipeg Jets –

Hockey fans have arisen from the dog days of summer with great anticipation that the Winnipeg Jets will be dropping the puck on a new season. The pundits, bloggers and media alike have begun the transition of critiquing moves made or not made since the end of another non-playoff season to which players will make on the Winnipeg Jets “Opening Day Roster” in three weeks. The lack of new news and the rehashing of the old news since July had me and others making numerous trips to the walk-in clinic for a bad case of nausea. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured, Press Box Tagged With: Adam Lowry, JC Lipon, Kevin Cheveldayoff, Nic Petan, Nikolaj Ehlers, Paul Maurice, Scott Kosmachuk

Winnipeg Jets To Trade Or Not To Trade? That Is The Question

June 24, 2014 by Darryl Manchulenko

Questions About the Winnipeg Jets, Philadelphia Flyers and the Florida Panthers —

For many NHL General Manager’s the better part of the last two months has been spent working with staff evaluating their current rosters, identifying gaps in their organizational depth and ultimately determining what players would be best served by a new area code.

Winnipeg Jets: To Trade Or Not To Trade?

March 5, 2014 by Darryl Manchulenko

That Is The Question —

The “2014 Trade Deadline” will undoubtedly test the metal of the Winnipeg Jets development plan. With the news this morning that the teams number 1B Centre, Mark Scheifele, [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured, Press Box Tagged With: Brayden Schenn, Dustin Byfluglien, Kevin Cheveldayoff, Mark Scheifele

Is There An “Upside” To The Winnipeg Jets?

January 5, 2014 by Darryl Manchulenko

Winnipeg Jets And Their Potential Growth Or Has The Core Hit Their Ceiling —

The much maligned Winnipeg Jets continue to go through stretches of good play followed up by stretches of defensive mistakes and lack of offense resulting in more losses. There has been much ado about players such as Ondrej Pavelec and whether he’s the goalie of the future. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured, Press Box Tagged With: Claude Noel, Evander Kane, Jacob Trouba, Kevin Cheveldayoff, Mark Scheifele, Ondrej Pavelec