Is Kevin Cheveldayoff Playing Hide and Seek?

October 31, 2014 by

Is Winnipeg Jets General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff playing “Hide” and “Seek” with the fans? –

Who Wants to “Hide” and Who Wants to “Seek”?

Kevin Cheveldayoff spent most of the off-season “hiding” with very little results to show for as improvements outside of the draft goes.  He extended a few more contracts and let Olli Jokinen go while adding Mathieu Perreault for less money.  A good signing but overall not going to win you “General Manager of the Year” award.  Winnipeg Jets fans, though a little distraught, were likely willing to give him the benefit of the doubt had we come out above 500 after nine games but the sub par record now has the Winnipeg Jets fans “seeking” the answers. [Read more…]

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How To Be Smart About Talent Identification

October 31, 2014 by

How to Be Smart About Talent Identification –

by Kelly Gilmour-Grassam

Talent selection and identification is a tricky process for any sporting organisation, as picking out young players with the ability to deliver long-term results for your club can seem like a shot in the dark.  Potential talent is hard to quantify, and requires a mixture of experience and instinct from those responsible, balanced against the facts and statistics.  But new approaches have redefined the process in recent years.
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Random Thoughts On The Winnipeg Jets: Oct. 27

October 27, 2014 by

Things about the Winnipeg Jets and the NHL that crossed my mind over the weekend —

These were a few of the things that rattled through my head this past week about the NHL and our Winnipeg Jets.
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The Brainwashing of the Winnipeg Jets Fanbase

October 25, 2014 by

It Started in Year One of Winnipeg Jets 2.0 –

The brainwashing and excuses were flowing long before the Winnipeg Jets 2.0 ever hit the ice but in our joy and jubilation of finally getting a NHL team back in River City we were oblivious to the warning signs.  The “excuse seeds” were planted early and often. [Read more…]

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Winnipeg Jets Fans! What’s Your Problem?

October 23, 2014 by

A rough start to the season has many Winnipeg Jets fans questioning their team.

So I ask “What’s Your Problem?”

The First Step is Admitting You have a Problem –

There are a plethora of opinions as to what the problem is and vast ideas on how to solve it.  I have heard everything in the past twenty-four hours from that coach Paul Maurice isn’t working out, get rid of General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff, trade captain Andrew Ladd, all the way to do nothing and tank the season for Connor McDavid.  [Read more…]

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