Five Reasons Why the Jets Will Not Make the Playoffs Next Season 1. There are at least 11 teams in the Eastern Conference that are better than the Jets on paper The Jets were arguably the worst team in the Eastern Conference last season—although statistically the Senators were the victors in that fight to the [...]
In early July on The Illegal Curve Hockey Show (Sports Radio 1290 AM), Drew, Richard and I discussed (bickered?) whether or not we thought the Winnipeg Jets would be a playoff team this season. I was the only one on the show who thought the Jets would make the playoffs in 2011’12 and I’m going to use [...]
For some reason, rumours have been surfacing on the internet (shocking, I know) that the Jets are listening to offers for Zach Bogosian. First off, it must be stated that every GM in the NHL will almost assuredly listen to any offer for any player. I mean if Ray Shero was offered Steven Stamkos, Victor [...]
Yesterday we touched on the Jets’ decision not to tender Anthony Stewart a qualifying offer and thereby allow him to become an unrestricted free agent. Some readers provided commentary on the story (by the way, thank you for that). One specifically touched on the fact that Stewart could have been tendered an offer and then [...]
In light of the insanity that ensued on July 1, 2 and 3 when it came to free agency, the significance of the Winnipeg Jets not qualifying Anthony Stewart pales in comparison. Jets fans should be happy that Kevin Cheveldayoff and company did not jump into the free agent madness. This team is building slowly [...]
Recently we have examined what we believe Andrew Ladd and Blake Wheeler are worth. Both players are restricted free agents with some leverage much the same as a player like Zach Bogosian. In fact, Bogosian may have more leverage than Ladd and Wheeler because of the possibility of his receiving an offer sheet from another [...]
The Boston Bruins made a number of moves this past season, many of which worked out quite well. Well, the truth is, even if all of the player acquisitions did not reach Peter Chiarelli’s expectations the team won the Stanley Cup so fans have little to complain about. Amongst those (successful) trades was the acquisition [...]
Craig Heisinger has come a long way since the days of equipment manager for the Winnipeg Jets. Today was a special day for him as he was named Vice President of Hockey Operations & Assistant GM of The Currently Unnamed Winnipeg NHL Franchise. Deciding to start a career in hockey, is similar to moving to [...]