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Real Kyper & Bourne | Conversation with Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff on historic start to season

Video Description:
GM Kevin Cheveldayoff joined Nick Kypreos and Justin Bourne for a chat about his team’s historic start to the 2024-25 season. The conversation starts at the 53:26 and runs until 1:10:27.

Topics:

1) How does he explain this start? (54:16)
2) Who stands out as a player(s) that’s stepped up (55:58)
3) Decision to bridge Cole Perfetti vs signing him to a long-term deal (57:55)
4) Does he feel this group is ready for playoffs? (1:00:15)
5) What team chemistry can do for a hockey club (1:02:12)
6) Josh Morrissey’s emergence as a top pairing D man/4 Nations consideration (1:04:18)
7) Biggest challenge to come out of the West (1:05:33)
8) Third line defining the Jets (1:07:35)

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.