Winnipeg hasn’t been traditionally very frenzied on the first day of free agency.
Moves made today:
1. Traded for Paul Stastny
2. Signed Nathan Beaulieu
3. Signed Luca Sbisa
4. Signed RFA Mason Appleton (This news came out after the press conference).
Hear what Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff had to say about the moves he made today.
Topics:
1. What made the acquisition of Paul Stastny a good one for the Jets?
2. The market out there and adding Beaulieu/Sbisa as depth
3. Is there an update on Bryan Little? (read update here)
4. Does this change the future for Patrik Laine?
5. How long was the process in dealing with Vegas?
6. Will they still be looking for someone who can play in their top six?
7. Will this be a more extended free agency period based on the current state of things?
8. What has surprised him about today?
9. Do you plan to spend to the cap?
10. Idea of Bryan Little moving to LTIR.
11. Does it leave them room to add a player with more cap space than the Jets have today?
12. More on the Bryan Little news.
13. Addition of Luca Sbisa.
Recap of the game
Following practice the Jets bench boss provided some health updates.
The Jets will practice for their final meeting of the four-game homestand against the Canucks.
Guests: Kevin Sawyer at 27:05 and Jeremy Rutherfor at 1:27:17.
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