Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff media availability on day 1 of training camp

On day 1 of training camp in Winnipeg the GM of the Jets Kevin Cheveldayoff spoke about his club heading into the 2023-24 season.

Topics:

1) What’s the mindset going into camp? (:19)
2) Will this be the most defining season of 13 in Winnipeg? (1:19)
3) Is there anything he can take into this season as when he was dealing with Ladd/Byfuglien being on expiring deals? (2:54)
4) Does he expect the contract situation with Scheifele and Hellebuyck to carry into the season? (3:35)
5) Is he worried about this becoming a distraction? (3:43)
6) What is he looking for in the first week of training camp? (3:56)
7) How they plan things out? (4:46)
8) What was his recent meeting like with Connor Hellebuyck? (5:25)
9) Benefit to team of players going into a contract year? (5:55)
10) The improved forward depth of Winnipeg (6:37)
11) Are they going to be tougher to play against? (7:13)
12) What’s best argument that folks are “sleeping” on the Jets this season? (7:58)
13) Why they are giving Cole Perfetti shot up the middle (8:58)
14) Benefit of playing Perfetti with Nikolaj Ehlers (9:47)
15) What’s he looking for with all the competition on the backend? (10:19)
16) Does what happened with Kovacevic influence their waiver strategy? (10:57)
17) Changes in the game due to a flat cap (11:50)
18) How much do where they are in standings impact futures of 55/37? (12:57)
19) Would he rule out losing them for nothing if they are in playoff hunt? (13:19)
20) What does the “new direction” of this franchise look like? (13:42)
21) Process of making a waiver claim from a management perspective (14:23)
22) How quickly do they make the assessment to make a claim? (15:19)
23) Did he speak to the players about end of season situation (16:02)
24) So he doesn’t expect anything to linger? (16:59)
25) Was there anything he learned about the group down the stretch? (17:20)
26) Have any of the six players on expiring deals or their reps said they won’t sign extensions? (18:24)

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