Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff scrum on Day 2 of training camp

After hearing from the Jets bench boss on day 1 it was general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff’s turn at the mic.

Topics covered:

1) His thoughts on the players in camp.
2) Update on Dylan Samberg (1:43)
3) Expectations on this team (2:14)
4) Does workload feel different to start this season? (3:33)
5) Not many spots to battle for this camp (4:18)
6) With cap constraints his thoughts on roster size during season (5:28)
7) Finding players invested in Winnipeg (6:10)
8) On the pressure for this team (7:59)
9) Benefits for Cole Perfetti this season (8:49)
10) Connor Hellebuyck’s battle with covid (9:53)
11) Contingency planning for different situations with goalies due to pandemic (11:06)
12) Being aware of cap constraints on the roster (12:10)
13) Opportunity for prospect development in the AHL (13:06)
14) Sami Niku from blue-chip prospect to expendable (14:09)
15) Jets interest in Evgeny Svechnikov (15:40)
16) Would they have the room to sign Svechnikov if they wanted to (16:39)
17) How much did he like to see Brenden Dillon’s physicality on day 1 (17:01)
18) The difficulty of the central (18:28)
19) What’s next for Mark Scheifele? (19:30)
20) Status of Dmitri Kuzmin (20:05)

David Minuk

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