Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff speaks ahead of 2025 NHL Draft

Video Description:
The Jets GM chats ahead of tomorrow’s draft. We heard about the decentralized Draft, preparing for the Draft, changes in the CBA, Ehlers, prospect health updates, the addition of Jonathan Toews as well as an update on Adam Lowry.

Topics:
1) Is Draft more wide open after 5 than usual?
2) Does he expect to get a player they want at 28? (1:15)
3) Using picks/prospects for trades (2:05)
4) What tools do they have now analytically that they didn’t ten years ago? (3:05)
5) Will goaltending picks for them be taken higher? (4:21)
6) Trying to eliminate NTC in the CBA (5:52)
7) Thoughts on the decentralized NHL Draft (7:11)
8) Will there be plenty of communication amongst GMs? (8:38)
9) How will they be set up tomorrow? (10:01)
10) Draft philosophy for first round? (10:28)
11) More on adjusting to new format (11:31)
12) Any other advantages to the new format? (12:36)
13) With not a steep drop off from mid teens to 30s, is there an opportunity for them? (13:26)
14) What makes some of the players ‘pop’ for them? (15:17)
15) Opportunity to have prospects in Winnipeg at Dev Camp (18:02)
16) Updates on Brad Lambert & Nikita Chibrikov (19:35)
17) On agreeing to terms with Jonathan Toews (20:44)
18) Are they still having dialogue with Nikolaj Ehlers? (23:00)
19) Health update on Adam Lowry (24:02)

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