Note: Day 1 of the NHL Draft was last night in Nashville which remarkably didn’t feature a single trade. Things moved rather smoothly (and quickly) as teams simply stepped to the podium to make their selections including the Winnipeg Jets who, with the 18th overall selection, took Colby Barlow from the Owen Sound Attack of the OHL. One person who was a smidge excited about the pick was TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button who said “It would be remiss of me not to tell you that in every single draft I have a hockey player crush. And for me that is Colby Barlow. There is no area of the game where he’s not dialed in to help you win.”. Following the conclusion of the Draft Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff spoke about the selection of Barlow and more.
Note II: Day 2 of the NHL Draft gets underway this morning from Bridgestone Arena and the Jets have no pick in the 2nd, 4th and 6th rounds but have one 3rd, two 5ths and one 7th. It gets underway at 10 AM. Be sure to stay tuned.
Jets news:
Orilla Matters: Orillia’s Colby Barlow will ‘crawl over glass’ to win. That’s quite the headline. If you want to know about the player the hometown paper is a good source. Check out this article from a few days ago.
The Athletic Winnipeg: Winnipeg Jets’ trade talk remains at forefront, even on NHL Draft night. (Paywall). Murat gives you the low low from his perspective in Nashville.
Sportsnet: Jets first-rounder Colby Barlow brings character to go along with scoring prowess. It was readily apparent from listening to the player as well as listening to those who know the player that he a terrific person first and foremost. And it was also obvious that he is well regarded for his hockey skills as well.
Winnipeg Sun: Jets added depth, dimension and opened opportunity in Dubois trade: Cheveldayoff. One thing this Jets club was lacking last season was depth and this move on Tuesday will allow for that and create some good competition amongst players that will push this organization forward.
Winnipeg Sun: Jets select winger Colby Barlow with 18th overall pick. With all the early off the board selections it was clear that Winnipeg would be getting a pretty, pretty, pretty good player.
Winnipeg Sun: From a California beach to frosty Winnipeg, new Jets forward Gabe Vilardi cool with Canada. Pretty good stuff from the Kingston product.
Sportsnet: Notes and rumours ahead of the 2023 NHL Draft. One of Friedman’s thoughts is that he thinks Pittsburgh might have some interest in Blake Wheeler. Guess that hat trick game Wheeler had against Pittsburgh back on October 29th, 2017 really resonated.
Winnipeg Free Press: Newest Jet, Vilardi, to embrace change of hockey scenery. (Paywall). He certainly said all the right things in his introductory presser.
Jets video:
TSN: ‘There is no area of the game that Barlow isn’t dialed into’. TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button breaks down the high IQ 18th pick Colby Barlow is bringing to the Winnipeg Jets.
Winnipeg Jets: First media availability with Gabe Vilardi. One of the newest Jets players Gabe Vilardi is back home in Kingston, Ontario where he took part in his first media availability as a member of the Winnipeg organization. He discussed the trade, the opportunity for him to have a big role in Winnipeg, playing in Canada and much more.
Winnipeg Sun: Analyzing the big Pierre-Luc Dubois trade between the Winnipeg Jets and LA Kings. Sun sportswriters Ted Wyman and Scott Billeck talk about the massive trade between the Winnipeg Jets and Los Angeles Kings, go over the return for Pierre-Luc Dubois and touch on the NHL Draft and what the Jets could get with the 18th overall pick in Nashville.
Jets audio:
Sportsnet 960: Big Show with Rusic and Rose. On hour 4 of the Big Show Patrick Dumas is joined by the Host of Winnipeg Sports Talk Andrew “Hustler” Patterson. Patterson gives his reactions to the PLD trade, how the Jets can find a way to extend Connor Hellebuyck, and how they plan to approach the draft. The Jets have the 18th overall pick in round 1 of this year.
