I like it but it all starts with Scheifele and Hellebuyck being moved for good young players and Schmidt/Poink being moved for the Chisholm's and Heinola's to play. I dont care if we arent that great next year as it provides a jump for our young guys to get their feet wet

Agreed. The fans here are a fickle bunch and if the team is not"good" they will stop showing up. That is why I feel like Chevy is handcuffed and cannot make deals for the future. This is a small market, if not the smallest in the league and ownership needs to put people in the seats so that Winnipeg can survive here. I think that is why Scheifele and Helle are still here. Teams don't want to give up on roster players for potential rentals were Winnipeg needs NHL players with team control.

The biggest problem with the current roster is Poink/Schmidt. One of those guys needs to be moved so Chisholm/Heinola can compete for that spot.

I agree the future is bright. However, I think we lack a true star centre coming up, which will be needed if scheifele is moved. Lambert has many issues in his game and it’s easy to see him being moved to the wing as a result. Lucius has injury woes or I would have taken him. And perfetti lacks footspeed and size, not a great combo. While it’s not a top priority, I could see a world where the jets end up with 2 1b centres and lack a 1a. Not the worst problem, but still one.

Similarly, we have lacked a true 1 rd since Trouba and buff left (really went from feast to famine). It should be a top priority to draft a guy like that.

As said above, Chevy needs to move a defencemen before the tdl and get heinola some time. The kid was send back last year cause he wasn’t dominating the A yet, now he’s coming back after running the defence with the moose for a year. It’s ville time. Time to see what he can do in the nhl (and in my opinion, the answer is a lot)

We have a great future in forwards with McGroarty, Lambert, Barlow and Lucius, we also have a great future with OHL goalie of the year and WHL goalie of the year, but in defence, Elias is our only guy I can see in the top 4 one day, Bauer will be bottom pairing, same with ludmark and Chris, that’s the only place that needs to be solved, if a NJ Hellebuyck trade does occur one of Casey or McCarthy needs to be involved or our futures in net will have to be Hellebuyck 2.0, bailing the D out every game, over the course of the retool we need a makeover of the D core and solidify the top 6 and complete a safe transfer of goaltending where quality won’t drop completely over a years time. If Chevy can somehow extend scheif or fleece a team in trade, and do the same for Hellebuyck, these 2 generations of jets could cross and create a team this city hasn’t seen since the WHA days.