Only be the strictest legal sense. In real world applications it was correct. We've only selected 30 times in 4 years, one of which add came due to Daultan Leveille not signing. So no we haven't added picks to our base. And more importantly we've selected just 7 times in the top 2 rounds, one of which is already out of the organization in Sutter. Good luck "building through draft" with that.
Again the problem boils down to two things like Pavelec. One is that Jets management is lying straight to our faces and they think we are too stupid to see through that. It's mind boggling. And second is that they are either too incompetent or stupid to do anything but make no moves and hope somehow someway everything magically works out perfectly. That is basically the strategy Chevy has adopted for building the Jets.
Unlike some others , you are above including blurbs like that . Not just the legal sense , it was not factually accurate , the entire part listed. You know it , I know it.Year one wasn't really the "Jets" it was the Atlanta Jets as it were , hard to hang all of that on the current regime. Done with that. You want the Jets to be more assertive with a certain plain , we aren't different in that regards .
As far as Pavs goes , we all know , and I highly doubt you don't also think the Jets know ,that he has to play and produce better. We are seeing that Maurice is both having more responsibility for team matters than Noel and that he is impacting players decisions more as well. It isn't just Chevy , it is much more a combined approach . What is said publicly isn't always what is said in private. We all know that too. The screams were to buy him out , well we were told that was not going to happen , and it didn't . Chevy's fault or team policy ? Let's see how the first 2o games go regarding goaltending. There is no debate that we need better production . Maybe we tried to trade him , and not surprised he wasn't if we did , but we weren't signing a 4 million a yr goalie to add , we just weren't . What's Hutch's role? It isn't a huge stretch to think he could come in and be half of a goalie tandem imo , if that happens maybe competition makes Pavs improve. Maybe Maurice makes him improve. Maybe. If he doesn't do you think Maurice will roll him out for 60 games? I don't . I don't doubt he addresses that directly .
Scheifele , Trouba , Morrissey , Ehlers. Can't say I could expect a better result than those four for where we drafted. IMO no misses , most should perform above draft slot and at least one ( if not more ) substantially .
Hellofagoalie , Comrie , Copp , Lowry , Kosmachuk , Lipon all appear to have more than a legitimate shot to contribute to the parent club and fairly soon. Add this years class plus some of the other picks from previous years and the difference between Atlanta and Winnipeg is like the temperature in January. Sure other teams are doing this well too , but we are now doing this above average imo and we certainly weren't before.
We haven't lost any integral piece because they chose to not resign here , we have those players signed and that is to our advantage . Trades can still be done with them and those are retained assets , which is a plus.
Would you have traded Kane for Neal? I sure as hell wouldn't . If we trade a major piece I want to win the trade , if the odds aren't 60/40 we become better by it , I don't risk the trade . I wait till the opportunity is there. By all indications Chevy has made it known he is open to a significant trade , but he isn't going to make a lateral one or one where he thinks it is too risky. We don't need to trade a player(s) like Vancouver or Ottawa did , so no need to take what's there.
It is hard to get very good players to sign , not just here , look at the league. Teams on the verge have an advantage , teams with a better tax base have an advantage , as do teams with better weather and some players prefer a more urban location, though not all. Did you see the front page of the Toronto Sun ? Naive to think we don't have challenges in this regard. Run the team well , treat players and families very well and win .... become a playoff team that can and does win a series or two , that is what we need to do and the draft and develop is the best way to facilitate this . Again , I also hoped we had turned some of the fringe roster player for picks . As I said , I hoped for a second and another third this year , so we could have the picks we did last year , so YES it could be done better , but it is being done , and pretty well imo.
Would be amazing to grab him.
