Really, everything we say here is unnecessary and irrelevant- unless you think that Chevy is wasting time on HF reading our posts... which, come to think of it, might explain why he's done essentially nothing to improve his team in almost a full calendar year.
I've heard this a lot from Jets fans- that Chevy apparently has a "plan".
Unless said plan was to purposefully:
1) Miss the playoffs four out of five years
2) Improve randomly one of those years by just enough to get swept in the franchise's first and only playoff appearance, and then bottom out by going from 99 points to 78 just as quickly the next season
3) Have his best young defender sit out, with no resolution in sight
Then I'd suggest that maybe his plan isn't exactly working or- and imagine this- maybe he's just not a good GM.
Okay, we'll play your way: Chevy's idea was to build via the draft, and he has intentionally stayed out of the trade market to accrue picks.
What, then, caused him to trade three picks for a prospect that he ended up letting go via free agency as he did in the Eddie Pasquale deal back in 2014? Why, that same year, did he trade a draft choice for Jay Harrison- and then two more in 2015 for Jiri Tlusty? Why has Winnipeg during his tenure drafted in the second round only three times in six drafts? For a GM who is "build(ing) via the draft" he doesn't seem all that interested in, well, holding onto draft picks.
I wonder if we can give the Jets a banner for that?[/QUOTE]
By all means.
Perhaps Chevy should have gone the Oilers route and tanked for a decade to amass the greatest number of top picks in league history. To the loser go the spoils.
Most of your post was already covered (why are you wasting our time?).
Missing playoffs... sigh this did happen but anything close to league AVERAGE goal tending and we make it both years in the South East division. That would change this perspective greatly.
The Jay Harrison trade was because the Jets had 4 of their top 6 d men go down for significant periods at the same time. He served a purpose in a year when they made the playoffs.
Tlusty gave the Jets the best forward depth (with Stempniak) that the Jets had ever had and they were trying to win in the playoffs.
Jets 2nd round picks - this has been covered multiple times. (but please ignore our extra 1sts)
Jets went very young and knew they would not repeat the success of the previous year. Should they have had more than 78 points sure but waaaayyyy too many penalties, below average goal tending, a terrible PK and abysmal PP hamstrung what was a very good 5 v 5 team.
