FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- They've been poked and prodded for months, their every strength and weakness analyzed and over-analyzed.
And on the eve of the draft hockey's top prospects will have to sit down for another in a series of face-to-face chats with any or all of the 30 NHL teams -- the Winnipeg Jets included. GM Kevin Cheveldayoff said Thursday the team conducted interviews with 86 players at the NHL Draft Combine in Buffalo earlier this month and will do follow-ups with a few more leading up to today's first round.
The second interview is a chance for the Jets to perhaps ask some hard questions on issues that may have popped up during their information gathering and to also get a truer sense of their personality.