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Second-overall pick Patrik Laine with Jets brass Friday night in Buffalo. From left: GM Kevin Cheveldayoff, director of amateur scouting Mark Hillier, Laine, co-owner Mark Chipman, head of eastern European scouting Evgeny Bogdanovich.
What did the Winnipeg Jets accomplish at the 2016 NHL Draft?
However much you’d like to know the answer by the time the team’s development camp is over July 7, three to four years is actually the amount of time needed to tell.
Or at least see the direction.
Why so long?
The most preferred examples for teams adding high-end players in the draft are Sidney Crosby (drafted 2005, won the Stanley Cup in 2009) and Jonathan Toews (drafted 2006, Cup in 2010).