There are some potentially mammoth holes on his roster and some major challenges in filling them.
But Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff believes his sales pitch — both to his own pending unrestricted free agents and those that will hit the market this summer — now has a lot more meat on the bone.
Ultimately, it’s always about the dollars a GM piles up in front of a player and his agent that is pivotal in sealing a deal, but now Cheveldayoff has some proof the blueprint is working here in the National Hockey League’s smallest market.