A few hours after their 4-1 win over top of the Tampa Bay Lightning the Winnipeg Jets announced that they had made a trade with the Buffalo Sabres.<\/p>\n
Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff sent Luke Schenn and Logan Stanley to the Sabres for forward Isak Ros\u00e9n, defenceman Jacob Bryson, a 2027 second round pick and a conditional 2026 fourth round pick.<\/p>\n
\u201cLogan certainly took advantage of the situation that was in front of him and (we) told him that he should be really proud of that,\u201d said Cheveldayoff.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we talked, I told him I certainly haven’t closed any doors and hope that he hadn’t as well. And obviously he’s going into a different situation there where they’re fighting for something that’s real and right in front of them, and I wished him good luck in those regards.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schenn and Stanley were held out of the Jets lineup last night and now will help the Sabres push to the playoffs and beyond. Schenn played a big role in last year\u2019s Presidents Trophy winning team. Stanley made a huge jump this season with a career high 21 points in 59 games.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke with both of them afterwards. With Logan, having spent four years with him and see him grow as a player. Like I have said to you guys he did a great job of taking advantage of the opportunity that was put in front of him this year and went out and played real well and it is good for him, that opportunity,\u201d said head coach Scott Arniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Luke was a warrior for us coming in at the deadline last year at this time, playing a big role for us with his experience, helping us get through that St. Louis series.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Jets are now seven points out of a playoff spot with 21 games to go in the season after getting points in five straight games out of the Olympic break. The place they are in right now is obviously a long way away from where they were a year ago at this time but Arniel is not ready to say this season is over.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s one thing I said to this group, whatever happens after today, it’s that we’re not giving in. We’re not like you say, waving the white flag. We still believe in our group. And we went last night, we pulled a guy out of the grocery store at four o’clock yesterday and threw him in our live lineup, and Isaak Phillips and played a heck of a hockey game, and Ville jumped in and played,\u201d said Arniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd, we still have a strong, strong group here of veteran players. We had the best goaltender in the league. I still think we can find a way to get ourselves in and also, like they just mentioned, that we’ve helped ourselves for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the new guys, Ros\u00e9n was a first round of the Sabres back in 2021 and has scored 20 or more goals three times in the American Hockey League.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes teams like those that have drafted high for a long period of time have lots of players that get blocked a little bit. So, we’re real excited to have him. A younger player that will come right into our lineup,\u201d said Cheveldayoff.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve recalled him. He\u2019ll remain with the Jets for the remainder of the season in that regard and get a real good opportunity to find his levels as a young player and spread his wings.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacob Bryson has almost 300 games in the NHL, is a great skater, a good puck mover and was reliable when the Sabres had him in the lineup.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Bryson, he is a guy that has been in the league a steady, not a big-bodied guy, but plays hard and heavy, and I know he filled in for (Rasmus) Dahlin when he had the personal leave,\u201d said Arniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is a guy that has been around the league and is just a good pro. He will come in and help us with some depth.\u201d<\/p>\n
The key here is that Cheveldayoff still believes in his core group of Scheifele, Connor, Vilardi, Morrissey, Lowry, Samberg and Hellebuyck. Adding Ros\u00e9n, Bryson, a second, fourth and seventh round pick (in a separate deal with the Sabres for Tanner Pearson).<\/p>\n
\u201cTrying to build around this core is what we\u2019ve been trying to do. Whether it\u2019s letting your prospects grow and let them come in. Brad Lambert, we\u2019re recalling him here and now, so he\u2019ll be up and in the lineup. You\u2019ve seen the progression of Salomonsson over the period of time here. Those are the things we are actively doing,\u201d said Cheveldayoff.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe essentially got a second-round pick back here; we got some other picks as well. Could those lead to summertime situations? When you don\u2019t have capital to do anything, it can\u2019t. So, when you do replenish it somehow, you do have options. A second-round pick at the trade deadline gets thrown around like it\u2019s nothing. A second-round pick when you get close to the draft, it\u2019s a powerful tool.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few hours after their 4-1 win over top of the Tampa Bay Lightning the Winnipeg Jets announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-519421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}