It was less than two weeks ago when Kevin Cheveldayoff stood around a group of reporters and was asked to grade his performance during the off-season.

The general manager of the Winnipeg Jets paused briefly before making a crack about how reporters would soon be asking him about the NHL trade deadline, which is still roughly six months away.

Cheveldayoff also dropped a line that is even more apt right now than it was at the time.

“You just move on to the next thing and there’s always a next thing in the National Hockey League,” said Cheveldayoff. “In this game, you never stop. There’s always something. It’s not a defined off-season, a defined beginning of the season.”

It’s not like Cheveldayoff was looking into the crystal ball and envisioning trouble on the horizon. But the Jets GM ha

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