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New Jets GM dreams high, do 3 trades in a row

Posted on March 31, 2014 at 10:00 AM.

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WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets showed earlier signs that this season will be a revamping one. After announcing a new GM, the team did 3 trades in a row after the end of the pre-season and will be featuring a totally new looking roster.
First, the Jets completed a big trade with the Maple Leafs by sending LW Evander Kane, D Mark Stuart, G Hutchinson and the team's 3rd round pick in the 2014 draft for LW James Van Riemsdyk, D Jake Gardiner, G Reimer, D Macwilliam and Toronto's 2nd Rounder in the same draft

For those who thought a trade this big would already be enough, the Jets had two surprises. At the same day, the team acquired RW V. Nichushkin, LW D. Jeffrey and D C. Gaunce from the Dallas Stars, sending away D G. Clitsome, LW A. Lowry and D J. Morrisey.

Later, Winnipeg acquired D Andrey Pedan and D Marc Cantin from the New York Islanders, sending RW Chris Thorburn and D Paul Postma.

After this, the new team GM had some interesting words to say: "Well, we dumped some players who I thought weren't part of the team's future and acquired some new players who will have plenty of chances to prove themselves here. And some of our top prospects will find a clear road to open spots in our squad. We are still in some kind of rebuilding proccess, but I think we realistically can dream about making the playoffs right now."

After all these movements (and some ups-and-downs between NHL and AHL), this should be the new Winnipeg roster for the upcoming season:

Winnipeg Jets Depth Chart - 2013
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	Ladd	Van Riemsdyk	Halischuk	Tangradi
C	Little	Scheifele	Jokinen	Slater
RW	Wheeler	Setoguchi	Frolik	Nichushkin
D #1	Bogosian	Enstrom	Trouba
D #2	Byfuglien	Gardiner	Ellerby
G	Reimer	Pavelec