The Winnipeg Jets faced massive rejection during free agency
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Its no secret that the Winnipeg Jets had a really tough start to the NHL offseason.
Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff has been heavily scrutinized the past few days as he has failed to generate results regarding their free agent signings. But is there a reason for all this?
Sources have reported that the Winnipeg Jets made three contract offers to highly talented UFA's that would help bolster the team, but all three offers made by Kevin Cheveldayoff were rejected.
The Jets offered Sean Monahan an extension and he ended up in Columbus. The team then turned their attention to Adam Henrique, he ended up re-signing in Edmonton and they also missed out on Blake Lizotte, this according to Darren Dreger of TSN.
To add insult to injury faced by the rejection by these three UFA's, the Jets also failed to re-sign Brenden Dillon, Tyler Toffoli, and Laurent Brossoit and ultimately lost them to free agency.
Winnipeg sits with $6.3 million in cap space after day four of free agency and is in tough to upgrade their roster with the remaining talent that's left on the open market.
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