The new Winnipeg Jets 2.0 established themselves as a mediocre NHL team in 2011-12, finishing 4th in their division and missing the playoffs. Being built on the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team True North acquired a team that were just one or two steps above an expansion franchise.
The 2013-14 team marks the third complete season since the Jets have returned to Winnipeg. As you will see, the team remains not much better than the old Thrashers franchise.
What follows is an analysis of the 2013-14 team and how Jets Management has been successful in building the team, with a particular focus on GM Kevin Chevaldayoff and the transactions he implemented.
Each player who played in 2013-14 is identified by how they were acquired by the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets which can be via a Trade deal, a Draft pick, a Free Agent signing, or a Waiver pickup. Below this table I analyze the teamâs composition and the turnover of players who stay with the organization for the 2014-15 season.
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | OT | Shots | Route | NS | CD | |||
1 | Blake Wheeler | R | 82 | 28 | 41 | 69 | 4 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 225 | Trade | X | |||
2 | Bryan Little | C | 82 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 8 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 170 | Draft | X | |||
3 | Dustin Byfuglien | R/D | 78 | 20 | 36 | 56 | -20 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 256 | Trade | X | |||
4 | Andrew Ladd | L | 78 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 8 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 189 | Trade | X | |||
5 | Olli Jokinen | C | 82 | 18 | 25 | 43 | -8 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 171 | Free Agent | 1 | |||
6 | Michael Frolik | R | 81 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 189 | Trade | X | 1 | ||
7 | Evander Kane | L | 63 | 19 | 22 | 41 | -7 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 250 | Draft | X | |||
8 | Mark Scheifele | C | 63 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100 | Draft | X | 1 | ||
9 | Toby Enstrom | D | 82 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -9 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 106 | Draft | X | |||
10 | Jacob Trouba | D | 65 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 121 | Draft | X | 1 | ||
11 | Devin Setoguchi | R | 75 | 11 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 129 | Trade | 1 | |||
12 | Mark Stuart | D | 69 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | Trade | X | |||
13 | Grant Clitsome | D | 32 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Waivers | X | 1 | ||
14 | Zach Bogosian | D | 55 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | Draft | X | |||
15 | Chris Thorburn | R | 55 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | Trade | X | |||
16 | Matt Halischuk | R | 46 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | Free Agent | X | 1 | ||
17 | Eric O’Dell | C | 30 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | Trade | X | |||
18 | Eric Tangradi | L | 55 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | Trade | 1 | |||
19 | Keaton Ellerby | D | 51 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | Waivers | X | 1 | ||
20 | Adam Pardy | D | 60 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | Free Agent | X | 1 | ||
21 | Anthony Peluso | R | 53 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Waivers | X | 1 | ||
22 | Paul Postma | D | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | Draft | X | |||
23 | Zach Redmond | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Draft | ||||
24 | Patrice Cormier | C | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Draft | X | |||
25 | Jim Slater | C | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Draft | X | |||
26 | James Wright | C | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | Waivers | 1 | |||
27 | John Albert | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Draft | X | |||
28 | Carl Klingberg | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Draft | X | |||
29 | Ben Chiarot | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Draft | X | |||
30 | Julian Melchiori | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Draft | X | |||
Player | Pos. | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | Saves | Sv% | SO | TOI | ||||||
1 | Ondrej Pavelec | 57 | 57 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 1644 | 163 | 3.01 | 1481 | 0.901 | 1 | 3,247:58 | Draft | X | |||
2 | Al Montoya | 28 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 737 | 59 | 2.30 | 678 | 0.920 | 2 | 1,540:54 | Free Agent | 1 | |||
3 | Michael Hutchinson | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 1.64 | 83 | 0.943 | 0 | 183:02 | Free Agent | X | 1 | ||
27 | 14 |
NS = Next Season  CD = Cheveldayoffâs Deals
In reviewing the 2013-14 scoring table, we see that the Jets regained the initial year’s success in diversified scoring. The team’s turnover increased as the team was hit with a some injuries.
Below I separate out the Jets Roster by the Player Route taken or the way the player got to be part of the Jets. We find that the Jets get most of their performance from Atlantaâs and Winnipeg’s drafts for the second time. The Free Agents and Waiver pickups as a collective under-contributed and had the worst plus/minus ratings as well. Yikes!
Jets Skating Lineup Efficiency (due to injuries and lineup changes) | ||||||||||
If all 18 skaters played all 82 games there would be a 0.00% substitution rate. | ||||||||||
The Jets had 30 skaters in its lineup which means a 66.67% substitution rate. | ||||||||||
Team Composition by Player Route | Games by Scater’s Route | Goals by Scater’s Route | ||||||||
Draft | 15 | 45.45% | Draft | 490 | 33.20% | Draft | 83 | 37.90% | ||
Free Agent | 5 | 15.15% | Free Agent | 188 | 12.74% | Free Agent | 23 | 10.50% | ||
Trade | 9 | 27.27% | Trade | 603 | 40.85% | Trade | 107 | 48.86% | ||
Waivers | 4 | 12.12% | Waivers | 195 | 13.21% | Waivers | 6 | 2.74% | ||
Points by Scater’s Route | +/- by Scater’s Route | |||||||||
Draft | 222 | 37.56% | Draft | 2 | -11.11% | |||||
Free Agent | 59 | 9.98% | Free Agent | -7 | 38.89% | |||||
Trade | 285 | 48.22% | Trade | -4 | 22.22% | |||||
Waivers | 25 | 4.23% | Waivers | -9 | 50.00% | |||||
# of players who played for the Winnipeg Jets or St. John IceCaps the Next Season (NS): 27 | ||||||||||
81.82% | of 30 players compared to 70.00% of 30 players in 2012-13. | |||||||||
# of players who left the Next Season (NS): 6 | (2 Free Agents, 2 Trades, 1 Draft, 1 Waiver) | |||||||||
18.18% | of 33 players compared to 30.00% of 30 players in 2012-13. |
Now how well did Cheveldayoff do as far as his contributions to the team? Using the above numbers, I separated out those players that he directly had a hand in bringing to the Jets either via Draft, Free Agency, Trade, or Waiver pickup. You can see his 2013-14 transactions here.
Cheveldayoff’s Deals | ||||||||||
Team Composition by Player Route | Games by Scater’s Route | Goals by Scater’s Route | ||||||||
Draft | 2 | 5.26% | Draft | 128 | 8.67% | Draft | 23 | 10.50% | ||
Free Agent | 5 | 13.16% | Free Agent | 213 | 14.43% | Free Agent | 23 | 10.50% | ||
Trade | 3 | 7.89% | Trade | 211 | 14.30% | Trade | 29 | 13.24% | ||
Waivers | 4 | 10.53% | Waivers | 195 | 13.21% | Waivers | 6 | 2.74% | ||
Total | 14 | 36.84% | Total | 747 | 50.61% | Total | 81 | 36.99% | ||
Points by Scater’s Route | +/- by Scater’s Route | |||||||||
Draft | 63 | 10.66% | Draft | 13 | -72.22% | |||||
Free Agent | 59 | 9.98% | Free Agent | -7 | 38.89% | |||||
Trade | 75 | 12.69% | Trade | -5 | 27.78% | |||||
Waivers | 25 | 4.23% | Waivers | -9 | 50.00% | |||||
Total | 222 | 37.56% | Total | -8 | 44.44% | |||||
# of Cheveldayoff players acquired but did not stay with the team after 2012-13: 6 | ||||||||||
This is 100.00% of the 6 total players who left. |
Cheveldayoff’s players impact was essentially the same as the initial 2011-12 season. Last season, his players made up 31.58% of the team and this season it goes up to 36.84%. We see these players making equivalent contributions to Goals and Points and finally start to see an improvement in the Goals Differential (+/-) capturing only 44.44% (vs 62.50% the previous season) of the total minuses.
Cheveldayoffâs impact as a GM after three years is starting to get slightly better. It is still too premature to fully judge since only two of his drafted players have made the team but based on their positive Goals Differential, they are having a positive impact. His Free Agent deals and Trades have been overall awful, resulting in under-performance and defensive liability. Hopefully drafts and farm players will be able to replace those net negative impact players in the next year.