Marty will be the eye in the sky, with the different portfolios that come with that. He’ll be running the forwards and the power play, or at least the power play, while helping out with the forwards.Īnd Bones will contribute to every area and have the ultimate oversight, obviously, being the head coach. Scott is going to be running the defense and the penalty kill, and Lauer worked with Rick in Tampa Bay, so there’s a good relationship there and a lot of familiarity. Scott had interviewed really well for the head coaching position as well, and it became pretty clear that there was some good synergy between the two. ![]() One of the first things that happened when we spoke with Rick, was that he wanted to bring in Arniel as an associate coach. Are you able to explain who will have what portfolio and be responsible for what, and what you’ll hope to get out of a new-look group?īringing Rick in was a big change for our organization. You’ve got Rick Bowness coming, you’ve got Scott Arniel coming back, you’ve got Marty Johnston moving up, Brad Lauer coming in. That’s an opportunity that these tournaments really allow, in terms of that kind of growth. They’re getting that bonding thing of being a Winnipeg Jet. We’re learning new systems, organizationally systems are changing, so you’re not going to get a lot of time to gel, but what you are seeing is guys sitting at the table together and eating dinner. The wins and losses, so to speak, don’t matter as much as competing as a team. It’s watching each individual player, that’s what you’re trying to do. He couldn’t go to the world juniors this summer because he wasn’t ready from an injury standpoint still, he was still ramping it up, but we knew he had this in front of him, to knock the rust off before training camp.Īnd in general, knowing that you have a younger group at this tournament, how much does that have to be weighed in context when you look at your group’s performance this week? So this was a good jumping-off point for him. If expansion is expanded, great, but formats can get a bit murky when you add teams and we like the current format as it is. We’d be open to format changes, so long as it was three games, whatever fashion you wanted to have it. If we get it into a tournament format, sure, but we like that it’s a three-game tournament. We like the potential of playing three games. What are your thoughts on the format of the tournament, or potential expansion of the tournament? And for some of them it will hopefully give them a bit of a leg up at training camp, since they’ll have gone through some meaningful games before getting into camp next week. It’s a good tournament to get that kick-off evaluation for our kids. Recently we had two first-round picks, and this gives us a chance to see some of the players we didn’t get to see as often during COVID-19. It’s great, especially in our cycle of development right now.įor a few years we traded away some draft picks and didn’t have a lot coming into our system. ![]() What’s your reaction to the return to the Penticton tournament, and how does your organization use it for player development? The following interview has been edited for clarity and readability. During a wide-ranging, on-the-record conversation, Cheveldayoff discussed changing the Jets captaincy, tough conversations with Mark Scheifele, his new-look coaching staff, pursuing Barry Trotz this offseason and his expectations for this upcoming season.
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