UFO
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How anyone can give him an extension so quickly after a desaster of a season is beyond me. why not analyzing the season first?
Confirmed with Link: Chevy signs 3 year extension
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I really doubt the team is moving anytime soon.
They desperately need to turn things around if they want the fans to come back, the excitement to come back, and the apathy to be gone. But, they have more revenue streams than just gate revenue. It would look pretty bad on the NHL if a team re-located for “only” getting 14,000 people to a game while the league has fought tooth and nail to keep a team playing in a 5,000-seat arena around.
Besides, if they move to Houston they aren’t gonna be the Houston Jets. Probably would bring back Aeros, although I kind of think Astronauts would be a fun one too.
I mean even in a poor year with COVID they averaged 13k or something.
If the team plays well next year the fans will be back.
chipman has done a good job of bringing alternative revenue streams to support the financial side of the club, so not really worried about relocation.....plus his close ties to bettman and thompson......
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Don't worry the offseason theatre is still scheduled. They still fully intend to audit the team, it's just that they intend to make their decisions before the results of the audit.
It's just theatre at this point, smoke, mirrors and lip service.
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To me a decision like that has "no matter what the outcome is I'll just stick to my guy"-fingerprints all over. It's a bad sign and no step in the right direction at all. As someone already pointed out, we seem to be content with mediocrity.
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Can't wait for the Wheeler-Scheifele Episode to unfold.
Yeah the Jets aren't even the end game financially for TNSE. They are the linchpin to get the real-estate and leasing income that will really make TNSE profitable. I think everyone knows sports teams on their own are not a super profitable venture but when you throw in franchise values and the ancillary revenue from building up around the arena that is where the money is made.
Edit: The NHL also has many nw revenue streams that make the league less dependent on gate revenue. They now have 3 very lucrative national TV deals. Legalized gambling revenue and additional helmet and soon to be jersey advertisement revenue.
I think it was probably done long before. They did this with Maurice too. Chipper loves to announce these things to season ticket holders functions.
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Chipman isn't exactly know for his ability to read to room.How many owners announce extending their GM on the day the team closes out their lockers because they aren't good enough to make the playoffs?
Chipman might have just hung the existence of this franchise on Chevy's shoulders.
3 more seasons like the one we just went thru, with TNSE trying to ask for the ticket prices increases each season that we all know will be coming... I just don't know....
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Chevy was suppose to speak around noon.... anyone see any links to watch this or is it reports eyes only?
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It'll be streamed and likely broadcast with a slight delay, keep an eye on the front pages of TSN and Sportsnet or check the Jets facebook/youtube.
Edit: I guess it could also be on twitter with Jamie Thomas, they've done that before too.
End of year things are almost always on the Jets site and social media platforms. I expect it to be no different this year.
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Yeah, Sportsnet will usually have an article that goes up a little ahead of time with a camera pointed at the podium. TSN's usually goes up really close to the actual conference.
It's a crapshoot which one has the least delay so nobody should be surprised when people are posting reactions to shit that Chevy says before they've heard it themselves
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CJOB said they'd have it on radio and Jamie Thomas said JetsTV would have it on "all media channels" so Facebook/Youtube/Twitter/NHL.com I'm guessing for video.
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Paul Friesen opens up with "What'd you do to deserve it?" referring to the contract extension
And then refers to all the player quotes from the last week and asked Chevy how much responsibility he bears for it.
Chevy confirms what Seravalli reported but added that they were all given the opportunity to essentially apply for their job.
Murat Ates asked about the players comments the past week or so and Chevy basically downplayed it and said that players are emotionally distraught over failing to meet expectations.
Sara Orlesky emphasized with the next question that it seemed like it was more than what Chevy implied it was.
Wiebe asked if they were committed to spending to the cap next season and Chevy replied that ownership is committed to that.
Chevy points to the core that he assembled as the reason why he got a contract extension. Kind of ignored the part of the question where he was asked about actual results
Chevy was asked to clarify Maurice's departure. Said that he wasn't in any danger of being fired.
Flaherty is in the last year of his deal and Chevy said he was in the process of offering him an extension.
Chevy's downplaying the cultural issues that the players have raised
And then refers to all the player quotes from the last week and asked Chevy how much responsibility he bears for it.
Chevy confirms what Seravalli reported but added that they were all given the opportunity to essentially apply for their job.
Murat Ates asked about the players comments the past week or so and Chevy basically downplayed it and said that players are emotionally distraught over failing to meet expectations.
Sara Orlesky emphasized with the next question that it seemed like it was more than what Chevy implied it was.
Wiebe asked if they were committed to spending to the cap next season and Chevy replied that ownership is committed to that.
Chevy points to the core that he assembled as the reason why he got a contract extension. Kind of ignored the part of the question where he was asked about actual results
Chevy was asked to clarify Maurice's departure. Said that he wasn't in any danger of being fired.
Flaherty is in the last year of his deal and Chevy said he was in the process of offering him an extension.
Chevy's downplaying the cultural issues that the players have raised
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Guy should be in politics. He’s truly the master of never actually answering a question directly.
Orlesky with one of the most hard hitting questions, did not expect that. Lame answer though, dodged again.
Orlesky with one of the most hard hitting questions, did not expect that. Lame answer though, dodged again.
I think that would be a perfect job for him and Mat Hendricks could be VP of it!Maybe TN can hire Buff to be President of Hockey Morale?
For me it's looking a the lifetime of his work and realizing that I felt like on paper we had the ingredients to be a cup contender going into the year and 20 games into the season when we were 1st in the central it felt right.
I think he's good with contracts. I think he's done well with trades and being able to load up when its time for us to go for it.
Being the GM for the Winnipeg Jets is likely one of the toughest in the league because we are on every No trade list and we can't really buy our way out of mistakes through free agency as we aren't on the top of anyone's list.
I think Chevy has done a really admirable job and would be snapped up by another team in another market if he ever became available. You need to have a longer term time horizon for your vision than just 1 season.
For the record, I'm pro Chevy, even if this season didn't go like we anticipated it's a big summer and in my view going to a new GM now would be the worst thing you could do.
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I was a STH, and I didn't give them up because of concerns about the team or what have you.
I think if the plan isn't rebuild, which I don't believe it is, the kind of work that the Jets need this offseason isn't something that you can really do with a brand new front office team. If you let Chevy go, then you need to first do a good search for a GM, which takes time. Then that GM needs to evaluate what he's got here, which takes more time. THEN you start the coaching search, which you can do at the same time as roster evaluation I guess, but that should take time and wouldn't really get going until the offseason.
I don't really see executive contracts as guarantees so I guess this extension doesn't really bother me one way or the other. If I was still a STH I wouldn't be rushing to cancel over this. If they brought back the same coaches, blamed it on an off year, etc etc then maybe. Extending the GM doesn't bother me. Firing him before the 3 years are up doesn't cost cap space, and for all we know he coild have been out of contract this year anyway.
I will judge the actions by the org this summer. It is apparent we are getting a new coaching staff and that the keys are being turned over to the new core. Both things I wanted. If Chevy can retool around the new core then I have little issue with him staying.
If they try to be as status quo as possible then as a seat holder I'd be annoyed.
I get that. And also get that Chevy can't shit on this team publicly. But if I'm a STH spending 10s of thousands of dollars contracted in for a min of X years, I'm a little annoyed. This gm has been here for 11 years and possibly another 3, and his work is average at the very best, with one fluke year.
But I'm not one of those people. So
