After a phenomenal season in 2023-24, the Winnipeg Jets again lost in Round 1. Can they find a way to get over the hump in the playoffs?

Arniel resisted the urge for roster revolution with his Day 1 lines. Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Vilardi skated on one unit on Team Neufeld to start the day. Nino Niederreiter, Adam Lowry and Mason Appleton were together again on Team Lesuk later in the day.

The Winnipeg Jets still have some positions to fill as the teams heads for the first pre-season game on Saturday.

If you look at Cole Perfetti, for example, in Winnipeg, he said all the right things during the media tour. He went as the representative without a contract, as a bit of a good faith gesture, saying, ‘Hey, I know we’re going to get there. We’ve got to lock this in.’

The Winnipeg Jets will have 10 free agents at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. Here's who they might extend before next summer.

Brad Lambert didn’t have to go to development camp in July. He didn’t have to go to the Young Stars tournament in Penticton, either. How he has handled himself this offseason has put him in an ideal position to win an NHL roster spot when Winnipeg Jets training camp begins which was one of the five storylines I was watching coming into this camp.

The Winnipeg Jets made the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024. And they even started off with an emphatic statement against the Colorado Avalanche. The Jets won Game 1 of their first-round series against Colorado by scoring seven goals against the Avs.