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We wrapped up the final day of Development Camp with a chat with Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff who spoke about the state of his hockey team, the prospects in the system, free agency, Connor Hellebuyck, Shane Doan and more.

Topics:

1. Reflections on Free Agency
2. Any awkwardness dealing with Ray Petkau (agent for Skinner & Hellebuyck)? (:32)
3. What does Wade Flaherty do to get the most out of goalies? (1:47)
4. How much do they lean on Flaherty when bringing goalies in? (2:38)
5. What are areas where they still need to work on? (3:04)
6. What is his to-do list left for free agency? (4:03)
7. What is the plan in goal for the Jets? (5:15)
8. Having the Jets identity known as taking care of their players (5:59)
9. What's the latest on the Connor Hellebuyck front? (7:04)
10. Have other core pieces reached out regarding the "plan to win"? (7:13)
11. What stood out about Viggo Björck this week? (7:30)
12. Does bringing in Skinner impact the conversations about Hellebuyck? (8:07)
13. Did they have any interest in Mavrik Bourque? (8:40)
14. Is Viggo Björck a centre? (9:07)
15. Not bringing in a lot of veteran depth guys = more opportunities (9:49)
16. Was this a unique free agency period? (10:34)
17. The legacy of Jonathan Toews on this organization (11:37)
18. Insight into Shane Doan being brought into the fold? (12:44)
19. Adam Lowry looking to bounce back (13:01)
20. Cole Perfetti's next contract (14:29)
21. Thoughts on the prospects this week (15:10)

Viggo-mania continues to grip Winnipeg after the first-rounder (8th overall) from last weekend ends his first Jets Development Camp. He reflected on his first week in his new hockey home, seeing the passion of the fans, being seen as a centre and more.

There's always a specific night where the doubts kind of melt away for a bit and you remember why you're invested in the first place. Mine happened at a point where I really wasn't expecting to feel that way. What's yours.

Topics:

1. Is this one of his favourite week's of the year?
2. Importance this week of the off ice messaging (:39)
3. What are some off ice things they've done for team building? (1:14)
4. What's a characterisitc of this group that makes them stand out? (1:55)
5. What's it like getting to know Viggo Björck? (2:56)
6. Reinforcing message to players about on ice expectations (3:39)
7. Getting the kids familiar with Winnipeg (4:20)
8. Kids from CHL adding time in NCAA (4:44)
9. Prospects joining the Moose (5:22)
10. How has Brayden Yager's game developed? (5:51)
11. What's he watching for in the scrimmage tomorrow? (6:24)
12. Graduating prospects to the NHL (7:04)
13. Passion of the fanbase (7:58)
14. Getting to know the free agent camp invitees (8:41)
15. Empowering for players to have to get themselves over the line (9:20)

Last night the Jets announced they had signed defenceman Mario Ferraro to a three-year contract. The left-shot defender has spent his entire NHL career with the Sharks organization. We caught up with him today to get insight into his decision to choose Winnipeg, his style of game and more.

Fresh off signing a two-year deal with the Jets we heard from Edmonton-born netminder Stuart Skinner about his decision to sign.