[Samuelsson]

It's sad you know, this subject. I'm a member of jetshockeyforum and, I'm known as the resident troll on there because I like to bring the real facts to fellow Jets fans. The support Chevy gets on there is really, really confusing and completely unwarranted, as backed up by that article.

He's traded away more draft picks than he's acquired. Everyone says "yeah, but we're never going to attract major UFA's, so 'draft and develop' is our mantra, which Chevy is doing very well!" - is he? Isn't that what every GM/team tries to do? To draft and develop their young players through the draft? Just because the draft is their sole focus because they're such an underperforming team at the minute, doesn't mean they've got some secret advantage on other teams;

So far they've got a stud in Trouba, and Scheif looks like he can turn out to be a good second-liner. But again, it's not as if Chevy's pulled a rabbit out of the hat with Trouba - other teams draft good players, too. He used a second-rounder on Lukas Sutter whom they didn't sign, and they traded 2 draft picks (I forget what round they were now - 2nd/3rd?) to move up and take Zach Yuen, whom again, they didn't sign. So much for 'draft-and-develop'.

So many fixes you can make on that team. Trade Buff would be the first. Bin Pavelec would be the second. Trade for a good center to play with Kane, or if not then trade him too. If it's not working, fix it; don't sit there and do nothing, hoping miraculously that the team will suddenly change fortunes.

I put a throwaway comment on there, something along the lines of "Chevy's basically trying to save his job", and instantly got shot down; but I think that'll be true halfway into the season. What is it a GM gets on average, 2 coaches? He's on his second...