NASHVILLE — Nobody said it was going to be easy. That’s the reality of life in the modern NHL, where parity reigns and contenders and pretenders can seemingly trade places overnight.

But Kevin Cheveldayoff admits he didn’t think it would be quite this difficult. Not for the reigning Presidents’ Trophy winners who raised expectations after a dream 2024-25 season — yet now find themselves near the bottom of the league standings almost one-third of the way into 2025-26.

Just what has happened to the Winnipeg Jets? That’s one of the many questions we posed to the club’s longtime general manager, who spoke exclusively with the Free Press prior to Saturday’s game at Bridgestone Arena.

“Obviously there doesn’t seem to be a straight path to where we want to get to,” Cheveldayoff said, short

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