Great listen and for a "brief" week it looks like it'll be anything but. I'd probably give my grades as such: Chevy - B+: The thing that holds him back from the A range is the deadline acquisitions not quite working out and missing on RD upgrades at the same time. The extensions for 55 and 37 avoided the rebuild we were all afraid was inevitable, add in other depth re-signings and the absolute Larceny that was the PLD trade and he's been great. Round 2 probably would have gotten this up to an A Bones - B-: He did what he was brought in to do, inspired a culture of accountability in the locker room, and fixed the divisions. To have a culture turn around this significant while keeping the most significant players is quite the feat. But when it was time to take that next step he showed where his deficiencies lie as a coach. I could see the Jets being a far more attractive landing spot in the coaching carousel because of Bones's works. And if that is the case then we probably have access to better-quality coaches than last time we were doing a HC search. I'm skeptical of Arniel due to his association with the PK this year, Chevy needs to do a wide search to bring in the best option he can. Enjoy your retirement Bones. Special teams coaches - F: Was a significant weak spot all year. The only benefit from this is that if the new HC wants to bring some assistants with him it will be easy to make room for them on the bench. Looking forward to the rest of this week's episodes guys. Hoping that your Perfetti Robertson analogy ages like fine wine.

Hey guys.... wow, okay we are pretty much on the same page with our mindsets again. So I'll answer the questions you asked and a few more thoughts: I give Chevy an A for what he did in this past season, bringing in guys we needed. He didn't sit back. He jumped to get the best available players on the market and I give him full marks for that reason. I'm also a 1/4 season ticket holder for the 1st time, in large part because I saw what the owners/management were trying to do with this team so I've put my money where my mouth is. I also do not believe that Rick Bowness will be back coaching the Jets in the next season. The heir apparent is Scott Arniel and I'm good with that... he did well overall in that early leave of absence Rick took when his wife Judy needed him and an easy fix for PK is bring in someone who can run it. The PP coach role is a bigger issue for me. And of course we know Boston's coach Jim Montgomery has carried on to the 2nd round so he likely won't be available. I did have a remote pipe dream that if management went for a different coach, if Cooper was let go by Tampa, he would be my first choice to bring in. Plus he has that pedigree... he is also of a more gentle nature which would be important with our boys. Back to Bones: What he did with the roster in the days we were playing the Avs was run with what he was determined to make work. I also noticed comments made by various players about things, and that includes DeMelo who said everything needs to be under a microscope because they really felt they had something special here. (I do too). The difference between Avs and every other team was the volume of shots our D guys and Helle faced which was 37 SF/G, which is the highest shot volume by a team in round 1 in playoffs. Closest comparison is Carolina with 32.3 and Florida with 32.0. Shots against for Avs by Winnipeg was 28.0. Our highest SOG guy in playoffs was KC with 19, next highest was Ehlers with 14, Monny with 13, Morrissey 12, Scheifele 10, Vilardi 9, Nino 9, Toffoli 8. Something I noticed in the Avs vs Jets series, Nichushkin and Lehkonen were their biggest goal getters, yet Lowry line which we know is our best defensive line was not assigned to them until Game 5. Or it was more noticeable then. Lowry was assigned to Mack's line otherwise and in the meantime, Nichushkin and Lehkonen were left to push their way into our D zone with not much hassle. www.tsn.ca/nhl/statistics Having said that, we know that Lowry had a serious hand injury from the pressers post season and he couldn't shoot like he would normally do. That did make a difference. Ehlers is not playing for Denmark in Worlds because of his neck... losing Dillon who I think is one of our best underrated D guys played a role in the loss of this series. Same with Vladdy getting injured. We had injuries which likely made some of our best reticent about putting themselves into the line of fire. Dallas gets to play Avs next and they have the template to look back at from our run vs Avs... the result may turn out different but I think it'll be a slug fest all the way. Looking forward to the Edmonton vs Canucks series and enjoyed watching NYR vs Carolina today. I think that's it for now but sorry for the full page I wrote.. lots of things on my mind. Next year it's time to let the kids shine. I want to see this.

Thought on Chevy. For a guy that is a bit of a politician I’m a bit surprised at his inability to manage up and down. Up in that despite the current year Chipper is still way too involved, see the Arniel predictions. And down in that he can’t keep his coaches, Maurice and now Bowness from absolutely mismanaging the lineup. Now obviously we don’t want to see a Blue Jays scenario develop but a Tampa Bay approach is definitely needed.

Bones needed to go, hopefully Managmnet can repair some broken relationships, as I think there are more than just Perfetti. With Chevy I give him a B+, he did a good job turn over a good portion of the rooster, with quality players. I still think he to or should have stepped in the last month on player useage

Bowness Retired!!!!!!