from Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press,

Talks have been held with Ladd and his representatives, but more than a quarter of the way through the season, nothing is believed imminent.

Byfuglien’s camp has been reported recently as saying negotiations had not even begun.

Those two veterans, who could become unrestricted free agents on July 1, 2016, likely top the priority list.

But the Jets have four other regular, young players who will be restricted free agents next summer. Jacob Trouba, Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry are all coming to the end of their entry-level deals and goalie Michael Hutchinson is also in the last year of his contract.

Given the roles they have, Trouba, the team’s 2012 first-rounder, and Scheifele, the team’s 2011 first pick, will at some point become priorities.

For all of these potential free agents, Cheveldayoff has at least manoeuvred himself into a decent position — he has the most available cap space among the league’s 30 teams, said to be more than US$12 million by nhlnumbers.com.

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