Maurice feels Jets' next step is 'middle of the pack'
/The Winnipeg Free Press reiterates Paul Maurice's desire to come back and coach the Jets again next season.
"Absolutely," Maurice said Friday.
He knows fans wanted more wins this year though.
"Being patient and building through the draft, and developing your young players, is a great thing to say in the summertime," he said. "It's a painful thing to say right here today.
"But we've got a young defenceman who played 24 minutes a night probably on average, that learned so much. He doesn't play that on an older, more veteran team... the decision's been made to make those kids play, and to live with that. I feel our next step is into that middle of the pack, that's where we want to drive our team to, and we want to get there as fast as we can."