Did Winnipeg Ever Fully Appreciate What Ehlers Was?

Nikolaj Ehlers has always been the kind of player coaches trust and fan bases argue about, which usually means the league knows his value before some home markets do. Winnipeg built around a lot of useful pieces, but this story asks whether the Jets ever got fully comfortable with just how much he brought to the table. That is the sort of question that gets louder after the fact, especially when a player’s impact does not fit neatly into the loudest stat line.