Seven years in a flash.



It can seem that way on one hand for the five players on the Winnipeg Jets left over from the Atlanta Thrashers organization.



Seven years ago, the team moved north. Seven years ago, new ownership and management cautioned of a patient rebuild. Seven years ago, Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little, Dustin Byfuglien, Toby Enstrom and then-prospect Ben Chiarot went from the Thrashers to the Jets and wondered what the journey would be like.



“It’s been so long that when people ask me I have to think how many years I’ve been in Winnipeg now,” Little said with a chuckle over the weekend. “It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long. It seems like we just got there a few years ago. It’s flown by.’’



Little was 23 when the move happened. He’s now a 30-year-old cog of the veteran core. Wheeler was 24 at the time. Now he’s the 31-year-old captain, having a season worthy of Hart...