BUFFALO – The draft remains the focus, but Kevin Cheveldayoff will continue to chat with agents of during the coming days in Buffalo as well.

The general manager of the Winnipeg Jets wasn't ready to go into detail about how negotiations are going with pending restricted free agents Mark Scheifele and Jacob Trouba, which is par for the course.

“This is a big convention and there's always time to carve out a few minutes with agents, sometimes not enough and sometimes it's enough,” said Cheveldayoff. “It's an ongoing process and we're not going to give updates. We signed Michael Hutchinson the other day and we had a press conference. I envision that's how the rest of the RFA's will go. Once we sign them, we'll give you an update.”

Cheveldayoff reiterated his position that the door remains open for a potential return for Andrew Ladd, who was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks prior to the deadline.

“Free agency will take care of itself here,” said Cheveldayoff. “Obviously, we have the interview period that will open up here relatively shortly here and we'll look forward to talking to (Ladd's) group and many other free agents as well.”

When asked about the coaching search to join the staff of Paul Maurice, Cheveldayoff said the process was ongoing and he didn't expect any announcements to be made this weekend.

In other Jets-related news, the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League traded for the rights to 2015 Jets first-rounder Jack Roslovic, though there has been no indication at the present time that the skilled forward will be leaving the University of Miami (Ohio) after his freshman season.