New Winnipeg Jets defenceman Mario Ferraro joined the Illegal Curve Hockey Show to discuss his experience as an unrestricted free agent, why he chose to sign with Winnipeg, what he learned about the organization during the process, his thoughts on the Jets' defence, breaking into the NHL alongside Brett Burns, winning a World Championship with Gabriel Vilardi and Cole Perfetti, his durability, offseason plans, the evolving NHL, and even his YouTube channel, The Youngest of Plugs.

Topics:

1) What was the process like being a UFA? (:32)

2) What did his July 1st look like? (2:59)

3) How did he come to know that the organization treats players well? (5:11)

4) Assessing the Jets defence (6:34)

5) What was it like to break into the league with Brett Burns? (8:39)

6) Winning a World Championship with Vilardi/Perfetti, guys he knows on team (12:40)

7) His consistency of being available (15:27)

8) Summer plans (17:27)

9) The "new" NHL (19:47)

10) The Youngest of Plugs, his YouTube channel (21:40)

11) Being relied upon by his team when shorthanded (23:38)

Last night the Jets announced they had signed defenceman Mario Ferraro to a three-year contract. The left-shot defender has spent his entire NHL career with the Sharks organization. We caught up with him today to get insight into his decision to choose Winnipeg, his style of game,

Now that the players have been drafted, it's time to focus on development and to that end we heard from Director of Player Development Jimmy Roy following Day 4 on the ice at Development Camp in Winnipeg. He shared plenty of insight into the organization's thoughts on prospect development.