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Speculation: 2024/25 Trade Rumours, Speculation etc Thread
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But of a generalization here but I really feel like with where this team is at Chevy needs to take a risk, something not exactly his forte. A player who's had a few down years, maybe someone who's viewed as overpaid. Or a prospect that hasn't quite planned out. They kind of did that with Monny last year but as a upcoming UFA that experiment had a pretty limited timeline. With limited tradable assets and a very good but maybe not quite there core I think he's gotta take a home run swing, it may fall flat but I think that's a risk at this point they have to take.
If Mika Zibinijad waived, that would kind of be what you just described. Over 8mil until he's 36 and having a rough year so far.
Murat's proposed trade in the Athletic is Lambert for Weegar. Jets really do need another bona fide top 4 D or I think they face another round 1 exit.
tbcwpg
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Not quite, the article was the team's writer comes up with a target and the target player's team suggests a trade. Murat concluded the Jets were likely to keep Lambert in that case.
Weegar is a fantastic defender, the problem for the Jets is he does a lot of the same things that Morrissey already does, and to a much lesser extent Pionk. You could run a Snerg Weegar / Morrissey Demelo top 4 that might be pretty dam good. But if Ehlers leaves and you've moved Lambert you don't have a ton of options left in the top 6. Plus I think it would take a lot more than Lambert to get him.
The more and more I think about it I think the obvious guy out is Perfetti if they had Ehlers signed it think it may have happened already.
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Just for funsies, let's say the deal is on the table
Who goes? Pionk or Demelo?. What assests could you re-coup with the one you move?
I'd also say that making that deal probably assumes that Ehlers re-signs and I have no idea how the cap works with all that.
Adding Weegar would be cool. But it would likely mean Pionk is walking to UFA, and I wonder if the cost of acquiring Weegar is worth it for the upgrade.
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Full NTC. Signed until 2031. Calgary wouldn't be trading him anyways. They are in the thick of the race.
Rasmus Andersson is the more likely trade candidate, with only two years left, if Calgary falls back in the race, and he's got a 6 team NTC, which probably puts Winnipeg out of that race too.
This is where Chevy gets dumped on, but there is a lot less options being GM in this market than any other. Name a good defenseman, and if he's got any kind of NTC Winnipeg is probably on it. It's why the team is built in the offseason.
