Not sure I would call Brock Nelson a home run, at double maybe. Cozen is more of a home run.
I'd say for sure Nelson is the better player this year. Only thing I'd say is that he has some trade protection and with a wife and 4 kids in New York, maybe he just moves around NYC at the deadline, say to NJ.
Listening to Arniel talk in the pregame he definitely wasn't married to the idea of having Ehlers in a shut down role.
I think Granlund might be a target if the Jets look for a center who can fit between Nino and Ehlers, to provide secondary scoring.
Which would allow Arny to use Iafallo with Lowry and Apples in a more shutdown role.
And have a top 6, botttom 6 like we saw for much of the year.
I don't mind the idea of Barron-Namestnikov-Kupari as the 4th line, a pure skating 4th line, that can be physical too. I'd think they could keep the puck out of the back of the net.
Perfetti should probably be on the outside looking in when the Jets finalize a playoff roster, the way his season has gone.
But I'd like an honest assessment...
When comparing the Jets top 4 defense to other teams in the division where do our guys rank against Dallas, who are running Lindell-Heiskanen, Harley-Lybushkin, or Colorado with Toews-Makar, Girard-Manson? Minnesota who are missing their 2nd pairing of Brodin-Spurgeon are on the older side, so I think the advantage would still be in the Jets favour, but there has to be some discussion here about what that loyalty top 4 can do in the playoffs. Samberg has not had a good playoff yet. Pionk has not had a great playoff yet. De Melo has not had a great playoff yet. Morrissey is the only guy who has shown another level in the playoffs.