The optimist in me would say that taking the time to fully heal and rejuvenate might actually allow him to perform better then what his age would indicate.
Guess we will have to wait and see.
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The optimist in me would say that taking the time to fully heal and rejuvenate might actually allow him to perform better then what his age would indicate.
Guess we will have to wait and see.
Tasteless Beaver
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If he’s willing, toss Toews a mil AAV and a couple mil in performance bonuses, no risk. Maybe his leadership can get us over the bump in the road.
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For better or worse, Toews in a Jets jersey just seems like it was meant to be.
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James Lahey
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I agree that Tuch likely has Winnipeg on a No Trade list, but there's an awful lot of young defensemen there that are intriguing. Getting them out of the dumpster fire of an organization that is Buffalo could really help some of them provided they aren't a part of the issue in the room. It wouldn't surprise me if Dahlin leaves and is in the running for Norris somewhere else. Power is big, young, mobile and would make any team better. I'm less confident Winnipeg would be on a no trade for some of these non-Americans as they might just want out of that situation.
Toews is an absolute no-brainer to me. He's so driven and competitive, the only way he comes back is if he can make a difference. I'd love to see it happen. I'm not sure he has a number of years left, but I'd guess he has a solid 2-3 and has all of the intangibles you'd want around the team. Would also be a cool story for the organization.
There were reports of guys openly making fun of Beach in practice. I believe Sopel referenced that everybody knew.
Not sure any of this is scientifically proven... but his post is pretty reasonable
Scheifele55
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If we can get Toews on a decent AAV he is definitely worth a shot for a season. Start him on line 2/3 and see what he's got. With Lowry out for awhile to start it kind of works out. If he's rejuvenated we have a 2C for cheap and if he not then there wasn't much of a cost to have him.
Ok so with Toews to start the year:
CSV
Ehlers Toews Perfetti
Nino Barron Iaffalo
Chibs Namestnikov Kupari
CSV
Ehlers Toews Perfetti
Nino Barron Iaffalo
Chibs Namestnikov Kupari
bustamente
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It will be interesting to see how many teams are going to kick the tires on Toews, I don't think that him bring from Winnipeg will be the deciding factor but rather wanting to go to a contending team and that's something the Jets can offer . From the Jets point of view I think they would love to have a 3 time SC champion who just happens to be from here on the roster especially if even at his age he still has juice left in him.
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Buffalo is the cautionary tale of the never ending rebuild. 15 years in it looks like they will be selling off yet again and starting over from the beginning. This is with multiple 1st overall picks and many top 10 picks.
JetsFan815
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Toews should not be penciled in as the 2nd line C. With a guy who has gone as long as he has without gametime at his age, if signed he is a 4th line C, atleast until he shows otherwise.
Toews is one of the most clutch players of the 2010s and one of the greatest playoff performers. Corey Perry is almost 40 and has been to several recent finals still making an impact.
I'd love to add him to the lineup, even if he's not top 6 quality anymore he can cover while Lowry's gone and be a great bottom 6er like Perry.
I'd love to add him to the lineup, even if he's not top 6 quality anymore he can cover while Lowry's gone and be a great bottom 6er like Perry.
Toews was struggling with long COVID the last 2 years he played, who knows maybe the time off he's had to reset and recover will actually allow him to get back to a decent level. Most 37yos have so much wear and tear built up at that point but he's going to be as fresh as possible and it's not like he was forced into retirement because of a skill issue
2C seems like a pipe dream to me BUT would it really be asking too much for him to get to a similar level as Namestnikov?
2C seems like a pipe dream to me BUT would it really be asking too much for him to get to a similar level as Namestnikov?
raideralex99
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He if can't make the 2C spot ... what would be the point of signing him?
Jets have a few centers who can fill the bottom 6 roles right?
Jets need to have that 2C asap hopefully a trade at the draft or by some miracle an UFA.
Toews might work ... sign him cheap with big bonus incentives.
I don't mind Toews as a 3-4C. Fits well since Lowry is out to start the year or if he suffers a setback. He's only playing for a contender at this point of his career and doubt he's getting in as a top 6 C mainstay with any contender imo, but really no clue.
Scheifele-Namestnikov-Lowry/Toews
I don't think Toews is a viable 2C, but really who knows? 0 estimation on how he will be at 37 with 2 years off. Mike Fisher in 2018 a possibility?
Scheifele-Namestnikov-Lowry/Toews
I don't think Toews is a viable 2C, but really who knows? 0 estimation on how he will be at 37 with 2 years off. Mike Fisher in 2018 a possibility?
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He's still one of the top faceoff guys in the league, he was running near 60% his last season, top of the NHL. That's something we badly need
Leadership is another thing we could use more of in the playoffs as well.
Would be a good test for Barron at 3C as well. Having Lowry out sucks but gives us some opportunity to try some different configurations.
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I don't think so, he dropped off in his last couple of years even defensively but we all know about his woes so not that surprising, if he is now truly healthy then I don't think it would be asking much at all.
Vlad is not very impressive in that role, in fact outside of his defensive play Towes was probably still a better top 6 centre at the end than Vlad, still I doubt we would be signing Towes to play 2C, more just a bottom six addition and for mentor and experience purposes.
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Apparently Minni wanted Phillys late 1st or Tyson Forester for Rossi. Maybe additional adds included?
Would you do
Our 1st+Barron for Rossi
Perfetti+ for Dobson
Re sign Ehlers, Toews?
Cap pending, on mobile so don't have the aptitude to do $$$ right now
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Nino-Rossi-Ehlers
Namestnikov/Toews-Lowry-Iafallo
X-Namestnikov/Toews-Y
X,Y: Gus, Kupari probably? Think Tanev and Appleton are gone.
Morrissey-Dobson
Samberg-Pionk
Z-Demelo
Z: Jets have an abundance of 3rd pair D
To be fair a decent chunk of his peak was during a period of low league wide scoring.
Toews could be a great mentor for transitioning Perfetti to center. Or if we lose Ehlers maybe we could take a chance on high offer sheeting for an unproven high upside young center, (cough cough Maverik Bourque) Run Toews on his wing and taking faceoffs. Who knows, but I think he does nothing but help and open up possibilities.
Yeah, 2C might be a bit wishful thinking. That being said, would love to see the Jets add him. I think as a 3C / 4C it’s pretty low risk, high reward and makes a cool story. Also, he has been the definition of clutch in big games during his career.
Maybe a combination of both things - jets being able to offer a winning roster and a shot at a cup (I don’t think he’s training the way he is to join a bubble team) + it so happens to be where he grew up. Would be a heckuva story if they win the cup with him on the roster as a contributing player, that’s for sure.
