Out of curiosity, with Lindholm and Monahan now off the trade board, question for those Jets bros/sis’ who keep up with this stuff:
how does our competition in the west fare in terms of adding players? Both in central and pacific. I recall avs and oilers basically being at the cap already for example and thus are probably limited themselves, but I don’t know this for sure.
We still have cap space which is wild, and may yet add another piece (or 2) following a similar path that Chevy did in 2018
In a way by putting a 1st rounder out there, Chevy has contributed to the expected prices
Things might even escalate towards the deadline
There aren’t many C’s “obviously” available (perhaps there will be a wild swing somewhere but this isn’t a year for C depth on the market)
is this some 4D chess move by Chevy to prevent competition from getting better?
Edit: looking here
NHL 2023 Cap Tracker
It seems that we are well positioned vs the competition
But I am not super knowledgeable about this area