Those were just lines that I would like to see the coaches try.
Wasn't meant to be a lineup.
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Wasn't meant to be a lineup.
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When’s the earliest you see this process yielding a product in a numbered Jets Jersey?
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Earliest guess for me would be 2026/27
This year in the WHL then at least one year on the Moose
Agreed, that seem a likely timeline for Yager. Really important for him to have a monster D+2 year in the CHL and ideally a big performance at the World Juniors, where he will likely be one of the go to top forwards.
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Scheifele doesn’t scream leader/winner to me YMMV.
We need someone who can or has the potential to be the next franchise center.
Scheifele doesn’t make too many top 20 lists in #1 Center a.
But that is just an opinion. By all indications he is highly regarded by his team mates and he has taken Perfetti under his wing who has spoken very highly of him. You can debate where he stands among the top centers in the league, but he he is definitely still among the top 20 or so. Dax earlier made a pretty convincing argument that he was in the top 1/2 of the Western Conference centers. Great if we some how land a better franchise center, but we have no one even close at this moment and I doubt we will have one anytime soon. So you can either shit on him or hope he finds the best version of himself over the next few years as we will need it.
IMO we have always missed having another skilled center on the team to balance things out. While there have been a few temporary solutions, but rarely have we ever been able to run a real 1 - 2 down the middle. The best of teams have the luxury of doing so.
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Ok I agree with this a lot.
I’m not saying Scheifele isn’t a good player I’m like you.
We need a capable center who stands out in some way and a second center who can pick up the slack
In a perfect world we have a center ready to take the #1 reigns in 3-4 years or so and have Scheifele drop down to #2 with easier usage. Maybe that is Lambert or Yager, maybe not, but those are our 2 best hopes at the moment.
I'm dreaming of Lambert having a Barzal like rookie season for us with Connor or Ehlers.
Barzal is kind of the top end comparable I have in my head for him, similar builds and toolsets
If Scheifele's your 1C, you'd need someone on a similar level as a 2C if you want to be competitive imo.
A true 1C should be a near automatic match-up winner. If you're a ppg 1C you also need to be elite defensively. Scheif hasn't been either in years.
A true 1C should be a near automatic match-up winner. If you're a ppg 1C you also need to be elite defensively. Scheif hasn't been either in years.
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IMO, Scheifele is what he is at this point.
He’d be the perfect support guy for THE guy.
Outside of JMO and Helle, we’re pretty lean on game breaking talent in general
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I've said before that schief is a top 20-30 centre in the league. To win with rhat you either need another one of those or at least a top 30-40 guy
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unless you look at points.
since 2019/20? #13th scoring Centre in the league
since 2017/18? #14
since 13/14 when he became a full time starter? #10 centre in the NHL in points.
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not sure if looking like 10+ years ago is a good mechanism. draisaitl, mackinnon, matthews, EP, mcdavid, point, aho. r.thomas, a bunch of others weren't in the league or rookies in mackinon's case. and then you players like JT Miller that have overtaken him over the last few years
look at recent history, he's closer to the lower-end offensively as the post above shows. if he was putting up great defensive numbers/play i think there'd be less of a discussion since his all around game would be considered better, despite the lower rank in point scoring.
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hmm, I thought this thread was about Yager. Seems to have morphed into more of a Scheifele discussion.
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It definitely pertains to Yager IMHO.
Chevy has gone out of his way to mention that he sees him as a C, so trying to figure out where he'll land on the depth chart (and when) is on topic. In order to do so, we need to try to figure out who else in the org will be playing C by the time he likely hits and how productive that player will be at the time
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I find it interesting the organization is letting him wear his likely NHL number over the random mid 40s number usually given to prospects at their first time skating with the team.
