Confirmed with Link: Cole Perfetti signed 2X 3.25AAV

[TS Quint]

Better not give up another 1st for a rental. Best deadline acquisitions could be from our own pipeline that’ll cost zero assets.

That might cost us our next. Vesalainen, Stanley, Heinola, Licious, or Roslovic, just to try and win a Stanley Cup? I want more prospects to cheer on, Cups mean nothing.

The point is that they chose a different method on dealing with a slumping player. The Canes did the same with Jarvis the year prior and they were a serious contender.

Also please don't give me that the Kings aren't trying to win a cup while they still have Doughty and Kopitar as strong players.

Bones chose his method on how he wanted to deal with it. Some other coaches would have chosen differently.

Bowness has chosen differently. It’s almost like he isn’t just treating every player the same with zero evaluation.

 

[surixon]

That might cost us our next. Vesalainen, Stanley, Heinola, Licious, or Roslovic, just to try and win a Stanley Cup? I want more prospects to cheer on, Cups mean nothing.


Bowness has chosen differently. It’s almost like he isn’t just treating every player the same with zero evaluation.

I don't trust this org to actually target the correct deadline piece. Chevy killed team speed with his choices last year.

 

[TS Quint]

I don't trust this org to actually target the correct deadline piece. Chevy killed team speed with his choices last year.

Come on….

 

[Jets 31]

Last year in the regular season Winnipeg had 259 goals for and LA had 256 goals for.


Jets didn’t need to trade for offense at the deadline. We had a plus 60 goal differential last season which was 4th best in the NHL so we had plenty of goals for considering how committed we were to defense. We got to the dance with Team defense and goaltending giving up a league low 199 goals against. We should have stuck with that. Instead we gave up a draft class to “hopefully” insert more goalscoring into our top 6, f***ing with the team chemistry. The results were a disaster in the playoffs as we seemingly abandoned team defense and went T2T with Colorado??? Can’t blame that all on the rentals but we did change out 40% of our top 6 assets.

Adding at the deadline has only worked for us once and that wasn’t even a 1st round pick we gave up. The process has failed for us the rest off the time. We don’t do deadlines well at all.

Fools gold.

Hey I have no problem trading quality draft capital for assets that can improve our roster for years to come, but not for rentals on expiring deals that we walk out the door after our annual playoff sweep in the last 4 games.

End rant

I agree but it must be tough not to think adding a player or 2 might be just enough to put you over the top especially when we went into the playoffs a very good team. We did abandon our good defensive play in the playoffs but it always seemed we were playing from behind early in those games against Colorado. Helly is one of the best goalies in the league but he absolutely has to be better come playoffs especially the last 2 years .
End rant part 2 .

 

[surixon]

Come on….

Come on what. His deadline acquisitions couldn't keep up in the playoffs and were a big part of why our second line shit the bed.

Sometimes chemistry is more important then getting the big names at national overpay day.

 

[Weezeric]

I don't trust this org to actually target the correct deadline piece. Chevy killed team speed with his choices last year.

Ya, it’s speed that makes the difference in the playoffs. That’s why Ehlers is so dominant.

 

[surixon]

Ya, it’s speed that makes the difference in the playoffs. That’s why Ehlers is so dominant.

It like anything helps if used correctly. Ehlers doesn't use his correctly in the playoffs.

The point is we went from an average skating team to a below average one and Colorado as a result skating laps around us.

 

[Jets 31]

I don't trust this org to actually target the correct deadline piece. Chevy killed team speed with his choices last year.

I liked what Monahan brought to the Jets and we got him a month before the deadline so we got a little more out of him than a normal deadline day trade.

 

[TS Quint]

Come on what. His deadline acquisitions couldn't keep up in the playoffs and were a big part of why our second line shit the bed.

Sometimes chemistry is more important then getting the big names at national overpay day.

Ehlers shit the bed. He’s the so called line driving god. Monahan near single handedly fixed the PP.

The Jets lost in the playoffs because of their undersized defense that got absolutely overpowered by Nuke and the teams inability to clog the middle of the ice. That’s all the Stars did. They lined up at the blue line and didn’t leave the trailer in the middle wide open coming down on them 100mph.

 

[Jets 31]

It like anything helps if used correctly. Ehlers doesn't use his correctly in the playoffs.

The point is we went from an average skating team to a below average one and Colorado as a result skating laps around us.

Helly has to be better also, i know i have said this a few times but to me the Vezina winning goalie has to be way better. Helly is one of the best goalies in the league if not the best and him not playing well is like MacKinnon not showing up for the playoffs for Colorado.

 

[surixon]

Yeah the d was an issue as well, maybe Chevy should have targeted a quality dmen instead of a one dimensional scoring winger. Hence my point on not grabbing the right things.

Helly has to be better also, i know i have said this a few times but to me the Vezina winning goalie has to be way better.

They need to load manage him in the regular season. He's not young anymore and needs more rest so he's sharp in the playoffs. It has been painfully obvious the last two series that he wasn't sharp. I have no idea why this hasn't been implemented yet, especially last year with one of the best backups in the league.

 

[jokesondee]

Ehlers shit the bed. He’s the so called line driving god. Monahan near single handedly fixed the PP.

The Jets lost in the playoffs because of their undersized defense that got absolutely overpowered by Nuke and the teams inability to clog the middle of the ice. That’s all the Stars did. They lined up at the blue line and didn’t leave the trailer in the middle wide open coming down on them 100mph.

And theyve gotten even smaller now that Dillon is gone......
Thats legit my biggest concern going into the season is our soft as butter D corps. Samberg is the only guy with decent size but he's a kitten out there.

 

[Jets 31]

And theyve gotten even smaller now that Dillon is gone......

I really liked Dillon, too bad we couldn't sign him.

 

[jokesondee]

I really liked Dillon, too bad we couldn't sign him.

I think letting him walk is going to turn out to be a huge mistake.

 

[TS Quint]

And theyve gotten even smaller now that Dillon is gone......
Thats legit my biggest concern going into the season is our soft as butter D corps. Samberg is the only guy with decent size but he's a kitten out there.

100%. Now we are back to using Ehlers as our enforcer.

 

[TS Quint]

And theyve gotten even smaller now that Dillon is gone......
Thats legit my biggest concern going into the season is our soft as butter D corps. Samberg is the only guy with decent size but he's a kitten out there.

“That’s part of the benefit of having a physical group. That’s why you see teams go the distance with a big D-core and physical teams. And it’s why you rarely see teams that are small and skilled go far, because they get hurt.”-Brad Marchand

 

[The Blue Baron]

Jets boy wonder returns. Yippeee

 

[Jets 31]

I think letting him walk is going to turn out to be a huge mistake.

I do agree we need some snarl on our defense to protect the front of the net like this guy protects beer.

 

[surixon]

And theyve gotten even smaller now that Dillon is gone......
Thats legit my biggest concern going into the season is our soft as butter D corps. Samberg is the only guy with decent size but he's a kitten out there.

Actually we got bigger as Miller will be in for Schmidt and Stanley is almost assuredly now in as the starting bottom pairing LD with Ville's injury.

Whether we got better with these changes is another matter entirely.

 

[Bigfish]

I really liked Dillon, too bad we couldn't sign him.

We could have signed him.

 

[jokesondee]

Actually we got bigger as Miller will be in for Schmidt and Stanley is almost assuredly now in as the starting bottom pairing LD with Ville's injury.

Whether we got better with these changes is another matter entirely.

Stanley is tall but gets his ass kicked regularly and he also sucks which doesnt help.

 

[Huffer]

Nice to see this finally get done.

 

[surixon]

Stanley is tall but gets his ass kicked regularly and he also sucks which doesnt help.

I'm somewhat hopeful that the mean version that played within his means to end the year is what we get this season.

 

[Jets 31]

We could have signed him.

Possibly but maybe Chevy thought he should leave cap room for a long-term deal with Perfetti , never know.

 

[jamiebez]

We could have signed him.

Was just about to post this.

I'm sure this wasn't how Chevy saw spending his cap space this summer....

Plan A was Monahan, plan B was Henrique.

Scott Billeck and others have reported Cole was never offered a long-term deal from the team, so we know he was not Plan C.

Unpopular take: they are content with spending less in real dollars for the season. Accruing cap space for the deadline is a bonus. See how it plays out.