i guess montour really wanted to be closer to family cause losing him and having to pay a first plus knight to replace him kinda sucks for the panthers but at the same time goaltending is so unpredictable and that 1st may never even be an impact player. Time will tell but that Jones contract is still pretty risky even with the rising cap.
Confirmed Trade: [FLA/CHI] Seth Jones (26.3% retained; $7M AAV) and 2026 4th round pick for Spencer Knight and 2026 1st round pick
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No one knows Knight better than the Panthers and they are cutting bait even though Bob is like 38 years old. My money would be on him being a less valuable part of the trade than the 2026 1st
Crow
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One thing about jones is he is definitely not a character guy. When the going gets tough, he folds like a sheet. I do think he can be a good follower though with his skill on a team where you have good leadership. People who give effort no matter the circumstances are those needed to surround jones. When that’s not the case, jones makes your terrible team even worse.
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The 1st is 26 or 27 depending on conditions
Attention was to $7M cap hit...so 2.5/9.5=25/95=5/19.
Attention was to $7M cap hit...so 2.5/9.5=25/95=5/19.
How many you have in the last 30? lol. Your team is terrible. You have less success than a team that was a dumpster for 20 years lmao
Then he’ll fit right in perfectly
Cup win 1 year ago. Genius post....Cup Finals 3 years ago...genius post...
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The big turn came in the 2006-2007 season. So yea, in hockey terms we’d call that a pretty good run for the last 18 years.
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Yeah I think it’s a pretty good bet that he will make Florida better even though he made my worse.
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It's always interesting to see a defenseman go to a significantly different team environment. This is not without risk to Florida. Jones has been on the ice for an awful lot of goals against these past 5 seasons. Time to find out how much of that is due to him.
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Post of the year here. Actually, could have been the post of the year last year too. Or was it the year before even ?
Who cares… That’s a winner in any cases. lol
Project starting goalie (12-8-1, 2.40 GAA, 0.907 sv%) for a potential stud D who's already at 0.6 points/ game. Does Seth replace Ekblad?
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People have been trashing Jones for years, guy has been a horse and fell victim to being on atrocious teams and rarely having a high level player alongside him.
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Jones plays a lot of minutes and he doesn’t play with any sort of flow. He plays a very selfish offensive game. Constantly rips shin pads and makes the wrong decision with the puck. I think you keep him off the PP and you just have him play hard defensive minutes.
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And that’s what it’s all going to come down to. You can still expect some great games and dominant performances from Top Dmen playing in bad teams. Look at Mo Seider the last few years. Yet we’ve NEVER seen that from Seth for whatever reasons. He’s still been good but never elite, which we all expected.
We all know the physical talent has always been there, and when he’s been protected and sheltered, he’s been at his best. Not when it’s been asked of him though. And that’s that big question that’s obviously going to get answered over the next few years. Personally, like I said, he has all of the tools to make it happen. I would’ve made the trade from Florida’s perspective. Doesn’t mean he might not struggle in Florida when he’s going to be asked to carry the load starting next season. His best games as a Panther might end up being this year.
We’ll just have to wait and see.
All the ridiculous “ra-ra we got a #1 Dman cheap” or the “thank God he’s gone, he’s horrible” posts from either side are clearly coming from the emotional type fans. He has a lot to prove still, but he’s a very talented player, going into a great situation. Usually that ends up being a successful run for a player.
Buddy, have you seen Jones’ defensive liability 5 on 5? Amongst the worst in the league lol.
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The Panthers' cap situation was such that they could not even re-sign Ryan Lomberg or Kevin Stenlund, who are both on fairly cheap contracts. After signing Reinhart (the correct decision), they had only enough left to sign bodies for league minimum.
They certainly would have preferred to keep Montour.
That's interesting. I think the Panthers' 5 man defensive play tends to offset this (see: Ekblad, Mikkola), but nonetheless, I am not a fan of Jones. We'll see what happens.
For what it's worth, I have been very impressed by the way Knight has bounced back from a rough early stretch in the season and I think Chicago will probably be happy with him. I think this was more about the desperate need for defense here than it was a reflection on Knight.
Depends on who your 1RD is. 7M for 5 more years is crazy expensive for an aging/declining 30 year old 2RD, especially if you have better PP options.
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7m for at worst, a #3 defenseman is cheap. Outside of a fluke injury his production shouldn’t be falling off a cliff either. It’s late 30’s that must be avoided
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He’s a #3/4D now sure, but he’s 30+, declining, and likely to continue to decline. 7M isn’t gonna look pretty in 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 even with the cap increasing.
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