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[Peen]

NYR: "Willing to shake things up"= "someone please take our aging players making 14m+ per year with term because we have to re-sign Shesterkin, Lindgren, and Miller."

This cap crunch has been coming for three years. They should have gotten in front of it earlier imo

 

[ephmrl]

I wonder if Miller will rejoin the Canucks in Detroit. Pure speculation but we can just pick him up on the way assuming he's in Ohio.

Would be very strange if he's in Ohio seeing as his children go to school in Vancouver.

 

[Blue and Green]

NYR: "Willing to shake things up"= "someone please take our aging players making 14m+ per year with term because we have to re-sign Shesterkin, Lindgren, and Miller."

Yeah, a third-pair defenceman with a cap hit of $8M is a problem. Trouba forcing his way out of Winnipeg is one of the best things to happen for the Jets. Got arguably a better player-- not even an argument this season, Pionk >>Trouba-- on cheaper contracts plus a 20th overall pick (who still has a chance if he ever manages to stay healthy).

 

[Nucker101]

This cap crunch has been coming for three years. They should have gotten in front of it earlier imo

They weren’t aggressive enough before the cap crunch but also the Buch/Trouba deals really killed them.

A dude like Rutherford would’ve gone all in at the TDL for a 3 year stretch if he was in their position, that’s the way to do it.

 

[Big zZz]

Would be very strange if he's in Ohio seeing as his children go to school in Vancouver.

Not so strange. It's American Thanksgiving tomorrow.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

This cap crunch has been coming for three years. They should have gotten in front of it earlier imo

They really needed to trade Trouba with some retention this offseason when his NMC turned to a MNTC. I can understand not wanting to move Kreider and his yearly 30 goals, but with Panarin making 11m+ and with the Laf extension, you just can’t have that much money tied up in wingers. My guess is they thought they could trade him this offseason, but he’s declined/having a down year.

 

[ChilliBilly]

Still think going after rentals is seldom worth the cost, unless you are top 4 in the league at the deadline. I suppose if the stars. had aligned, the Lindholm trade might of carried us to the finals. But I hate giving up 1st round picks even if they are going to be late 20's. Oh well ... at least Brewski is not advancing ... yet. And like everyone else, glad Lindholm wanted more than we were willing to give. Would have liked Zadorov though, too bad he wanted an extra Mill.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Yeah, a third-pair defenceman with a cap hit of $8M is a problem. Trouba forcing his way out of Winnipeg is one of the best things to happen for the Jets. Got arguably a better player-- not even an argument this season, Pionk >>Trouba-- on cheaper contracts plus a 20th overall pick (who still has a chance if he ever manages to stay healthy).

To be fair, when the Rangers acquired him Trouba looked to be a young, all-situations, first pairing D. His last season in Winnipeg was his peak though and he regressed in NYR. He was an overpaid 3D( pandemic didn’t help), but now he is a very overpaid 4/5.

And yeah Winnipeg did great to get a young, NHL D with upside and a first. He’s only gotten better since the trade, unlike Trouba.

 

[Big zZz]

Still think going after rentals is seldom worth the cost, unless you are top 4 in the league at the deadline. I suppose if the stars. had aligned, the Lindholm trade might of carried us to the finals. But I hate giving up 1st round picks even if they are going to be late 20's. Oh well ... at least Brewski is not advancing ... yet. And like everyone else, glad Lindholm wanted more than we were willing to give. Would have liked Zadorov though, too bad he wanted an extra Mill.

Yeah, what I liked about last year's acquisitions was there was a path to re sign one or both of them (I wanted zadorov back). Pure rentals, especially ones that cost a 1st are silly and rarely work out.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Hughes is just unreal. I think it will be interesting to see if he can break it this season. If the powerplay starts clicking, and the fact that it's Hughes he probably does.