The problem is while still a serviceable player, Schmidt has negative value on the trade market. Who will take on his cap hit without a sizeable sweetener? Just about everyone is squeezed right up against the cap, finding creative ways to remain cap compliant. We would have to take on an even worse contract from any team trying to content. Teams with cap room, wouldn't want him unless you gave up a pick and/prospects for them to take him. No one can flip with 2 3/4 years on his contract. If Chevy was going to move Schmidt it had to be at the beginning of the offseason and take his medicine to do so. Similar to what LV did with Patches.
If they look to move Schmidt I think it needs to be in the offseason, and to a team in a similar situation to ours where we acquired him.
That is pretty much what I said. If you were going to trade him, it needed to be at the front end of the off season so teams could account for his cap hit. I can't see a team out there who takes on his cap hit at this point. And his contract is pretty bad, so yes even in the off season you would have to pay a sweetener.
when have the jets ever done something like this? really the only time i could think of is with steve mason perhaps, and evidently there's a stark difference b/w the two.
Keep in mind that when you look at cap-friendly the remaining cap space doesn't include bonuses. While bonuses can be deferred until next year if you run out of space that can trigger a major cap crunch. Eg it's why Chicago had to trade Ladd and Buff for not a whole lot.
Chicken and eggGetting .931 goaltending will tend to discourage the complaints...
Now that the locker room cancer is in Florida, I’m not sure I see Schmidt’s locker room presence as important as it was.
Tough to say, but not much if they signed someone to a multi-year contract this year. The only money coming off the books is PLD, and if you brought in someone this year at $4 million for more that one year it would add about $6 million to the Jets salary total next year. It looks to me like if they carry over bonus money to next year they are struck trying to move PLD and replace him with someone in the $1 million range.
I think one of the main reasons they haven't gone to the cap is to allow for our ELC performance bonuses. If all are met from our current roster players it is a shade over $2 M. Good chance Perfetti hits his, less so for Barron and Samberg. I'm also guessing we see a small add or 2 at the TD with remaining cap space. I doubt they let themselves go into a performance overage situation next season.
Totally agree. Trading an established nhl vet to make room for a rookie who wont be as reliable doesnt make sense. If ville was pushing a player out that would be different. Pionk is not a big player either but he plays 50lbs bigger than ville. The off season and injuries will come and ville will get his chance
Is he healthy? Last I heard he was out for 4 games because of illness, from the moose thread. That would be hard on him if he finally gets a chance to shine only to be ill.
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