PLD has been non-commital publicly, in private it is apparently a whole different thing. And that's why the media ask the people close to him about it instead of Dubois himself.
Aren’t the Jets in serious jeopardy of going full scorched earth if they can’t get any of these guys up for contract resigned? If they do, why would they even want to keep Dubois past next season? They’ll be where we were only 3 years behind. I don’t believe them at all when they say they’re trying to convince him to stay. I think it’s all to cover up the desperate situation they’re in to get any value for a player they paid a premium for just a couple of years ago.
Well what else can they say publicly?
get rid of Anderson PLD is 3 times the player Josh his and will cost only 3mill more
You cannot include Dach in both, it's romanov in Berg and Dach in Hughes, yes there intertwined but there not really. You also included Harris for Berg, where its widely known that he wouldn't be here if not for Hughes and Mailloux, who as much as I'm happy we have Berg and Timmins absolutely screwed up that pick and showed there ability to crisis manage in the days that followed. You also conveniently excluded the contracts that Berg signed to defense first players that are hamstringing us for the foreseeable at FWD and D. While omitting Barron for Hughes as well.
The thing that I'll give Berg credit for is that he did start accumulating a lot of mid round picks a few years back, those players need 4/5 years to be ready and it seems they'll be aligning with our top picks from the current rebuild. They also we're hidden from the garbage player development team while they we're in junior. But describing Bergevins tenure with anything but disdain is the correct approach, it's the same as putting an apple on an arrow before firing it.
The game changer could be a player not drafted in the first 2 OA. Pastrnak and Kucherov are good examples. Bergeron and Marchand too. It takes a good scout team and a bit of luck too. But in the mean time, building a team taking care in selecting each player one by one is not a bad way of doing it. Having 5 players producing 60 pts is not bad. And they could be entertaining to watch too.
He's got a NTC (8 team no trade list for 2023-24). You can't just "get rid" of him. That's my point.
People have the false idea he wants to come here and only here. If I was him, I would be attracted by Boston, Denver, LA, Rangers and few others. This is something about his agent, I would say it was a mistake or a strategy. But a fact remain, occasions to land a legit C nhl experience, big, fast and young are very rare. In my book, we can't miss that opportunity.
You don't put him on the top two lines either. PLD is way better on our top two lines then Anderson.
Not with 2 more years at $7-8 million in real dollars and the M-NTC.
The Jets couldn't have asked for Dach at the time since Habs didn't have him yet since whatever trade talk happened died before the draft happened from what I read last summer.
He's there because of displayed chemistry with, like himself, existing players. We don't have PLD. We can't get him without moving pieces out, and given the M-NTC and 7-8 million in actual salary for 2 more years it makes it very unlikely he moves.
Of course he's better. I went for balance across the top six and Andy does have chemistry with the remaining two. Further, he has to at least be in the top six unless you've got a magic wand to move out Armia AND Hoffman.
Like I said, insiders said that whatever trade talks the Habs had with the Jets last year it died before the draft.
