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That would make sense. He obviously tweaked something if he isn’t taking draws.
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That would make sense. He obviously tweaked something if he isn’t taking draws.
In hindsight, it's turned into an amazing deal for the Jets, but at the time it seemed pretty even. A win-win trade: a 25 year old 6'4" 225lb center coming off consecutive 60 point seasons in exchange for a skilled, but injury prone winger, and two depth pieces.
No Jets fans were celebrating the fact that PLD didn't want to sign here and was forcing Chevy to trade him to a short list of preferred destinations. And no one saw his disastrous 2023-24 season coming. So yeah, it's great fun to watch all the chips fall in the Jets favor, but every GM in the league would've made that deal for Dubois - including Chevy if Dubois was coming the other way.
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I think a lot of GMs know that PLD was an inconsistent prima donna. That trade was seen as an LA overpay by many, many people. LA Kings fans were beside themselves with it then and it's still a regular point of discussion on their board.
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I don't know , every GM in the league knew Dubois wanted out of Winnipeg so getting as much as Chevy did was amazing.
This wasn't an injury.
Scheifele started the 2nd period in the penalty box because of the coincidental minors with 1 minute left in the 1st.
He couldn't get out of the box until the next whistle after his penalty expired. But there were no whistles from 19:15 remaining in the period (with 15 seconds left in Scheifele's penalty) until 12:55.
So he was stuck in the box for an extra 6+ minutes, during which time Kupari played up with his wingers for a couple of shifts as Arniel had to shuffle the lines.
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Of course it's still a regular point of discussion - it turned out so badly for them! I mean, it's still a regular point of discussion for us too. If PLD had not skipped a beat from his Jets days and put up 70 points last year in LA, it would've been water under the bridge.
PLD certainly had some red flags (the biggest one is not wanting to play in Winnipeg - that's a sure sign of flawed character in an NHLer)...but a C, 25, big, 2 good consecutive seasons under his belt in a place he didn't want to be - that's GM catnip.
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I am pleased you are following my posts. I enjoy the banter. I think anyone on here has the Jets best interest at heart but many are afraid to open their hearts for fear of having them broken. In any event , the next 3 will be tough. Helly needs to be at his best.
