I think Scheifele is who he is. People keep saying all he needs is a kick in the rear and he'll go back to being an elite two-way center but the reality is, at his age and as long as his bad habits have been going on - I find it far more likely he's going to continue to just be a one-dimensional offensive player prone to lazy defensive effort and play - who doesn't look great out there when the puck isn't going in the net - which it hasn't been much this year.
Your past the point of selling high on him...not that you'd have ever wanted to deal peak younger Sheifele. But I actually think this summer is the perfect time for the Jets to go ahead and pull the trigger. That contract is the best thing you've got going for him in terms of value if your the Jets. Dealing him this summer lets you leverage two full seasons of that value for assets in return and even after a tremendously poor year, its obvious he's still got name value. Past that - your just cutting into his term. And the Jets need a shake-up in the worst way. And already have a better, younger center on the roster in PLD.
Your past the point of selling high on him...not that you'd have ever wanted to deal peak younger Sheifele. But I actually think this summer is the perfect time for the Jets to go ahead and pull the trigger. That contract is the best thing you've got going for him in terms of value if your the Jets. Dealing him this summer lets you leverage two full seasons of that value for assets in return and even after a tremendously poor year, its obvious he's still got name value. Past that - your just cutting into his term. And the Jets need a shake-up in the worst way. And already have a better, younger center on the roster in PLD.
