Looking back at Chevy's 2024 off season moves.

[10Ducky10]

Not much hockey going on so I was looking at the Jets moves last off season and I just thought I would grade them with hindsight...


After Bowness retired, Chevy promoted Arnie and actually let him hire his own assistants!!!! Whooooooda thunk?
This move looks like an A or A+ move so far.

In the draft Chevy had a 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th. Freij, He, Loponen and Walton.
I give this draft an A for what picks he had to work with.

Buys out Schmidt and re-signs DeMelo. He saw what had to be done with Schmidt and did it. He re-signed DeMelo a bit too high in my opinion but with the cap going up, it's not that mush of an overpay. Chevy also added Coghlan and Fleury in free agency. Good moves to shore up the depth on D.
This gets a B- because I think Demelo's contract is a bit high and not moving Schmidt.

Loses Dillon, LB, Toffoli and Monahan to free agency. We are in first but we could still use Dillon; however, I wouldn't give him the term he got. Same goes for Monahan, too long of a deal for too much. No way we could afford LB and no big loss in TT.
I give it a B- because of losing Dillon on the back end and losing a 2C you paid a first for.

Signed Comrie and Kahkonen. Comrie has been a very pleasant surprise and Kahkonen a disappointment.
This gets a B for getting a dependable backup at a very low cost for two years.

Re-signed Miller to a 2 x 1.5m deal.
B+ for getting a dependable 3RHD at a reasonable cost. It's not his fault Arnie doesn't play him more.

Re-signed Stanley to a 2 x 1.25m deal. I don't think Stan is a starting NHL D man and would have put him on waivers if I couldn't move him.
That's a D Chevy.

Re-signed Gus, Ville and Lundmark.
C for re-signing some fringeish players.

Almost forgot the trade of McCrier and Yager. Yager is a year younger but is excelling this year while Rugbyhead has struggled playing pro so far.
Flippin' A+ eh???

Signed Perfetti for two years at 3.25m. I wanted a long term deal, but it looks like Chevy was right to hold off and make sure what he's got.
B

Overall I think he did a really good job and a LOT of that work has really paid off this season.
What did I miss as far as moves in the off season?

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[Jets 31]

Don't think you missed anything, as of right now i would say making Arniel coach and Arniel changing the PP coach is two of the biggest and best moves . Jets have 26 games left to play and right now their PP % is sitting at a chance to be the best EVER in the NHL . The Jets have scored the most goals in the league and they have given up the least amount. We are on a 8 game winning streak all without our captain in the lineup as well. This has been a incredible season so far....

 

[Whis]

Monahan was the one the one that got away. CBJ overpaid - but we will have to continue to burn assets to fill that position until one of our young guys take it. Unless Arniel bumps Lowry up of course.

How much would our fanbase hate Henrique? Think it was rumoured 2 year 3.5 million for him. Sometimes Chevy's best moves are not being able to get guys to sign on the dotted line.

Agreed with everyone that the coaching staff is the biggest game changer and is no doubt A+. Draft was impressive for only have 4 picks and the Yager trade continues to age well.

 

[BobTheSolarsystem]

Arniel hiring got a lot of flack and doubt on here... turned out 100%

Henrique deal was a bullet dodged for sure - always wonder what timo meier would have looked like on this team... chevy does not have it easy

Second year in a row heading into a season with a prospect at 2c and then backing off...

Monahan signing would have been solid... but then maybe ehlers doesnt get pp1 time...

McGro would 100% have been in this lineup if he stayed a Jet... cest la vie

On meh is that we seem to be running a full season with substantial cap space... hoping chevy can broker that into some picks at TD but that doesnt seem to be his style

 

[voyageur]

Monahan was the one the one that got away. CBJ overpaid - but we will have to continue to burn assets to fill that position until one of our young guys take it. Unless Arniel bumps Lowry up of course.

How much would our fanbase hate Henrique? Think it was rumoured 2 year 3.5 million for him. Sometimes Chevy's best moves are not being able to get guys to sign on the dotted line.

Agreed with everyone that the coaching staff is the biggest game changer and is no doubt A+. Draft was impressive for only have 4 picks and the Yager trade continues to age well.

Well Henrique has 15 ES points, 3 less than Namestnikov. He's got great PK metrics. 55% on the draw. Unless you are a simple minded fan that looks at Corsi without looking at zone time usage (Henrique is heavy d-zone) probably would have liked the player and all the elements he solidified, especially faceoffs and PK.

His defensive zone usage may have freed up Lowry for more offense.

The Yager trade is the one that matters because there is no doubt now who the future 2C will be.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Not much hockey going on so I was looking at the Jets moves last off season and I just thought I would grade them with hindsight...


After Bowness retired, Chevy promoted Arnie and actually let him hire his own assistants!!!! Whooooooda thunk?
This move looks like an A or A+ move so far. A++

In the draft Chevy had a 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th. Freij, He, Loponen and Walton.
I give this draft an A for what picks he had to work with. Agree

Buys out Schmidt and re-signs DeMelo. He saw what had to be done with Schmidt and did it. He re-signed DeMelo a bit too high in my opinion but with the cap going up, it's not that mush of an overpay. Chevy also added Coghlan and Fleury in free agency. Good moves to shore up the depth on D.
This gets a B- because I think Demelo's contract is a bit high and not moving Schmidt. A - I don't agree that DeMelo's contract is too high. I hope it doesn't turn out to be too long but that remains to be seen. I don't think Schmidt's contract was moveable.

Loses Dillon, LB, Toffoli and Monahan to free agency. We are in first but we could still use Dillon; however, I wouldn't give him the term he got. Same goes for Monahan, too long of a deal for too much. No way we could afford LB and no big loss in TT.
I give it a B- because of losing Dillon on the back end and losing a 2C you paid a first for. B+ - The only real loss was Dillon. Monahan wasn't a good fit, despite what he brought. LB wanted a starter's job so was not retainable. TT was no loss at all.

Signed Comrie and Kahkonen. Comrie has been a very pleasant surprise and Kahkonen a disappointment.
This gets a B for getting a dependable backup at a very low cost for two years. Agree, if Brick continues to play well. Might even have to raise the grade. KK is irrelevant. As long as 1 of them worked, job done.

Re-signed Miller to a 2 x 1.5m deal.
B+ for getting a dependable 3RHD at a reasonable cost. It's not his fault Arnie doesn't play him more. Yup.

Re-signed Stanley to a 2 x 1.25m deal. I don't think Stan is a starting NHL D man and would have put him on waivers if I couldn't move him.
That's a D Chevy. If not moved, signed for 1x1.

Re-signed Gus, Ville and Lundmark.
C for re-signing some fringeish players. Yup

Almost forgot the trade of McCrier and Yager. Yager is a year younger but is excelling this year while Rugbyhead has struggled playing pro so far.
Flippin' A+ eh??? A++

Signed Perfetti for two years at 3.25m. I wanted a long term deal, but it looks like Chevy was right to hold off and make sure what he's got.
B Yup again

Overall I think he did a really good job and a LOT of that work has really paid off this season.
What did I miss as far as moves in the off season? A+ overall

Good evaluation. My evaluations - in red

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Don't think you missed anything, as of right now i would say making Arniel coach and Arniel changing the PP coach is two of the biggest and best moves . Jets have 26 games left to play and right now their PP % is sitting at a chance to be the best EVER in the NHL . The Jets have scored the most goals in the league and they have given up the least amount. We are on a 8 game winning streak all without our captain in the lineup as well. This has been a incredible season so far....

If Arniel doesn't win the Adams the voters need to be tested, substances, sanity, intelligence, etc.

Should be unanimous.

 

[10Ducky10]

If Arniel doesn't win the Adams the voters need to be tested, substances, sanity, intelligence, etc.

Should be unanimous.

Caps' coach should be in the convo?

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Caps' coach should be in the convo?

OK - for 2nd place.

Actually, that award seems to be jinxed (not that I would ever believe in such hokum, but .....). How many winners have been fired soon after?

 

[BobTheSolarsystem]

Well Henrique has 15 ES points, 3 less than Namestnikov. He's got great PK metrics. 55% on the draw. Unless you are a simple minded fan that looks at Corsi without looking at zone time usage (Henrique is heavy d-zone) probably would have liked the player and all the elements he solidified, especially faceoffs and PK.

His defensive zone usage may have freed up Lowry for more offense.

The Yager trade is the one that matters because there is no doubt now who the future 2C will be.

We didnt need another pk 3c though... henrique is producing at a comparable rate to kevin stenlund - not names or lowry

 

[WiscoJet]

I was thinking the other day how much of an absolute heater Chevy has been on since the Andrew Copp trade in 2022 that netted Barron, a 1st (used on Lambert), and a 2nd (used on Salomonsson).

Bringing in Bowness and Arniel. The Dubois trade...getting himself out of the McGroarty mess somehow with equal value and one can argue better value for us considering Yager is a pure C.

The only move that annoyed me at the time it was made was just putting Kovacevic on waivers. Even that is being nit picky since how could you justify playing him over Schmidt.

If that is my only complaint you know the man has done a great job.

 

[ps241]

Good thread.

Chevy has had a very good stretch since the summer he dumped PLD for lots and where he got Helle and Scheif signed. very good run from a pretty tough spot back then including the comments about this last summer.

 

[roccerfeller]

I was thinking the other day how much of an absolute heater Chevy has been on since the Andrew Copp trade in 2022 that netted Barron, a 1st (used on Lambert), and a 2nd (used on Salomonsson).

Bringing in Bowness and Arniel. The Dubois trade...getting himself out of the McGroarty mess somehow with equal value and one can argue better value for us considering Yager is a pure C.

The only move that annoyed me at the time it was made was just putting Kovacevic on waivers. Even that is being nit picky since how could you justify playing him over Schmidt.

If that is my only complaint you know the man has done a great job.

Especially when comparing to some other GMs…we have it pretty good. Criticism is part of the job and fans are allowed to voice their opinions if they disagree, as well as if they agree

My opinion is Chevy has been an excellent GM and were lucky to have him. No one is perfect but we are the toughest market in the league and he’s in the upper echelon of GMs imo.

 

[Shlep]

Monahan was the one the one that got away. CBJ overpaid - but we will have to continue to burn assets to fill that position until one of our young guys take it. Unless Arniel bumps Lowry up of course.

How much would our fanbase hate Henrique? Think it was rumoured 2 year 3.5 million for him. Sometimes Chevy's best moves are not being able to get guys to sign on the dotted line.

Agreed with everyone that the coaching staff is the biggest game changer and is no doubt A+. Draft was impressive for only have 4 picks and the Yager trade continues to age well.

By every metric except the powerplay the Jets were worse after acquiring Monahan, and the powerplay success had a lot more to do with Vilardi getting healthy than Monahan. I like Monahan but he wasn't a fit, him and Perfetti especially were too slow together to get anything going.

 

[Jets 31]

By every metric except the powerplay the Jets were worse after acquiring Monahan, and the powerplay success had a lot more to do with Vilardi getting healthy than Monahan. I like Monahan but he wasn't a fit, him and Perfetti especially were too slow together to get anything going.

I would say the PP is better because yes Vilardi being healthy but also Ehlers moved to the 1st and a better coaching strategy. All 3 of those things together has given us the best PP in the NHL, even our 2nd unit is doing well .

 

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[Gm0ney]

I would say the PP is better because yes Vilardi being healthy but also Ehlers moved to the 1st and a better coaching strategy. All 3 of those things together has given us the best PP in the NHL, even our 2nd unit is doing well .

Optimal personnel, more movement, danger from every position, and wild SH% have combined to make an amazing power play. But it's mostly the wild SH%...

It's a good powerplay and anything can happen in small samples, but it's running unsustainably hot...

 

[ps241]

Optimal personnel, more movement, danger from every position, and wild SH% have combined to make an amazing power play. But it's mostly the wild SH%...

It's a good powerplay and anything can happen in small samples, but it's running unsustainably hot...

I agree with your summation

Illegal curve had a good article on our Power play

“Simply put, these numbers tell us that they are shooting the puck more and generating more chances than they were a season ago. Those numbers from Natural Stat Trick, combined with their league-best 24.08 shooting percentage on the power play, have resulted in them becoming the league’s top unit and a force to be reckoned with.”

I agree that a 24.08 team shooting % on the powerplay is unsustainable but they are doing quite a few other things right this year and the underlying numbers have improved allot too. I guess the way I would describe it is that the coaching is way better, the personnel is now the best 5 players, the power play is way more coherent, and they are also riding the mother of all hot shooting streaks.

 

[Shlep]

I would say the PP is better because yes Vilardi being healthy but also Ehlers moved to the 1st and a better coaching strategy. All 3 of those things together has given us the best PP in the NHL, even our 2nd unit is doing well .

I meant last year after we acquired Monahan.

 

[Gm0ney]

I agree with your summation

Illegal curve had a good article on our Power play

“Simply put, these numbers tell us that they are shooting the puck more and generating more chances than they were a season ago. Those numbers from Natural Stat Trick, combined with their league-best 24.08 shooting percentage on the power play, have resulted in them becoming the league’s top unit and a force to be reckoned with.”

I agree that a 24.08 team shooting % on the powerplay is unsustainable but they are doing quite a few other things right this year and the underlying numbers have improved allot too. I guess the way I would describe it is that the coaching is way better, the personnel is now the best 5 players, the power play is way more coherent, and they are also riding the mother of all hot shooting streaks.

From 30th last season to 11th this year in xGF/60. And they've been quite a bit better in their last 25 games - still wildly outshooting expectations, but a Top 5 xGF/60 is awesome.

I know everyone loves the numbers, so...

2023-24: GF/60 6.50, xGF/60 6.89 = undershooting expected by -0.39 goals per 60.
2024-25: GF/60 13.21, xGF/60 8.73 = overshooting expected by +4.48 goals per 60.
Last 25 games: GF/60 15.87, xGF/60 10.66 = overshooting expected by +5.21 per 60.

10.66 xGF/60 is the high end of elite...small sample alert though.

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

I agree with your summation

Illegal curve had a good article on our Power play

“Simply put, these numbers tell us that they are shooting the puck more and generating more chances than they were a season ago. Those numbers from Natural Stat Trick, combined with their league-best 24.08 shooting percentage on the power play, have resulted in them becoming the league’s top unit and a force to be reckoned with.”

I agree that a 24.08 team shooting % on the powerplay is unsustainable but they are doing quite a few other things right this year and the underlying numbers have improved allot too. I guess the way I would describe it is that the coaching is way better, the personnel is now the best 5 players, the power play is way more coherent, and they are also riding the mother of all hot shooting streaks.

Hiring of new coaches were probably some of the biggest moves. Goalie coach (flaherty) continues to be one of our best personal.

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