Ooof, c'mon guys - I'm hardly a Scheifele-stan, I think the guy is overrated by why on earth would the Jets entertain the thoughts of Brent Burns or Jeff Petry for a #1 center in his prime and with two good years of contract left? As if Burns straight up wasn't bad enough, the Jets have to take on $9.45 million left of Labanc's contract for a guy with 6 points this year? And unless the "young defenseman" is Alex Romanov...which I doubt it is...why on earth would the Jets deal Scheifele for Petry?
Scheifele will not fetch a Byram or Dobson-level stud with 10+ years of prime ahead of them but the Jets sure as hell aren't going to dump him for a mid-30's declining blueliner with $18-24 million left of cap hit to drag alog the next 3 seasons. Wanting to pivot and make a change does not mean they want to give you their #1 center for a declining salary issue. Unless you want to take Blake Wheeler too.