Necas or Jarvis? (early '23 season edition)

[AhosDatsyukian]

I think there's a reasonable chance we are not able to (or choose not to) keep both these guys and have to choose between them when they both hit RFA this offseason. Let's make the assumption for this poll that Jarvis will be a little bit cheaper to keep than Necas based on RFA years left, and also that based on production so far Necas is worth more in a trade. I think this season will factor in quite a bit as well as complex trade discussions too, and hey we may be able to keep both, but curious what everyone's opinion is at this time if we do have to choose. Thinking we can revisit too after the year and compare.


Personally if forced to choose, I'd keep Necas and take a chance on his upside while packaging Jarvis + to improve the roster elsewhere. But really prefer we keep both and just keep building around our young core vs shaking things up

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[Nikishin Go Boom]

We can afford both.

 

[Borsig]

Why not?

I disagree. We aren't cap strapped and we aren't going to keep both skjei and pesce. Orlov could probably be moved if he doesn't work out as well.

I don't see either as replaceable for what they'd get on the open market.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

We’ll keep both. And if for whatever reason we don’t, they’re both RFAs, so we have the luxury of not having to vote for it right now. See how the season goes and go from there.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

We can afford both.

Depends on if Pettersson is on the market. It's a much tougher call if that's the case. Personally, if Pettersson is realistic, I would try to keep Jarvis and use Necas as the chip, but if not, of course the right option is to sign both of them long-term.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Depends on if Pettersson is on the market. It's a much tougher call if that's the case. Personally, if Pettersson is realistic, I would try to keep Jarvis and use Necas as the chip, but if not, of course the right option is to sign both of them long-term.

One will be included in that deal so the argument about affording both is moot

 

[MinJaBen]

So far, Necas is a bigger difference maker when he's on, but more of a liability when he's off. Doesn't matter what we think, given that, the front office and Rod will choose Jarvis.

 

[bleedgreen]

Jarvis has always been the better puck protector who makes solid choices and Necas is working to not be the complete opposite but sometimes can’t help himself. I say keep them both but I think Jarvis would be the teams choice if they had to choose. Hopefully they don’t.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Jarvis has always been the better puck protector who makes solid choices and Necas is working to not be the complete opposite but sometimes can’t help himself. I say keep them both but I think Jarvis would be the teams choice if they had to choose. Hopefully they don’t.

Jarvis I think projects to be the more consistent player from shift-to-shift, Necas has the higher ceiling but also lower floor shift-to-shift. If we can bridge Jarvy I see no reason we can't keep both

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I’ll need to see Necas play with Svech again before making any final decisions, but based on how both have played lately, I’d pick Jarvis over Necas if we had to choose one over the other.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Depends on if Pettersson is on the market. It's a much tougher call if that's the case. Personally, if Pettersson is realistic, I would try to keep Jarvis and use Necas as the chip, but if not, of course the right option is to sign both of them long-term.

both guys (particularly Necas) were flying the other night. Young assets = keep both

 

[Stickpucker]

So far, Necas is a bigger difference maker when he's on, but more of a liability when he's off. Doesn't matter what we think, given that, the front office and Rod will choose Jarvis.

Came here to say this. Necas is a bipolar player. High highs and low lows. Blazing speed, some nice stickhandling, the only guy on the team who attempts one timers....and they're getting better. He's the most fun Hurricane to watch when he's on.

He's bigger than Jarvis but doesn't really use his size and tends to shy away from contact more than Jarvis. I kind of see Jarvis as a hobbit version of Justin Williams...hairy feet and all.

Both are good players that you want on your team but Rod's going to choose the guy he thinks is "solid".

 

[Discipline Daddy]

It's moot. We have $30.8M in capspace next year and those two are the most important pieces to re-sign. We'll get them done. The only way I see us not signing both is if we make a trade. And the only way I could foresee a trade is if we deal Necas for a forward upgrade. I don't think that deal will materialize but I could see the Borg paying attention and looking at fits.

 

[Canes]

If they don’t keep both, what are they even doing? That said, gun to head I choose Jarvis.

 

[LakeLivin]

Depends on if Pettersson is on the market. It's a much tougher call if that's the case. Personally, if Pettersson is realistic, I would try to keep Jarvis and use Necas as the chip, but if not, of course the right option is to sign both of them long-term.

As things stand right now, if it's a Pettersson deal the one we keep is the one that Vancouver doesn't insist on coming back to them as part of the trade.

 

[flyerslducks]

I don’t watch canes games as much as y’all, and I may be a bit biased since I drafted and was always high on necas, but ima go necas.

I just think he is more dynamic than Jarvis.