Proposal: Should Jets trade Ehlers? (this season)

[Artorius Horus T]

Its his final year with his current contract, he'll get 6 mill next year and through to 24-25 season.
He is still young (22) he has trade value, should Jets trade him now?
Yes, Ehlers did score that hat-trick, however...his season so far has not been what many pictured, i think.

I think Jets need to improve their D and their center depth needs work as well.

Nikolaj Ehlers LW + Ben Chiarot LD -> Nashville
Mattias Ekholm LD+ Nick Bonino C -> Winnipeg

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[Whileee]

No. Ehlers is a very good top-line forward that drives the play. He's on a very good long-term contract. Keep him, please.

 

[BB88]

He's already on his 6M and contract and no.

Scheifele- Laine- Connor- Ehlers is the core of the young F group. You can build around that for the next 8-10 years.

 

[Llamamoto]

I was thinking of a potential trade with the Oilers:

Ehlers + Chiarot
for
Nurse + Spooner.

Winnipeg needs a LHD, and with Sekera coming back soon and Caleb Jones looking amazing in the AHL, I could see it working for both teams.

 

[jrs]

No

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I was thinking of a potential trade with the Oilers:

Ehlers + Chiarot
for
Nurse + Spooner.

Winnipeg needs a LHD, and with Sekera coming back soon and Caleb Jones looking amazing in the AHL, I could see it working for both teams.

I can’t tell if you’re serious or not

This is horrendous for Winnipeg

Talk about overvaluing your teams players

 

[Hunter368]

Short answer - No

Long answer - Hell no

 

[Neuf]

No, Ehlers is vital to the team. He tilts the ice.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

If they're going to, do it in the off season

 

[fmrdh]

Even if the Jets decided to move Ehlers for some insane reason, Nashville is probably the last place Chevy would trade him to.

 

[JetsHomer]

Flawed premises. Ehlers is already on his new contract and the Jets have 8m in capspace

May as well close this thread

 

[Flamesfan62]

I was thinking of a potential trade with the Oilers:

Ehlers + Chiarot
for
Nurse + Spooner.

Winnipeg needs a LHD, and with Sekera coming back soon and Caleb Jones looking amazing in the AHL, I could see it working for both teams.

That’s an absolute steal for PC, so it’s totally unrealistic.

 

[BudBundy]

Get good players. Keep good players. Ehlers is excellent. It aint broke so why fix it? Just go win a cup for Canada k?

 

[Frozen Failure]

Winnipeg will probably have to trade one high dollar guy like Perrault or Kulikov, but I highly doubt they'll move Ehlers unless someone's handing out very valuable futures.

 

[BatVader]

I’m gonna say no.
Wait,....uh, no
But.... no.
Yeah, no

 

[Hunter368]

Multi contracts to be traded easily before Ehlers would be. Centre depth is fine, LHD will be fine with Samberg, Niku, Stanley and best of all Josh.

 

[Sweetpotato]

You move the old expensive core before you move the young core. Wheeler(not that I agree you trade home) would get you a handsome return and you keep building.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Ehlers is a stud, There's no way Winnipeg is moving him any time soon.

 

[JetsHomer]

My guess about how theyll deal with the cap crunch is they'll make a trade like the Mason+Armia deal. A decent player that will want more than the Jets can afford and a cap dump to a rich team. Kulikov+Tanev for nothing probably

No need to trade ehlers or Connor

 

[DRW204]

Its his final year with his current contract, he'll get 6 mill next year and through to 24-25 season.
He is still young (22) he has trade value, should Jets trade him now?
Yes, Ehlers did score that hat-trick, however...his season so far has not been what many pictured, i think.

I think Jets need to improve their D and their center depth needs work as well.

Nikolaj Ehlers LW + Ben Chiarot LD -> Nashville
Mattias Ekholm LD+ Nick Bonino C -> Winnipeg

short answer: no

long answer: he struggled to begin the year but has started to produce as of late (11 pts in his last 11 games). Bonino isn't an improvement over any of the top 9Cs the Jets have (Scheifele-Little-Lowry). Ekholm would be a great grab and would be a strong partner for Buff, but I think the Jets would like to wait and see what they have in Samberg & Niku for LHD prior to making any move that involves dealing Ehlers.

Also, any impending cap issues can be mitigated with moving Perreault or Kulikov (similar deals transactions to what the Jets did with Mason this past year). NOT moving one of their young guns in Connor and/or Ehlers

 

[M2Beezy]

Ehlers and 2019 4th for Dahlen Gudbranson and 2019 5th

 

[north49er]

Its his final year with his current contract, he'll get 6 mill next year and through to 24-25 season.
He is still young (22) he has trade value, should Jets trade him now?
Yes, Ehlers did score that hat-trick, however...his season so far has not been what many pictured, i think.

I think Jets need to improve their D and their center depth needs work as well.

Nikolaj Ehlers LW + Ben Chiarot LD -> Nashville
Mattias Ekholm LD+ Nick Bonino C -> Winnipeg

Please take your medication and lie down for a while......

 

[AvatarAang]

Ehlers and 2019 4th for Dahlen Gudbranson and 2019 5th

what is the point of this

 

[Digital Kid]

Ehlers and Laine seem to be huge friends, so keeping Ehlers keeps Laine happy and possibly willing to sign a slightly more team-friendly deal.

 

[Howard Beale]

Flawed premises. Ehlers is already on his new contract and the Jets have 8m in capspace

May as well close this thread

The issue is that $8M in capspace can go quickly when Wheeler's cap hit rises by $2.5M next year (when his extension kicks in), and Laine, Connor and Trouba all become restricted free agents in July... Laine looks likely to score 50+ goals this year, and Connor could score 70+ points, so they're going to demand big raises next year, considering they're currently on ELCs.

I don't know that trading Ehlers is the right answer, but the cap situation could get pretty tricky to manage.