Catching up on the thread since I last left work on Thursday - what a headache. Some I told you so's from both sides (ya well my dad can beat up your dad type arguments). It's obvious to an extend that there has not been an offer that Chevy is willing to bite on. I'm sure there have been some just OK offers, probably something along the value that Stevie Y was offered last year for Drouin - just an ok offer but nothing worth while. going off what Bob McKenzie and Dreger have been saying from the beginning to now - Jet's looking for a young top LHD to now Jet's probably not going to trade Trouba - really paints somewhat of a blurry picture as to how Chevy is going about this. Fans of other teams can complain and argue all they want and try to convince Jets fans how poor and unreasonable they think the situation is being handled, but really at the end of the day it's going to have no outcome on anything whatsoever. I can agree to an extent to a lot of the opinions that have been shared from fans on both sides however at the end of the day, I really cannot see Trouba wasting a year of development and throwing away 5.5 million dollars(hypothetically) and will be signed before the deadline and I am of the opinion that Chevy is currently calling his bluff. Now that being said come the 11th hour Chevy could decided to take the best offer out there regardless of WPG's needs if the value is appropriate. BUT if the offers are 85 cents on the dollar or lower, I'd rather him sit out the year and revisit come the off season before the draft(s) where his value could hypothetically increase due to the flexibility of not worrying about being cap compliant. There could be teams that wanted Trouba, but couldn't afford to fit him in, but are now able to because of an expiring contract and a higher salary player being picked in the expansion draft. As impatient as I am and want to see this settled NOW, I'm ok with it being drawn out further into the off season if need be and the compensation is sub-par.
