Which players would you protect for the expansion draft? General rules:
a) Seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender
b) Eight skaters (forwards/defensemen) and one goaltender
A few posts from the last thread:
a) Seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender
b) Eight skaters (forwards/defensemen) and one goaltender
A few posts from the last thread:
Yep.
I think it's a good opportunity. The Jets have an excess of young F talent. We need the exact type of players (2nd pair LHD, good goalie) that Vegas should be able to snap up in the XD. At the same time, we could maybe wrangle a deal to keep certain players we want to keep, that might otherwise be exposed. Say if we go 4-4-1 but want to hold on to certain other forwards.
Right now, we have 9 guys and 6 spots for them:
MLA
Copp
Petan
Dano
Tanev
Roslovic
Connor
... and other prospects that have some value as well. That's both an excess, and a lot to go shopping with.
If Vegas is willing to give us good value, I'd be willing to part with either Connor or Roslovic, even though they are both very exciting prospects. It's go time.
That being said, no point trading for a goalie if we think we can get someone good (asset free) and on a reasonable contract in FA. Chevy will have to feel out the market.
I don't disagree with the notion of dealing Connor in the right deal but I don't anticipate Vegas having what it would take to deal him. Once again I feel people are overestimating what Vegas will get at the draft. They will get some good to middling 2nd pairing dmen that more than likely will be near their peak. While we could find use for a couple of them I'd just as soon look to other avenues for those player types. For instance I'd rather trade a conditonal late round pick to the Rangers for the right to negotiate with Smith. Much cheaper do that then pay a grade A prospect for an equivalent dmen.
Yep Vegas will have a team of Joel armia Adam Lowry types in general. Decent to middling complimentary pieces but nothing to salivate over.
I suspect you are correct. Not that I know the man but seems very unlikely he would be willing to waive his "no move" to go to the desert which offers completely the opposite of everything off-ice he seems to enjoy.
Also I think that Vegas will be pretty good defensively as they will be able to pick up 8 number 4 defensemen and a couple of pretty good goalies. Likely better defensively and goaltender wise than the Jets have been the past 6 years.
As far as start power to sell merchandise I think they will do fine in that regard as a new team (may change rapidly once the shine wears off in a few years)
Yes, but the Jets need to expose two forwards who meet the eligibility criteria, which includes being under contract for next year.
With Dano inexplicably in the press box, I have been wondering whether Chevy has already cooked up a deal to send Dano to Vegas and is now protecting him from injury to consummate the deal.
I think the Jets would prioritize Perreault, Lowry, Armia and Copp over Dano at this point. If they keep Perreault and bring Connor up next season, there's not much room on the roster for Dano.
Ehlers--Scheifele-Laine
Perreault-Little-Wheeler
Connor-Petan-Armia
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Or something like that.
Would hurt to lose Dano, but I wouldn't want to lose any of those 8.
I wonder if keeping Copp might also be part of the strategy to sign Trouba long term.
If they are going to protect 7f (no way of knowing at this point) they will find a way to have two eligible f to expose. It's not a difficult task
If we go 8-1 and lose MP...
Ehlers-Scheifele-Laine
Connor-Little-Wheeler
Petan-Roslovic-Armia
Copp-Lowry-Dano
Matthias and Tanev in pressbox
Although Chevy is probably going to sign a forward to help onthe PK.
Morrissey Trouba
UFA Buff
Enstrom Myers
That's about 29m on salary cap hit (26.5m actual salary) for the D but Enstom's 5.75 is off in a year and Myers' 5.5 (3.5m) is off the year after if you are paying an UFA 6m per year.
UFA/trade Helle