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Could def happen. That’s a lot of eggs in one basket tho...They will be good enough they should play with Chef on the first line.
Could def happen. That’s a lot of eggs in one basket tho...They will be good enough they should play with Chef on the first line.
Those 4 players currently account for roughly 20M AAV, so there is some flexibility if there is a will. Keep in mind also that:If we sign Stastny ($5.5), Laine ($8+), Wheeler ($6+), Trouba ($6+), Morrissey ($5+), Hellebuyck ($5+), Connor ($5+) that’s well over $40 million and an increase of $20+ million on their current deals with Jets.
Now, the Jets could maybe increase their payroll by $10 million, but they would need to reduce their payroll by a minimum $10 million to make it work reasonably well.
Finding $10 million is some combination of Myers, Enstrom, Mason and Perreault after factoring the costs of their replacements. Buff and Wheels will eventually be looked at should Vesalainen and others develop into quality nhl’ers that will also be paid.
That's just not true. There are plenty of winger who carry and have carried lines. Iginla never had a really good center.Houston we have a problem.. It is pretty useless to pay huge bucks for wingers if you don’t have centers.. It is like buying a Ferrari without engine.
In that case I wish we could trade Little and keep Lowry as our 3 c but can't with Little's deal.Sign him.
1)Trade Mason if you can (obviously).
2)Trade Lowry cause he'll make too much for a 4C. The return would also be helpful.
3)Replace Enstrom with a drastically cheaper Enstrom or with Niku.
Two of those three would be more than enough action for this summer.
If Toby returns, I suspect it will be on a team friendly deal. I'd look to move Kuli and/or Myers. Little brings more value than either of them and he's harder to replace.Sign him.
1)Trade Mason if you can (obviously).
2)Trade Lowry cause he'll make too much for a 4C. The return would also be helpful.
3)Replace Enstrom with a drastically cheaper Enstrom or with Niku.
Two of those three would be more than enough action for this summer.
But it has helped but us be in a now win position which isn't nothing. Both those contracts are movable if you are willing to compromise a bit on return.This is where spending big money on an okay #6 D man comes back to bite you. If they could move the whole 3rd pair, keeping Stastny wouldn't be as much of a challenge.
Niku - Poolman might be better than Kuli - Myers too.
Not disagreeing with the "win now" comment, but the reality is that they really only needed a few months of Kuli - if they needed him at all. I don't think we'd be looking at drastically different result if Poolman was playing.But it has helped but us be in a now win position which isn't nothing. Both those contracts are movable if you are willing to compromise a bit on return.
I'd sign him short term for cheap, three years, $7M the first year, $2M the second year, $2M the third year.
I think the Jets needed to sign a guy like Kulikov. We went too long with sub NHL level bottom pairing that it was worth paying the UFA premium to stabilize our defense. And there are worse defenseman making more. I do believe there is a very real chance the Jets move out some salary on defense and allocate it elsewhere with Niku and Poolman in the wings.Not disagreeing with the "win now" comment, but the reality is that they really only needed a few months of Kuli - if they needed him at all. I don't think we'd be looking at drastically different result if Poolman was playing.
Myers should be tradable - and he makes a ton of sense to trade, but Kuli is just an okay #6. I'm not sure that his deal would appeal to many.
Connor $0.925M - Scheifele $6.125M - Wheeler $5.6M
Ehlers $6M - Stastny $5M - Laine $0.925M
Perreault $4.125M - Little $5.29M - Roslovic $0.894M
Copp $1M - Lowry $3M - Tanev $1M
Lemieux $0.839M
Morrissey $5M - Trouba $6M
Enstrom $2.5M - Byfuglien $7.6M
Niku $0.775M - Kulikov $4.33M
Chiarot $1.4M
Poolman $1.4M
Hellebuyck $6M
Comrie $1M
Stuart (buyout cap hit): $0.583M
Myers and Mason are gone.
Stastny is $5M x 3
Lowry is $3M x 5
Morrissey is $5M x 6
Trouba is $6M x 8
Enstrom is $2.5M x 2
Hellebuyck is $6M x 6
Poolman is $1.4M x 2 (Chiarot's deal)
Comrie is $1M x 1 (placeholder backup)
Cap Ceiling: $80,000,000
Cap hit: $77,316,665
Bonuses: $4,095,000
Space: $2,683,335
If all the bonuses hit, there's a $1.41M penalty against the Jets cap the following year.
If the Cap Ceiling in $83M in 2019-20 the Jets will have $16.4M in space to sign Laine, Connor, Wheeler, Copp an 8th D, a 13th F and a backup goalie. They can move a contract to make more room.
Worse defenseman making more...I think the Jets needed to sign a guy like Kulikov. We went too long with sub NHL level bottom pairing that it was worth paying the UFA premium to stabilize our defense. And there are worse defenseman making more. I do believe there is a very real chance the Jets move out some salary on defense and allocate it elsewhere with Niku and Poolman in the wings.
Worse defenseman making more...
That's a bizarre cop out that's really got nothing to do with anything.
My point was that there is obvious risk in giving sizable dollars and term to a player who's upside is your #6D.
A few months later, we're already seeing the impact.
You should work for the Jets , just reading all those numbers made my brain hurt .Connor $0.925M - Scheifele $6.125M - Wheeler $5.6M
Ehlers $6M - Stastny $5M - Laine $0.925M
Perreault $4.125M - Little $5.29M - Roslovic $0.894M
Copp $1M - Lowry $3M - Tanev $1M
Lemieux $0.839M
Morrissey $5M - Trouba $6M
Enstrom $2.5M - Byfuglien $7.6M
Niku $0.775M - Kulikov $4.33M
Chiarot $1.4M
Poolman $1.4M
Hellebuyck $6M
Comrie $1M
Stuart (buyout cap hit): $0.583M
Myers and Mason are gone.
Stastny is $5M x 3
Lowry is $3M x 5
Morrissey is $5M x 6
Trouba is $6M x 8
Enstrom is $2.5M x 2
Hellebuyck is $6M x 6
Poolman is $1.4M x 2 (Chiarot's deal)
Comrie is $1M x 1 (placeholder backup)
Cap Ceiling: $80,000,000
Cap hit: $77,316,665
Bonuses: $4,095,000
Space: $2,683,335
If all the bonuses hit, there's a $1.41M penalty against the Jets cap the following year.
If the Cap Ceiling in $83M in 2019-20 the Jets will have $16.4M in space to sign Laine, Connor, Wheeler, Copp an 8th D, a 13th F and a backup goalie. They can move a contract to make more room.