Stastny Trade - like it or not?

[RageQuit77]

Fan art. It's so bad that I almost disposed it unfinished.

 

[cbcwpg]

The Jets really can't afford to - unless they're moving a significant amount salary somewhere else.

They might be freeing up some cap space

Matthias - $2,125,000
Enstrom - $5,750,000
Dano - $850,000
Hendricks - $700,000
Hutchinson - $1,150,000
Trouba - $2,812,500 ( assuming he still wants to leave )

but they also have to pay

Hellebuyck
Morrissey
Trouba ( assuming he wants to stay )
Lowry
Ehlers ( gets a big raise to $6,000,000 next season )

- so yeah, it could be tricky to keep Stastny even though he won't get the $7,000,000 he's currently signed for 4 years ago IMO.

 

[Bob E]

Down the middle, it would be great to have Scheifele, Stastny, Little and Lowry for the next 2-3 years, anyway. Other than maybe Roslovic, there really isn’t anyone to step in to a C role next year.

It may be a bit tough cap wise, but guys like Myers will need to go, and once Vesalainen is ready, Perreault is likely a cap casualty.

If his line is very productive, and he’s having personal and team success, maybe we can sign Stastny to a 4 yr $22 mill deal. Bridge Connor and Roslovic during that time and it may work.

If we can run with:

Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler ($6.5 mill)
Ehlers-Stastny ($5.5 mill)-Laine ($8.0 mill)
Perreault/Vesalainen-Little-Roslovic
Copp-Lowry-Tanev/Armia

That could be enough for a few cup runs.

 

[Gm0ney]

They might be freeing up some cap space

Matthias - $2,125,000
Enstrom - $5,750,000
Dano - $850,000
Hendricks - $700,000
Hutchinson - $1,150,000
Trouba - $2,812,500 ( assuming he still wants to leave )

but they also have to pay

Hellebuyck
Morrissey
Trouba ( assuming he wants to stay )
Lowry
Ehlers ( gets a big raise to $6,000,000 next season )

- so yeah, it could be tricky to keep Stastny even though he won't get the $7,000,000 he's currently signed for 4 years ago IMO.

The Jets will have a possible (likely?) $3.7M in bonuses to pay on next year's ELC contracts if things continue as they have been with Laine, Connor and Roslovic. So they'll try to stay at least that much under the cap to avoid triggering an overage in 2019-20 when they have to sign Laine and Connor.

That brings the cap down from an estimated $80M to $76.3M. They've currently got $54.4M in cap committed so there's about $22M left to sign the "Big 4" RFAs plus 4 or 5 others (Armia, Tanev, Dano, Enstrom or replacement, another pressbox player). It doesn't leave much room for Stastny even at a discount unless Trouba goes for prospects and picks (or low cost D replacement) or they move some cap (Mason? Myers?).

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

stastny is a top line center, and the jets got him for a late 1st round pick.

Stastny is a good second / third line center. We've got him for about 3 months and it cost us Erik Foley, our (late) first round pick this year and a 4th round pick in 2020.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

They might be freeing up some cap space

Matthias - $2,125,000
Enstrom - $5,750,000
Dano - $850,000
Hendricks - $700,000
Hutchinson - $1,150,000
Trouba - $2,812,500 ( assuming he still wants to leave )

but they also have to pay

Hellebuyck
Morrissey
Trouba ( assuming he wants to stay )
Lowry
Ehlers ( gets a big raise to $6,000,000 next season )

- so yeah, it could be tricky to keep Stastny even though he won't get the $7,000,000 he's currently signed for 4 years ago IMO.

If Trouba won't sign long term he will get an arb award of more than that. My guess is about 4 mil, give or take.

If he goes through with arbitration he needs to be traded. That could free up a sizable chunk of cap space - depending on the return.

Those small contracts, Dano, Hendricks, Hutchinson don't = freed cap space. Their replacements will cost the same amounts, approximately. Too little difference to matter at all.

 

[kittiecarlyle]

Stastny is a good second / third line center. We've got him for about 3 months and it cost us Erik Foley, our (late) first round pick this year and a 4th round pick in 2020.

No it didn't.

The 4th is in the event Foley doesn't sign, which he will do.

 

[kittiecarlyle]

Talk about making room and a push to get Stastny to stay beyond this season. Somewhere the talk of adding a bigger dollar C was bandied about

 

[Imcanadianeh]

Stastny is a good second / third line center. We've got him for about 3 months and it cost us Erik Foley, our (late) first round pick this year and a 4th round pick in 2020.

Stastny certainly isn’t a 3C, and we don’t necessarily end up trading the 4th round pick.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Stastny is a good second / third line center. We've got him for about 3 months and it cost us Erik Foley, our (late) first round pick this year and a 4th round pick in 2020.

You realize the fourth Rd pick is conditional right? The Blues only get that pick if they don't sign Foley by Aug 15 2019. It's either Foley or the pick, not both

 

[Tommigun]

If we can move Mason, Matthias, Myers and/or Enström we should be able to do it. Our defense is far too expensive already. Bring Poolman in and Niku also if he’s ready. Should have plenty of room to sign Stastny if we manage to move some of the expensive pieces.

 

[Yogi141]

If Stastny can be resigned, Chevy will have to start making tough decisions next year. The question will probably be whether he is worth more to the team than Perreault. We likely can only afford one of them. It will come down to two things, the first is whether he can even sign Stastny and the second is how Stastny continues to play with Ehlers and Laine. If he continues to be such a good fit with those two, then he is probably worth more to us the Perreault. We are likely going to have to make these kind of decisions regularly over the next few years.

 

[Georgetown Al]

If we can move Mason, Matthias, Myers and/or Enström we should be able to do it. Our defense is far too expensive already. Bring Poolman in and Niku also if he’s ready. Should have plenty of room to sign Stastny if we manage to move some of the expensive pieces.

You need a lot of D for playoffs... Look what happened to Boston with having to bring up McAvoy due to injuries to their D men last year during their playoffs push...

McAvoy first game ever in the NHL was in the playoffs last year...

How Charlie McAvoy Impressed In NHL Debut, Helped Bruins Win Game 1

 

[KingBogo]

If Stastny can be resigned, Chevy will have to start making tough decisions next year. The question will probably be whether he is worth more to the team than Perreault. We likely can only afford one of them. It will come down to two things, the first is whether he can even sign Stastny and the second is how Stastny continues to play with Ehlers and Laine. If he continues to be such a good fit with those two, then he is probably worth more to us the Perreault. We are likely going to have to make these kind of decisions regularly over the next few years.

I think next year is pretty wide open and a lot depends on what happens down the stretch and the playoffs. If we come real close or God help my heart win, then maybe you load up for the now and do things like bridging your RFA's to hold onto guys like Statsny. If we go a round and then get pushed out rather easily maybe you have a little further time line and reinvest in the youth. There will be a lot of interesting discussions over the off season.

 

[Georgetown Al]

I think next year is pretty wide open and a lot depends on what happens down the stretch and the playoffs. If we come real close or God help my heart win, then maybe you load up for the now and do things like bridging your RFA's to hold onto guys like Statsny. If we go a round and then get pushed out rather easily maybe you have a little further time line and reinvest in the youth. There will be a lot of interesting discussions over the off season.

There is always a lot of interesting discussions here in HF Boards Winnipeg Jets, best team site here, honest in-depth discussions mostly with respect and great humor every day except summer but still even then its better than most....pretty good...

 

[googleIsMyFriend]

I like this trade a lot. Good player wo makes this team a lot better.

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

Not if he gets re signed it isn't.

I think we have to win a round for him to consider staying, why would he want to play on a team that won’t go past the first round.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

I really like his game, and he's clearly a great fit. However, if we bow out in the first round....its a bad trade.

First round out or not, this was still the right trade and the right time.

Last July, he addressed exactly what we needed (Mason and Kulikov). 50+ games in this year, he knew Brian Little would not click with Laine and Ehlers, so Stastny was brought in.

Chevy is slow and calculating, but he knows what this team needs and when they need it.