Make no mistake about it ; copp is going to want at least 4 and change at 5 years. If that’s the case we cannot pay two thirds of our 3rd line almost 5 per year. The following year Appleton’s contract will be up and he’s gonna want a raise as well.
Same here, love to have him on the team for 4 years at 3.75m per year but that is n't going to happen.
Do we need more goalie prospects? For some reason don’t see the need. We need rw, we need a 1d. In the the things we need goalies are very low so would rather throw darts at that wing and D position.
Copp is into the echelon of Goodrow, Coleman and other 2nd tier forwards that garnered late first round picks and more. Even if the Jets can't sign him long term, he will have high trade value - much too high to squander it on an expansion draft dump.
A player drafted late 1st or 2nd won’t be able to help for a few years if he has to go, Harkins and Stanley help right now. Helly’s Wheeler Schief window is shrinking.
Copp helps right now, too. I was mentioning Copp's trade value to illustrate. The Jets could acquire other NHL-ready players instead of Copp, if they decide they need to trade him. The point is that he would likely return a player better than Harkins in trade. Stanley is more of a wild card, but they could certainly acquire a D that would at least be a sure bet in a second pairing in exchange for Copp.
Last thing we need is to re-sign MP when we have Vesa, Harkins, and others ready to move into the lineup.... PoMo will play the vet over the kid every time, and the kids development will suffer.
Disagree about your view on Stanley, I think he is playing outstanding and already equal or above Demelo level. His physicality, and big shot which seems to get to the net are huge
I think it depends on what they do on d, whether they can afford Copp and Lowry under the cap.
Fair enough. That’s no worse than thinking Stanley will be the next Chara or Harkins or Ves morph into top 6 guys.
