Speculation: What Happens With Dubie?

[MelikeJets]

Thats what I'm thinking too.

If true then he should have been sitting and healing. I could never understand when a player is obviously not playing to standard and then you hear they were injured. I think playing does more harm than good both for the players health and for the overall effect on the game.

 

[JetsFan815]

PLD has a nagging LBI, and so is a game time decision for LA.

Maybe this is a bit "tinfoil hatty" but Friedman tweeted this:



I wonder if the Jets are floating Dubois out there in the trade market and using the injury as a cover so that if the Jets can't find an appropriate partner & the trade doesn't go down, everyone can still save face without it being a circus. If I wanted to stealthily move PLD while hedging against the possibility that he may not get moved that's what I'd do.

 

[gojetsgo]

Maybe this is a bit "tinfoil hatty" but Friedman tweeted this:



I wonder if the Jets are floating Dubois out there in the trade market and using the injury as a cover so that if the Jets can't find an appropriate partner & the trade doesn't go down, everyone can still save face without it being a circus. If I wanted to stealthily move PLD while hedging against the possibility that he may not get moved that's what I'd do.

yeah, this ain't it...

 

[Hunter368]

Friedman hinted/wondered the same thing I've been saying about this summer being potentially a chance to start a rebuild/restructure with a few core guys with one more year team control only left. Going to be a fun and interesting summer as a Jets fan no matter what happens.

 

[tbcwpg]

Maybe this is a bit "tinfoil hatty" but Friedman tweeted this:



I wonder if the Jets are floating Dubois out there in the trade market and using the injury as a cover so that if the Jets can't find an appropriate partner & the trade doesn't go down, everyone can still save face without it being a circus. If I wanted to stealthily move PLD while hedging against the possibility that he may not get moved that's what I'd do.

They aren't looking to move Dubois right now.

 

[10Ducky10]

Trade him at the TD next season.
GMs are mucho loco at this time of the year.

 

[KingBogo]

Trade him at the TD next season.
GMs are mucho loco at this time of the year.

You can't do that though if you are in a playoff position. A player of PLD's caliber has to be dealt with in the off season unless you are a for sure basement dweller. Too many unknowns once you get to the TD.

 

[TS Quint]

I am now in favor of considering moving him at the deadline for futures looking at the insane packages being offered for guys like Jeannot. I'd rather get this saga over with and move on if Chevy gets a good offer.



Glad you're not the GM... absolutely the type of move that sets the franchise back 3-4 years. Many teams have let their key UFAs walk to Free Agency and it has almost never worked out well... esp not for small market teams. Ask Nashville, Columbus, Calgary if walking Suter, Duchene, Panarin and Gaudreau to UFA status was worth it.

Loser talk.

 

[Heldig]

PLD has a nagging LBI, and so is a game time decision for LA.

In reality, Jets are trading him TO LA (after the game) for Clarke, a 1st and the other Jack Hughes.

 

[MelikeJets]

Friedman hinted/wondered the same thing I've been saying about this summer being potentially a chance to start a rebuild/restructure with a few core guys with one more year team control only left. Going to be a fun and interesting summer as a Jets fan no matter what happens.

I thought last summer was going to be fun but it was awful waiting for Trotz to decide and then no improvement on the player front either.

 

[JetsFan815]

I have always said this and now it's been somewhat confirmed for me- PLD doesn't have the natural talent to be a top line center, he relies on his work-rate and physical gifts to put up his points. And when his work-rate isn't there he can't do much. The same happened last season and this season- he starts the season out like launched out of a cannon and then drops off in the 2nd half. Whether it is because he can't sustain that level of work over the course of the season or the physical toll catches up with him, it seems that he has a difficult time sustaining that night in and night out.

This is different from guys like Scheifele and Connor who many times esp last season feel like they are just out there for a casual skate and end the night with 2 points. Contrast this with PLD who I feel has to scratch, claw and take punishment for every point. This also makes me think that this is the type of player who may have a Ladd/Lucic like aging curve who rely so much on their physical gifts that once it falls off a bit they are no longer effective.

He has got to go this summer. I actually think that if he goes to MTL he is in for a tough time as that fanbase and media is gonna eat him alive. There will be a honeymoon period for sure at the beginning but eventually the PLD we see so often in the 2nd half of the season and the PLD that Torts used to rail against is gonna come out and the local media/rabid fans are gonna feast on him.

 

[Hobble]

Plays like he’s already booked his flight to MTL years in advance to save on the price.

 

[Jet]

Plays like he’s already booked his flight to MTL years in advance to save on the price.

Not true at all.

He's been really good this year outside his last couple of games where it seems he was injured.

Bias at its best