Confirmed with Link: Holy ****, a trade. Mason, Armia, a 2019 7th, and a 2020 4th to MTL for... Simon Bourque.

[DoingItCoolKiwi]

WTF. f***OFF. That's an absolutely terrible trade. Armia was a fcking stud and you throw in a couple of picks as well??

 

[dcypher]

There just was no Finnish with Armia. I liked him. Otherwise, I think this trade worked out fine. We are blessed to have so much depth right now.

 

[WiscoJet]

If you think of this as a trade - 4th ,7th + Armia, for Paul Stasny and Borque, Jets did allright.

This is exactly how I am thinking of it, plus as much as Myers has the most value, this is about winning the 2019 Stanley Cup and nothing else.

 

[tacogeoff]

Yikes. Still expensive. I understand the cap dump and I think we all know why.
But getting an AHL player for all that? Can a 1 year cap dump be THAT expensive?

Yes bc Mason. And bc teams know we need to cap dump to possibly sign Stats so we are in a weak position to negotiate.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

6 to 7 million in cap space saved for us to sign Stastny. Sad to see Armia go but he will get top line minutes I am thinking in Montreal.

 

[Bob E]

Surprised to see Armia go, but he was in and out of the lineup. Watching him you see potential, but he hasn’t put it together yet. Could get eaten alive in Montreal if he starts slow.

 

[ffh]

Still need a goalie

hutch is clutch

 

[Daximus]

We keeping Stastny! We keeping Sastny!

 

[Deedog99]

WTF. ****OFF. That's an absolutely terrible trade. Armia was a fcking stud and you throw in a couple of picks as well??

Armia is easily replaced. And at way less $$

 

[Deedog99]

hutch is clutch

Ufa

 

[Upperdeckjet]

Had to be done, right? Gonna have to churn our lineup as we sign our core.

I liked Armia, but we have players on the way.

I don't know that he was particularly strong during the playoffs?

I trust that Chevy knows our big picture.

 

[untouchable21]

From my understanding of the reports over the last few days the goalie situation in a lot.of those places is already set. Cam Ward in Chicago, Hutton in Buffalo.

Cap dumps are expensive but this is really just paying Joel Armia for cap space. He's not bad but hes not a core piece.

Agreed. Liked Armia, but he’s not a core piece and with a plethora of wingers in the system, he can be replaced. Perhaps being an RFA, he was wanting more than the Jets were willing to pay and would just as well deal him.

Have to get used to it, it’s a small price to pay for success when up against the cap. Every contender has to trim their rosters somewhere.

 

[Jetsfan79]

I wouldn't be surprised if Chiarot is the next one to go. Jets LD depth is now Morrisey, Myers (if he switches), Kulikov, Chiarot, Morrow, Niku, Borque. I think one too many.

 

[Afterburner]

So Hutch gets another lick at the brass ring?

 

[MosTLucky]

Had to be done. Now it means it’s likely we get stastny. Armia is not a huge loss

 

[Anton Hipchekhov]

Hey guys, Simon Bourque is a nice kid with good work ethics, NHL skating but I doubt he has any NHL future as he has no specific strength and couldn't adapt to the AHL this year.

Habs question, has Armia ever played center?

Thanks for the intel ChoseLA. Would you say his ceiling is above or below Drew Doughty?

As for Armia, not a center but a good get by you guys. Fun to watch but struggles to finish opportunities.

 

[Mud Turtle]

Is anyone familiar with this Bourque guy?

 

[mcpw]

Can't keep everyone. Armia was a potential risk in arbitration as well.

 

[tbcwpg]

So Hutch gets another lick at the brass ring?

He's a UFA and probably doesn't come back. It's Comrie time (which isn't awesome).

 

[mcpw]

Is anyone familiar with this Bourque guy?

Obviously just a contract dump.

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

Thanks for the intel ChoseLA. Would you say his ceiling is above or below Drew Doughty?

As for Armia, not a center but a good get by you guys. Fun to watch but struggles to finish opportunities.

Bourque is bright Kid though, so you never know.

That Armia report, seems like he was born to be a Hab.

 

[Deedog99]

Thanks for the intel ChoseLA. Would you say his ceiling is above or below Drew Doughty?

As for Armia, not a center but a good get by you guys. Fun to watch but struggles to finish opportunities.

The habs should get Matthias too and reunite that dynamic duo

 

[Afterburner]

He's a UFA and probably doesn't come back. It's Comrie time (which isn't awesome).

Anyone we can get cheap on the market?

 

[None]

It's a little disappointing to lose Armia, there always seemed to be so much untapped offensive potential. He and Laine always have monster games against Dallas for whatever reason.

I'm curious if they have to make other moves now to fit Stastny or if Chevy knows that this was enough.

 

[MardyBum]

hutch is clutch

In the AHL, sure.