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

[PhilJets]

Tavares incoming


That's a better than losing Myers Perrault or Little.

Mason, he wasn't going to play much anyways.
This is Helly's team now.

Armia, replaceable piece.

Wheeler
Laine
Roslovic to start
Incoming Vesalainen (might break the door open)
Crazy right wing depth.


Then late draft pick.

The Bourque pick. That will be at best 6th defenseman or deoth defenseman.

Stastny ?
Or some surprise again from Magic Chevy!

 

[Bristo]

This means we’re making room for Stastny. It’s happening.

 

[robertocarlos]

That's what happens when you get into money troubles and some asshat D-man wants 8 millions. Armia was due for a good raise to 2.5 millions, maybe he will get it from the Habs. Chevy did it to himself when he signed Mason.

 

[MardyBum]

Borque had pretty good numbers in junior PPG, terrible first AHL year on a bad team.

 

[MardyBum]

Sooo. . . Bottom 6 is :

Perreault Little Roslovic
Copp Lowry Tanev? (Assuming we sign Stastny?)

Hopefully Roslovic gets a few shots at C, we really need to start developing another one.

 

[Mud Turtle]

No pressure on you now Helle. None at all.

 

[Deedog99]

So the Kane and Bogo trade got Myers.

 

[Gabe Kupari]

So the Kane and Bogo trade got Myers.

Roslovic and Lemieux.

 

[Maukkis]

What an embarrassing trade. Having to add two picks to Armia to dump one year of Mason? Give me a break. Shaw returned two seconds two years ago.

Chevy had better get both Trouba and Morrissey locked up for the next eternity with this money. Stastny wouldn't hurt either... on a short contract.

 

[None]

So the Kane and Bogo trade got Myers.

And Roslovic, what're Kane, Bogo, or Kasdorf doing for the Sabres today?

 

[Deedog99]

Roslovic and Lemieux.

Right roslovic. Lemieux is maxed out in the Ahl

 

[Maukkis]

Armia is easily replaced. And at way less $$

True, but the return we got was still very mediocre.

 

[CorgisPer60]

Borque had pretty good numbers in junior PPG, terrible first AHL year on a bad team.

Sure, I can go along with that. The Laval Rocket were _garbage_ last year. I'm willing to see what he can do. He's a 21 year old D, so plenty of time to see what he can do on a team with prospects that can actually play in the NHL.

 

[Brominator]

So the Kane and Bogo trade got Myers.

Can't look at it that way. We got a few years of Armia. All assets depreciate.

And don't forget, we also got Roslo.

 

[Gabe Kupari]

I don't mind the trade. Mason was overpaid as a backup here.... Armia? While a decent player, really is quite replaceable with our depth.

Saves some cash... Ppl say 4.1 million but... Armia likely would have got a raise also

 

[Trilliann]

We keeping Stastny! We keeping Sastny!

 

[ffh]

armia proved he was not a 3r

True, but the return we got was still very mediocre.

6 million in cap space is not mediocre. cap space is a asset. every gm in league has said this. could care less about a 4th liner pb guy gong forward and a couple of late picks.

 

[Weezeric]

Looks like we’re set up to have:

Ehlers-stastny-Laine
Perreault-little-Roslovic

as our middle six.

Then put out an elite shutdown line as our 4th line. Looks pretty good to me

 

[Brominator]

Expensive cap dump, but this is obviously the best we could do. Jets are bursting at the seam with capable wingers. Last season Petan, Dano, Matthias all got virtually no ice time. More guys in the AHL knocking on the door too.

I just hope the Stastny contact is reasonable...

 

[csk]

Is anyone familiar with this Bourque guy?

A defenceman that should play in the ECHL

 

[Deedog99]

Need to look at this like a trade. Mason and armia for potentially stastny

 

[untouchable21]

Borque had pretty good numbers in junior PPG, terrible first AHL year on a bad team.

I don’t know a lot about Bourque, but I wouldn’t write him off completely as I’ve already done are already claiming he’s just a throw away prospect.

Like you said, he was on a pretty bad team. Let’s see what he can do with the Moose first.

Not upset with this trade by any means. Armia likely looking for more $$$ than the Jets can afford paying a 4th liner. That’s the cost of being a contender.

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

Couple of things here...

Pure dump, so lets not overreact to Bourque being an AHL lifer.

We dumped 4m that was attached to a backup goalie with huge concussion concerns

We gave up one asset that we know to be NHL talent, a 3rd liner utility player that can kill penalties. I liked Armia and hate losing him, but we have players chomping at the bit to fill his exact role.

Draft picks are spread out, with low odds of amounting to anything.

Maybe Chevy could have found a better deal out there with some more time, but with today being the last day to sign Stastny he took what was on the table.

I feel better heading into the season knowing we are deep down the middle with Stastny, Scheif, Little and Lowry, than having Armia and Mason on this team.

 

[Deedog99]

I don't mind the trade. Mason was overpaid as a backup here.... Armia? While a decent player, really is quite replaceable with our depth.

Saves some cash... Ppl say 4.1 million but... Armia likely would have got a raise also

Minus the new goalie salary.

 

[SensibleGuy]

So the Kane and Bogo trade got Myers.

lol, time to move on. Getting rid of Kane was worth quite a bit on its own. And Bogo sure hasn't been much...

and yes, Roslo. We won.