I would really still love to see Byfuglien traded for B. Schenn + L. Schenn. I know Luke is at a big time low right now but I still believe there is a real quality NHL defenseman in there, much like there was with Bogosian pre-Jets. He's shown quality play before, it just doesn't disappear at 23-24 years of age or in your early 20's. Luke will figure it out but it won't be in Philly. I think adding the Schenn brothers here would give us two really good building blocks and cornerstones headed forward. Two guys who could make their careers here and be Jets for a long, long time.
And who knows, can Luke play left side? can Trouba? If not, then yes, Luke Schenn at 3.6 million per is a hefty price for a 3rd pairing guy behind Bogosian and Trouba, but he sure would add great depth if one of the right side guys had an injury (like right now!). I think we could fit him in. Our 'core' is locked up, the cap is going to go up.
Byfuglien at 5.2 for Brayden Schenn at 3.11 and Luke Schenn at 3.6 leaves a small difference of 1.51 million, pretty small and quite easy to get around cap space wise if we needed/wanted to.
I'd love for the day to come where I come online here to see this deal has went through. I'd jump for joy.
The future years of this team would be in good hands as far as I am concerned with Kane, B. Schenn, Scheifele, Bogosian, Trouba, L. Schenn, Morrissey, etc. Maybe Burmistrov comes back? Not to mention vets in Little, Wheeler, Enstrom are tied up for a good number of years yet, and hopefully Ladd will be to going forward. Add in some prospects in the system, this years 1st round pick, Petan, Lowry, Kosmochuk, Comrie, etc.. some may make it, others won't.. but it's an intriguing mix to me.