Confirmed with Link: Morrissey bridge: 2 years, $3.15M AAV

[MardyBum]

Seems like you have ignored everything leading up to this signing.

You’re blaming Myers just because you want to.

Even with Myers contract the Jets still have enough cap space to sign Morrissey long term at the going rate for a defenseman of his caliber.

I'm not blaming Myers. I'm saying keeping Myers kept dollars away from a possible long term Morrissey deal now. He's not the only one.

And they might have, but they would have zero cap flexibility if they did, so the offer wasn't likely what you'd expect on a 6 or 7 year deal. Considering Wiebe mentioned that they discussed both a long term and short term deal, it's pretty clear they're looking at cap implications and think more money will be available in 2 years because our cap situation is what it is right now.

 

[Imcanadianeh]

But then no space or ability with performance bonuses to be a buyer at the deadline, regardless of potential injuries. If you're a win now team you gotta work on that wiggle room. The Jets are in a very weird spot being a win now team with so many key guys still on ELC.

So your argument is that to jets should downgrade their defense for the entire season and playoff so they can upgrade their team for the playoffs?

Seems kind of dumb to me.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Kind of looks like Chevy blinked first. Oh well. He's signed now. I would have been happier with this news had Trouba signed a long-term extension this summer. All this is going to do is drive up the cost of his next contract. Chevy and the boys had better be getting some cheap depth coming up, because something tells me the gang isn't going to be kept together much longer.

I would like to sign everybody long term for low AAV.

I would have liked to get at least 1 of Trouba & Morrissey locked up. But I'm not unhappy with this.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

That's a fair deal, thought he could be had at $5M AAV for eight years at least. But either way, I'm happy.

 

[BigZ65]

So your argument is that to jets should downgrade their defense for the entire season and playoff so they can upgrade their team for the playoffs?

Seems kind of dumb to me.

Nope. My point is if you sign Morrissey long-term right now you are basically guaranteeing you don't have space to add anyone this season. Wouldn't be a terrible choice, but if say 55 or 33 or 44 or 8 or 37 have a serious injury we're probably going to want to replace them. Also nice to add depth heading towards post-season even in full health.

 

[surixon]

Glad he's signed. Looks like Morrissey and his agent got the bridge. It's fair value and gives Josh the chance to grow his game offensively before his next deal.

Now let's hope Maurice actually uses him on the PP next season

Edit:

With regards to long term as I have mentioned Morrissey doesn't have the counting numbers to get an upper market range deal wilhich would he in the $5.7 million range on a 79.5 million cap. The Jets also don't have the cap space to pay him that on a long term deal this year.

If your looking to blame anyone blame Maurice for under utilizing Morrissey the last two seasons. 4th in avg ice time among dmen each of the last two seasons with no PP time. If I was Josh I would want to be used according to my results before committing long term.

As for Chevy I have to say I'm underwhelmed with his contract work this summer. Painted himself into a corner with little wiggle room to really offer Morrissey an enticing enough long term deal. The Wheeler deal is poor and he is keeping around mediocre players making way too much money in Myers etc. That also hurts his ability to pay a young top pairing dmen enough on a long term deal. That is one area where Chevy still needs a lot of work imo. He has an issue with paying too much money for expendable bottom of the roster parts.

 

[Tommigun]

So with everyone signed how much cap do we have left? Was it necessary to move out Mason?

 

[Jetsfan79]

The low AAV makes this bridge deal very palatable.

 

[Whileee]

So with everyone signed how much cap do we have left? Was it necessary to move out Mason?

Yes, they still needed to move out Mason. They'll have around 2.5M in cap space. They shouldn't have any problems keeping Vesalainen and paying his performance bonuses, if necessary.

 

[VictoriaJetsFan]

I'm having a bad day. This news does not make it any better..... wanted a long term deal.

 

[surixon]

Yes, they still needed to move out Mason. They'll have around 2.5M in cap space. They shouldn't have any problems keeping Vesalainen and paying his performance bonuses, if necessary.

Exactly. They have space for Injuries and a deadline deal. It makes me think the Jets were likely offering in the range of 4.5 to 4.75 on a long term deal. If they offered 5.25 to 5.5 they would have no space

 

[MardyBum]

So, including the 3.7 or so in performance bonuses, we have how much space now?

Lets just assume Vesalainen and his cap hit are going down, because I didn't include his bonus.

 

[JetsHomer]

So, including the 3.7 or so in performance bonuses, we have how much space now?

Lets just assume Vesalainen and his cap hit are going down, because I didn't include his bonus.

3m even if everyone hits their bonuses, which they wont

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

Surprised a long term didn’t happen. That aav seems about 500k lower than it should be, which is probably what the had to give up to get Chevy to forgo a long term deal and accept a bridge.

Guess we can add a piece of a Stastny type at the tdl again which is a good thing, or we can get a goalie should we need one

 

[Adam da bomb]

Surprised a long term didn’t happen. That aav seems about 500k lower than it should be, which is probably what the had to give up to get Chevy to forgo a long term deal and accept a bridge.

Guess we can add a piece of a Stastny type at the tdl again which is a good thing, or we can get a goalie should we need one

We should have enough strength without another Stas. Giving up another 1st. Not have any real holes with Ros as our 2c.

 

[surixon]

Final Cap numbers without Ves. Add $600k if Ves makes the team:

Line	Left Wing	Center	Right Wing	Total
1	Connor, Kyle	Scheifele, Mark	Laine, Patrick
	1,775,000	6,125,000	3,575,000	11,475,000
2	Ehlers, Nick	Little, Brian	Wheeler, Blake
	6,000,000	5,291,666	5,600,000	16,891,666
3	Perrault, Mathiau	Roslovic, Jack	Petan, Nik
	4,130,000	1,106,666	874,000	6,110,666
4	Copp, Andew	Lowry, Adam	Tanev, Brandon
	1,000,000	2,916,666	1,150,000	5,066,666
Extras	Dano, Marco
	800,000			800,000
Froward total				40,343,998
Defense
Pair	Left Defense	Right Defense
1	Morrissey, Josh	Trouba, Jacob
	3,150,000	5,500,000		8,650,000
2	Myers, Tyler	Byfuglien, Dustin
	5,500,000	7,600,000		13,100,000
3	Kulikov, Dmitry	Poolman, Tucker
	4,333,333	775,000		5,108,333
Extras	Chariot, Ben	Morrow, Joe
	1,400,000	1,000,000		2,400,000
Defense Total				29,258,333
Goalies	Starter	Backup
	Hellebuyck, Connor	Brossoit, Lauent
	6,166,667	650,000		6,816,667
Buyout	Stuart, Marc
	583,333			583,333
Grand Total				77,002,331
Estimated Cap Ceiling				79,500,000
Cap space remaining				2,497,669

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[HannuJ]

I'm having a bad day. This news does not make it any better..... wanted a long term deal.

The good news?
Morrissey does not have sexy old school GM stats.
I dont think he gets elite D money even though he will be near elite

 

[BigZ65]

3m even if everyone hits their bonuses, which they wont

So that'll be something in the neighborhood of being able to add $6 million in salary near the deadline.

 

[JetsHomer]

So that'll be something in the neighborhood of being able to add $6 million in salary near the deadline.

Matt Duchene would look pretty nice between Ehlers and Laine I think

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

We should have enough strength without another Stas. Giving up another 1st. Not have any real holes with Ros as our 2c.

Never know what we might need come mid season. Injuries can happen and have some cap space is reassuring in that regard.

 

[Adam da bomb]

Matt Duchene would look pretty nice between Ehlers and Laine I think

Roslovic would look really good between Ehlers and Laine.

 

[PhilJets]

Welcome back JMO.

 

[Aggie204]

Surprised at the AAV, mixed feeling about this. But let’s get this season going!

 

[CorgisPer60]

Final Cap numbers without Ves. Add $600k if Ves makes the team:

Line	Left Wing	Center	Right Wing	Total
1	Connor, Kyle	Scheifele, Mark	Laine, Patrick
	1,775,000	6,125,000	3,575,000	11,475,000
2	Ehlers, Nick	Little, Brian	Wheeler, Blake
	6,000,000	5,291,666	5,600,000	16,891,666
3	Perrault, Mathiau	Roslovic, Jack	Petan, Nik
	4,130,000	1,106,666	874,000	6,110,666
4	Copp, Andew	Lowry, Adam	Tanev, Brandon
	1,000,000	2,916,666	1,150,000	5,066,666
Extras	Dano, Marco
	800,000			800,000
Froward total				40,343,998
Defense
Pair	Left Defense	Right Defense
1	Morrissey, Josh	Trouba, Jacob
	3,150,000	5,500,000		8,650,000
2	Myers, Tyler	Byfuglien, Dustin
	5,500,000	7,600,000		13,100,000
3	Kulikov, Dmitry	Poolman, Tucker
	4,333,333	775,000		5,108,333
Extras	Chariot, Ben	Morrow, Joe
	1,400,000	1,000,000		2,400,000
Defense Total				29,258,333
Goalies	Starter	Backup
	Hellebuyck, Connor	Brossoit, Lauent
	6,166,667	650,000		6,816,667
Buyout	Stuart, Marc
	583,333			583,333
Grand Total				77,002,331
Estimated Cap Ceiling				79,500,000
Cap space remaining				2,497,669

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

The nice thing about the available cap space is that it's prorated a significant amount by the trade deadline. I don't know the specifics, but the Jets can fit a relatively expensive player on a rental at the TDL _if_ they choose to.

 

[Adam da bomb]

The nice thing about the available cap space is that it's prorated a significant amount by the trade deadline. I don't know the specifics, but the Jets can fit a relatively expensive player on a rental at the TDL _if_ they choose to.

Let’s go get Karlson from the sharks