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Speculation: Which Jets aren't coming back?
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DashingDane
Paul Maurice <3
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NHL GMs preparing for new economic realities brought on by COVID-19
Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff said he expects to see some restricted free agents across the league who would have normally been tagged with qualifying offers cut loose.
“There will be some interesting decisions and some interesting discussions — some decisions that some organizations are going to be faced with that they didn’t anticipate,” he said.
“There are going to be some tough decisions, certainly in our organization, but in other organizations as well.”
Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff said he expects to see some restricted free agents across the league who would have normally been tagged with qualifying offers cut loose.
“There will be some interesting decisions and some interesting discussions — some decisions that some organizations are going to be faced with that they didn’t anticipate,” he said.
“There are going to be some tough decisions, certainly in our organization, but in other organizations as well.”
That's some classic Chevyspeak right there...
nobody imp0rtant
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That's some classic Chevyspeak right there...
I don't know. I think he pretty much came out and said Niku won't be back. We'll see...
tntkid
Fire Maurice & Chevy
Trade Wheeler for Dumba.
Send Wheeler back to Minnesota where he belongs.
He will wave the NTC to go home.
Send Wheeler back to Minnesota where he belongs.
He will wave the NTC to go home.
This I can get behind.
Then we can give his money to Laine and keep our young star sniper
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That's some classic Chevyspeak right there...
I (almost) feel sorry for players who wangled their way to FA this year.
tntkid
Fire Maurice & Chevy
Build our team around our skilled youth players like Laine, Connor & Ehlers.
Make Scheifele the captain.
voyageur
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I think the toughest decision for Chevy is what to do with Little going forward. Does he close the door on his career, force him into semi-retirement or leave the window open for the player? That's a significant amount of cap space, if you leave that space open, you are looking at having a $76 million payroll tops. That leaves about $14 million to spend on 8-9 players. Hard to address the 2C hole and 1 RD with those constraints. The Perreault buyout factor is probably another decision that he has to consider. There has to be room for internal growth. And you have different spectrums, guys like De Melo that are trying to cash in on their 1st go at free agency, players who may take less to stay at home, and players who become free agents or available through trade because their respective teams can't afford them, or have lower internal budgets.
Will be an exciting offseason, which I think will lend some steam into the December startup. But how long can you sustain things without fans, or make profits with less of them?
I expect alot of one and two year deals from the management side for role players, especially with expansion draft considerations.
voyageur
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Minnesota doesn't need to trade Dumba. They don't have 4 forwards worth protecting in the expansion draft. They are a defense first team, no surprise with Scott Stevens coaching over there. What I would be afraid of is the Wild signing Buff too, on the cheap, and then Laine or Ehlers could get broken off the rush.
I remember when we got our team it was said nobody would want to play here. And we signed Rick Rypien, Derek Meech, Kyle Wellwood, Randy Jones. We signed Perreault. And then Kane forced his way out. Trouba eventually forced his way out. Every off season but 2017 seems we lost more players on the market than we added. But guys did want to play here. Buff signed long term. Little signed long term. Wheeler signed long term. The young kids we drafted signed long term. Now some fans don't like that we have long term commitments
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Parise and Zuccarello have a NMC and staal has a 10 team no trade list and they will protect FialaMinnesota doesn't need to trade Dumba. They don't have 4 forwards worth protecting in the expansion draft. They are a defense first team, no surprise with Scott Stevens coaching over there. What I would be afraid of is the Wild signing Buff too, on the cheap, and then Laine or Ehlers could get broken off the rush.
I remember when we got our team it was said nobody would want to play here. And we signed Rick Rypien, Derek Meech, Kyle Wellwood, Randy Jones. We signed Perreault. And then Kane forced his way out. Trouba eventually forced his way out. Every off season but 2017 seems we lost more players on the market than we added. But guys did want to play here. Buff signed long term. Little signed long term. Wheeler signed long term. The young kids we drafted signed long term. Now some fans don't like that we have long term commitments
voyageur
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Staal is UFA at the end of the year. So if Parise doesn't get moved I'd say those 3 and then you get down to Eriksson-Ek, Kunin, or Hartman. Unless they add somebody in the offseason.
