Rumor: Winnipeg and Colorado Top Paul Stastny's List of Eventual Landing Spots

[Filthy Dangles]

Would be a good fit in Colorado to center the 2nd line and take Jost under his wing.

 

[bluetuned]

Well, in addition to the Blues giving him a very lucrative offer at the time. I believe if the Avs offered the same contract to Staz, he would've resigned with the Avs but there was extraneous factors such as the Duchene cap and trying to create a certain culture (which both failed, but it was semi-logical at the time).

He liked it in Denver? Sure.

He left because of Mac, Dutch and ROR were entering their prime? Partly (maybe). He was heavy overpayed by the Blues. Don´t underestimate the money....So he didn´t just left because of other players entering their prime. He also left because the Blues offerd more money than the Avs were willing to do and Pauly has family ties there....

If we land Stastny for a reasonable price and term, ok. Otherwise? Stay away from a bidding war. To be honest: Pauly will be the fall-back-Option for some teams who wont get JT....

IF (!!) it really comes down to COL or WPG: Can the Jets afford Stastny for at least 3 years?

Yeah I'm not saying money didn't play a factor, just that there was no great desire from Stastny to leave Colorado. He liked it there and I believe still lives there at times. That said he reportedly turned down more money and more years from other teams to sign the 4-year deal in St. Louis, because he liked the fit and grew up there. Everything I've read indicated he wanted to either stay in Colorado or sign with the Blues. Since it didn't make any sense for the Avs to throw a big new contract his way with a stacked group of younger (and arguably better) centers, the decision was pretty easy for him.

Somebody (ie Montreal) is going to try to throw a ton of money his way this time given the lack of good centers, and at his age that may play a big part in his decision, but it wouldn't shock me if he gave the Avs a bit of a discount as long as they're close.

 

[kylbaz]

They made the playoffs, have probably a top 10 prospect pool and more cap space than they know what to do with.... yeah real brutal situation

Yeah, they did well in the playoffs this year.

 

[TheGoldenGod]

Blues fan thinking he’s for sure going back to Colorado.

 

[Sweech]

cant afford him though, not with the crazy amount of talent they have needing new deals this summer and next

Trading Myers and/or Mason should fix that.

 

[Echo Roku]

Yeah, they did well in the playoffs this year.

Ah, the changing goalposts

 

[Stealth JD]

i distinctly remember somebody on the Blues board saying 4 years ago, prior to him signing in St. Louis, that he would sign a 4 year deal with STL (the poster may have even gotten the $7M salary correct) and then he would return to Denver to finish his career. It struck me as an odd comment because of the specificity of it, and the speculation at the time was that the Blues might have to go longer than 4 years. Then he signed for 4-years in STL, so...

 

[Taswell]

No dog in this race as a Isles fan, but Stastny back in Colorado just feels right to me.

 

[Jetsetter]

I think the guys in the locker room and a Stastny's wanting to win the cup takes priority. The Jets are his best chance to do this in a Cap environment.

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Colorado.. Cuz money. I always thought he was a pure rental. Jets were pretty damn good without him.

 

[Afterburner]

I would love to see him stay in the Peg somehow

 

[Daximus]

We just can't afford him. Colorado has space, it's a fit, it's comfortable.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Colorado.. Cuz money. I always thought he was a pure rental. Jets were pretty damn good without him.

They were, but let’s not fool ourselves - they got better with him. Especially in the playoffs where he carried that second line.

 

[Flair Hay]

They were, but let’s not fool ourselves - they got better with him. Especially in the playoffs where he carried that second line.

It wont make a difference. He fit in incredibly well but we can't afford him and they can.

Jets would have to move players out just to sign him to a deal they probably shouldn't be signing him to

 

[Whileee]

For the Jets...

Plan A - Sign Stastny to an affordable contract.

Plan B - Compete for his services to drive up the cost as much as possible for rivals. Regardless of current cap space, overpaying catches up to most teams in the cap era.

 

[Grigowski]

Yeah, they did well in the playoffs this year.

At least they won 2 Games.... That's more thab some other teams managed to do....

 

[kylbaz]

At least they won 2 Games.... That's more thab some other teams managed to do....

You know, I was being sarcastic I totally forgot they made the playoffs. My apologies.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

How derivative.

 

[not a troll]

We just can't afford him. Colorado has space, it's a fit, it's comfortable.

It's like the old pair of jeans you have in the back of your closet from when you were younger.

 

[AMDZen]

Ah yes, well known tropical location Denver Colorado

Depends if he likes the sun

Sunniest US Cities - Current Results

Depending on how it's measured, Denver can see 300 days of sun a year. And even by this chart we are up with cities in California and Florida.

People have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to Denver and you prove it.

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

How derivative.

Right??