A thread to dissect the current state of the team, the upcoming expansion draft and possible player departures, and a discussion about where the team should focus heading into next season. Perhaps taking a few days to rationally process things and avoid knee jerk reactions would be in order - or not. 

I thought for sure there would be bigger money out there for him.  Nice depth piece. 

oooooo apparently on the facebook page they say that he has a history with DeMelo

Edited July 27, 20214 yr by iHeart

Connor-Scheifele-Ehlers

Statsny-Dubois-Wheeler

I like it.

Need a defensemen.

15 minutes ago, iHeart said:

oooooo apparently on the facebook page they say that he has a history with DeMelo

Both played in San Jose at the same time

47 minutes ago, BomberBall said:

Wow.  Have to admit I didn’t think that would happen.

The one guy who regrets leaving Winnipeg for Vegas....maybe

 

 

Found this old article but its great to know he's comfortable playing on both sides.  

 

https://thehockeywriters.com/san-jose-sharks-brenden-dillon-versatile-defense/

 

“A little bit, there’s pluses and minus to both. I think when you’re coming back defensively, and a guy has a step on your right side being a lefty, the stick is a foot or two further in front. Hopefully, you don’t put yourself in that situation, but if you’re on the left side, you have to reach across your body to get stick-on-stick. For me, I’m comfortable playing either side.”

Edited July 27, 20214 yr by Colin Unger

But for this season i imagine the pairings will be Morrisey/Demalo, Dillon/Pionk, Stanley/Free Agent.  Im hoping we can get Hamonic on a hometown discount. 

41 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:

But for this season i imagine the pairings will be Morrisey/Demalo, Dillon/Pionk, Stanley/Free Agent.  Im hoping we can get Hamonic on a hometown discount. 

I think there is a really good chance Heinola makes the team this year. That kid is really really good. 

16 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I think there is a really good chance Heinola makes the team this year. That kid is really really good. 

I would love to see that.  Not sure Maurice has it in him.

10 hours ago, Noeller said:

I think there is a really good chance Heinola makes the team this year. That kid is really really good. 

Exactly.  Heinola deserves to play.

Great piece by Murat Ates in The Athletic about the upcoming salary negotiations on the Jets. Sets out well why, even when people moan about Maurice playing vets over the rookies, how it isn’t possible all the time in a cap world to just play the best lineup on paper. 
 

https://theathletic.com/2745438/2021/08/02/how-are-the-jets-going-to-fit-andrew-copp-neal-pionk-and-logan-stanleys-new-contracts-under-the-salary-cap/

So after initial 3 year rookie signing, 2 years, 2 years after arb and now we looking at 1 year arb leading to UFA.

It's like driving west on #1. You can see what's coming.

 

I like the Stanley deal.

and the rest.....

 

Edited August 4, 20214 yr by iHeart

 

Helle. Comrie 

Morrissey Schmidt 

Dillon Pionk 

Stanley Demelo. 

I'd imagine Ville will be the 7th d.. niku the 8th and Beaulieu Is waived after camp due to cap purposes. Or traded for a late pick( get rid of his cap space completely) 

Connor Scheif Wheeler 

Perfetti Dubois Ehlers 

Stastny Lowry Ves 

Harkins Gus Nash  

Jets gonna need some cheap contracts here. 

Where's Copp? Traded before arbitration for picks  

 

Well done. Great AAV for Pionk. 

Four years, $5.875M AAV. Love it!

6 mil seems steep right now, but I feel like he'll be worth more than that by the time the contract is done. To me, he's the second best/most important D after Morrissey....

Another great contract by Chevy. Dude's a wizard. I'm so glad having him at the helm instead of Dubas or Holland handing out garbage contracts. 

41 minutes ago, Noeller said:

6 mil seems steep right now, but I feel like he'll be worth more than that by the time the contract is done. To me, he's the second best/most important D after Morrissey....

Buying a few UFA years too, here. Given his time logged, I expected an arbitration ruling of around $6M, anyhow. This locks up next year and a few UFA years. Not too many, though. 

Edited August 11, 20214 yr by JCon

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

6 mil seems steep right now, but I feel like he'll be worth more than that by the time the contract is done. To me, he's the second best/most important D after Morrissey....

Its still a much better deal then what Trouba signed for and IMO he's a much better player then Jacob.  

9 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Its still a much better deal then what Trouba signed for and IMO he's a much better player then Jacob.  

This is fair, but also a bit revisionist. At the time we all thought Trouba was an elite player in this league. But man, he signed that big money deal and just totally fell off in NY. Just crazy. Looking at it now, certainly Pionk seems like a much better value for the Jets..