Trading Down - Hear me out

Team: 2020-21 Winnipeg Jets

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 10, 2020

Published: Aug. 10, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Consider the top 9 goes something like:
Lafreniere, stutzle, Byfield, perfetti, Raymond, drysdale, Rossi, holtz, lundell. Now with lundell gone and the jets on the board with Sanderson, askarov, and Quinn all still on the board do the jets trade down? If I’m the jets I do. So make a deal with New Jersey so they can nab sanderson/Quinn and we get more picks and land somewhere better for centres. I think in this scenario, one of Holloway or zary get taken by Florida. I think it’s honestly a coin toss because who knows what Florida will do. However, if zary isn’t taken, I don’t see him being picked until 18 as there aren’t any other teams in the middle with a glaring need at c. So, we are left with a choice of zary, Lapierre, bourque, and perreault. I think the jets take lapierre. With 20 they take baron.

I know some fans will say that they should take zary, but I honestly think lapierre is and will be better. This is much like when the jets drafted Kyle Connor. The jets picked the guy with more skill then, and I think they do the same here.

I also know that fellow jets fans say that don’t take the chance of moving down, but if we can get 2 first rounders and solve both the long term rd and 2c issues in one draft, I think the jets do it no questions asked. I know it’s always risky to move down, but the jets only need a 2c so if both zary and lapierre are gone at 18, I think they can still get that with bourque or perreault.

Of course this is dependant I f if NJ is willing to do this, however, I did get a yes from a couple of NJ fans on this site so I decided to make a thread

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