Worst Case Scenario

Team: 2022-23 Winnipeg Jets

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 26, 2022

Published: Apr. 26, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

IMO, this is worst case scenario for the jets franchise this off-season. Dubois goes to management and doesn’t want to re-sign in Winnipeg, this likely leads to a major shakeup and the jets heading towards a rebuild. They already have some apparent issues with scheifele who is likely traded. You simply cannot trade two top 6 C’s and expect to compete anytime soon where there is no replacement.

This scenario would likely lead to a lot more people getting traded, Dillon, Schmidt, Hellebuyck and others.

As for the actual trades:

MTL - I think Dubois to Montreal would be a no brainer if he didn’t want to resign in Winnipeg. I think the obvious candidate coming back is Dvorak due to cap reasons. Jets likely would target a prospect like Barron but with MTL just acquiring him I’m not quite sure they’d want to move him. If the habs end up with a pick between 3-5 I’d be curious to know if they’d be okay with moving it with dvorak. I’m sure the jets, as well as jets fans would like to get the 1st overall pick for Dubois but that pick almost never gets traded.

CAR - I’m curious to see how CAR does in the playoffs, I feel like if they underperform there might be a bit of change. I feel like adding scheifele to their forward core would be a great addition. They’re giving up jarvis for him, but upgrading to a PPG player to help them win now. Jets take back gardiner for salary purposes. Rod the bod is almost the perfect coach to help scheifele become the player he was in the 17-18 playoffs.

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