What is pionk worth

Team: 2024-25 Winnipeg Jets

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 10, 2024

Published: Apr. 10, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Jets likely need to make some changes on the backend next year with demelo and Dillon as ufas, heinola ready for nhl minutes and a rfa as well as stanley. The concensus for months was to trade away/buyout schmidt keep demelo sign heinola for cheap and lose Dillon. With how inconsistent pionk has been this year I believe that he should be shopped.

What pionk brings:
6'0 190lb rhd that is an ideal 2nd pair dman when he's on his game, can play pp and pk all situations type guy.
5 goals 30 points in 78 games this year
143 sog 213 hits 106 blk 7 ppp and +3 with 63 pims
His advanced stats are all over the place with positive and negative aspects which shows he can be an effective dman but just can't seem to put it together game to game.
Pionk does have a 6 team no trade list which does complicate it slightly but enough teams should have some interest to have a deal.

Pionk has 1 more year after the current one at a cap hit of $5,875,000 and base salary of $6,000,000.
So what is he worth?

Obviously the jets still want to compete so they aren't going to trade pionk for futures or prospects far from nhl ready. Also jets currently have 2 rhd on the team and trading pionk with demelo as a ufa would ideally mean a rhd is coming back but not necessarily depending on the deal (ie demelo resigns and jets either keep miller or think solomonsson is ready)

So let me know what you think pionk would get on the market and what teams would have a need.

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