Yup the Jets would definitely be the team having fun with this trade. Unfortunately it doesn't make financial sense for the Bolts and Point has more value than Laine right now.

Yeah unfortunately Tampa would decline faster then Chevy trades away valuable assets in cap dumps

Not a TBL fan here...but from the outside: NO WAY DOES TBL DO THAT!!
No disrespect to Laine...he is a good player- but nowhere near the level of player as Point
Sorry...you would have to add..big time

I just thought it would be interesting to think about. It's an NBA type trade if you think about it. Huge gamble with upside for both. Laine could end up a 100+ point franchise player they thought he would be (laine vs matthews nonsense) and end up doing it on another team. Point could ignite the jets and be that perfect piece the team is looking for. Who knows. I would love to see something like that. Probably won't happen though.

There is no way Laine ends up a 100 point player. He could end up being a 50+ goal scorer, but thinking he could have around 50 assists is ridiculous. Laine’s a great player, but he’ll never be as good as Point.

More like a .5-for-1

I wouldn't go that far. You are undervaluing Laine and overvaluing point. It's impressive to get me to say that because I'm a leafs fan who laughed through 2 years of jets fans insisting Laine is so much better than Matthews he's near McDavid Level. Skillset I think Point is a more stable less risky acquisition but Laine is the bigger risk/reward. If a team is trading for Laine they are betting their staff can get him where he needs to be. With the right staff working with him Laine has franchise player potential. Point is an amazing player but he's not the face of a franchise.

Respect your response...but Point is a 200 ft player who plays all situations well...Laine is a star on the PP- but not so much in other situations. Listen- I would love to have either on my team...but I just think Point brings so much more to the table...and he is a C (counts for a little bit)

Laine has a great wrist shot & one-timer, Point has a great everything. Laine’s a one trick pony, and even without his defensive play Point is better at creating offense.

and yet 78 players were taken before him at the draft, pretty safe to say nobody though he'll become this good.. just trying to say.. never say never

Trust me as a Jets fan, Point is literally like 3x the player Laine is. He is good at everything. Offensively, transition game, defensively, he is a top 5-6 center at the moment, Laine I would argue is not even top 3 on the team (Hellebuyck, Scheifele, Ehlers all more valuable). Laine obviously has a lethal shot. He struggles to get into the dangerous areas in the offensive end, is ok in the transition game, and is straight up non existent defensively (He may have put in more effort this year but his defensive instincts are just fundamentally bad). I wish I could say he is as good as I used to think he was but that is just the facts.

Sure, I'm just saying Laine is a big high scoring forward with power forward potential (if he's got the right people working with him) and it would be cool to see two teams make a trade and Point and Laine aren't far off in value. As stated it's not to be taken seriously but it would take a GM with real stones to be willing to make a move like that. It would be amazing to see.

There’s a difference between a 17 year old kid and a full time NHLer. They’ve each played well over 300 games in the NHL by now, and we pretty much know what their ceilings and floors are.

I didn't know 305 is well over 300. I would say 295 definitely isn't well over 300 since it's less than 300 unless math changed since I was in school.

Laine: 305 RS + 24 Playoffs = 329 Total
Point: 295 RS + 44 Playoffs = 339 Total

Also, Point was the 1C and best forward on a Stanley Cup winning team, while Laine was the 4th or 5th best forward on a team that missed the playoffs.

Fat no from tampa they aren’t giving up three franchise center for patrik