jimmyjets
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I think the Jets are in the same spot as the Pens when it comes to the expansion draft. We already have 3 D that need protection in JMo, DeMelo and Pionk. Any D that we acquire that isn't expansion draft exempt is essentially a rental so I assume we'd be targeting futures (PO Joseph/Poulin) instead of a Roster D or we hold Roslovic until the deadline and use him to acquire a true rental instead of giving up picks to do it.
I'm just not sure I see a fit here and given it was really just Elliot Friedman making stuff up and "wondering if they'd be interested" that people take the rumour and run with it as fact. It's what I hate about him and his 31 thoughts column. It's literally just what he thinks but people think it's the absolute truth when in most cases it's just "I think..."
Does Roslovic look good there? Yes. Is that the exact same spot he had and would have on the Jets? Yes. Will he be happy there? no. Probably not worth it for either team. Jets aren't giving up a pick with him for a player that will just be taken by Seattle a few months later. Adding him opens up a D protection slot for the Pens but causes one of McCann/Jankowski to be exposed, or perhaps even Roslovic himself, so he'd end up just as a rental for the Pens too.