Quoting: Birtle34
Always a good take, I’m actually pretty optimistic of this squad doing some solid things, contract length on Dillon and Schmidt going forward are going to be a issue, paying dividends this year, but I think there’s definitely some solid talent coming fast, but need full time moose time til after Olympics. If there’s no conference finals, there should be a full coaching change. I would love to see Gus between svech and harkins, but would probably be tied to the bench with that idiot Maurice and his love of vets. Lowry/copp/nash probably be solid enough on the checking front, vaselainen will have to attempt to scoop a vet for ice, will be interesting to see how healthy and what legs stasny and Wheeler going to have in a condensed Olympic year. I’m praying there’s a waiver tender that the jets can afford, are they serious with Comrie experiment?
Things I'm wondering about for this season and the impact they may or may not have:
-Will there be a big decline in Wheeler and/or Stastny's play/production AND if they're not producing will Maurice lower them down in the lineup and try some other guys like Vesa, Hark, Svech higher up in the lineup to see what they can do?
-Will Copp and Lowry repeat and build upon the offensive breakout seasons they had or will they go back to their averages? If they can repeat what they did last season that'd be absolutely HUGE for the Jets!
-Will Maurice adjust the systems both offensively and defensively or will it be the same as it was.
They do seem to be serious with the Comrie experiment, I'm in the minority but I'm okay with them giving Comrie a chance.
As for grabbing a better backup I'm just not too sure who's available, Hutch is on waivers, would he be better? Would guys like C.Hutton, Dell, Anderson be any better? The only guys I can think of that'd likely be better then Comrie and could likely be acquired for not too much are Rittich or Greiss, both are UFA's and I doubt either Nashville or Detroit are making the playoffs, Greiss's cap hit is $3M and Rittich's is $1.5M so could be manageable but would take some retention or them to take some salary back.
Anyway outside of those two I'm not sure who could be acquired that would really be a clear upgrade, will be interesting to see how it goes with Comrie and if they decide to upgrade on him.