Heinola would fit much better to a def oriented guy like DeMelo

According to the CapFriendly waivers calculator these are the Jets players who were waivers exempt this year, but will likely need to clear waivers from the start of 22-23:

D - Gawanke
D - Kovacevic
D - Phillips
G - Berdin
F - Gustafsson
F - Mallot
F - Vesalainen

Time for the Jets to manage some assets.

Facts

Chevy has been absolutely terrible at managing his B/C grade assets.

His old colleague Bergevin was great at it in Montreal, he made some questionable trades there but his smaller trades were good even if they were minor deals.

I could make a long list of the small trades involving mid to late round picks that Chevy should've made (Stephenson) and a lengthy list of the mid to late picks thrown away on depth they didn't need when they were going nowhere anyway(Benn).

Idk what kind of value these guys have but some do look promising, will be a shame if they're lost to waivers. I really want to see Gawanke and Berdin get in some regular season games before the season ends, both have earned it.

Alone I doubt they're worth much but could one of Gawanke or Kovacevic been traded with a 2nd for Dillon instead of two 2nds? I mean if one or both are possibly going to be lost would it not have made sense to move one than if Washington would've done it? I find it hard to believe Chevy was planning on having both Gawanke and Kovacevic in the Jets lineup in 22-23, sending one out would probably of been good asset management.

They hang onto some of these prospects till they're pretty much worthless while they have obvious needs, could some of these prospects not be turned into a player that can help now, they also seem loathe to give certain guys a legit chance so why hang onto them forever, again don't think alone they'd be worth much alone but perhaps combined with a pick they might be able to get a player they could use.

And then there's Vesalainen, yes he was given many opportunities this season and did very little but was he not a guy who should've been sent back to the Moose WAY before he finally was, letting him whither wasn't a good development plan imo.

Will be an interesting to see if Chevy does anything to manage these assets you have listed here.

Its interesting to see what an outsider who assesses NHL prospects for a living thinks and this interview with Scott Wheeler (The Athletic) last week was interesting:

He says Perfetti, Lucius, Heinola, Chibrikov, Gustafsson, Rashevsky and Samberg are the top prospects and then there is a big drop off after that. Says that Kovacevic, Chisholm, Gawanke will just be organizational depth. Also he is not high at all on Vesalainen. He goes into some detail on the top guys, his disappointment with Vesalainen and speaks about a bunch of others briefly. For me that interview points out how Jets fans (including myself) are overvaluing the depth prospects and shouldn't be pencilling in Kovacevic or Gawanke higher than a 6/7 D-man.

I agree that it would be good to see some of the prospects up with the Jets for a spell to see what they can offer and at the very least a bit of a showcase in the event they can be included in an offseason deal.

Although Scott Wheeler has obviously scouted these guys for years, I did watch that video a couple days ago and disagreed with his take on Kovacevic. Although not really there offensively, he was a great shut down d man that the Jets could use more of.

Man, this! Totally agreed.

Benn, Sanford, Eakin.. Then a season when Beaulieu, Bittetto and Poolman played as regulars. Also not being able to bring a 2C for years. Never really being a serious buyer, not even a seller. Always something in the middle, inactive, going very lowkey. Not the agressivity that is needed for a GM to get his team to a serious PO run.

This team drafts well but develops like ****. Just take a look at Copp, Laine and Roslo nowdays..

Great tip, thanks. Hopefully the young guys that you mentioned will be the team's new core one day, led by then veterans like Dubous, Connor and Ehlers.

Adding to that, there was also the previous coach reinforcing bad habits by the top forwards. His inability to correct the taking of long shifts, lack of backchecking, general disinterest in defensive responsibility hurt team results. In addition, it can't be good for the room when you have top line guys floating and still getting a regular shift, while a bottom 6 guys misses an assignment once and is riding the pine for the rest of a period/game.

I agree, coaching has been a huge issue itself. It's either a complete overhaul or another years of guaranteed mediocrity