Armia is well regarded by the organization and fans and his underachieving shouldn't matter given a rebuild, but good for the odd impressive goal and certainly serviceable. If he is believed to be a cap dump/late-round pick candidate I'm sold.

Dvorak to fill a need at center in the wake of PLD

Barron because the organization needs silly things to entice players to stick around like being related to other players on the team because that's seemingly easier than hiring better hockey ops and training staff.

Guhle is apparently ready to play in the league in some regard and there is plenty of room for ELC on this barely passable ship I'm building.

Dubois has allegedly told teammates that he wants to play in Montreal, he was in Montreal hours after his exit interview. This trade is under the assumption that a long term 7-8 year deal presumably between 8-9.5mil is determined. He is worth that in my opinion and if the jets could have signed him to that term and AAV I'd have been thrilled, but alas we have some unf**king to do in many different places.

Ville is good and the teams (mostly the former coaches) mismanagement has not ruined this player. The lack of a leash to make mistakes and not be scratched was too tight for someone with his potential and creativity. You gotta give to get and I just feel he would do better with a new organization that hasn't wasted a year of his life. If Guhle was ready to make the jump I'd say Ville is right there as well and shouldn't miss a beat.

Dillon is solid and there isn't a NMC.

All of this jumpstarts the rebuild behind Suzuki and PLD down the middle. I'm sure the money is tricky for MTL but hell - you get the best player by a wide margin here and if you can't make a plan around that no trade will fix that team.

I've seen this trade a number of times, I think a 4th is the highest the Jets would get but the specific pick doesn't matter so swap it as you see fit.

Schmidty is good, and didn't disappoint in his role and was also a great team guy which was clearly needed. I'm sorry that Paul Stastny sold you on this team having its shit together.

I think Mercer is very good, potentially very very good. I recognize he's part of the identity going forward. But I would assume he would fall lower than Hughes, Hischier in the middle and the wings are seemingly very deep, especially with adding Slafkovsky, I've been reading that this is the biggest need and they feel the rest of the club is poised to make strides to and into the post season - Helly opens the window now. I would say this is an overpay, filling a direct need, taking from a position of strength while also contributing to the future of Jersey. This is under the assumption that Mercer could have a very high ceiling but at the very least he seems to give a sh*t which fills a positional need in WPG.

Blackwood can play in net.

He single handily kept management and the rest of the team feeling like they were much more competitive than they actually were. He was still 17th in GSAA with little to know help not to mention other off-ice distractions that are not likely to be an issue going forward. He is well worth the investment for two years at a very reasonable AAV and honestly does most of the work some nights if the young core isn't clipping.

Let's be honest, Ottawa is dumb. This team could do a lot worse and you all know it. Management seems to think the rebuild is over and if that's true then I think insulating the core with some proven players is worth trading some players with upside that are more than likely playing a depth role over the next two years.

Stuzel, Norris, Tkachuk, and The Bathman are all very good and need to have some experience and complementary skills to bolster the group.

Oh boy - Let's start with the good. Scheifele is quite good. I think he has many years left in the NHL some noteworthy details of his offensive game that translate well to most teams such as extremely good board play, vision for making passes and a very quick shot with a deceptive release. I really do think that he will continue to be a very effective player putting up 60+ well into his 30's.

Wheeler is a gamer - he has a lot of compete and really played very well coming into the end of the year and if he isn't "THE RW" on a team I and doesn't insist on loggin 1:30 min shifts I think his performance will rise even further. His best attributes are the forecheck and passing ultimately so I really think no matter where he goes if he is used as the player he is right now and not the player he was - he would make a huge impact.

Harkins is a solid depth player who I like - I'm just trying to do something here.

The bad - Scheifele in 2017 would lay down on barbed wire for his teammates, he was out to prove his place on the team and certainly couldn't be consider a lazy defensive player, perhaps not a great one. Lots has been said about his lack of backchecking and some very noticeable puck watching in hopes of a turnover to go the other way. I attribute the change over the years to the coaching staff giving him the lions share of the OZ starts and as much PP time as possible each and every game. Over time his priorities changed and how he viewed his worth did as well. His relationship with the Jets has clearly been strained by this and while I could honestly see him staying and simply changing his mindset to one of being team first. An alternative is to put him on a team where he isn't the only guy looked at to score down the middle and still having assignments against top opponents. He's a lot better than he has been playing for the Jets and the sens top 6 looks pretty impressive with him in it.

Wheeler - He wouldn't be THE voice in the room and just A voice in the room. The toxicity that's referenced is a reaction to his style. I think if less is asked of him he would honestly flourish. He's a hell of a captain. His contract is, unfortunately, paying him for the player he was (with a little loyalty sweetener) but has shown he can still make plays.

All said, I think the sens core and these two Jets specifically would do better to spread out the workload through and 82 game season.

Sens also have enough room for other ads to compliment this group and gives them a much more competitive two-year window which is much too soon but probably bridges the gap till the team sells to better ownership and/or Melnyk dies.