Team: 2023-24 Winnipeg Jets

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 5, 2023

Published: Jun. 10, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Keep scheifele and fill in holes with impact players while the young guys like lucius and lambert come up. I’m keeping scheifele because I think Bowness has really helped his game and at least for the first half, we saw the old scheifele who played a decent all round game come back. I think Bowness can round his game out like it was years ago. I also don’t think he’s a big problem in the room. The jets have the same (arguably worse) problems when scheifele isn’t in the room. So I don’t think it’s fair to pin the problems solely on him. Especially if wheeler is the leader.

Scheifele has also proven his crucial he is to the jets’ success. The jets are 3-2 with scheifele playing more than one game for the jets in a series and are 0-2 when he isn’t. Specifically, they are a whopping 1-10 in playoff hames without scheifele. He’s that important to this team. Therefore, if he’s willing to stay, we should absolutely keep him. With so much instability, keeping scheifele might allow this team to remain a competitive team, which is what I think think should do. Rebuilding is not an option with this core since it’s simply too good.

Therefore, after these moves, the jets offer schiefele a 6x9.5 extension.

Looks like helly won’t be staying so that somewhat changes the dynamic of the offseason. My main target is swayman. Dubois is moved to Boston (perfect player for the big bad bruins) and they send back swayman and carlo. Both are hits, but their centre core is very bare so I think they value dubois higher. I also have a Reilly for Stanley swap since Boston could use a young and cheap defensemen with size while also dumping some cap.

The helly trade just makes sense in my opinion. With 3 top 6 forwards moving out this summer, bringing back two forwards with term/control is crucial. Iaffalo would be a good fit next to ehelrs and scheifele on a new look top line, while vilardi can grow into the 2C role with time.

Finally, the Anaheim move is a cap move. Wheeler and schmidt move the other way for a pure cap dump wheeler is retained and moved for assets which Anaheim keeps. So basically they make silfverberg into a few assets and schmidt while also reaching the cap floor. In my opinion, that’s a good deal for a rebuilding team. The jets gets some cap space and also move wheeler out to turn the leadership over to the young guys.

My immediate goal with the established RFAs in vilardi and swayman was to sign them long term. I would have signed Samberg too but I think he still has something to prove for a long term extension and I didn’t have cap space.

With the acquisition of Carlo, I had to move Dillon. Therefore, I moved him to the canes for a couple of 2nds. This is one of those “any team” trades.

Blackwood and Raanta are also brought in to provide about 35-40 games combined while swayman has the rest.

I’m a big fan of Tom Willander so I draft him 18 oa.

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