Jets fan here checking in:

The ask for Hellebuyck is simple, and per the Athletic, not even your best assets.

Simon Nemec is your 4th best prospect per Wheeler at the Athletic.

Connor Hellebuyck instantly makes you *the* Stanley Cup Favourite, and the assets returned in the deal should merit that consideration.

Right now, the Jets' roster is *significantly* better than last year's at this time, and last year's roster was 1st in the west in January. That the wheels fell off after that point has a lot to do with why Wheeler isnt with the team anymore, but basically from last year's opening day roster, we've replaced Dubois, Wheeler and a bunch of AHLers with Vilardi, Namestnikov, Niederreiter, Iafallo and Kupari. *On Paper* this is the deepest Jets roster I've seen in a long time, and should absolutely contend in the central.

So, with this in consideration, you're not actually trading for Hellebuyck, you're trading for several million dollars of playoff revenue guaranteed if we keep Hellebuyck. It's obvious that it would be better for the Jets Long-term to trade Hellebuyck, but people need to disabuse themselves of the concept that the Jets are somehow desperate to trade him.

It’s likely jets maybe overpay on AAV but less term and he stays. No one will pay him the AAV winnipeg would.

Personally I think they need to just cut ties and move on, but I think there’s definitely going to be some owner interference on these two players.

Have you heard the latest on Hellebuyck from Friedman?

https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/notable_change_in_negotiating_positions_for_hellebuyck_and_jets/s1_16454_39228900

https://illegalcurve.com/32-thoughts-podcast-latest-on-winnipeg-jets-connor-hellebuyck-and-mark-scheifele/

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2023/09/winnipeg-jets-to-be-patient-with-connor-hellebuyck-mark-scheifele.html

Not good news imo 😕

Going to end up seeing a 3x9.75 extension for helly I think. Scheifele I think is traded at the TDL.