Kupari is the 4c not barron btw

Bones is a ****ing idiot if he puts Lowry on PP2 over Iafallo or Schmidt, really need more goals from both PP units this season.

So pulling for perfetti, but I bet he ends up stuck to Lowry for some reason, Namestnikov 2c and a surprising year. This team so needs a 3rd line without Lowry, and possibly perfetti between iafallo and Appleton or barren. So need to role 4 lines to have a fighting chance. Might not have the horses to do it though.

My guess is that if Perfetti doesn't stick at 2C then Bowness may try putting in Vilardi in that slot. If that doesn't work then try Namestnikov, though by that point the season is likely lost if they are trying a third option.

Pleasantly surprised with Namestnikov between niedreiter and ehlers last year, I’m getting excited about vilardi and scheifele and Connor, but probably way too early for that lol. Still wondering if there is matching 5x8 contracts sitting in a desk for scheifele and helly. Tune has changed a bit, without a major cap increase will be interesting to see what the interest is next summer if they get the to test free agency.

Scheifele signed his long term deal when teams were still giving out the big money based on past performance. Now that Scheifele is older and has performed well, teams are now giving the big contracts based more on future projection. Ideally teams would only want to do 4yrs for both 31-year old Hellebuyck and Scheifele, but I agree that the Jets would give extra term to keep them.

Ya little different animal in Winnipeg, probably not being overly near the cap, when some of the veteran blueline is off the books. I just pray we don’t end up such a mid team with player accomplishments, over team accomplishments.

The individual vibe is what I get from Scheifele. There was one postgame interview where he said that he likes to hold on to the puck down low and slow the power play down because that's his game. When reporters followed up with Bowness, he said "[Scheifele] said that?" and looked visibly annoyed, as in previous interviews Bowness mentioned that he wanted the team to play faster and have more movement on the power play.

Bold predictions time:
By January Kupari is the 2C. I know this sounds crazy but maybe...just maybe he lives up to his 20th overall hype and develops chemistry with one of Ehlers or KFC