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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 12, 2021 at 10:35 a.m.
Thread: Back on track
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GirouxCrew</b></div><div>Jones has a M-NTC so he can eliminate 10 teams he doesn’t want to go to. And that’s a great point on the draft picks. They may want a quicker turnaround time on those picks though since the state of the franchise has been going downhill quickly with Panarin, Duchene, Bobrovski and now Jones all leaving. They need to give the fans something to be excited about quickly. Even though I know next years draft is projected to have more top end talent</div></div>

Not just even more so about talent in the draft - because I expect a PHI pick probably would be mid-to-late first round, so it’s not like it’s going to be an elite level prospect. It’s more so just about lining up contract timelines, as well as some personal superstition - last time CBJ had three 1st round picks, it didn’t go so well.

See: Rychel, Kirby; Dano, Marko; Wennberg, Alexander
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 28, 2021 at 11:42 p.m.
Thread: Swing for the fences
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Viqsi</b></div><div>While that's a fair attempt for Jones, I really don't think it benefits the Jackets to trade him unless we're getting that #1C.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Viqsi</b></div><div>There possibly isn't. The point is less "we're going to trade him for a #1C" and more "we're not trading him unless we get this thing we badly need, because the plan is to keep him."</div></div>

The crux of the problem is we don’t know his intentions. Is he willing to stay? Then don’t trade him. If he wants out, then we have to change our approach. We shift from a retool to a rebuild. We would need to start collecting young pieces to either build around or trade for more draft and prospect capital. We wouldn’t be needing a 1c at that point as he would be out of his prime by the time we are competing again. (Unless eichel but he’ll want out too if we’re rebuilding). Trade Jones for a collection of young players and high draft picks. Like this trade. And trade Zach for a young center man like turcotte or perfetti. Answers need to be had before the draft so we can then draft a defenseman (good defenseman draft year) to replace them in the future as the goal would be to flip Zach for a center prospect and obtain the other 1c prospect in the next years draft. This is going to be either a retool where we move out a first and roster player for a top 6 center man, or we just decide to tear it down and start again with a wealth of riches.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 28, 2021 at 10:02 p.m.
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