SalarySwishSalarySwish
Avatar

Quillanrocks

Member Since
May 29, 2021
Favourite Team
Winnipeg Jets
2nd Favourite Team
Seattle Kraken
Forum Posts
1185
Posts per Day
1.1
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 23, 2023 at 2:38 p.m.
Thread: Per Dubas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jfkst1</b></div><div>LeBrun said they want to trade Wheeler, but he has a five team NTC and they might buy him out instead if no trade materializes. You think WPG ownership wants to eat dead money? Chevy said he wants roster players not futures either. All in all, not looking like WPG has ANY leverage whatsoever. I do think fair in this context would be PIT adding a pick, but you aren't getting fair value on Wheeler either.</div></div>

WPG's ownership might not want to eat dead money, but might not want to pay 11 million (actual dollars---5 million AAV) by acquiring Granlund instead of the 8.25 owed Wheeler, either . . . unless, of course, Chevy is somehow convinced (doubtful) that Granlund makes the Jets a better team. Mind you, Granlund's dollars would be spread over 2 seasons . . . So who knows. Maybe ownership is just that frugal! (Co-owner David Thomson was recently listed as the 4th richest sports team owner in the world.)

But when Chevy said he wanted roster players to remain competitive, fairly confident he was talking about the return on higher value assets like Dubois &amp; Hellebuyck, maybe even Scheifele.

Addition by subtraction, sometimes. WPG might have to retain on Wheeler (up to 4.125) to get a more favorable return, or buy out is 5.5 million, but either option comes in less than 11 million . . . so again, leverage or not, unless Jets really like something about Granlund's game, the trade proposed is bad business.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 23, 2023 at 12:04 a.m.
Thread: Offseason
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 22, 2023 at 11:31 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 22, 2023 at 7:41 p.m.
Thread: Retooling
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 22, 2023 at 1:28 p.m.