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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 24, 2021 at 8:41 p.m.
Thread: Wheels
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Windjammer</b></div><div>The Jets would be better off just keeping Wheeler instead of making this trade.</div></div>

Huh? I’m sorry but what?

Trade is very very good for Winnipeg lol. They get 2 players with reduced cap hits, that are serviceable players that could be flipped to other teams who need players like them.

Getting wheelers 8.25 million off the books would be ideal. We save 2 million immediately and could flip the two players to save the full 8.25. This is a no brainer trade for the jets. Much easier to get rid of Labanc and Simek than wheeler.

Jets management nixes the trade though as they’re loyal to wheeler. Plus I’m not sure wheeler will be playing hockey for much longer. Way too many injuries piling up, and he majorly regrets playing through injury.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 10, 2021 at 10:39 a.m.
Thread: Playing to win
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TrueNorth</b></div><div>He would be their third goalie and have to clear waivers once Varlamov returns. (Unless they carry three goalies)</div></div>

CapFriendly shows Schneider (same with Parise, Chara, Dal Colle) with the Islanders but no dollar amount though it's likely league minimum so I guess the Jets could claim him but he's been in that region for a long time, wonder if he'd even report to the Jets if they claimed him, he might just retire, also not sure if he's much of an upgrade at this point.

Wonder if Dell would've been worth claiming?

I'm fine with Comrie getting a chance and seeing what Berdin can do as well.

I've gone through the opposition lineups/rosters and the only goalies that I could see that would be available and clear upgrades were Greiss and Rittich, not sure what either would cost to acquire and how their cap hits could be fit, will be interesting to see how the goaltending situation shakes out for the as the season goes on.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 4, 2021 at 7:14 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 10, 2021 at 4:40 p.m.
Thread: Out of training camp
Bro, you put a lot of thought into this. My 2 cents would be to consider the playing styles of the forwards and try to optimize skillsets that could work well together I like a Stastny, Dubois, Ehlers trio for my first look. Dubois is a powerful dude who can go to the net and cause chaos, he is hard on the wall, skates extremely well and has a great shot release. This IMO would mesh well with the zone entry machine that is Nik Ehlers and the wicked smart Paul Stastny. I envision 27 swirling around the O zone playing catch with 25 while 80 commands attention in front of the net. I realize this leaves us with 81, 55 and 26 as a Line 1B but I also see the Jets concentrating on deploying more of a 5 man unit which should cover up some of the defensive deficiencies.
I'm not convinced Ves is the best option on the 3rd line as the players that have succeeded in that slot have been burners that fore check deep and hard (Tanev and Appleton). KV is not that! Lowry is fast but not quick and Copp is average all around. I'm hopeful for Svechnikov but would rather see a Harkins get a shot here. Vesalainen and Gustafsson showed some great chemistry with the Moose previously!
As for D pairs i agree they gotta go Pionk and Dillon as the top pair with Morrisey and Demelo followed by Schmidt and Stanley. Nate will get his minutes on the power play and you can shorten the bench in tighter games. He struggled last year in Van and I think he needs to prove that was an anomaly first! I believe he can return to his all star Vegas form but...
Go Jets go!