Hot off Ek's rumours, Jet interested in re-uniting Puljijarvi with Laine? Who goes that way, Roslovic?

Apparently Pulji is gaining back confidence in Europe and is turning heads?

Puljujarvi can skate from what I have seen. Laine might not be able to keep up but Puli can really fly from what I can recall.
- CharlieDog

Don't like to see a potential C get traded but another potential right winger, what do you offer up?

if they play well as a unit and move the puck, I don't care how old they are or how much experience they have;

morrisey-Niku
Samberg - Pionk
Heinola - Poolman

this looks fine to me, but yes, adding Hamonic at a good 3 year deal and starting one of heinola or Samberg with the moose is absolutely fine as well.
- Ross77

That defense might be good in 2+ years. But you can't expect a couple of rookies to come in and the Jets are Stanley Cup contenders again next year, odds are the Jets would miss the playoffs again, especially if Maurice is the coach.

Not sure, I didn't make it to the last shin dig. Anyone else up for beer and wings some time?
- CharlieDog

I am hoping that both jetsnation and Rexypoo show up too!

Not sure, I didn't make it to the last shin dig. Anyone else up for beer and wings some time?
- CharlieDog

I’m down

Don't like to see a potential C get traded but another potential right winger, what do you offer up?
- CharlieDog

Adam Lowry?

I’m down
- Rexypoo

Excellent, all we need now is jetsnation and then the party can officially begin!

Adam Lowry?
- TheUltimateJet

Well, considering he is injured, its doubtful Lowry would be offered up. Plus, he is the only grit that exists on this team aside from Pionck, lol.

Well, considering he is injured, its doubtful Lowry would be offered up. Plus, he is the only grit that exists on this team aside from Pionck, lol.
- CharlieDog

Hah, I was just going by my own eye and threw Pionck's name out there as the second most hits and I am correct!

Lowry - 132
Pionck - 127
Bitteto - 116

Not bad for eye test only,...…... confirmed by Hockey Reference.

Excellent, all we need now is jetsnation and then the party can officially begin!
- TheUltimateJet

I don't think JN lives in this province.

interesting pending UFA's this summer for blue line help, but i'm also very interested to see what Samberg does. Samberg, Heinola and full year of Niku is absolutely an improvement over Biteto, Sbiza, Kulikov, Beaulieu, Dahlstrom.

-Peitrangelo
-Vatananen
-tanev
-Hamonic
-Brodie
-Dillan
-krug
- Ross77

All good options, but if Buff says he is feeling good and wants to train in the off season and play for the Jets next year, I don't see Chevy trading him which means the Jets have nearly zero cap space next year.

Here your likely Winnipeg Jets 2020-21. All players under Jets control and none are waiver exempt

Conner-Scheifele-Laine
Roslovic-Wheeler-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Perreault
Harkins-Little-Appleton

Morrissey-Byfuglien
Poolman-Pionk
Dahlstrom-Niku

Hellebuyck
Comrie

if they play well as a unit and move the puck, I don't care how old they are or how much experience they have;

morrisey-Niku
Samberg - Pionk
Heinola - Poolman

this looks fine to me, but yes, adding Hamonic at a good 3 year deal and starting one of heinola or Samberg with the moose is absolutely fine as well.
- Ross77

Yes, ok. But, that's still a D that won't be optimum for a year or two while they adjust and grow. Hamonic, yes, somehow. Is there still someway to get one more high end D man as well? Which possibly means giving up someone? Would n't mind having a high end Dman with some experience.

I mean, look at how the D went down like bowling pins this year? The point being, never seem to have enough.

I don't think JN lives in this province.
- CharlieDog

That's too bad!

All good options, but if Buff says he is feeling good and wants to train in the off season and play for the Jets next year, I don't see Chevy trading him which means the Jets have nearly zero cap space next year.

Here your likely Winnipeg Jets 2020-21. All players under Jets control and none are waiver exempt

Conner-Scheifele-Laine
Roslovic-Wheeler-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Perreault
Harkins-Little-Appleton

Morrissey-Byfuglien
Poolman-Pionk
Dahlstrom-Niku

Hellebuyck
Comrie
- BWJumper

"and none are waiver exempt"

So, Heinola and Samberg would be waiver exempt, yes??

It's an Ek rumour, so it has zero credibility.

Laine can't keep up to most other forwards.

A dazzling goal on the wide ice, is nothing to get too excited over.

Well the Jets have some difficult decisions to make. They are stacked on the wing, weak at center and defense. None of our young high scoring wingers: Connor, Laine, Ehlers, and Roslovic have shown they are capable of carrying their own lines. Supposedly the Jets have high hopes for Vesalainen and they have also started Harkins on the wing as well. The Jets spend the most money on the wing whereas they have the highest percentage of their cap space invested there. Something definitely has to give.

The scary thought for me is that I truly believe that Laine will have a career year next year, and then the Jets will sign him to a ridiculous contract to only watch him disappear afterwards. And, Chevy has consistently shown that he is unable to sell high on players. We are definitely heading for a conundrum.
- TheUltimateJet

Harkins on the wing is typical of this team, how many center prospects have to start on the wing? Roslovic was a center with the Moose but barely with the Jets. This teams player development isn't as good as we think it is.

This organization has almost zero center prospects right now, Gustafsson is the only one that's signed, I'm not seeing where the drafted and developed replacement players are coming from.

Maurice has proven time and time again that he doesn't like playing young players, do we really think he's gonna play Heinola AND Samberg in the same defense core?? And with Niku too??
And a pretty inexperienced Poolman??

I just don't see it happening.

Yes, ok. But, that's still a D that won't be optimum for a year or two while they adjust and grow. Hamonic, yes, somehow. Is there still someway to get one more high end D man as well? Which possibly means giving up someone? Would n't mind having a high end Dman with some experience.

I mean, look at how the D went down like bowling pins this year? The point being, never seem to have enough.
- CharlieDog

I'm of the belief that Buff has played his last game for the Jets. But, wrong or not, we need to get this situation settled before we do anything. Buff has us handcuffed.

Assuming Buff does not play, and we add Hamonic (although I''m not sure that's even close to a given), the guy we would obviously probably like is Pietrangelo. But doubt that's going to happen. The guy I think might be a possibility is Brenden Dillon, give us some size and sandpaper back there.

Something tells me we will not go forward with all four of Morrissey, Pionk, Niku and Heinola, with Niku the most likely one to go included in a trade for either a D or C. Sammy certainly does have offensive potential though.

So maybe the 2021 D might look like this:
Morrissey-Poolman
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Hamonic
-Dahlstrom
-Heinola
-Sbisa
And we don't know about Samberg. Seem to need nine d-men as an awful lot of injuries, Poolman is almost a given.

No Puljujarvi for me, rather let someone else gamble on that problem. Besides we need a C or D worse. Just my thoughts on a boring day.

It's an Ek rumour, so it has zero credibility.

Laine can't keep up to most other forwards.

A dazzling goal on the wide ice, is nothing to get too excited over.
- bennythehat

Ya, I know.

Maybe Ek is baiting us poor hungry Jets fans...…looking for any type of morsel of shakeup...….big, small or terribly insignificant.

We are vulnerable at the moment...…………………...

Maurice has proven time and time again that he doesn't like playing young players, do we really think he's gonna play Heinola AND Samberg in the same defense core?? And with Niku too??
And a pretty inexperienced Poolman??

I just don't see it happening.
- JetFuel

I agree with you JetFuel.

Hopefully that when we all meet up, you come out! It would be super cool to meet you too.

What does everyone feel about meeting up at the Grant Park Pony Coral on February 6, 2020 for the Jets vs. Blues game? Game start time is 7:00pm. If we get numbers, I will make a reservation for all of us.

We can all have wings and drinks!

Jets fans should read the recent article on HockeyBuzz about the Bruins head coach and GM shaking up the lines and creating some competition by inserting some prospects higher in the lineup and sitting/scratching/demoting some vets, that's something Maurice and Chevy should be doing with this lineup here in Winnipeg but alas we just get the same old stuff over and over again with the same results.

interesting pending UFA's this summer for blue line help, but i'm also very interested to see what Samberg does. Samberg, Heinola and full year of Niku is absolutely an improvement over Biteto, Sbiza, Kulikov, Beaulieu, Dahlstrom.

-Peitrangelo
-Vatananen
-tanev
-Hamonic
-Brodie
-Dillan
-krug
- Ross77

I'd Keep Sbisa for another year if he is under 1.5M. The kid is solid, and coming off an injury plagued two year stint. He is only getting better. The others have shown absolutely nothing on either end of the puck, so see ya. I think with the guys in the system, there is only a need to add one top 4 D. Ideally a LD. Villi and Niku will both need to be ready to start the season, and the jets could be sound. Lets face it, it is their depth at C that is the real problem. Little goes LTIR, and it doesn't seem to matter. Lowry goes LTIR, and the PK struggles a touch, but ultimately doesn't matter. Those guys just done make a difference despite their pay grade. Next Season, in a dream world, jets add Piett

Morrissey Pietterangelo
Ville Pionk
Sbisa Niku

Its a young, and cheap lineup that has tons of potential.

I'd Keep Sbisa for another year if he is under 1.5M. The kid is solid, and coming off an injury plagued two year stint. He is only getting better. The others have shown absolutely nothing on either end of the puck, so see ya. I think with the guys in the system, there is only a need to add one top 4 D. Ideally a LD. Villi and Niku will both need to be ready to start the season, and the jets could be sound. Lets face it, it is their depth at C that is the real problem. Little goes LTIR, and it doesn't seem to matter. Lowry goes LTIR, and the PK struggles a touch, but ultimately doesn't matter. Those guys just done make a difference despite their pay grade. Next Season, in a dream world, jets add Piett

Morrissey Pietterangelo
Ville Pionk
Sbisa Niku

Its a young, and cheap lineup that has tons of potential.
- bikeguy99

They've obviously missed Little the whole time he's been out, put his production in the lineup and they're in a better position then they are now but he's on the other side of 30 and so is Wheeler, continuing with the captain at center isn't really an option and there's almost zero center prospects in the system aside from Gustafsson who looks like a 3C at best.
They need to draft the best center available in the 1st round of this summers draft wherever they select.

There's no way Pietrangelo is signing in Winnipeg and most of the UFA dmen are at the age where their contract is gonna look ugly sooner then later so is it even worth it, could maybe sign Edmunson as he's only 27, he's maybe a #4 dman at best though.

Chevy's gotten himself into a dilly of a pickle with this Swiss cheese like lineup.

I'd Keep Sbisa for another year if he is under 1.5M. The kid is solid, and coming off an injury plagued two year stint. He is only getting better. The others have shown absolutely nothing on either end of the puck, so see ya. I think with the guys in the system, there is only a need to add one top 4 D. Ideally a LD. Villi and Niku will both need to be ready to start the season, and the jets could be sound. Lets face it, it is their depth at C that is the real problem. Little goes LTIR, and it doesn't seem to matter. Lowry goes LTIR, and the PK struggles a touch, but ultimately doesn't matter. Those guys just done make a difference despite their pay grade. Next Season, in a dream world, jets add Piett

Morrissey Pietterangelo
Ville Pionk
Sbisa Niku

Its a young, and cheap lineup that has tons of potential.
- bikeguy99

Luca Sbisa is turning 30 years old.

There are a lot of issues in that novel, but him being a kid only getting better... that's the most alarming one.

I'd Keep Sbisa for another year if he is under 1.5M. The kid is solid, and coming off an injury plagued two year stint. He is only getting better. The others have shown absolutely nothing on either end of the puck, so see ya. I think with the guys in the system, there is only a need to add one top 4 D. Ideally a LD. Villi and Niku will both need to be ready to start the season, and the jets could be sound. Lets face it, it is their depth at C that is the real problem. Little goes LTIR, and it doesn't seem to matter. Lowry goes LTIR, and the PK struggles a touch, but ultimately doesn't matter. Those guys just done make a difference despite their pay grade. Next Season, in a dream world, jets add Piett

Morrissey Pietterangelo
Ville Pionk
Sbisa Niku

Its a young, and cheap lineup that has tons of potential.
- bikeguy99

Luca Sbisa turns 30 this week and is on his 6th NHL team. this is his 12th NHL season.