What do you think of the Dallas Stars as a potential trade partner with the Jets for Scheifele? They need the offence, we need the defense. Scheifele fits into their window, maybe they would be interested in having Dillon back as well
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When speculating where Mark might go, one has to eliminate some of the teams you don't think would work. For me they are:
- contending teams within our division - Colorado, Minnesota, St. Louis and Dallas
- rebuilding teams - Anaheim, Ottawa, Detroit, Buffalo, Montreal, New Jersey
- teams with salary cap issues unlikely - Toronto, Florida, Tampa Bay (unless they want to deal Sergachev), Vegas, Calgary (unless Johnny Hockey walks)
- teams seemingly not a good fit - Columbus, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Chicago, Calgary, Edmonton
So that eliminates over half the field, and let's not forget that Scheifele has a 10-team no trade contract.
Hardest part when speculating a trade is "do the Jets want a centre back in return or are they preparing Perfetti for that spot?"
I think the Rangers, Islanders and Kings are the three most likely landing spots. But I think the Bruins, Caps, Flyers and even the Pens will have Chevy's phone number as well.
Even the Coyotes might have some interest and if they were to offer Chychrun (yes LH d-man I know), Schmaltz and a 1st - maybe plus - for Scheif, a LHD prospect(s) and Schmidt, the Jets would have to listen (you can't hope to contend with a $5.5 million 3rd pairing d-man on your roster IMO).
But the Kings, Rangers and Isles have some interesting pieces who would seem the best fit.Names like Pulock, Wahlstrom, Raty, Chytil, Schneider, Kakko, Vilardi, Clarke, Grans, Turcotte, plus picks come to mind.
Of course we're speculalting on dealing an elite scorer so we want some very good pieces back. Who knows, perhaps if Barry Trotz is hired he may say "Don't trade Scheifele, I can handle him - I handled OV in Washington and look how that turned out. I want some scorers to work with." And Mark can score!
