Ok how about this, if you take Dubois you get one Schiffle FREE!
*warning do not take Schiffle if you are allergic to goats
mynameisntalexffs
I don’t think the future looks very good in the short-to-medium term. Dubois most likely won’t stick around, Hellyebuck probably gone after next season. Schiefele and Wheeler don’t seem to have the will to play with passion anymore. Kyle Connor’s massive downturn at the end of the season (2 goals in 29 games) is concerning. Ehlers is great but is delicate and can’t seem to avoid significant injury. Our defence needs some work.
It doesn’t help that winnipeg isn’t the most attractive market for players to go play in.
halo-st
I’m confused. If the jets have to match a Dubois offer sheet, they then can’t trade him?
Fuseld
the state of this team is going to be real ugly if we dont just start the rebuild right now. If we dont its going to put us back a few years for when were a cup contender again. I know many players have expressed interest in running it back but we all know deep down its going to be the same result. Either a first round exit or get embarassed in the second round. If we trade dubois,scheif and helle we will get alot of valuable draft picks in addition to our amazing prospects we already have like brad lambert, rutger mcgoarty, ville and etc..
powerplay_22
hate to say it but i think it’s time to embrace the tank while we can still get assets for some of our top guys
GZeus24
After the team lost to Anaheim in 2015, Chevy took an intentional step backwards for 2 seasons to realign the team. That resulted in the core that went to the WCF and the subsequent years with reasonable shots at producing good results. Those results were disappointing and that era has now closed.
This team needs a significant reset to be able to compete again. To give that reset the best chance of long term success some of that old core has to go for assets and/or picks.
Consistent-Study-287
The amount of time writers are spending on the idea of a 1 year offersheet for Dubois is a bit ridiculous.
First of all, I think after the whole Aho/Kotkaniemi offersheet, Montreal probably isn’t the next team that will present an offersheet.
Signing Dubois to a one year contract also doesn’t guarantee he stays in Montreal. Unlike what happened with Kotkaniemi, Dubois is an UFA after next season, so Montreal could offersheet him, and he could still walk at the end of the season.
Also, while his qualifying offer is only 6 mil, he would be better off trying to sign for more than the 6.3 mil qualifying offer as he is worth more. Quebec is also the highest taxed province in Canada (and thus highest taxed place to play in the NHL) so 6.3 there is worse than if he signed a qualifying offer for 6 and was traded to say Texas or Florida.
Lastly, Montreal and Winnipeg both won’t be Stanley cup contenders next year. Signing an offer sheet will mean he has to finish the season for one of those 2 teams, leading to no playoffs or probably an early exit.
fdisfragameosoldiers
I could see PLD being offer sheeted by Chicago for a hefty sum. They’ll have cap space and be desperate to have someone play with Bedard.
Outside of that I don’t see anything happening with PLD until the trade deadline, unless something happens during the draft.
IceMelon64
I think the worst case scenario for Dubois being offer-sheeted is if the offer is a low-ball and we basically have to choose between keeping him cheap for one year, potentially trading everyone else and sucking, and then letting him walk to Montreal for free OR getting not enough pick compensation for him. I’ll take what we can get but I’d rather trade him for a good price the moment that qualifying offer kicks in.
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Ok how about this, if you take Dubois you get one Schiffle FREE!
*warning do not take Schiffle if you are allergic to goats
I don’t think the future looks very good in the short-to-medium term. Dubois most likely won’t stick around, Hellyebuck probably gone after next season. Schiefele and Wheeler don’t seem to have the will to play with passion anymore. Kyle Connor’s massive downturn at the end of the season (2 goals in 29 games) is concerning. Ehlers is great but is delicate and can’t seem to avoid significant injury. Our defence needs some work.
It doesn’t help that winnipeg isn’t the most attractive market for players to go play in.
I’m confused. If the jets have to match a Dubois offer sheet, they then can’t trade him?
the state of this team is going to be real ugly if we dont just start the rebuild right now. If we dont its going to put us back a few years for when were a cup contender again. I know many players have expressed interest in running it back but we all know deep down its going to be the same result. Either a first round exit or get embarassed in the second round. If we trade dubois,scheif and helle we will get alot of valuable draft picks in addition to our amazing prospects we already have like brad lambert, rutger mcgoarty, ville and etc..
hate to say it but i think it’s time to embrace the tank while we can still get assets for some of our top guys
After the team lost to Anaheim in 2015, Chevy took an intentional step backwards for 2 seasons to realign the team. That resulted in the core that went to the WCF and the subsequent years with reasonable shots at producing good results. Those results were disappointing and that era has now closed.
This team needs a significant reset to be able to compete again. To give that reset the best chance of long term success some of that old core has to go for assets and/or picks.
The amount of time writers are spending on the idea of a 1 year offersheet for Dubois is a bit ridiculous.
First of all, I think after the whole Aho/Kotkaniemi offersheet, Montreal probably isn’t the next team that will present an offersheet.
Signing Dubois to a one year contract also doesn’t guarantee he stays in Montreal. Unlike what happened with Kotkaniemi, Dubois is an UFA after next season, so Montreal could offersheet him, and he could still walk at the end of the season.
Also, while his qualifying offer is only 6 mil, he would be better off trying to sign for more than the 6.3 mil qualifying offer as he is worth more. Quebec is also the highest taxed province in Canada (and thus highest taxed place to play in the NHL) so 6.3 there is worse than if he signed a qualifying offer for 6 and was traded to say Texas or Florida.
Lastly, Montreal and Winnipeg both won’t be Stanley cup contenders next year. Signing an offer sheet will mean he has to finish the season for one of those 2 teams, leading to no playoffs or probably an early exit.
I could see PLD being offer sheeted by Chicago for a hefty sum. They’ll have cap space and be desperate to have someone play with Bedard.
Outside of that I don’t see anything happening with PLD until the trade deadline, unless something happens during the draft.
I think the worst case scenario for Dubois being offer-sheeted is if the offer is a low-ball and we basically have to choose between keeping him cheap for one year, potentially trading everyone else and sucking, and then letting him walk to Montreal for free OR getting not enough pick compensation for him. I’ll take what we can get but I’d rather trade him for a good price the moment that qualifying offer kicks in.