Jets sale, everything must go. Scheifele to the Redwings??

[yave1964]

  When most teams reach the point where the Jets are, first round fodder in a good year, barely missing the postseason in a bad, most teams continue to attempt to retool and rebuild on the fly to stay relevant. It appears the Jets are going another route.

 

Pierre Luc Dubois will not come back, he has told the team that he will not resign. Rumors have him going everywhere in all likelihood before the draft as the Jets want draft capital in this very deep draft.

 

 Connor Hellebuyck wants out as well and may be gone on or around the draft. The Kings have kicked tires, so has Edmonton but money is a bad fit for both. It remains to be seen where he winds up.

 

  And the one that most intrigues me as a Wings fan is Mark Scheifele who grew up idolizing Steve Yzerman and has made no bones of his desire to play for the Wings.

 

Well.

 

  Scheifele has two years remaining on his current deal  at a very reasonable 6.1 million per season. I have heard that Yzerman wants to have a four year extension in place before swinging the deal, likely somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 million per year. 

 

  The Wings can easily afford him, they have over 30 million in available cap space with none of their own free agents coming back, they can make a splash, or even two, possibly more depending on where Yzerman sees the team in what is the games deepest division. 

  Yzerman played under Bowman who built the best four man depth chart at center that we have ever seen or are likely to ever see, Yzerman, Federov, Larionov and Draper, three hall of famers and arguably the greatest fourth line center in the game. If the Wings add Scheifele it would make them one of the games deepest down the middle with

 

Larkin

Scheifele

Copp

Rookie Marco Kasper

 

Simply wow.

 

  So what would the cost be? The Wings have two first rounders, their own at 9 and the Islanders at 17, one of those would certainly be a part of it. Lucas Raymond has been whispered, after coming in second in Calder voting two years ago, he had a sophomore slump season but still has massive upsde. Truthfully the Jets losing their top two centers would more than likely ask for Marco Kasper instead as a young, cheap cornerstone to begin the rebuild around. 

 

So Kasper and the 17th pick? Maybe. Raymond and the 17th? Again maybe. The Jets certainly have no interest in simply giving away such a player.  Berggren and the ninth? RRR, very possible as well.

 

  So the Wings have assets to deal, Berggren and Wallinder and a second might get it done, dealing from depth to acquire a star talent would be huge. Debrincat supposedly wants to come to Detroit as well but the Senators are less likely to deal him to a division rival and while he is a sniper who looked disinterested and as if he were sleepwalking in Ottawa last year who does not want to return. Ottawa gave up an absolute ton to get him only a year ago so the asking price is going to be insanely high, i think he would be plan B because of that.

Edited June 19, 2023 by yave1964