Why not give up nothing and resign stastny for about as much as duchene makes?

Might even be a bit of an overpay for Duchene. Switch out Armia for Petan, on account of the off years Duchene has had because of injury and such.

I don't like kicking a team while it's down, but that's a total lie, and I would love for the Jets to buy Duchene while he's at an all-time low. Assuming we can't afford Statsny.

Stastny likely gets too much with too much term on the open market. I'd love for that to happen but he'd have to take 5.5-6 for 1-2 years when some team will offer him 6+M for 4-7 years. Happens every year in FA and with top 6 C's and him and Tavares being the only two available his demand likely doesn't allow for him (again barring him taking a discount) re-signing in Winnipeg.