Quoting: csick
Yup. Rangers, Buffalo and Winnipeg among others. You guys really should’ve re-signed Statsny or Hayes
Neither were signing though, I just knew they weren't, there was supposedly a decent possibility with Stastny and apparently the breakdown was that Vegas would go three years and the Jets were only willing to go two years but who knows if that's true or not.
As for Hayes I don't think there was ever a chance and if there was the way Maurice utilized him definitely killed it, Maurice should've been fired for putting Hayes at 4C! Really though I just don't think he was signing with Winnipeg, northeast US guys really want to play in that region. See Shattenkirk, Hayes, Fox, Vesey for example, I get that few have any desire to play for the Jets but guys from NY and Massachusetts really prefer to stay in that area.
Idk wtf Chevy was thinking with that Hayes trade, the team was a train wreck and then he spends a 1st and Lemieux on a guy he'd have a less than zero % chance of signing, made no sense imo.