Quoting: MisstheWhalers
Don't think the Jets should sign a dman or two in free agency or get one in a trade from say a cap crunched team that needs to give someone away?
Absolutely we should. I doubt a big name D UFA will sign here (Pietro, Brodie, Dillon etc) and the Centre UFA market is pretty thin, so I think our best option is taking on a cap dump for a potential 2C or RHD. We may get a cheap signing like Hamonic but he won’t be a game changer for us. Could get a guy like Leddy for cheap. 2 teams that have the pieces we need, TBay and Isles, I would play hardball with them to try and pry one of Barzal, Pulock, Cirelli or Cernak. They will have a VERY hard time keeping all of them, especially now that most teams have indicated that they have internal caps to stay under.
I would wait until after we pick at 10 to see who we draft (c or d) and try to strongarm the other from one of the two. Go in with a trade offer of young ELC roster player (Vesa for example) mixed with futures (picks) and if they balk, offersheet ASAP. They would have a very hard time moving the cap required to match and would decimate their depth. (Imagine TBay losing 2, 3 or all of Killorn, Gourde, Palat and TJ just so they could protect their 4 RFAs)
Lots of options for Chevy, so long as the Chipman and Co. are on board.