Quoting: Shoresy69
gotta give something to get something and either you dont know how good jones is or you dont see how close the jets are to getting over the hump...
jets have three young NHL calibre Left shot dmen right now, with morrissey locked up not all of them are going to play here....and secondly we dont need perfetti anymore... we need high end wingers for 55 and PLD moving forward those are alot easier to acquire in free agency and via trade when needed and we dont need that this year and possibly not even next if stastny re-ups with the jets at a lower price tag....
Jones is the missing piece.... if and it is a big IF ...if there is even the slightest chance he is available... chevy should stop at nothing to bring him to winnipeg... and for a year and half sure but if we're winning and he likes it here... resign him... again if it means you cant keep Copp or even Pionk, you deal with that then.... the jets window is wide open right now... why would you not push all your chips in?
Could the jets make the final four without Jones, yes possibly, but they arent beating vegas or colorado with that D and they sure aren't beating tampa if they get that far.... if the jets are serious about being a contender go for it at any cost this season
Yes, you have to give something to get something, but you don't build successful teams by ridiculously overpaying on trades. Peter Chiarelli loved to make bad trades like that and look what that did for him.
You may be living 3 years in the past. Jones is good, but hasn't been great for a couple years now. Would he be a help? Of course. Does one player guarantee the Jets a Stanley Cup or even advancing a round or two? Of course not. Hockey is a team game, it's not the NBA where the best player almost always wins.
Thinking we don't need Perfetti anymore is real short term thinking. Have you ever heard of injuries?
Or of some players production dripping due to age? Anyone can beat anyone come playoff time. Two seasons ago, during the regular season, everyone was awarding the Stanley Cup to Tampa. What happened then? Columbus walked all over them in the playoffs with an Institute team, so the "you'll never beat Tampa with this team" theory is a fallacy.
Anyway you look at it, cutting your own throat and sacrificing your team's future for an "all in" one time push with a player you'll have for just over one year, no matter how good a player, is foolish.