Quoting: Mediumyeet
Lmao I'm not shocked if Columbus fans don't like the trade. You are just stead fast on not acknowledging that there is a chance Jones gets moved.
Incorrect. I keep saying that there's no chance he gets moved for anything other than a #1C
unless we get confirmation he wants out. Repeat:
unless we get confirmation he wants out. Confirmation. Not suspicion. Confirmation. And that's not happening except in one of two circumstances:
1) We go all the way to the deadline and he still hasn't signed, OR
2) He comes out with a public request during this offseason.
Yes, there is a possibility, but that's in the future. Not now. Kekalainen's actions and statements have demonstrated as much.
Quoting: Mediumyeet
Couturier is a completely different situation. Philly doesn't have a history of UFA's walking and they're not a team that looks like a potential bottom of the league team entering a rebuild. There has been no talk at all that Couturier might not re-sign but if there was even the slightest indication then I'd be open to talking about trade possibilities for him.
Pop quiz: which of the following two teams have won more games over the last five seasons? Columbus or Philadelphia?
Which of the following two teams has the younger core on average? Columbus or Philadelphia?
People don't talk about Philadelphia's UFAs leaving because Philadelphia isn't a target. They've been around long enough that they don't get casually dismissed by average commentators. It has little to do with their situation and everything to do with prejudicial nonsense.
Quoting: Mediumyeet
Why is it so hard for you to discuss potential trades in the event that they move Jones because they don't believe an extension will happen?
Because they're predicated on an insulting myth in which people effectively declare my team to be a worthless farm for their own teams, and **** that noise.
Quoting: Mediumyeet
Also I'm not even a fan of Philly so this is a complete outsiders view of something that could work as it's 2 young C prospects and a 1st which is more than most other dmen have returned. I'd also be willing to entertain the argument that Philly needs to add another piece to the deal and or remove Ghost but instead of adding to a discussion of what could work you choose to stand on the ignorant hill that it's not worth speculating on possible Jones trades.
The trades being suggested
aren't possible because they are predicated on an assumption that
does not exist.
Quoting: Mediumyeet
Like maybe a conversation is this isn't enough you'd have to have York in there or Myers or Brink or Konecny or Frost or whatever else.
It's not enough because the wrong quality of player is in the package. Adding more insufficient players just makes it worse for Philly without solving the issue for Columbus.