Not sure you guys can afford Dubois

Probably have to ship out Hoffman and at least one of Anderson Dvorak or Gallagher

I don't see the DALLAS to be in a hurry at all. And they have veterans playing good minutes for them. Perhaps maybe something on the defense? But not another center / top 6 winger. Not really.
Not a DAL fan, only observing.

I genuinely think that Dubois will end up signing a mid-term contract (3-4 years) in WPG this offseason. After that, my bet would be that he heads to MTL for one more big contract.

That's a decent value offer for Dubois, but likely would need different prospects attached as Roy and Harris don't do anything for the Jets. Kudos though for trying to put up a realistic offer.

You mean trade wise? Or Extension wise?

That wouldn’t surprise me neither. But in the situation Dubois and Jets can’t agree this offseason, I hope Hughes puts in a decent offer.

Thanks, I always try to be realistic. I really like Owen Beck, but have the feeling the Jets will really like him too. Could definitely see him instead of Kidney in this trade.

Harris would also need to be replaced as the last thing Winnipeg needs is another left shot defenseman. Still though, that could be negotiated.

You’re right. If Dallas upgrade anything it will be on defense either internally or via trade.

I rather we call up Bourque instead of using him in a trade for yet another Vet.

We will also need all those forwards on ELC in the coming years.

Honestly I don't see a good fit for Drouin in Seattle. The Kraken have a sneaky deep forward corps and have been getting scoring from up and down the lineup, so another offensively skilled forward isn't really what they need. Drouin would likely be rotated in and out of the lineup in Seattle, just like he is in Montreal now, which won't do anything to rehabilitate his game. The best thing for him in my opinion would be to go to a team where he would have a locked in role and spot in the lineup. Unfortunately the Kraken as presently constructed aren't that team.

OP was saying at the '24 Draft for that trade, which I believe would still be a time that Winnipeg has his RFA rights - by that time Hoffman is off the cap (and the cap has hopefully jumped) so I think the cap would work for an 8x$8M type extension.

Haha everywhere it says 2024, is suppose to be 2023. I’m an idiot

You’re right. You boys are deeper than I thought. Don’t follow your team that much.

Really hope we don’t give Bourque for a rental

Bourque is just getting his feet under him in the AHL. I was hoping for him mid season, but from what I’ve seen from the Cedar Park games it’s too soon. Which is okay. Some guys don’t make the adjustment overnight. Nill should know that. And trading him for a rental is a no go imo

MTL have over 24M cap space next year and only Caufield and Harris to sign. And that's if the cap only raise by 1M.

I think that's too much for Dubois. FLO 2023 1st and a prospect like Owen Beck should be enough.

The only trade I would be relatively OK with, is for us to get a player like Chychrun. And even then, I would still be reluctant.

Chych is good but overrated imo. Somebody is gonna over pay and I hope it isn’t us