I give a quick profile on Sascha Boumedienne and how some statistical models value him. Plus an update on the Jets' prospect cupboards and how they may or may not help fill some holes on the team.
I give a quick profile on Sascha Boumedienne and how some statistical models value him. Plus an update on the Jets' prospect cupboards and how they may or may not help fill some holes on the team.
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I didn’t realize Salomonsson had 4 right shot D in front of him. It seems likely we’ll have to wait a year before we really see him barring injuries.
I get that this isn’t exactly how it works but if you add up the percentages for ‘stardom’ for all the forwards, it adds up to ~60%. (I’m assuming Lambert has a better than zero chance.)
This means it’s likelier than not that the jets have *somebody* who can be a top-line quality player. We need to get lucky, for sure, but we’re not completely pooched. I’m pretty down on Lambert ever being a quality Centre in the NHL so I hope Sudbury gives Walton an opportunity to play centre this year so he can develop that skill set and hopefully round out his defensive game.
If one of Walton or Yager hits as a top-line quality Centre then it significantly lengthens the Jets’ competitive window. Scheifele should continue to be effective as a 2nd line centre if one of those guys can step up into the number one spot, then we have #1C, #2C, #1LD – Samberg, #2LD – Morrissey, #1G locked up until the end of the decade. If Salomonsson is actually as good as people say and lives up to his billing as ‘right handed Dylan Samberg’, our defence is in a very good place for the foreseeable future.
Lots of ifs there, and I still would prefer the Jets cash in a few prospects to trade for a legitimate 2C option, but we just need a little luck at a position where we’ve been extremely unlucky (Roslovic, the trade with Vegas at the 2017 draft, Lucius), and we’ll be okay.