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If the Jets decide to be sellers at the deadline, and I think we can probably agree it would be prudent for them to do so, do you see these players being attractive trade options that maybe contending teams might pursue?<\/p>\n
If the Jets decide to be sellers at the deadline, and I think we can probably agree it would be prudent for them to do so, do you see these players being attractive trade options that maybe contending teams might pursue?<\/p>\n
Of that group, the only one that I would be interested in if I was a contender would be Logan Stanley simply because he’s big and he’s young.<\/p>\n
Of that group, the only one that I would be interested in if I was a contender would be Logan Stanley simply because he’s big and he’s young.<\/p>\n
He’s only 27 years old.<\/p>\n
He’s only 27 years old.<\/p>\n
The other three players are in their mid to late 30s.<\/p>\n
The other three players are in their mid to late 30s.<\/p>\n
Luke Schenn has won a couple Stanley Cups with Tampa, but I think he’s 34, 35 years old.<\/p>\n
Luke Schenn has won a couple Stanley Cups with Tampa, but I think he’s 34, 35 years old.<\/p>\n
He might end up going back to Tampa again.<\/p>\n
He might end up going back to Tampa again.<\/p>\n
He played there.<\/p>\n
He played there.<\/p>\n
He’s relatively cheap, and they need help on defense with the injuries that they’ve had.<\/p>\n
He’s relatively cheap, and they need help on defense with the injuries that they’ve had.<\/p>\n
Tanner Pearson’s had a checkered injury history, and Gustav Nyquist is 36 years old.<\/p>\n
Tanner Pearson’s had a checkered injury history, and Gustav Nyquist is 36 years old.<\/p>\n
He might plug in someplace, but, I, I mean, if you get a, a low to mid-round draft pick, that’s basically it.<\/p>\n
He might plug in someplace, but, I, I mean, if you get a, a low to mid-round draft pick, that’s basically it.<\/p>\n
But Stanley is somebody, if he goes someplace, you know, he’s had some issues in his career, but he’s big, and that, in this league at this time is a, is a big thing.<\/p>\n
But Stanley is somebody, if he goes someplace, you know, he’s had some issues in his career, but he’s big, and that, in this league at this time is a, is a big thing.<\/p>\n
So, I think a playoff team would be interested in him as a bottom pairing or depth defenseman.<\/p>\n
So, I think a playoff team would be interested in him as a bottom pairing or depth defenseman.<\/p>\n
Yeah, lots of, playoff experience there among those guys, including Nyquist and Schenn.<\/p>\n
Yeah, lots of, playoff experience there among those guys, including Nyquist and Schenn.<\/p>\n
Frank, any, any of those names stick out to you, in particular as attractive options for contending teams at the deadline?<\/p>\n
Frank, any, any of those names stick out to you, in particular as attractive options for contending teams at the deadline?<\/p>\n
Yeah, I would say Gus Nyquist, and I would say Gus Nyquist to the Minnesota Wild.<\/p>\n
Yeah, I would say Gus Nyquist, and I would say Gus Nyquist to the Minnesota Wild.<\/p>\n
And here’s my thought.<\/p>\n
And here’s my thought.<\/p>\n
Nyquist is, like you said, a guy you can plug in.<\/p>\n
Nyquist is, like you said, a guy you can plug in.<\/p>\n
Minnesota had a lot of forward injuries during the month of December.<\/p>\n
Minnesota had a lot of forward injuries during the month of December.<\/p>\n
They had Hartman injured.<\/p>\n
They had Hartman injured.<\/p>\n
They had Zuccarello injured.<\/p>\n
They had Zuccarello injured.<\/p>\n
They had, you know, they had some issues with Hartman and, and just a number of guys who had been injured at the center position.<\/p>\n
They had, you know, they had some issues with Hartman and, and just a number of guys who had been injured at the center position.<\/p>\n
And Nyquist is a versatile veteran player that you can plug in on either a center or a wing.<\/p>\n
And Nyquist is a versatile veteran player that you can plug in on either a center or a wing.<\/p>\n
And if, like Ajello said, like, if you get like a s– if you give up a six-round draft pick for Nyquist and he e-ends up helping you when, God forbid, a guy gets hurt in the playoffs, because Minnesota, I mean, they’re loading up.<\/p>\n
And if, like Ajello said, like, if you get like a s– if you give up a six-round draft pick for Nyquist and he e-ends up helping you when, God forbid, a guy gets hurt in the playoffs, because Minnesota, I mean, they’re loading up.<\/p>\n
They’re loading up, especially with the Quinn Hughes trade.<\/p>\n
They’re loading up, especially with the Quinn Hughes trade.<\/p>\n
I could absolutely see Nyquist go to Minnesota.<\/p>\n
I could absolutely see Nyquist go to Minnesota.<\/p>\n
In terms of the other players, you know, Logan Stanley, m– Ajello hit it on the head.<\/p>\n
In terms of the other players, you know, Logan Stanley, m– Ajello hit it on the head.<\/p>\n
I’m not gonna belabor the point.<\/p>\n
I’m not gonna belabor the point.<\/p>\n
He’s a valuable asset.<\/p>\n
He’s a valuable asset.<\/p>\n
You know, Schenn, could he go somewhere maybe as a bottom pairing defenseman this late in his career?<\/p>\n
You know, Schenn, could he go somewhere maybe as a bottom pairing defenseman this late in his career?<\/p>\n
Potentially.<\/p>\n
Potentially.<\/p>\n
Potentially, but, you know, the jury’s out on that.<\/p>\n
Potentially, but, you know, the jury’s out on that.<\/p>\n
I, you know I, I keep my eye on Gus Nyquist to Minnesota just from a team and a player fit.<\/p>\n
I, you know I, I keep my eye on Gus Nyquist to Minnesota just from a team and a player fit.<\/p>\n