I think Tanev gets $5 million on a 2 yr deal, $4.5 sounds good if you want to commit to 4 yrs.

I don't think you can give Liljgren a 2 yr deal, I believe that'll end in UFA as he'd be 27 yrs old at the end of that contract.

I give both Robertson and Dewar a contract under $1.15 million on short term because that is the max amount a player can get buried in the Ahl with without a cap penalty' like Reaves and McMann would be 200K to bury.

I guess we should look at ex Flames or ex Blues players to reunite with Trev and Berube. I was hoping Ex Flame/Leaf Riititch would hit UFA but he's staying a King.

Robertson is on the bubble, hard to imagine he fit into a Berube style of game.

I too hope a rookie makes the team, the competitiveness of rookies usually keeps the vets on their toes.

The Jets don't need AHL defensemen.

The Jets don't have many defensemen with term and its tough to get the best free agents in Winnipeg. Timmins has team control as an RFA next summer and they could extend him long-term if he plays well and stays healthy.

I dont think running back basically the same team with a few minor alterations (Tanev, Cowan) is the best idea.

Timmins AHL games played 2023/24: 0

Timmins NHL games played 2023/24: 21 (in which he had 10 points)

Tanev contract could be anything in that range, I just based this off of his current AAV and him being from Toronto.

The point of giving Liljegren the 2 yrs is to keep his salary down, if we give him 1 year he will ask for another contract next summer with more money, I want to keep the money down. If he plays well by the end of the second year they can try to extend him, if not, they can move off him and let him walk to UFA. I'm not sure where they are at with him, I would like to keep him long-term myself but it's a new coach and GM so I'm not sold on them worrying as much about two years down the road. They may want to revamp the bottom pair even further at that time.

Robertson and Dewar's contracts will be inconsequential. Dewar has arbitration rights so he almost certainly will get more than $1.15, Robertson you really could just hold out and get even less for him as he does not have arb rights. I like the contract I gave Robertson because you get him cheap for the second year and you also delay his arbitration on a future contract.

I could see Berube using Robertson as I think moving him this summer would constitute not receiving as much as possible for him. I wanna see another year of him healthy and maybe he moves at the deadline if he doesn't fit into Berube's philosophy or whatever.

Let me know where you are with this! Are you onboard with keeping the big four around?

Exactly. Conor Timmins is a solid bottom-pair defensemen with offensive upside, just has always struggled with injuries. I have him being moved him for salary reasons as well as the opportunity to sign a veteran depth defensemen at a cheaper rate.

Are you suggesting you would trade Marner under any circumstance, even if we aren't happy with the return? I'm open to moving one of the big four if we get a quality package back, but in all honesty I think seeing what the team does with a demanding coach is an important final experiment here if we can't find a trade. These guys were coached by Keefe for all their prime years, I like Keefe but it was time to switch it up and I wonder how they will respond to a guy like Berube who holds everyone accountable both publicly and privately.

Sounds like he's one of Toronto's better defensemen. They should hang onto him.

Hey, I'm also open to that. The only reason I have him moving here is for cap flexibility as it is tough to sign a goalie under our current construction to a one-year deal. He has a tough time staying healthy but I like his game.

That's cool. He's just not worth anything to Winnipeg. He isn't better than anything they already have and tops out as a a bottom pair guy and theJets already have plenty of those. They are also easy to find as UFA, so why pay for it?

I mean more as I would prefer at least 2 quality top 4 defenceman. I don’t think Benoit should be playing in the Top 4. I know that pairing is good but we need some more offence from our blue line.

For up front having two 2+ million dollar forwards on the 4th line probably also isn’t ideal, especially with how poor the PK was. I would say moving off Jarnkrok would probably be smart. His last couple of seasons have proved that he isn’t a playoff performer.

The point is he has team control and you could extend him in Winnipeg cheaper than signing a UFA on the open market. Once a player becomes unrestricted they have multiple suitors bidding for their services. They are much more likely to overpay in salary under the circumstances of signing an unrestricted free agent this summer instead of giving up a 5th rounder for a guy who becomes restricted. The 5th rounder more than likely will never play a game in the NHL.

I agree about the fourth line but my thinking is that we would need to find someone better at PK than Jarnkrok, he is one of our only veteran bottom six forwards who kills penalties. He also can take faceoffs in those situations.

I also agree about Benoit but I think they can address this at the deadline and run with this for now, I'm not ecstatic about spending huge coin on a second-pair defensemen this year looking at the current market and the Leafs cap outlook this year.

666 cap space...well done lol