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The power rankings are always a bit of a joke. I'm not sure why they base it on last season when most teams have massive turnover every off-season. It really doesn't make sense to me and for that matter, i don't think they are very relevant.

to prove my point on massive overpayments Paul Stastny now makes more than Toews, Kane, Kopitar, Hall, Seguin, Tavares, Benn, Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Hossa, Couture, and Duchene. You'd be crazy if you thought stastny was worth more than any of those guys.

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I'm gonna say it, I'm glad chevy hasn't overpaid for any of these players.Outside of stastny and vanek (regardless what a couple people think), there were no real difference makers out there. Perrault is an upgrade on Olli, i think i can honestly say by doing nothing so far but adding perreault and subtracting guys like wright, halischuk,olli, even montoya, we are better today. I honestly think a lot of these teams will be regretting some of these signings down the line. Massive overpayments for several of these players today.

that's cuz the guys on hfboards are going on and on about us needing a goalie lol. I agree, if we can get average goaltending, we might be in there for a wildcard spot. Pav has been below average here.

nah, vrbata is a 3rd liner at best, buff won't be around much longer.

rumour is jets going hard after steve ott, in on vrbata also. Also jets have received some calls regarding some of their players after some teams lost out in free agency. Look for some trades to happen here in a bit.

oh god if thorburn is on our 3rd line, we are in trouble. Thorburn is a 4th liner at best, actually should be the 13th forward in all reality. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if buff is traded in a week or 2. Thorburn is not good, i hope to god he's not on our 3rd line, if he is, we are in trouble.

the player also needs to want to come here.

plus who knows what we see in a week or 2, maybe we make some trades, I'd suspect we might.

Sad to see Redmond go, would rather have him in our bottom pairing that a guy like Clitsome. But as far as prospect depth, we are probably deepest at D. That sucks but.... like you said, lots of depth on the D. That's too bad, i liked Redmond but... i'm not surprised here at all. He will play more in Colorado.

In my opinion perrault is an upgrade on olli jokinen, younger and put up the same amount of goals and assists actually in about 15 less games. I like this signing actually.

Actually, after some thinking, the problem for the jets last year was 2 things, goaltending and the bottom 6. Perreault helps the bottom 6. If we could add a couple more wingers or a guy like winnik, we might not be as awful as i originally thought. Goaltending will be an issue though, that is what is holding us back. Hopefully Hutch takes Pavs job and wins a few more games for us. The jets do have a good top 2 lines, Kane Scheif Wheeler and Ladd little frolik are a pretty decent top 6. Perreault is the start of a nice 3rd line also. If we can get some just average NHL goaltending, we might not be as bad as i thought. I personally don't have much faith because of what the central has done today but... you never know, you dont make the playoffs on July 1st but man oh man, the central division is so stacked its crazy. I'm honestly not sure how we can compete with the other teams in our division, but we will probably be pretty decent in a few years. Perhaps short term pain for long term gain. Wouldn't hurt if we got a top 3 overall pick in the draft, would actually help lots. Honestly, didn't expect the Jets to do much today, seems to be some massive over payments going on (thats what the "frenzy" is all about) orpik got over paid, i'd argue niskanen will be also. Buffalo and Florida being active makes sense, they need to get to the cap floor... I just hope the Jets aren't done just yet, couple interesting names still out there that would look good in a jets jersey. Gotta be realistic i guess, the "stars" won't sign here, until we start winning consistently at least, even then, i'm not sure if they do, winnipeg is probably near the bottom of most players lists in terms of where they want to go. I might take a chance on del zotto and i'd look at winnik too. The rest though? not much left.

Perreault is a nice signing, he is a good bottom 6 centre. With that being said though Stastny to our division in st louis, they get better Spezza traded to our division in Dallas, hemsky signs there, they get better Vanek to Minny, they get better. Chicago is Chicago and Colorado is a very good young team... Face the facts,we aren't doing much this season, lottery pick for sure. Winnipeg Jets: Fueled by Mediocrity. Over the top my ass. Iginla to colorado. awesome. Why the playoffs? because, we haven't been there,because our management keeps speaking of the playoffs? to get our young guys like scheif and trouba some experience? You don't think making the playoffs should be a goal? That's crazy talk if you think that, how do you win a stanley cup if you don't make the playoffs? we aint winning a cup but... it would be nice to actually have a competitive team for a change, not one competing for last in our stacked central division.

you will see tomorrow, wild after vanek and iginla, hawks and blues after stastny, loser will trade for spezza, nasvhille gonna be active too, nashvilles goalie was hurt all last season pretty much, we are finishing last in our division, bet on it cuz its a safe bet. How are we getting better though? The teams in our division are already very good, the hawks blues an wild and now avs are legit playoff contenders, nashville? maybe not but... we definitely aren't. Teams aren't signing guys right now but they will tomorrow. Count on it. Maybe we will sign a matt mouslon but i'd suspect not, look for guys none of us have heard of. Thats who the jets will be after. we are in the toughest if not second toughest division in the league, i dont see how we can compete with chicago st louis minnesota and colorado. I just don't see it. If you do, please enlighten me, cuz i just don't see how its possible when they are already better than us and we are doing nothing to get better.

i dont care about the money, the cap is going up, the money is actually somewhat irrelevant, its the 3 year term that sucks. Do you guys see what the teams in our division are doing? We are years away from competing for a playoff spot, the best thing to do is tank for mcdavid or eichel cuz we got no chance in hell.... trade ladd buff enstrom wheeler little even cuz you know what... we aint competing any time soon. Calling it now, we get a top 5 pick in the 2015 draft. Every other team is getting better in our division, we are staying the same. I don't see how anyone can think that we actually have a chance at competing, competing for last overall? sure, for the playoffs? not a chance. I liked the pardy signing, he's a solid depth move, i liked the fact they didn't qualify a couple of guys who didn't do much last season, i don't like the thorburn signing, i was hoping we would actually move on and try to get better, we aren't tho, we are content on staying the exact same, the same team that was brought here is the same team we have now minus trouba scheif and frolik really. How have we gotten better? That's what i'm saying, how have we actually gotten better? 3 players? and what? tangradi? wow huge pickup, peluso? huuge pickup, plan the parade we have brought in pardy tangradi frolik and peluso. I don't see how we get better when we stay the same. Especially when the other teams in our division are going after "stars" left right and centre.

lol are you serious with the cheap rate? you could sign a guy for league minimum to do nothing also. This is an awful deal. 1.2 million for what? no need to watch the free agent frenzy tomorrow cuz we are DOING NOTHING AGAIN. Disagreeing is one thing. Irrational nonsense is quite another. http://www.capgeek.com/comparables/?player_id=351 <-- Irrational nonsense? dude, you love every player on the team, i want them to get better, how do you get better if you stay the same? You are the one being irrational. Sheep there with the Jets. This is a bad move. Turrible. awful. Not a step in the right direction.

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lol are you serious with the cheap rate? you could sign a guy for league minimum to do nothing also. This is an awful deal. 1.2 million for what? no need to watch the free agent frenzy tomorrow cuz we are DOING NOTHING AGAIN.

actually, the floodway has been opened.

About 5 years ago I kicked the tires on a gorgeous brand new Dodge Challenger. Purple. "Plum Crazy". So sweet. Still bought the mini-van instead. We were always out of the Stastny sweepstakes. Rolls eyes. we were always out of the stastny sweepstakes though. You are kidding yourself if you for even one second thought we had a chance to sign him. He doesn't care for Winnipeg, has made that known on more than one occasion.

The weather definitely played a role in calgary and sask though. Not sure why it didn't really hurt the home teams but it sure did the road teams, perhaps someone in calgary and regina could tell us if the weather was like that for the entire week? I didn't think the games were that bad, just thought a couple teams (montreal and hamilton) sucked.

Stastny will be over paid, i'd rather someone else over pay him anyway. Never thought for one second we had a chance at him, i remember he was asked a while ago about the Jets returning and he said he wished it was Quebec City instead. We already have a paul stastny on a decent contract anyway, his name is bryan little. Jets didn't make qualifying offers to the following.. Halischuk, Ellerby,Wright.

darren bauming tweet Korey Banks back on Jan 31: "Before I let somebody tell me I can't play this game no more, I'll walk away." I guess he'd decided to walk away.

That would be because Austin probably would have to admit he made a mistake signing collaros, would have loved to see it, imagine if lefevour or masoli went in and actually moved the ball? not saying signing collaros is a mistake but if you were austin and stubborn like he appears to be, would you want to pull your prized free agent in the first game and see the guys you decided to not go with as starter do better than he did?