I want the Winnipeg Jets to trade Dustin Byfuglien, while the getting is good. He's being paid too much as a forward. A forward that gets penalties called against him, undeservingly at times for the way he plays. Which means despite the way he plays, he gets phantom PIMs added on top of the countless useless penalties he creates intentionally and thus, it is deserving. Still, it's a liability in its own right. It was like when Matt Cooke would get called for a penalty, despite hitting a player cleanly, and having cleaned up his game. I know, he's been back to his dirty ways again, but there was a time he was trying to play the good boy scout. Anyway, back to Big Buff, defensively he's a liability, which is why Claude Noel switched him to forward and why Paul Maurice has kept him at that position, because he's useless on D. Having said that, he's being paid handsomely as a top 4 defenseman.
Another thing on my wish list; a compliance buy out for Ondrej Pavelec. Worst. NHL Starter. Ever! Free up some cap room and with guys like Michael Hutchinson, Eric Comrie, and the best for last... Connor Hellebuyck... there is no need for him. The future is looking solid for the Jets between the pipes. We'll continue to miss the playoffs with Pavs as our starter. As a season ticket holder, it would be nice to see this team make the appropriate moves to get us there. That and I don't recall ever going to a NHL playoffs game in person. Would be nice, sooner rather than later. The novelty of being content that we have an NHL team in our city again has worn off. We want a post season birth and our franchises first ever playoff win. Yeah, we're the only NHL franchise yet to win a single "bleeping" playoff game. Is that too much to ask for? lol
Oh, Oilers. Perhaps MacTavish should have played with a helmet.
