Many may say the Jets should consider trading Andrew Copp if they can’t sign him to a longer-term deal. Not so fast. WiebesWorld explores some options that would keep the forward in Winnipeg, despite the team's salary-cap bind.
Did we mention salary cap space is tight for Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff?, the Jets have already committed $82,865,478 to 21 players and they’re already on the hook for a bonus overage of $145,122.
After an exhilarating off-season that included the arrival of Nate Schmidt and Brenden Dillon in trades, bringing back Paul Stastny and inking restricted free agent D-man Logan Stanley to a two-year bridge deal , most of the available money has already been spoken for. Both Copp and the Jets would prefer to get a longer-term deal taken care of at some point during the coming weeks, but that might not be possible in this flat-cap world. What we know for sure is that both parties want to avoid a second arbitration hearing. Another round of scar tissue isn’t a desired outcome -- nor is it necessary.Although not optimal, inking Copp to a one-year deal for somewhere between $3.6-to-$3.85 million could be a palatable outcome for the Jets and for the player.
If the Jets were to trade Copp, they’d be forced to replace a middle-six forward who contributes to both special-teams units -- and they still wouldn’t have much money to do so.Instead of trying to integrate a new player into the fold or promoting from within, Copp is a known commodity. On the flip side, Copp is a guy who has never lacked motivation, nor has he been shy about using those challenges as fuel to push him to greater heights.
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