So.
Been a while since I've played a lot of FHM. This will be a sort of thread of stuff as I get started.
2020/21 Season
Paul Maurice was replaced after 25 games, Sergei Gonchar comes in on a 2 year deal.
Mark Scheifele misses 10 weeks due to a broken shoulder blade, after scoring 25 pts (7-18) in 22 games to start the season, team offensive performance drops off during this absence.
Andrew Copp goes to the Leafs for a 4th round pick (2021)
Vitali Kravtsov is picked up from the Rangers for Anton Johannesson and Logan Neaton.
Matthew Perrault is traded to the Devils for defensive prospect Kevin Bahl.
Lots of the initial deals, especially Copp and Perrault were looking at strengthening in the long run, by making cap space for the end of season free agency.
Neal Pionk, who has been having an excellent season in the D line, avoids UFA at the season end, and signs a new 3 year contract to 2024, for $5m a season.
The season ended for the Jets, with us being 21-28-7 for 49 points, seeing us bottom of the North Conference, and 2nd worst in the NHL with New Jersey going 18-32-6 for 42. However, they had a -63 goal difference (133-196) compared to our -22 (135-157), which indicated that our issues were at the other end of the rink, as our goals conceded was 7th lowest in the league.
Losing Scheifele for the bulk of the season hurt us, as his output (he scored only 1 point in 4 games post return), would have seen us put approximately 15-20 more goals on the board, and as such, would have seen us further up the league.
Season Events
Stanley Cup - Tampa Bay Lightning (4-2 over VGK)
Presidents Trophy - Philadelphia Flyers ) 39-15-2 80
Awards 1
Awards 2
Awards 3
Awards 4
Next. The 2021 NHL Draft