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Jets Acquire Nate Schmidt

July 27, 2021 at 6:02 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 15 Comments

While it was believed that Nate Schmidt wasn’t keen on being traded to the Jets, he had a change of heart as on Tuesday, he waived his no-trade clause to be traded to Winnipeg with the Canucks receiving the Jets’ third-round pick in 2022 in return.  Both teams have announced the trade.

Schmidt was acquired from Vegas last fall early in free agency with the Golden Knights needing to free up cap space to facilitate the signing of Alex Pietrangelo.  The return in that deal was a 2022 third-round selection which means Vancouver was basically able to get a free year out of Schmidt when the two moves are combined.

Unfortunately, that free season wasn’t a great one for the 30-year-old.  While he fit in quite well in Vegas, that wasn’t the case in Vancouver as Schmidt struggled for most of the year.  His offensive production was cut in half from the previous year from 31 to 15 points despite playing in nearly the same number of games and that was hardly the return they were expecting from someone that carries a $5.95MM cap hit.  Those struggles likely played a role in Vancouver swinging a deal for Oliver Ekman-Larsson over the weekend, a move that sealed Schmidt’s fate as being someone that was about to be on the move again.

Meanwhile, Winnipeg makes their second notable defensive addition in as many days after acquiring Brenden Dillon from Washington on Monday.  The Jets were hit hard two years ago with several blueliners leaving for no return in Ben Chiarot and Tyler Myers (free agency), the injury and subsequent retirement of Dustin Byfuglien, while Jacob Trouba was traded to the Rangers in a deal that netted Neal Pionk, a move that has worked out well for them thus far.  Even so, the only defensive addition of note prior to these two moves was Dylan DeMelo so there was work that needed to be done.

This addition, coupled with Dillon’s pickup, gives Winnipeg much more depth on the back end as the two could possibly form their second pairing behind Pionk and Josh Morrissey for next season while pushing DeMelo down to the third pairing.  All of a sudden, a position that was their biggest weakness looks a lot stronger.

With these moves – Winnipeg is picking up the full contract for Schmidt per Pierre LeBrun of TSN and The Athletic (Twitter link) – that should be it for additions on their back end.  GM Kevin Cheveldayoff will have a little over $7MM in cap room remaining (excluding Bryan Little’s LTIR-bound contract which carries a $5.291MM AAV) with Pionk, Logan Stanley, and Andrew Copp needing new contracts.  They’ll need to dip into that LTIR pool to get those deals done.

Meanwhile, Vancouver has freed up $9.75MM in cap room today with this swap and the Braden Holtby buyout.  The Canucks still have Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes among those in need of new contracts but they’ll have roughly $25MM in cap room, giving them enough flexibility to try to make another big splash over the coming days.

TSN’s Darren Dreger was the first to report that Schmidt had agreed to the trade. PuckPedia was the first to report that Winnipeg’s pick, not their other selection from Columbus (previously acquired) was going to Vancouver.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.  Cap and contract information courtesy of CapFriendly.

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  1. MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

    4 years ago

    Nate said it wasn’t a good fit, so there you go! How many more get shipped out to cover O-E-L’s cap hit?

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  2. highandtight

    4 years ago

    Dillon and now Schmidt. Jets looking much better defensively than 24 hrs ago.

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    • jdgoat

      4 years ago

      I actually don’t see it that way. Dillon was a good pickup but Schmidt seems unnecessary for a team that already has Pionk. Hellebuyck is probably going to continue to have to bail them out quite a bit.

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  3. 66TheNumberOfTheBest

    4 years ago

    How is Dillon worth 2 seconds and Schmidt is only worth a third? Either way, Jets are better tonight than yesterday morning.

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    • mattc68

      4 years ago

      Dillon is signed for 3 more years at $3.9, Schmidt is signed for 4 more at $5.95. Both are 30 years old so Dillon’s contract looks better even though Schmidt is probably regarded as a better player.

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    • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

      4 years ago

      I guess. But, down year in VAN aside, Schmidt’s a really good player.

      Dillon, OTOH, helped the Pens win a Cup in 2016. Sully targeted his pairing mercilessly. And he obliged.

      Either way, I like teams that identify a weakness and pay the price to upgrade it. The Jets (and Flyers) have both turned weaknesses on their blue lines into relative strengths this off season.

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    • M34

      4 years ago

      I see the contract point, but Schmidt is still worth more to me than Dillon.

      Let’s see how the ‘fit’ is in the ‘peg!

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    • jdgoat

      4 years ago

      An offense only defenceman on a large contract just isn’t that valuable anymore. It’s why Ghost had to have assets attached to move, it’s why Yandle got bought out. Schmidt has now been traded twice for third rounders straight up. Their name value is not worth trading more for. A defender like Dillon who keeps pucks out of the net is much more valuable to a team like Winnipeg who can now pair up their weaker defensive players who provide offense.

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    • Get pucked

      4 years ago

      Wonder what huges will get and when it will hurt the team

      Reply
  4. cory-5

    4 years ago

    It’s not even like Schmidt had much of a down year. The defensive work of the players around him and defensive scheme on the Canucks are terrible. Schmidt was the team’s best defenseman last season and they replaced him with a player that admits he hasn’t played well in 4 seasons.

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  5. Gbear

    4 years ago

    Chevy drafts well and usually plugs the holes in the lineup that need attention. Good GM, IMO.

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  6. wreckage

    4 years ago

    Stastny likely called Schmidt up and convinced him otherwise. And the fact he is from Minnesota doesn’t hurt.

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  7. sweetg

    4 years ago

    Probably told schimidt. Could otherwise go to columbus,phoenix or edmonton. winnipeg seemed more attractive.lol

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  8. Altuves Buzzer

    4 years ago

    Money for landeskog

    Van city

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    • Altuves Buzzer

      4 years ago

      Well…..not money for Landeskog

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