He was injured when the Devils acquired him and he also got injured in the playoffs. Not a big deal. Will be fine with a full season gelling with teammates on the ice. Going to be hear a long time and took a discount to stay with NJ
Good top 6.
Bratt's small, Nico is probably above average size, while Mercer is average.
If you watched any devils hockey last season you would have noticed Haula took a ton (1,050) face offs and Jack took less than 500. Haula is a center. Nico had over 1600 and McLeod under 1k.
I do. Timo was non-existent in the rangers series outside of trying to antagonize igor. Did we watch the same series?
Only the uninformed would judge a player on a small scale of games.
If im the devs, I offer 2023 2nd, 2024 1st, vanacek and nolan foote for helly (they may want holtz instead of foote). Yes, it’ll be a 1 year rental considering they wont be able to resign him due to his price tag but itd make them instant cup favorites.
Haha we mustve watched a different 7 games then. Meier was invisible outside of agitating igor and nearly getting decapitated.
It seemed to realllllyyyy work considering igor has the most goals saved above expected per 60 of any goalie in the playoffs for the 2nd straight year lol. At least avery would pot some vs marty in the playoffs
I would do it now in a heartbeat. They may have to trade a higher priced player to resign him, but I would do it.
Is there a goalie worth taking first round tn? I havent looked at the goalie prospects. I want gavin brinley at 23 and my 2nd realistic choice is probably david edstrom (i dont like euros tho but he has good upside). A good boom or bust I feel is cristall if hes there but may be worth the risk. And lastly if somehow we could get matt wood id do backflips.
Not first round, second round. Reportedly there is a couple the Devils like, if available.
Rumor is that Askarov is the one on the market (I’m not sure I get that logic from NSH).
Me too. Look at the last two cup winning goalies. It's not about the goalies like it use to be.
Vitek makes 3.5 mill , 2.3 million in buyout money disappears after this season , and cap is projected to go up 4-5 million . If fitzy can get him at 7-8 million it’s doable
Goalie is very important. Hill got really hot. Vasy aint exactly a slouch either. Kuemper was the exception not the norm.
So by your standard Zib , bread man and kreider are 27+ million of non- existence bc they were actually net negatives in that series
Led the team in shots at over 3 a game.
But for how long? Anything longer then 4 years is asking for trouble.
