GDT: 2022 NHL Free Agency

[Unknown Caller]

I'm pretty sure this doesn't include unsigned players, so Bratt and Vanacek aren't taken into account

It includes unsigned RFAs.

 

[Triumph]

That's awesome. Maybe we can use all that cap space to sign a good player someday

We spent $9M on one last off-season.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

I’m not sure how many “wins” you guys think a single player is responsible for if you think missing out on one guy massively shifts things. If you think we suck ass and have no chance of doing anything, Johnny wasn’t changing the picture.

 

[beekay414]

It's certainly not incompetence. Today could have gone much worse with some of the contracts that were thrown around. It's just the frustrations of a 12-15 year rebuild.

I'm a Packers and Bucks fan. You think 12-15 years is bad? Try doing it for 25+ years. Patience pays off in the end unless you're an incompetent franchise like the Sacramento Kings or New York Jets. No need to jump off the ledge right now. We're fine.

 

[None Shall Pass]

I really don't think not getting Gaudreau is a big deal. He's a very good winger, no doubt, but he would be a luxury, honestly. We have plenty of small forwards who can score. We need bigger dudes in the top 6.

 

[Devils090]

We spent $9M on one last off-season.

He looked horrible most of the year and is slow as dirt

 

[LoktionovMVP]

Well, at least Zacha is off the team. Might just order my Michkov jersey right now

 

[Unknown Caller]

Was our last good season really 2017-2018? 5 years? Time flies

Aside from the miracle cup run, the Devils have been awful since 2010. It's 2022. That's absurd.

 

[Blender]

Gaudreau mostly gives us more of what we have. It would have helped for sure and been great to have, but not having that player is not why we lost so many games last year.

 

[Devils090]

I really don't think not getting Gaudreau is a big deal. He's a very good winger, no doubt, but he would be a luxury, honestly. We have plenty of small forwards who can score. We need bigger dudes in the top 6.

He had 40 goals and 115 points but yeah let’s go sign Maroon again

 

[JrFischer54]

if the Devils had league average goaltending last year, yes, they would have won 8 to 10 more games.

They had league worst goaltending last year. Their goalies allowed almost 70 goals above expected in all situations. SEVENTY.

Yeah but that’s not how it works. Imagine if they got allstar goaltending would that mean playoffs? Hall of fame goaltending would that mean a cup?

 

[Alex NJD]

Tampa just went to 3 straight cup finals without a single FA in their top 9 and a completely homegrown top 6. Colorado won with a completely homegrown top line and 1 FA who averaged 29 points per 82 games prior to this season (was also an analytics reclamation project). St. Louis had 1 FA in their top 9 which was Tyler Bozak

So can we calm down because we missed out on one FA winger

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

He looked horrible most of the year and is slow as dirt

Dougie looked "horrible" most of the year? Sounds like you didnt watch much

he wasnt the same after he broke his jaw, sure but he was playing great hockey the first half of the season

 

[NjDevsRR]

It just has to be the right stuff.

Agreed

 

[Jersey Fresh]

I’m not sure how many “wins” you guys think a single player is responsible for if you think missing out on one guy massively shifts things. If you think we suck ass and have no chance of doing anything, Johnny wasn’t changing the picture.

There's a universe where the internal progression on this team propels us forward. I'm just so tired of banking on that, likely ending up disappointed to one degree or another, while we watch other teams be aggressive.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Yeah but that’s not how it works. Imagine if they got allstar goaltending would that mean playoffs? Hall of fame goaltending would that mean a cup?

I mean, yes?

 

[theoptimist]

Aside from the miracle cup run, the Devils have been awful since 2010. It's 2022. That's absurd.

2011-2012 was very fun.

EDIT: Nvm, I get it.

 

[Devilsfan118]

Gaudreau mostly gives us more of what we have. It would have helped for sure and been great to have, but not having that player is not why we lost so many games last year.

Respectfully, we don't a 100 point player on this roster.

I get what you're saying, but not having a bonafide elite winger definitely cost us games last year.

 

[Killing Joke]

Laine isn’t going anywhere. Also if they wanted to move assets out they should have done it for Fiala or Debrincat who are better players. Laine is too much of a passenger and won’t be worth the deal he gets.

Fiala didn’t want to come here and re-sign

 

[None Shall Pass]

He had 40 goals and 115 points but yeah let’s go sign Maroon again

That's what I said, sure. Good work.

 

[SKNJD9]

Ryan Strome to Anh 5yrs

 

[JrFischer54]

I mean, yes?

Wow something so simple and our answer is an unproven caps goalie. Interesting.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

I mean, yes?

Shesterkins goaltending likely gets us about where the rags got last season.

I do wonder, for all those sky is falling folks, what would the thought have been had we got JG? Sounds like right now the organization is a black hole of total garbage that is doomed to spend all eternity simply hoping not to be bottom 5 in the league. If we are THAT horrendous, was JG going to make any meaningful difference anyway? If we are that bad, what is missing out on JG making people so upset about?

 

[Eggtimer]

F it. Offersheet Kakko .

 

[Unknown Caller]

Fiala didn’t want to come here and re-sign

Maybe true (seems to be a runaway train theory from one ambiguous tweet), but Fitz himself said he didn't call Minnesota about Fiala, Minnesota called him. And by the time they spoke, Minnesota was pretty far down the road with LA and the deal was just about done. So not exactly being proactive.