GDT: 2023 Trade Deadline

[hidek91]

You would sign a player from another team, then purposely lowball your homegrown talent (so he'd most likely leave)?

Glad you're not the GM.

Do you realize that there's a salary cap teams have to comply to?

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Timo's far from overrated. He's a legit goal scoring power forward in an era where goal scoring power forwards are a rarity.

I would say his finishing is overrated, but he’s an elite player still. He just gets so many shots.

 

[StevenToddIves]

And that Mercer dream is dead and buried. They were forced to abandon that delusion.

Fitzgerald has become a very good GM and I think most of the educated Devils fans realize this. Had he traded Dawson Mercer, I think these are the very fans who would have turned on him.

 

[jkrdevil]

It's 8.3 mil per guys with the cap going up pretty significantly. I feel like that's manageable.

It is manageable.

but I also would bank on the cap shooting up given the crisis right now with the regional sports networks. A lot of teams could see their local media rights significantly slashed. The Sinclair Bally’s RSN are heading to bankruptcy, and the AT&T RSN’s have said to teams that they have a month to take back their rights and their plan is to liquidate. That is nearly half the league that could see lost revenue.

 

[Nubmer6]

My dogs keep giving me the stink eye because I won't take them for a walk since the deal might be going down soon.

Better deal with him before it becomes stink floor

 

[Devs3cups]

My dogs keep giving me the stink eye because I won't take them for a walk since the deal might be going down soon.

 

[Saugus]

Retweeted by NRD.

That would be such bullshit if Buffalo swooped in on this last minute like Columbus did with Gaudreau.

 

[NJDevs26]

It's really not. Gaudreau was going to sign with us against his will until the last minute. Tkachuk and Fiala were only signing in one place and DeBrincat was said to test the UFA market in 1 year. Hard to blame Fitz here.

I think Thachuk had two or three spots he would have upped with it's just that none of them were here.

But I mean we did get Hamilton as far as 'sexy adds' and Vanecek/Marino as unsexy adds, it's not as if Fitz is sitting on his hands even after some swings and misses of big fish.

 

[NJDevs26]

That would be such bullshit if Buffalo swooped in on this last minute like Columbus did with Gaudreau.

Don't make me paranoid lol

 

[beekay414]

I would say his finishing is overrated, but he’s an elite player still. He just gets so many shots.

And we need shooters. We've got line drivers, we need guys that'll pepper the net and play a tough game. Meier fits that bill.

 

[glenwo2]

Do you realize that there's a salary cap teams have to comply to?

I don't worry about caps.

That's not my job.

And it isn't yours either.

But that said, I highly doubt Fitz is going to do what you suggest.

 

[Forge]

That would be such bullshit if Buffalo swooped in on this last minute like Columbus did with Gaudreau.

Without a having a good / bad feel on whether or not he would re-sign, I think it would be too much of a risk. They are a fringe playoff contender as it is.

 

[Bcap88]

That poverty franchise Buffalo should prob be looking at goaltenders first

 

[Hisch13r]

I love Zetterlund and what he brings, but if they have to include him to get Meier than sign me up. We can’t just hoard all the players we like.

I mean we can give then other good pieces. They don't want them and we have to include Zetterlund in a big package then at that point it's not worth it.

 

[Lou is God]

That would be such bullshit if Buffalo swooped in on this last minute like Columbus did with Gaudreau.

I've been worried that Buffalo's plan has always been lurk in the weeds till the end and then ambush.

 

[Forge]

I would say his finishing is overrated, but he’s an elite player still. He just gets so many shots.

Put him with Bratt, I'm all good. I think it'll work just fine.

 

[Guadana]

If you commit 18M+ to Meier and Bratt, you're very little funds to spend on the depth, we will basically have to maneuver like Toronto for the rest of our contention window. If we do acquire Meier, I'd re-sign him for 8.5M/8 max (if he doesn't want, I stay out of the deal) and if Meier is indeed signed, I lowball Bratt (forcing him around 7M, if not, I trade him away). You can't sign two wingers to YOLO deals, not to mention that some cheap players or picks would likely be gone in the Meier deal, you're not getting him for free from SJ.

I believe Tatar, Yegor\Zetterlund and our ELC players will not eat much.

BTW team with Hughes, Nico, Meier, Mercer and Bratt should be very attractive for older players who wants to win cup and sign for food. It`s our time to cheat on "Spezza`s"

Toronto is a good team. They were somewhere not ready, somewhere not lucky to play against Tampa in the first round, somewhere Campbell ruined them.
It`s ok to have 4 great players and put good vets on their lines.

 

[FinnishDevil]

That would be such bullshit if Buffalo swooped in on this last minute like Columbus did with Gaudreau.

 

[Devs3cups]

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[None Shall Pass]

It is manageable.

but I also would bank on the cap shooting up given the crisis right now with the regional sports networks. A lot of teams could see their local media rights significantly slashed. The Sinclair Bally’s RSN are heading to bankruptcy, and the AT&T RSN’s have said to teams that they have a month to take back their rights and their plan is to liquidate. That is nearly half the league that could see lost revenue.

I made the same point in the last team thread somewhere. It's no longer a given that the cap will be shooting up in a year or two.

 

[AfroThunder396]

I love Zetterlund and it would suck to lose him, but IMO refusing to trade him for a +40 goal scorer is silly.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

That would be such bullshit if Buffalo swooped in on this last minute like Columbus did with Gaudreau.

It would be great if they squeaked in the playoffs, we bounced them out, then signed Timo in the off-season after we extend Bratt.

 

[Hisch13r]

I think Thachuk had two or three spots he would have upped with it's just that none of them were here.

But I mean we did get Hamilton as far as 'sexy adds' and Vanecek/Marino as unsexy adds, it's not as if Fitz is sitting on his hands.

Even if Tkachuk did want to come here it's pretty irrelevant. We had no chance of getting him. Calgary wanted to stay competitive. Where is our 115 pt player and a 1D to offer?

 

[theoptimist]

Yost tweet is just a writer writing. They are not in the running, but BUF checked in weeks ago. They're looking to add considering they're in WILD wild card race.

 

[None Shall Pass]

I love Zetterlund and it would suck to lose him, but IMO refusing to trade him for a +40 goal scorer is silly.

He's never hit 40 goals before! Though admittedly he's trending that way this season.