Rumor: 2024-2025 Trade Rumors and Free Agency Talk | Part Deux

[Balthazar]

Their GM, Tom Fitzgerald, was on Real Kyper & Bourne yesterday and was asked about the JT Miller rumours.

He didn’t confirm or deny them but said they absolutely have the bullets in the chamber to go big game hunting and acquire a player “like a JT Miller.”

I know they are still early in their window but...

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Nemec for Miller just sounds like a trade that makes too much sense for both sides quite frankly.

 

[LOFIN]

Nemec for Miller just sounds like a trade that makes too much sense for both sides quite frankly.

Until you remember a thing called "the salary cap"

 

[Avs_19]

I just found out Kovalchuk is still on the books for NJ when looking at their cap.

 

[Pokecheque]

Until you remember a thing called "the salary cap"

It's obviously going to include a big salary, which I'd say is likely Meier.

That said, I would assume a defenseman is coming with Miller in that event, not sure who though.

Nemec is signed for two more years to his ELC, which has a base of less than $1 million. I assume bonuses push it well past that though.

 

[AvsMakar08]

I can see Malinski going the other way for a 4/5 dman. He's an RFA and he's expendable.

My hunch is the Avs bring in 2 dmen, and ship Malinski out.

NJ Devils are trying to ship Nemec (German) to Colorado for Malinski.

 

[Balthazar]

Don't know if it was posted or not but he posted this yesterday

 

[hockeyfish]

Don't know if it was posted or not but he posted this yesterday

Oh Dater, stirring the pot even more.

 

[Gumballhead]

Not if Timo Meier is going with Nemec.

Man, I’ve completely forgotten about how he used to a good player.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

NJ Devils are trying to ship Nemec (German) to Colorado for Malinski.

Oh, are they?

 

[Avs_19]

 

[Bender]

MacKinnon hasn't looked quite right in awhile either. Still putting up points, because he is who he is. But doesn't look the same.

The team as is, isn't winning anything. They're really looking more and more like 1st round fodder.

I don't know about that but I do think this whole team is out of sync.

Mack started the year on fire - playing like an MVP but since mid-November has been uneven with his performances.

Makar started the year on fire - playing insanely well but has cooled off of late.

Mittelstadt started the season with 16 points in 15 games only to go into a 2 month slump looking like a shade of his former self.

Toews wasn't great to start the season and finally has looked like himself over the past 3 weeks.

The goaltending was abysmal to start only to become a strength the last month or so.

Throughout all that, we have injury after injury after injury. Just seems like if everyone was back and all trending the same way, we'd be extremely hard to beat. Is that gonna happen, I don't know.

Still, my personal belief that the team as it is made-up is stale and there needs to be an influx of new blood and an outflux of a few guys who don't fit what this team is trying to accomplish.

 

[Foppa2118]

TBF, these questions were pretty hard to listen to as well. Some of these reporters seem like they just like to listen to themselves talk.

30 seconds to ask a question about whether he's injured or not when you know he's not going to say yes if he is.

Not to mention these reporters are fishing for juicy quotes from him going against his coach or teammates and he knows it. Annoying game they're playing.

 

[Balthazar]

Rants 17M X 8

 

[willy702]

MacKinnon hasn't looked quite right in awhile either. Still putting up points, because he is who he is. But doesn't look the same.

The team as is, isn't winning anything. They're really looking more and more like 1st round fodder.

The team, as it is, is missing an important piece. The guy you love to hate better come back healthy and make it through the playoffs this time around.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I don't even care anymore. Please find a way to get Miller for Mittlestadt +. Our margin for error was so small in a trade and it's looking like Cmac and the pro scouts whiffed on this one. Infuriating we gve up our best trade piece for a guy who turned into a pumpkin overnight.

I mean... sure if you want your team to be not only terrible but also unlikeable go for it.