Confirmed with Link: Blackwood to SJ for 2023 6th Rd Pick

[Satans Hockey]

What a great day! Good riddance!

 

[Billdo]

When he was on he was REALLY good. The problem is he hasn't been on regularly in like 4 years.

 

[Devils731]

and the odds of Bratt becoming Bratt was 1 in 100

I think your odds are low actually. It’s less likely than that.

 

[Devs3cups]

A 6th this year or next?

 

[Unknown Caller]

I think your odds are low actually. It’s less likely than that.

Exactly. Just because someone previously won the powerball doesn't make an individual powerball ticket valuable.

Fine that the Devils got an asset back, but the Fitzmagic memes acting like he pulled a heist should be kept in the drawer.

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

Hope he can get his career back on track. Just glad we are moving on from him and got another draft pick. Hopefully it's for 2023 because we are losing alot of players this year it seems. Fitzgerald is cleaning house on certain underwhelming players.

 

[NJDevs26]

A 6th this year or next?

It can be the Kinkaid deal for all I care (a la like 2028 or whatever)...let them trade for some high schooler

 

[Captain3rdLine]

and the odds of Bratt becoming Bratt was 1 in 100

way less

 

[Devs3cups]

 

[Unknown Caller]

way less

Bratt's odds of becoming a star in his draft year were 4%, so it was about 4 times more than 1 in 100.

Regardless, it's like winning the lottery or a 50/50 raffle and then thinking your odds are higher of winning every subsequent time just because it magically hit once.

 

[bossram]

Getting a 6th for a guy who wasn't going to get QO'd is solid business regardless.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Add big Z back

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I rather do Zetterlund's rights for Blackwood's rights than the 6th.

 

[Call Me Al]

Exactly. Just because someone previously won the powerball doesn't make an individual powerball ticket valuable.

Fine that the Devils got an asset back, but the Fitzmagic memes acting like he pulled a heist should be kept in the drawer.

i think you’re taking this way too seriously. everyone is aware that late round picks are lotto tickets, but we’re having fun with the fact that we got rid of someone no one liked and touting our recent late round drafting prowess

 

[Unknown Caller]

Getting a 6th for a guy who wasn't going to get QO'd is solid business regardless.

It's just a fairly standard deal for a goalie with NHL experience. The Devils traded a 7th for Louis Domingue and Nate Schnarr (who was about equivalent to a 7th round pick) for Andrew Hammond.

 

[Devs3cups]

 

[Emperoreddy]

Really the one reason I came into this thread.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Blackwood is going to HATE the Bay Area given some of his views lmao

adios muchacho!

long drive to Huntington beach area too

 

[HBK27]

 

[Dialamo]

Deal is getting nixed at the last second. Blackwood to sign 8 year extension with us at $5.75m/year. You heard it here first!

 

[MasterofGrond]

hope this job comes through so I move back to the bay and can heckle mack

 

[bossram]

It's just a fairly standard deal for a goalie with NHL experience. The Devils traded a 7th for Louis Domingue and Nate Schnarr (who was about equivalent to a 7th round pick) for Andrew Hammond.

The options available to NJ were 1) No QO and get nothing, or 2) get a 6th back.

Fitz did the latter. It's not some amazing trade, just smart business.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Bratt's odds of becoming a star in his draft year were 4%, so it was about 4 times more than 1 in 100.

Regardless, it's like winning the lottery or a 50/50 raffle and then thinking your odds are higher of winning every subsequent time just because it magically hit once.

Except we weren’t talking about the odds of Bratt meeting Bader’s star threshold lol. Bratt has been producing well over that threshold the last couple seasons. So even if you want to rely on a model like such for the odds Bratt has surpassed that 57 point per season threshold used and therefore had a much less than 4% chance of being what he is now.


Also the discussion was less about Bratt specifically and more about 6th round picks. You have a much less than 1 in 100 chance of getting a Bratt level player from a 6th round pick.

 

[Emperoreddy]

When he was on he was REALLY good. The problem is he hasn't been on regularly in like 4 years.

His body is a broken down husk. He is never going to be healthy enough to put it together.

 

[Saugus]

Getting anything for Blackwood is a win. He clearly wasn’t in the plans for next season, and didn’t have much value around the league.

I’m just glad Fitz didn’t draw this out by qualifying him and then trying to trade him. Clean break, it’s better this way.