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

[Bleedred]

I am surprised anyone wants to trade for him knowing they'll have to pay anything close to his qualifying offer, but I don't think San Jose cares at all about being good next year.

And the fact that if he went UFA, there probably would have been at least one or two teams better than San Jose that would have signed him for $1.5 million for one year and he may not have wanted to go to San Jose if a couple of better teams wanted to sign him on the market.

 

[Mgd31]

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

Sure you would, but that would be insanely stupid by Grier

 

[Emperoreddy]

We could have gave him away for free and I would call it a win.

Dude needed to go

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Sure you would, but that would be insanely stupid by Grier

Considering the track record of 2000's Sabres players as GM's lately, I wouldn't put it past him lol

 

[Jets012]

It's a great day

 

[HBK27]

 

[Devs3cups]

A 2023 6th.

We now have:

1 2nd
1 3rd
1 4th
1 5th
2 6ths
1 7th

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

He is gone!! Good riddance!!!!!

Even my GF and her friend knew how shit Mack was after their 2 first Devils game last season ever

 

[Zippy316]

At the rate the Devils are drafting, they just replaced the first round pick they traded for Meier this year. Smart move by Fitzgerald.

 

[beekay414]

2 6ths

So which one we getting a top 6 forward with? ;-)

 

[My3Sons]

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

You have to stop asking my wife about me.

 

[Forge]

We got the same for this guy as Philly got for a serviceable middle six center with 50% retained

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

dropping Blackwood, getting a pick, AND sending him to the West so he can only get two wins against us a year? Brilliant trade. One of Fitz’s best IMO.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

 

[My3Sons]

He is gone!! Good riddance!!!!!

Even my GF and her friend knew how shit Mack was after their 2 first Devils game last season ever

Do you need us to send you more bourbon, Twinkies, bullets, cowboy boots, pickup trucks, and fatty processed foods or can you get all that back in Finland now?

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Oh man now who's going to spot the opposing team a 2-0 lead in the first 5 minutes of every start?

 

[The Wumpus]

Pick #164

 

[Devilsgrl35]

A 2023 6th.

We now have:

1 2nd
1 3rd
1 4th
2 6ths
1 7th

CapFriendly says we have our 5th. They have 7 picks listed for us in total. With potentially more to come with Yegor and Graves, that leaves Fitz with lots of room to move around at the draft.

 

[Devs3cups]

CapFriendly says we have our 5th. They have 7 picks listed for us in total. With potentially more to come with Yegor and Graves, that leaves Fitz with lots of room to move around at the draft.

Forgot to list the 5th! Thanks for the correction!

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

i don’t think Graves is getting traded

Forgot to list the 5th! Thanks for the correction!

thats the most important one as far as the Devils are concerned!

 

[Nocashstyle]

 

[My3Sons]

That's actually great. I wish him well.

 

[Triumph]

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.

They traded a conditional 7th for Domingue, and I don't think Nate Schnarr is worth a 7th round pick.

 

[Bleedred]

Maybe he's a nice guy, I don't know.

Never had a problem with him as a person, just his inability to adequately play the position at the NHL level.

His February of 2020 was possibly the best calendar month of goaltending in Devils history or at least one of the best. Think he went 6-0-1 and was like a .965% or something and actually fooled some people into believing that Nas may not be a bad NHL head coach and may even have the interim tag lifted for all the winning (lol) after Hynes was fired lol. We very rarely got any wins that year for the longest time with any other goalie that wasn't him. I think we had one win in the 2019 part of the 2019-2020 season without Blackwood and it was Domingue against the historically bad Red Wings.

And his one loss that month I think came on leap day on February 29th and it was like a 2-1 OT loss to LA.

 

[Lou is God]

Maybe he's a nice guy, I don't know.

Never had a problem with him as a person, just his inability to adequately play the position at the NHL level.

His February of 2020 was possibly the best calendar month of goaltending in Devils history or at least one of the best. Think he went 6-0-1 and was like a .965% or something and actually fooled some people into believing that Nas may not be a bad NHL head coach and may even have the interim tag lifted for all the winning (lol) after Hynes was fired lol. We very rarely got any wins that year for the longest time with any other goalie that wasn't him. I think we had one win in the 2019 part of the 2019-2020 season without Blackwood and it was Domingue against the historically bad Red Wings.

And his one loss that month I think came on leap day on February 29th and it was like a 2-1 OT loss to LA.

They were tired of his antics, many in the origination were happy to see him go.