Confirmed with Link: (D) Brenden Dillon signs with NJ - 3 years, 12 mil. (4 mil. AAV)

[Whaddagoal]

I know less about Dillon than Pesce so I can't really say much other then - seem cool! Good size, seemed happy in his brief tv phone interview with NHL network. Mentioned we were a hard team to play against, lots of talent. Yaddyayaddya.

 

[JimEIV]

I know less about Dillon than Peace so I can't really say much other then - seem cool! Good size, seemed happy in his brief tv phone interview with NHL network. Mentioned we were a hard team to play against, lots of talent. Yaddyayaddya.

Fitz obviously told him we want to be a hard team to play against and we think you would be a big part of that.

It was fresh on his mind. He's s banger though.

 

[Better Call Sal]

I'm really excited about this defensive corps. With what Keefe pulled off with (in my opinion) a lesser group year after year in Toronto, this might be the most complete unit he will have at his disposal.

 

[NjdevilfanJim]

Great pickup tough as nails defenseman

 

[Brodeur]

Seattle Thunderbirds

chl.ca

Makes me feel old, Dillon was in the first junior game I got to attend back in 2009.

 

[Bad Goalie]

Would like to see the contract details. Hopefully he can easily be moved after year 2 as Silayev should be coming over and will probably be ready to step in by then.

He will have just turned 20 and have no experience in North America. He may need some or all of 1 season in the AHL before he is REALLY ready.

 

[Bad Goalie]

most people said $2.5-3? Which is what the models projected?

as always, you knew more though?

You already said he's UFA so, price and term increase. This isn't going to break the Devils and he will be invaluable.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Would like to see the contract details. Hopefully he can easily be moved after year 2 as Silayev should be coming over and will probably be ready to step in by then.

10-team no trade in the final year

 

[Emperoreddy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807963680426152088

 

[VoidCreature]

Didn’t realize we signed John Wick

Lookin good in his twitter pic

 

[bossram]

I like the Dillon target for their 3LD. But this is an obvious overpay. Too much term and too much money. AFP projected him at $3M x 2.

I have a bigger concern than Dillon though, and moreso the overall construction of the blueline. It's getting older and slower, and now three of their top-six guys are in their 30s, have term., and are not the fleetest of foot to begin with. Any slips in mobility and the effectiveness of the blueline corps will drop significantly. It's an issue to monitor.

 

[Guttersniped]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807832152295592171

Described the Devils as “tough to play against”.

Not in Winnipeg lol.

Our worst records by arena.


The old timey building records include the Scouts and Rockies. (Richmond Ohio is the Cleveland Barons lol.)

I put a red line through the arenas that have been demolished.

Buildings on the list that avoided demo:
Leafs stopped playing in the Gardens in 1999.
Kings stopped playing in the Forum in 1999.
Habs stopped playing in the Forum in 1996.
Canucks stopped playing in the Coliseum in 1995.

And then there’s the one in that opened in 2004 where the new Jets stomp us like we’re narcs at a biker rally.

And if you were wondering about those weird one off at top…

Providence: March 16, 1993
1-3 L vs BOS
Halifax: October 31, 1993
1-4 L vs NYR

Why did those happen?

As a part of the 1992 strike settlement, the NHL and Bruce McNall's Multivision Marketing and Public Relations Co. organized 26 regular season games in cities without a franchise as a litmus test for future expansion.

link

FYI we didn’t always lose these weird “neutral site” games.

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton: November 18, 1992
3-2 W vs BUF

Target Center, Minneapolis: March 27, 1994
5-2 W vs Nordiques

 

[Emperoreddy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808218405297660154

 

[Saugus]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808218405297660154

MacDermid
Pesce
Dillon

One of these things is not like the others.

Weird for him to be mentioned in the same sentence, but maybe Dillon is being nice.

 

[Better Call Sal]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808236814160789686

Lmao

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808218405297660154

 

[Emperoreddy]

MacDermid
Pesce
Dillon

One of these things is not like the others.

Weird for him to be mentioned in the same sentence, but maybe Dillon is being nice.

MacDermid seems well respected around the league as a locker room guy and good face puncher

 

[My3Sons]

MacDermid seems well respected around the league as a locker room guy and good face puncher

just once next season I want Rempe's helmet to come off early in the fight and then see the Rangers fans make excuses when he's beaten like a rented mule. Just once. His face shield saved him in that last game when he finally answered the bell.

 

[Guttersniped]

just once next season I want Rempe's helmet to come off early in the fight and then see the Rangers fans make excuses when he's beaten like a rented mule. Just once. His face shield saved him in that last game when he finally answered the bell.

You’re really going to pretend you only want this to happen once?

 

[Eyeseeing]

Great pickup tough as nails defenseman

Yep
He sticks up for the team and he can seriously chuck’em

 

[My3Sons]

You’re really going to pretend you only want this to happen once?

Rempe is effectively a child. I don’t want him hurt. I just want him to learn that he needs to respect the game and the other players. The morons that cheer rabidly for him might learn something as well.