Confirmed with Link: Devils Acquire John Marino for Ty Smith & a 2023 3rd Round Pick

[Eggtimer]

Things are looking up . In my opinion , moving Johnson and adding one or two guys like Neiderrieder or ?? would be deadly . Maybe Fitz is looking for a top 6 winger .
I am getting a little nervous about Bratt and hope we don’t have to move him if he refuses a contract that doesn’t walk him to UFA ?

 

[glenwo2]

I’m not a Devils fan so I would refer to your judgement good sir.

May I ask what team you root for, good sir? (for educational purposes, of course. )

 

[RSeen]

Things are looking up . In my opinion , moving Johnson and adding one or two guys like Neiderrieder or ?? would be deadly . Maybe Fitz is looking for a top 6 winger .
I am getting a little nervous about Bratt and hope we don’t have to move him if he refuses a contract that doesn’t walk him to UFA ?

If we can swap Johnsson for Neiderreiter on a short term deal, that would definitely be an upgrade.

 

[glenwo2]

Things are looking up . In my opinion , moving Johnson and adding one or two guys like Neiderrieder or ?? would be deadly . Maybe Fitz is looking for a top 6 winger .
I am getting a little nervous about Bratt and hope we don’t have to move him if he refuses a contract that doesn’t walk him to UFA ?

In the end, Bratt has to make a choice : Does he want to be a Devils life'r or does he want to be yet another typical NHL'er who bolts for the highest dollar amount?

 

[OmNomNom]

Sorry Jack lol

 

[Maurice of Orange]

May I ask what team you root for, good sir? (for educational purposes, of course. )

One of your most hated rivals the Flyers.

 

[Killing Joke]

Things are looking up . In my opinion , moving Johnson and adding one or two guys like Neiderrieder or ?? would be deadly . Maybe Fitz is looking for a top 6 winger .
I am getting a little nervous about Bratt and hope we don’t have to move him if he refuses a contract that doesn’t walk him to UFA ?

No reason to be nervous with Bratt. We have 13 million to work with to sign these guys with Bratt

 

[glenwo2]

One of your most hated rivals the Flyers.

ah...I look forward to "renewed hostilities" when the Devils play your team.

 

[Billdo]

Graves-Hamilton
Siegenthaler-Severson
Smith/Okhotiuk/Bahl-Marino

 

[Bcap88]

No reason to be nervous with Bratt. We have 13 million to work with to sign these guys with Bratt

Yes we have to space for him but it still comes down to Bratt to accept or reject the deal that fitz offered him

 

[Guttersniped]

Interesting deal for both sides (EDIT: Sorry, thought this was the main board)

I think Smith could do well there but he’s really redundant with Luke & Nemec longterm and even relatively short term (I don’t typically ever pencil in prospects but I make exceptions there) plus Casey is tiny and fantastic.

I don’t think his value needed to get “pumped up” after a bad year, the ELC gave him value.

And the Penguins didn’t do too bad here Marino didn’t have a great year either, nice pick in what looks like a great draft, replaces the one they gave up for Jeff Carter.

And Severson is likely a goner now, though not sure when it happens. The TDL maybe.

 

[Blender]

No reason to be nervous with Bratt. We have 13 million to work with to sign these guys with Bratt

We have to be careful with the cap if Nemec plays time this season as well, as he'll have performance bonus clauses.

 

[glenwo2]

We have to be careful with the cap if Nemec plays time this season as well, as he'll have performance bonus clauses.

I have to think that with the acquisition of Marino, I don't think we see Nemec this season.

 

[Eggtimer]

Seems fitz is genuinely sick of losing and is done with the one last chance thing

Yes I’m glad Fitz is at the point where we can’t fill the lineup with kids and “ hope” they work out . It’s hard rotating everyone in to give them a chance and try to stay competitive at the same time . I really want to see what Holtz Foote Thompson can do but at the same time , we have to be competitive and can’t play too many at the same time where they have a negative impact on us winning . It will be tricky finding the right spots and icetime for players we want to take a look at and see if they are good fits .
I guess that’s what training camp and preseason is for and rotate guys in for a game or two if they impress in Utica

 

[megajake]

This makes the Nemec pick even worse....

 

[Devils731]

This makes the Nemec pick even worse....

Goes from fantastic to great?

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

I know i’ve already said i liked this trade, but i’ve been reading nothing but tweets about how Fitzgerald is a moron since Gaudreau signed in Columbus so actually i think it’s bad.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

This makes the Nemec pick even worse....

How?

 

[Blender]

This makes the Nemec pick even worse....

What a brutal take.

 

[Forge]

This makes the Nemec pick even worse....

I mean, not at all, but okay

 

[megajake]

How?

He isn't needed. We could just resign Severson and be very content with our defense once Luke Hughes comes. Now we need to hope we can acquire some fwd talent for Severson and don't let him walk for free.

 

[FooteBahl]

This makes the Nemec pick even worse....

I thought it was at least 7 months until April 1st…what happened?

 

[Bcap88]

He isn't needed. We could just resign Severson and be very content with our defense once Luke Hughes comes. Now we need to hope we can acquire some fwd talent for Severson and don't let him walk for free.

Don’t think anyone wants to pay upwards of 6-7 for Damon severson but someone will and it won’t be nj

 

[Captain3rdLine]

I have to think that with the acquisition of Marino, I don't think we see Nemec this season.

I think we still will at some point at least for a short stint. In the case of injuries he’s probably one of the first callups.

On the not here’s how I’d imagine our Utica D group looks until injuries:



Bahl/Okhotiuk-Nemec
Wotherspoon-Walsh
Vukojevic-Russo
Groleau

 

[minibrodeur]

Please stop with the Niederreiter talk. This guy is a MIDDLE SIX FORWARD. I would rather Mercer, Bratt, Shara, Palat on top 6 and we're actually still tryna get rid of other bottom 6 forwards. We gonna be paying him UFA premium for the next 5-6 years. I'm shocked how we can complain about a Palat contract then mention Niederreiter everyday. It's not happening.