Devils cleared to spend to the cap next season

[cvrle1]

After making it into the playoffs for the 1st time in 5 years, ownership decided to let GM Shero spend to to the cap next season. That means they have just under $20M to spend, and that is if the cap stayed the same. Since it will go up, they suddenly have a lot of money to play with and bring in some good players. They also get Ryan Clowe and his $4.85M off the books as well

Will be interesting to see if Shero takes advantage of it. He did spend to the cap with penguins but handed out some bad contracts with that $$$

https://www.tsn.ca/devils-gm-shero-cleared-to-spend-to-cap-1.1068643

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[Kamiccolo]

I imagine that might be an attractive spot for Tavares... Close to where he lives now but goes to another organization where he has a chance to win.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Pretty sure he's always been cleared to spend to the cap with this ownership group. It just didn't make sense to do so in past years because we were rebuilding.

Not really news lol

 

[Marner]

U can have jvr the hometown boy

 

[My3Sons]

What percentage of big money UFA deals work for more than two years? Why is spending to the cap with so many ELCs to pay second deals to in the next few years a good idea?

 

[Trojans86]

Tavares makes a ton of sense. That would enable them to move Zacha for a defensemen.

I wouldnt mind if you took Perry for free but Ducks would probably have to retain and he would have to waive his nmc.

 

[CanuckGame39]

Tavares to NJ I guess.

Makes way too much sense. Gets to live the same lifestyle as now, only not for a Micky mouse organization.

 

[tmg]

Could make them one of the few teams in the league able to make the deal the Sens want, where one of the assets they get in exchange for Karlsson is for the other team to take the Bobby Ryan contract.

 

[McFlash97]

Hall, Tavares,Hischier,

All first Overalls. Jersey bout to take the next step if they land JT.

 

[BahlDeep]

Could make them one of the few teams in the league able to make the deal the Sens want, where one of the assets they get in exchange for Karlsson is for the other team to take the Bobby Ryan contract.

What an awful contract for Ryan

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

I don't see how JT is realistic without us eventually running into cap hell by addressing our other needs. We need a top pair LHD, we need to extend Hall...

Also in a couple years Nico, Bratt and Butcher will all need contracts. How do we flex that by adding say JT, Carlson (Who isn't even a LHD) and extending Hall?

 

[boredmale]

I imagine that might be an attractive spot for Tavares... Close to where he lives now but goes to another organization where he has a chance to win.

I could be reading this wrong but if Tavares stays in the NYC area, I can only see 1 team he plays for.

 

[tucker3434]

One if the worst things a team like NJD could do is spend to the cap just because they can. Go get JT, sure. But spending to spend gets you a bunch of overpaid bums that you’ll have to buyout.

 

[AfroThunder396]

We've been cleared to spend to the cap since Harris & Blitzer took over, but there was no need to because we were blowing it up and building from scratch.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Good. Maybe now they can finally give up that 1st.

 

[Cheddabombs]

One if the worst things a team like NJD could do is spend to the cap just because they can. Go get JT, sure. But spending to spend gets you a bunch of overpaid bums that you’ll have to buyout.

And Shero knows that. He's said multiple times how valuable cap space is and how hard it is to get it back once you've used it all. I can see him pushing hard for either Tavares or Carlson but he's not going to spend to the cap willy nilly.

 

[AfroThunder396]

I don't see how JT is realistic without us eventually running into cap hell by addressing our other needs. We need a top pair LHD, we need to extend Hall...

Also in a couple years Nico, Bratt and Butcher will all need contracts. How do we flex that by adding say JT, Carlson (Who isn't even a LHD) and extending Hall?

Easy.

Clowe (4.85M) is off the books this year.
Lovejoy (2.66M) and Boyle (2.75M) off the books next year.
Greene (6M) off the books next year.
Zajac (5.75M) off the books the year after that.

Also Johansson (4.58M) is UFA next summer, if they get into cap problems they could easily just let him walk.

 

[cvrle1]

And Shero knows that. He's said multiple times how valuable cap space is and how hard it is to get it back once you've used it all. I can see him pushing hard for either Tavares or Carlson but he's not going to spend to the cap willy nilly.

I guess he learned that from mistakes he made in Pittsburgh. He had some bad UFA signings that JR was still dealing with long after Shero was fired.

 

[Scorcho]

Tavares to NJ I guess.

Makes way too much sense. Gets to live the same lifestyle as now, only not for a Micky mouse organization.

I almost spit my drink when I read this

 

[njdevils1982]

Tavares to NJ I guess.

Makes way too much sense. Gets to live the same lifestyle as now, only not for a Micky mouse organization.

Oilers ’84: Gretzky pounds Devils, calls them ‘Mickey Mouse’

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Tavares to NJ I guess.

Makes way too much sense. Gets to live the same lifestyle as now, only not for a Micky mouse organization.

We're the OG Mickey Mouse org

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Hall-tavares-palmieri
Zacha-hischier-etc

Greene-carlsson
Butcher-severson

Scneids
Etc

Dece

 

[Shakey Rustie]

Just in time for Kovalchuk's return!

 

[Emperoreddy]

Good. Maybe now they can finally give up that 1st.

Our 2018 1st? Definitely possible it gets moved.

There isn’t an internal solution to improving the D.

 

[Prairie Habs]

U can have jvr the hometown boy

trying to pull the ol' reverse Clarkson I see