Proposal: Devils need a goal scorer.

[Smitty426]

Caufield to NJ keeps coming up on these boards, the result is always the same. Great player but the Devils can't add another little guy to their top 6.

Palms or
Nelson


Oliveri

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Palms or
Nelson


Oliveri

Or Jake Evans if Montreal will move him.

 

[My3Sons]

What sort of cap space is NJ even looking near the deadline? cap wages and puckpedia seem to have different numbers? It's hard to see NJ having enough cap to add an impact player.

 

[Forge]

What sort of cap space is NJ even looking near the deadline? cap wages and puckpedia seem to have different numbers? It's hard to see NJ having enough cap to add an impact player.

It's hard to say because it's accrued daily, I think. So obviously the rate at which you're accruing it can change.

The two aren't far off in current cap space for the team (1.1 to 1.4), so I'd probably roll with something similar to puckpedia's deadline estimate. To be cautious, maybe round down from 3.7 to 3. But given the amount of time left in the season at the deadline, that should be more than enough to add an impact rental.

 

[Zippy316]

What sort of cap space is NJ even looking near the deadline? cap wages and puckpedia seem to have different numbers? It's hard to see NJ having enough cap to add an impact player.

With a full roster, Devils will have ~3.7 million to spend at their current rate.

However, they have been doing a lot of paper transactions (sending Dowling/DeSimone down) on off days when not on road trips to try to accrue more space.

I would think a safe bet would have them at around 4 million, maybe they can squeeze a bit more if they’re shrewd with the paper transactions.