Confirmed with Link: Devils sign Tomas Tatar - 2 years @ $4.5M AAV

[Jets012]

Devils are back

 

[RSeen]

Great signing and we still have a ton of cap space. A line of Tatar-Hughes-Sharangovich could be quite good at play driving and if Yegor can continue to be an above average finisher, productive as well.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Great minds think alike

 

[Jets012]

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

I would bet on any line with Jack and Tatar being near the top of the league in possession and scoring chance stats. Need that finisher to put next to him. Maybe it’s Tarasenko? Sharangovich might do, though.

 

[Guttersniped]

It's probably the same deal we offered Saad.

I'm cool with it. Slots in nicely with Hughes and Govie. Gives Holtz two full seasons of development time without having to be rushed ( Barring injuries )

We would have definitely offered Saad more term since we allegedly gave him a real offer and he got 5 years/4.5m.

Tatar was getting lowballed and Fitz said f*** it. I was worried it would be three, which would have not been the end of the world but a bit much for me. Two years is easy peasy.

People bitched about scorers not being signed and now bitch about the kind of scorer signed.

 

[Azathoth]

So PuckPedia is a legit source? Fantastic news if true. Give Nico and Hughes as much weapons as needed to succeed down the middle.

 

[RSeen]

Now for Tarasenko and if one if them gets pushed out of the lineup next year by one of the young guys coming up then you retain and shop em out

If he still has shoulder issues, that is risky. I think the second year of his contract could be an important year for the organization with trying to compete and his contract could hurt the opportunity to acquire others.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

So PuckPedia is a legit source? Fantastic news if true. Give Nico and Hughes as much weapons as needed to succeed down the middle.

His agency posted a pic on IG of it too, pretty official imo

 

[Hisch13r]

If he still has shoulder issues, that is risky. I think the second year of his contract could be an important year for the organization with trying to compete and his contract could hurt the opportunity to acquire others.

Potentially. I think it depends more on the cost than the shoulder for me. If they’re trading for him you have to imagine they feel good about his shoulder and we’ll just have to trust them on that

 

[vtdevils2k]

I would bet on any line with Jack and Tatar being near the top of the league in possession and scoring chance stats. Need that finisher to put next to him. Maybe it’s Tarasenko? Sharangovich might do, though.

Boy IF we can get Tank(healthy) in addition to this Tatar move, I mean...wow to this offseason.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Exactly what I wanted to find here.

Love it baby!

 

[HBK27]

Summer of Fitzy

 

[DevilDog]

Hard not to like this deal. We need established NHL players at Wing and this is clearly a productive one. Especially at 5v5 which was the Devils strong suite last year.

 

[13BearerOfHope]

We signed Tatar too? “Let’s get down let’s get down to business!” Is the music I hear playing folks! Great signing - we have a team!!

 

[EliasFTW]

Would of like like 4 years ago. Still a decent sign.

 

[HBK27]

Needed to add to the top 6 and with just 2 years on the deal this is a great signing. Also allows the kids to marinate a bit longer in Utica.

 

[OmNomNom]

it aint real till a real person tweets it tho, so far we have pagnotta and jfresh

 

[youryeah]

fitz is knocking this offseason out of the friggin park. can we fast forward to october???

 

[Hisch13r]

it aint real till a real person tweets it tho, so far we have pagnotta and jfresh

Tatar’s agency did

 

[HBK27]

it aint real till a real person tweets it tho, so far we have pagnotta and jfresh

Don't all the "Insiders" go on a 2 month vacation the day after free agency?

 

[Devil X]

 

[Devils Trap]

The social media team is literally meming before posting

 

[RSeen]

Potentially. I think it depends more on the cost than the shoulder for me. If they’re trading for him you have to imagine they feel good about his shoulder and we’ll just have to trust them on that

I think I heard something about us not liking the medicals on his shoulder. It may have been Friedman? Can't recall exactly, but if that is the case, I'd assume we avoid him unless there is heavy retention.

The cost either way should be next to nothing.

 

[Hisch13r]

I think I heard something about us not liking the medicals on his shoulder. It may have been Friedman? Can't recall exactly, but if that is the case, I'd assume we avoid him unless there is heavy retention.

The cost either way should be next to nothing.

He was on our section but he didn’t say specifically it was us. He said some teams don’t like it but wasn’t sure we’re one of them. I wouldn’t think we would’ve continued to be rumored to be in on him if we had an issue with it