Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - offseason edition

[PKs Broken Stick]

Cirelli is one of the best defensive forwards in the league. He is not a depth player.

Yes he is. If that's what Wright becomes, I'll be disappointed.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Offseason finally begins for real

 

[Eggtimer]

Offseason finally begins for real

Yes , that was my exact thought the second the game ended. This is going to be an epic off-season . For us and I think there is going to be a lot of movememt and big name players moving around l

 

[Guttersniped]

After this year it's more challeging to move him because he's an RFA - with no arb rates he'll still be a bargain, but of course if he doesn't improve massively on this season, he won't be much of one regardless. The time to move him is now, while there's an ELC year left.

Yes, players’ value don’t fluctuate so wildly that “selling low” versus doing whatever keeping him does means as much as letting teams have him on his ELC.

I don’t expect him to be shipped out, the only guy who seems like a sure goner is Zacha. The biggest mystery is Wood and what contract he gets.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Season's done folks, let's get wild. I better see a trade before Tuesday.

 

[MadDevil]

Season's done folks, let's get wild. I better see a trade before Tuesday.

That's when they're planning on announcing Ruff's extension.

 

[SKNJD9]

Season's done folks, let's get wild. I better see a trade before Tuesday.

That's one way to set yourself up to be let down lol

 

[The Wumpus]

That's when they're planning on announcing Ruff's extension.

17 years, 102 million. Just erase Kovy's name and write in Lindy Ruff.

 

[glenwo2]

Elias not being in the HoF is still bullshit to me.

I missed the first half of their careers, but I question if - over the course of their entire careers, not peak point seasons - guys like Recchi, Andreychuk and Ciccarrelli were truly better than him.

Yeah I don't get it.

What else does Elias have to do to get into the damn Hall?

He's fulfilled EVERY CRITERIA (and then some) there is.

So PUT HIM IN THE GODDAMN HALL, YOU IDIOTS!!

 

[theoptimist]

You don't know that. If this season was just a sophomore slump and he continues where he left in his rookie season, his value is gonna multiple by a lot. Everyone is so impatient in these forums. Smith has only had one bad season in his whole career and now you know for sure that that is who he's gonna be from now on.

I rather hold on to prospects and see them fail, than trade them for nothing and see them flourish on another team.

I mean to say, I do not want Ty Smith. Again, that’s not saying Smith is not an NHL player or will not improve aspects of his game. I want to trade Smith in a package this offseason.

 

[Bcap88]

so you think wright is gunna be a career 40 point player? oof...I don't think you understand what I'm trying to say here. Cirelli is a depth player, idk why you're even talking about him.

Uhm no? Usually depth players don’t average 18 minutes a game. All I’m saying is if we draft Wright he will get his minutes and opportunities

 

[MadDevil]

I could live with the "problem" of having too many good centers after basically wanting them for like a decade. No offense to Zajac or Rico, but they were both asked to do a lot more than they should have.