Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - season begins!

[dgibb10]

I'm not dumping a 1st to move Palat. At least not right now. He has been serviceable enough since moving up to play with Jack and Bratt

Malenstyn has value in the deal I had there but yes I don't think you need to pay a 1st outright. Especially if the cap goes up big, we would a) not NEED to dump palat, and b) would be much easier when all the bottom feeders have boatloads of space and UFAs are costing more and more.

I liked how much fitz got done this offseason.

We basically need nothing next year except a 4C. And funny enough, the 4C/bottom 6 C market this coming UFA has a TON of options

 

[theoptimist]

I like Jack McBain more than Brady Tkachuk

 

[My3Sons]

Hamilton has gotten by far the worst of goalie luck behind him, which makes people think he's been a lot worse defensively than he has.

something like an (EV) 0.870 with hamilton on and a 0.940 otherwise from our tendies.

I can't see moving hamilton this offseason. We don't need to clear 9 mill and there's really nothing to spend the money on. If someone offers me good value for him I take it (I am always in support of making +value moves, like the Marino Pesce swap getting a pair of 2nds for basically free bc pesce took a nice deal).

But this offseason, I don't see anything out there to spend the money on that we wouldn't regret down the line.

Here is what the team looks like without hamilton and a 93 mill cap.

15 mill in space with literally only depth to fill out. I do not like the idea of splurging on an expensive old winger here.

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I think you bite the bullet and dump palat

if Dillon got $4 mil per, what do you think Kovacevic gets if he keeps up his play? I think it's more than Dillon most likely. I'm happy to keep Dr. Evil but I think Palat will have to go by hook or by crook.

 

[britdevil]

I'm not dumping a 1st to move Palat. At least not right now. He has been serviceable enough since moving up to play with Jack and Bratt

Having an infant daughter in NICU for 7 weeks has got to take a toll too.

Not really interested in paying to get rid of Palat. Would really like to see him in the playoffs again.

 

[Guttersniped]

I love the shoutout to us at the end. "Sickos" is a very apt descriptor. Embrace it.

It’s from an Onion cartoon:

Devils Specific:

From our playoff run in 22-23: