Confirmed with Link: Devils Trade Henrique, Blandisi, 3rd Round Pick to Anaheim for Sami Vatanen/Conditional 3rd

[Lou is God]

I trust fans of other teams on their boards though since they watch their team night after night.

Boston fans were right about Hayes

I hope I'm wrong but at the moment I don't like this trade.

That's fine, but dear God please don't moan about it over and over and over again

 

[vtdevils2k]

Don't like it. Overpaid.

It's not awful, but not a fan.

Listening to SiriusXM NHL game Day, the host and guest are saying they can't believe someone like Vatanen only returned Henrique and Blender.

He's a top 4 ,right handed, all situational, puck moving, young defenseman.

 

[njdevil26]

I finally have a legit critique of Shero now. Stop trading away picks for garbage dmen like Prout and Mueller. Those guys are dead in the water after this trade...

Minor blip on an otherwise stellar performance as GM.

and I have a critique for you. Mueller is not a garbage d-man and was playing his best games of the year before getting injured.

Prout I agree with.

 

[SeidoN]

I will miss Rico but I dont hate it. better value that Stepan got and an overdue move

 

[SETHROLLINS]

So does Quenneville take Henrique's spot?

 

[The Great Dame]

Laughing at people saying overpayment. Yes I love Henrique just as we all do (and now my jersey is made obsolete) but we just addressed the biggest hole on this team without creating one. Henrique is a 20-25 center and it remains to be seen if Blandisi will put it together. Also when you look in the pipeline guys like Mcleod or Quenneville can replace Henrique down the line.

We just got our best defenseman. Today was a good day for the franchise.

 

[phillipmike]

No, he's been alright with little talent around him.

Most Ducks fans are happy with the trade and are saying Sami hasn't been good for a few seasons.

Might be the case this season after injury but they were pumping him up all last season and in the off-season. They need centre depth and cooled down on Vatanen, like every other fanbase they toss a guy aside after he is dealt. Even with his struggles Vatanen is averaging 21 minutes a night.

Very good trade for Shero. In the last 6 months he got a #1 centre, a 2nd line winger and 2 top 4 D. Got Nico and Butcher for free, a 2nd and a 3rd for MJ and a 3rd line centre and a 3rd for Vatanen. Great last few months for Shero. Doesnt include good solid signings like Moore, Gibbons, Hayes, and Stafford. Would have been great if Kerfoot stayed.

 

[njdevil26]

This trade was probably also helped by the play of Gibbons and Coleman who are now essential to this lineup. I was wondering what was going to happen when Mojo and Palms are both healthy....

 

[day1devilsfan]

Hall & Palms team now IMO

 

[Jets012]

Blandisi is going to carve out a nice role in ANA. Hate to give him up. Rather JQ honestly.

But I've been on the team trade Henrique for a while now. He lost his fit and is massively overrated.

Now I think Vatanen is overrated too, but having him at RHD is helpful. Put him on the second pairing with Butcher or Moore and the D-Core looks much much better.

Severson
Vatanen
Santini

That SHOULD be the D-Core going forward.

 

[OmNomNom]

I finally have a legit critique of Shero now. Stop trading away picks for garbage dmen like Prout and Mueller. Those guys are dead in the water after this trade...

Minor blip on an otherwise stellar performance as GM.

mueller isn't affected, since he's LHD

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

I finally have a legit critique of Shero now. Stop trading away picks for garbage dmen like Prout and Mueller. Those guys are dead in the water after this trade...

Minor blip on an otherwise stellar performance as GM.

Completely disagree about Mueller.

His importance has grown now more than ever IMO. When he gets back he along with Any Greene and Santini are our defensive guys whereas Moore Severson vatanen and butcher are offense

 

[New Jersey Devils]

palms is gonna hate life

My first thought too, but Palms and Sami both played in Norfolk and with the Ducks from 2012-2015. I have to think they are familiar with each other.

 

[I Hate Tie DOMI]

Takes Severson off the PP, which is something I've wanted all year. Takes Henrique out of the shoot out rotation, which is also a positive. Still like Henrique and will miss him though. I don't feel ripped off, but I don't feel ecstatic like after the Hall, Palmieri and Johannsson trades, but I guess that's what you get when you trade for a defenceman not named Erik Karlsson or Ekman-Larsson instead of an offensive forward.

 

[OmNomNom]

rico really might to better in the ducks system. i really expect him to do well over there

 

[Devils Dominion]

and I have a critique for you. Mueller is not a garbage d-man and was playing his best games of the year before getting injured.

Prout I agree with.

Mueller still has a chance to be a good 3rd pairing or even 2nd pair defenseman

Ray is high on his progress before the injury and his potential.

 

[Better Call Sal]

I finally have a legit critique of Shero now. Stop trading away picks for garbage dmen like Prout and Mueller. Those guys are dead in the water after this trade...

Minor blip on an otherwise stellar performance as GM.

Mueller is not dead in the water.

Prout was traded for Kyle Quincey straight up.

 

[Wingman77]

This trade was probably also helped by the play of Gibbons and Coleman who are now essential to this lineup. I was wondering what was going to happen when Mojo and Palms are both healthy....

You would hope something like that isn't why they figured they had enough offense. Granted Gibbons and Coleman's play has been a nice surprise, it is still a very small sample and such a decision would be very short sighted.

We've needed help in all areas on defense and unfortunately Henrique was a relatively expendable guy. Despite our strong offensive start, it still has only been 24 games and you can never have enough depth in an area. In this scenario, we had to give to get.

 

[EnglishDevil]

Honestly I'll miss Henrique but we won this trade as far as i'm concerned, he's not going to be worth whatever he gets on his new contract, he's simply too inconsistent.

Blandisi is no real loss either, our forward depth simply squeezed him out of the equation and he would have been waiver eligible before long anyway.

This significantly strengthens our blueline, which anyone could see was in dire need of an upgrade.

 

[Edmonton East]

Completely disagree about Mueller.

His importance has grown now more than ever IMO. When he gets back he along with Any Greene and Santini are our defensive guys whereas Moore Severson vatanen and butcher are offense

K, so we playing 7D the rest of the season?

 

[MadDevil]

And we're back to having 8 defensemen. Can we waive Prout now?

 

[Unknown Caller]

Palms lost his best buds Larsson and Henrique in the span of a season and a half. That's pretty rough. The Devils needed to do something to get a defenseman, but I'm nervous to see how this impacts the chemistry in the locker room.

 

[Billdo]

I trust fans of other teams on their boards though since they watch their team night after night.

Boston fans were right about Hayes

I hope I'm wrong but at the moment I don't like this trade.

Well by that logic other people looking at this board just think our entire organization from the AHL on up to the NHL sucks according to your posts.

 

[SETHROLLINS]

Does he play LD? On cap friendly that's what they have him listed as. It would be his off side because he is right handed.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Stay away from the Facebook and Twitter fans who think this is the 'worst trade in franchise history'...