Confirmed with Link: Hall (50% retained) and Speers to Arizona for 1st, conditional pick, Bahl, Merkley and Schnarr

[Jersey Fresh]

This is 1000% the upper end of what we could expect.

A hard first is great! Here's hoping Arizona misses the playoffs and we win the lottery twice this draft lol

 

[TheUnseenHand]

5 assets for a UFA is gr8.

love taylor for what he brought! hoping for the best for him.

The first and third are the only real assets. The rest isn't much better than Speers really.

 

[NJDevs26]

Yeah, not sure why there’s so much angst over the return. Considering the circumstances, Ray did pretty good.

Because people talked themselves into expecting someone's jewel like Byram or Chych. It was always going to be a quantity deal, it was just a matter of how much quantity.

 

[Devils090]

Shero should be fired for this entire disaster of a season

 

[AfroThunder396]

Guys this is a pretty great return for a guy that was going to spend 50 games half assing on breakaways and then bolt.

 

[R8Devs]

It’s lottery protected. If they land top-3, then it moves to next year. Basically you are hoping they win the lottery twice.

it's only top three protected so it would still be ideal for the Devils for them to miss the playoffs. if they make it then hope they make it to the 2nd round

 

[Devils Army]

Its top 3 protected so it really doesnt matter

Just saw that, so we still have a legit shot at 2 top ten picks though if Yotes fall apart a bit

 

[EnglishDevil]

I'm rooting for Arizona to collapse, i'd rather have the guaranteed lottery ticket this year. It's very unlikely that 2021 pick becomes anything more than a 2nd, I could see them winning a playoff round but I don't see Hall signing an extension with the Coyotes.

 

[Darkauron]

Yeah the trade is pretty solid considering everything.

 

[NJDevs26]

The first and third are the only real assets. The rest isn't much better than Speers really.

The defenseman could be an NHL player. He definitely has more of a chance to be one than the 3rd rounder.

 

[Forge]

This is a pretty solid return. I'm not going to complain about it. Merkley is pretty much whatever...just more of what we already have, but Bahl is the type we could badly use if he grows into what he can, and Schnarr is at least somewhat intriguing.

 

[Jets012]

The first is the piece in this trade. You hit on it, you did fine. You don't hit on it, this will be a very ugly trade looking back on.

 

[Devils090]

Should have just waited until the deadline

 

[JimEIV]

I am good with this. I would've like some help now. But this isn't terrible given the circumstances

 

[DEVILS130]

Imagine Arizona misses the playoffs and we end up winning 1st and 2nd pick in the lottery? I know it’s unlikely but I like to dream...

 

[OmNomNom]

hall and kessel on a line huh.. interesting. phils gonna break out

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

I was prepared for worse but I'm hardly celebrating. Basically market value imo.

 

[NjDevsRR]

I am actually pleased, thought it was just gonna be a first and Bahl.

Schnarr can be a good depth guy.

Merkley has been derailed by injuries which is why his stats have been down. There is potential there.

Bahl is the big good skating dman we need if he develops.

So we basically traded Larsson for a 1st, conditional 1st (or 2nd/3rd), a dman similar to Larsson and two forwards with some potential.


That’s fine with me. Nice to turn the page and I am sure the team feels the same way.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I'm rooting for Arizona to collapse, i'd rather have the guaranteed lottery ticket this year. It's very unlikely that 2021 pick becomes anything more than a 2nd, I could see them winning a playoff round but I don't see Hall signing an extension with the Coyotes.

It’s lotto protected.

 

[NJDevs26]

Should have just waited until the deadline

They wouldn't have gotten any more at the deadline, in fact it would have been likely worse.

 

[Patrik26]

Time to change this seasons Ric Flair video as well as all the between-period videos.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Avs fan here. You guys should be thrilled with that return. I would not have been okay with my team giving up that much.

Sucks to lose your star, but a return like that for a rental is huge. Well done! Your squad is going to turn things around quickly. This allows you to move on.

This is the biggest return ever for a rental in the cap era.

 

[Sir Fenwick Corsi]

Because people talked themselves into expecting someone's jewel like Byram or Chych. It was always going to be a quantity deal, it was just a matter of how much quantity.

This is true lol. How any of that nonsense took off, I really don’t know. Whatever the case, it’s better than nothing and we’ve been on the nothing end of the stick far too many times.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Imagine Arizona misses the playoffs and we end up winning 1st and 2nd pick in the lottery? I know it’s unlikely but I like to dream...

The pick we got is top-3 protected.

 

[JrFischer54]

I'd rather get a mobile Dman than all three prospects we got, but Shero seems to love these big dmen that almost never work out at NHL level.

uh what d men would that be

 

[Devils731]

The first and third are the only real assets. The rest isn't much better than Speers really.

You couldn’t get any one of those guys for 3 of Speers, probably. Guy has 1 point in 10 games this year after a mediocre prior season.