Prospect Info: New Jersey Devils Draft Simon Nemec, 2nd Overall

[My3Sons]

Frozen Four is April 6-8 in Tampa. If Michigan were to make it to that weekend, the Devils would have two more regular season games. So Luke could have a brief cameo at the end of the season depending on how meaningful those games end up being.

Back in 2016, we had a couple prospects on Boston College (Miles Wood / Steve Santini) who ended up losing on the first night of the Frozen Four. Once they got back to Boston, they both signed and took a road trip to play in the season finale for the Devils.

As for Nemec, I think we'll see a cup of coffee this season once the inevitable injuries start happening. They added Thomas Hickey to camp as a PTO and he might be a fit to be the healthy scratch / good locker room presence #7D. Meanwhile, Nemec/Bahl/Okhotiuk can get regular playing time in the AHL.

I'd hope that Bahl Okhotyuk Walsh and Nemec would be a very good AHL top four.

 

[HBK27]

It might not be good, because according to Cap Friendly, LTIR has a separate performance bonus relief pool and salary relief pool.

If you run out bonus relief then it just comes out of salary relief but it might not go both ways.

*more confused shrugging* This is why I tapped out. Teams pay people to figure this out.

Here’s a link to the Cap Friendly FAQ, which is very knowledgeable and makes my noggin hurt.

The warning near the front:
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Ok, it’s not that, it’s this…

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Thank you for the amazing 9 years

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I made the mistake of reading the CapFriendly FAQ YET AGAIN, very slowly this time in addition to a couple other articles and the performance bonus relief pool stuff still confuses me.

I'm tapping out as well - I'll just wait until the final roster is announced and CapFriendly to tweet out an explanation.

 

[Guadana]

I'd hope that Bahl Okhotyuk Walsh and Nemec would be a very good AHL top four.

Wotherspoon and Russo are good vets.
I think management expect to call young D up from time to time.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

How’d he look last night?

 

[TheUnseenHand]

How’d he look last night?

Rough first period. Better in the second and third. He has better acceleration and top end speed than I realized because is he is so smooth and poised.

 

[Devs3cups]

How’d he look last night?

He had a rough first, he even mentioned it in his post game interview, but said he got more comfortable as the game went on, and it showed.

He looks really poised and is an excellent skater. He looked really stable and reliable. Good game for him overall, also had the assist on Holtz's OT winner.

 

[Xirik]

Now do you guys think that Holtz just got better at receiving passes or that those passes by Nemec would just perfectly put in Holtz's wheel house? or perhaps both?

Cause I noticed last year a lot of the time Holtz took a little longer to shoot onetimers.

 

[Devs3cups]

Now do you guys think that Holtz just got better at receiving passes or that those passes by Nemec would just perfectly put in Holtz's wheel house? or perhaps both?

Cause I noticed last year a lot of the time Holtz took a little longer to shoot onetimers.

I did notice that the 2 passes Nemec made to Holtz were both perfect for one-timers. That has to be reassuring for snipers like Holtz.

 

[Devils731]

Now do you guys think that Holtz just got better at receiving passes or that those passes by Nemec would just perfectly put in Holtz's wheel house? or perhaps both?

Cause I noticed last year a lot of the time Holtz took a little longer to shoot onetimers.

If you look at the highlights of Nemec’s points last season and playoffs you’ll see he is good at laying passes right into his teammates shooting zone.

 

[My3Sons]

If you look at the highlights of Nemec’s points last season and playoffs you’ll see he is good at laying passes right into his teammates shooting zone.

That’s a big difference for Holtz. He’s not great at adjusting before thr pass arrives. When his shots are blocked it’s often because he has to adjust the puck to get a shot off. Go back and watch the 2019 WJC with Soderstrom. Painful. Every pass into Holtz’s feet. Awful. If Nemec can make a clean pass that Holtz can one time easily they will be a PP force.

 

[britdevil]

That’s great but I’d prefer he arrive a week early to get over jet lag and get settled.

It's ok, he watched the entirety of The Sopranos in preparation.

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

Nemec had a really nice pass where the forward left him a drop pass and he sent it back to him to set him up all alone in a mini breakaway but the forward couldn't finish. It's in the highlights for last night's game. It was a pretty smooth/impressive play.

 

[My3Sons]

Nemec had a really nice pass where the forward left him a drop pass and he sent it back to him to set him up all alone in a mini breakaway but the forward couldn't finish. It's in the highlights for last night's game. It was a pretty smooth/impressive play.

I think that was the play to set up Talvitie? Nemec is just taking his baby steps here. What’s obvious is he needs to percolate in the AHL this season. Let him get his game together there and maybe get a handful of callup games at some point. Next season I expect he will be a different player. The tools are ther but he needs experience.

 

[Darkauron]

Yeah Nemec has looked very good here and there. But it is pretty obvious, at least so far, that he really needs a year or two in the AHL. You can really tell things like his Poise and IQ are really amazing though.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Yeah Nemec has looked very good here and there. But it is pretty obvious, at least so far, that he really needs a year or two in the AHL. You can really tell things like his Poise and IQ are really amazing though.

If Severson gets a 1st+ at the deadline I think you have to do it and throw Nemec into the fire the end of this year, unless he looks awful in Utica.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Yeah Nemec has looked very good here and there. But it is pretty obvious, at least so far, that he really needs a year or two in the AHL. You can really tell things like his Poise and IQ are really amazing though.

100%. Best case scenario in my opinion is giving him the full year in the A, be competitive and keep Severson around for the year to make a push for the playoffs.

 

[mdj12784]

That’s a big difference for Holtz. He’s not great at adjusting before thr pass arrives. When his shots are blocked it’s often because he has to adjust the puck to get a shot off. Go back and watch the 2019 WJC with Soderstrom. Painful. Every pass into Holtz’s feet. Awful. If Nemec can make a clean pass that Holtz can one time easily they will be a PP force.

But what about Lovejoy?!

 

[My3Sons]

But what about Lovejoy?!

Isn’t that a movie starring Bill Murray?

 

[mdj12784]

Isn’t that a movie starring Bill Murray?

Bill, Bob… any Murray will suffice!

 

[Classic Devil]

100%. Best case scenario in my opinion is giving him the full year in the A, be competitive and keep Severson around for the year to make a push for the playoffs.

Yep. If we're truly terrible at the trade deadline we can look into trading Severson, but even then that doesn't mean we'd have to rush Nemec to the NHL. Brendan Smith can play the right side, and then we have Bahl or Okhotiuk who could assume a regular role on the left side (if they haven't already).

 

[Rusty7550]

 

[DerekDevils30]

That was absolutely gorgeous.

 

[Nubmer6]

I see we're already giving up cross ice passes in the low slot in the preseason

 

[Jack Be Quick]

Isn’t that a movie starring Bill Murray?

I'll bet at least one of them has had chlamydia. And both of them sweet views of the Hudson.

 

[RSeen]

If Severson gets a 1st+ at the deadline I think you have to do it and throw Nemec into the fire the end of this year, unless he looks awful in Utica.

I don't see why we need to burn a year of Nemec's ELC. If we are a poor team, bring up a Bahl or Walsh instead.