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

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So we are concerned about an 18 year old who is in NA for the first time, playing on NA ice. Getting good minutes while he develops. Which is exactly whats supposed to happen.

If the kid was 21 or 22 and this was the conversation then cool. But he is 18, give him some time let him learn the NA game and Id bet he will look far better in the middle and end of the year then he does now.
 
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Devil X said:
So we are concerned about an 18 year old who is in NA for the first time, playing on NA ice. Getting good minutes while he develops. Which is exactly whats supposed to happen.

If the kid was 21 or 22 and this was the conversation then cool. But he is 18, give him some time let him learn the NA game and Id bet he will look far better in the middle and end of the year then he does now.
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I’d like to see how his microstats are looking. I don’t know if they’re publicly available. But I certainly don’t care much about points from a defenseman at this stage.
 
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Devil X said:
So we are concerned about an 18 year old who is in NA for the first time, playing on NA ice. Getting good minutes while he develops. Which is exactly whats supposed to happen.

If the kid was 21 or 22 and this was the conversation then cool. But he is 18, give him some time let him learn the NA game and Id bet he will look far better in the middle and end of the year then he does now.
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I haven’t even heard anyone say he’s looked bad.

Just that the numbers and maybe offensive game aren’t there yet
 
Scorcho said:
also the devils have almost no cap space, so what help could they even fit?
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I would imagine that any trade that is made by the devils involves Johnsson going back as just a cost of doing business addition to the move. Any team talking with is would probably know that up front. That does give some latitude with regards to acquiring someone
 
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I would imagine that any trade that is made by the devils involves Johnsson going back as just a cost of doing business addition to the move. Any team talking with is would probably know that up front. That does give some latitude with regards to acquiring someone
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you've got a good imagination then - i dont see us obtaining a definitive roster upgrade while offloading a bad contract without getting absolutely hosed on the deal
 
Yeah, I have no worries with Nemec. Anyone we drafted at 2 was gonna need time even Slaf or Wright. It's his first year on NA ice which is always a tough transition for anyone let alone defensemen.
 
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you've got a good imagination then - i dont see us obtaining a definitive roster upgrade while offloading a bad contract without getting absolutely hosed on the deal
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It's not a bad deal at this point. If someone wants to make a deal with us, they have to take back Johnsson. That is just the way it's going to be because that's the only way the devils can make a move (unless the person being acquired can actually fit cap space wise with retention). His entire salary has mostly been paid. He'd be owed like 300K for the rest of the year if he got moved in a deadline deal and then he's a ufa next year. It really isn't that unusual.
 
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It's not a bad deal at this point. If someone wants to make a deal with us, they have to take back Johnsson. That is just the way it's going to be because that's the only way the devils can make a move (unless the person being acquired can actually fit cap space wise with retention). His entire salary has mostly been paid. He'd be owed like 300K for the rest of the year if he got moved in a deadline deal and then he's a ufa next year. It really isn't that unusual.
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It’s really had to guess what will happen with trades, other than not much for a while lol, because so many teams are capped out. You never know because of injuries but I’m not expecting much.

Maybe a desperate move for a goalie in an attempt to beat out other teams making the same move for that goalie, but that would be pretty novel occurrence this early.

(Hey, Vancouver actually made trades in October, their first trades since March 21 2021. Heh. Dumb f***ing team.)
 
Guttersniped said:
It’s really had to guess what will happen with trades, other than not much for a while lol, because so many teams are capped out. You never know because of injuries but I’m not expecting much.

Maybe a desperate move for a goalie in an attempt to beat out other teams making the same move for that goalie, but that would be pretty novel occurrence this early.

(Hey, Vancouver actually made trades in October, their first trades since March 21 2021. Heh. Dumb f***ing team.)
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Yeah, I don't expect anything to happen right now. By the deadline, we know what we may need, what injuries we need to account for, etc. Then maybe we make a move.
 
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Devs3cups said:
Nemec with an assist so far tonight!

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