Confirmed Trade: [NJD/ANA] Brian Dumoulin (50% retained) for 2025 2nd round pick and Herman Traff

[SmokeyDuck]

Verbeek gets way too much hate when his only truly bad move was hiring Cronin.

Its mostly a few loud mouths doing the hating. His signings and trades have been good, fans are just greedy. This is a hell of a trade for Anaheim.

 

[Guttersniped]

The Devils needed a veteran LD and they got one. Not a big overpayment. Fitzgerald is trying to save his job.

Few things more dangerous to a team’s wellbeing than a desperate GM trying to save their job.

 

[quackquackquack]

i still believe PV didn't plan on trading Dumo but he couldn't pass up a 2nd - great deal for the ducks!

 

[robbieboy3686]

Soucy only got a 3rd

 

[Rec T]

I saw conditional. Have we learned what the conditions are?

The 2nd is either Edmonton's or Winnipeg's, whichever is better.

 

[Brodeur]

Yeah, on top of Jack Hughes being out for the rest of the year... this deal is complete idiocy from New Jersey.

I'd get it if he still had a year left on his contract, but.... yeah. That's not really the case. This is such a weird trade. The Devils think they'll go on a playoff run without Jack.

New Jersey is doing this after helping retain salary on a guy yesterday. Does this organization know what they're doing?

Anaheim did extremely well with asset management.

They're trying to make the playoffs even if a deep run isn't necessarily likely without Hughes. There can be ownership pressures to make the playoffs since there's revenue to be had from home games. I know we like to think of it as Cup or bust, but it is still a business.

They retained yesterday to gain an asset since we weren't using any retention spots. We'll see what else the Devils do tomorrow to see if the retention on Dumoulin ended up being necessary but for now it does give them a little more flexibility to make another move.

Anaheim did well though, not disputing that. But at this point, making the playoffs is a target for the Devils. Would send a bad message to the locker room if they packed it in after the Hughes/Hamilton injuries. I love the draft, but a late 2nd isn't something I'd get hot and bothered about especially if this class is below average as has been the indication.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Good value for Dumo. But with Markstrom and Hughes injuries this is not the Devils year.