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

[HanSolo]

For a fourth round pick Verbeek got 2/3 of a season from a veteran, a second rounder, and a mid range prospect. Not bad.

 

[Brooklyndevil]

Are they that banged up? I wouldn't be adding at all if I were Fitzgerald.

If Fitzgerald doesn’t make the playoffs his adding days with the Devils are over

 

[duckpuck]

NJ delivered a bit of an overpayment but apparently they traded one of their 3 second round picks which will lower (closer to a third).

It seems like the D-man market is thin so an overpayment was probably required to get the deal done a day ahead of the deadline. A bird in hand (with retention) is arguably worth the overpayment.

Dumo will be very good as a 4/5 Dman on a good team. He played well for the ducks and will be missed.

 

[devsfan8]

I think its a bit of an overraction by Devils fans. A career plus 100 defensively responsible 2 time cup winner. I do not care about picks. I want to win now. Everyone knows that Fitz is going to get a forward or two as well. There is probably as much of a chance we win the cup then this prospect or 2nd ever amounting to anything.

 

[Brooklyndevil]

I don't think this is the time for New Jersey to be overpaying for rentals.

I'll always love Dumoulin, but he's been firmly a third pairing guy for a while now. Not sure that overpaying for Cup experience is the move you make when your best player is out for the season.

Then again Dumoulin won the second of those Cups on a team that lost its #1 defenseman and replaced him with a 36 year-old with zero playoff experience...weirder things have happened.

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

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Not sure why the Devils are buying when Hughes is out for so long.

 

[Petes2424]

If people have watched Anaheim at all, nobody should be surprised at the return.

 

[Trade]

I don't think Dumoulin is good enough to have a shortened nickname personally

Dumo was arguably the Pens 2nd best dman in 2016 and played #1 minutes en route to a Cup victory in 2017.

2x Cup Champ: Easiest nickname criteria of all time.

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Not sure why the Devils are buying when Hughes is out for so long.

plus Hamilton and Siegenthaler. We should be selling.

 

[MCB]

Love this as a ducks fan, dumo started wearing out his welcome with me so happy to see it

 

[BHD]

If Fitzgerald doesn’t make the playoffs his adding days with the Devils are over

Okay, but Dumoulin isn't movin' the needle. He's a #5 guy, and that's about it.

 

[Marv4Life]

He' not a bad player. Brian Dumoulin Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Title | Hockey-Reference.com

He fills a need.This is a make the playoffs move. If this is all that Fitzgerald does, then they can go nuts.

 

[shello]

I thought the Devils had a decent d core already?

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

He' not a bad player. Brian Dumoulin Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Title | Hockey-Reference.com

He fills a need.This is a make the playoffs move. If this is all that Fitzgerald does, then they can go nuts.

He was a great player - top pairing dman on two cup winners. Now he's a solid bottom pairing guy. That transition was a bit rough though when he was still playing top pairing minutes but couldn't perform at that level.

 

[Marv4Life]

I thought the Devils had a decent d core already?

Hamilton and Seigenthaler are both out, Nemec and Casey are kids.

 

[shello]

Hamilton and Seigenthaler are both out, Nemec and Casey are kids.

Ah, that clears it up. Thanks

 

[Hodge]

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

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

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

He sucks and so does his hires

 

[MasterofGrond]

Fitz why

 

[Vergil]

If Hamilton and Siegenthaler are out for awhile then what's the point? I guess playoff experience would be good and we don't have a 1st anyway.

That's literally why you don't do this trade.

But missing Hamilton and Siegenthaler is probably WHY you would make this trade. But without your best player coming back? You're moving yourself further out of the draft and are still probably a first or second round exit regardless of what you did at the trade deadline.

The Devils are NOT a championship contending team, they can't get away with making these moves. They would still value young players and valuable second round picks. You could have signed Dumoulin for free in free agency in a couple of months lol.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

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

A 2nd round for a rental is a mighty overpayment.

 

[KovalchukFistPump]

That's literally why you don't do this trade.

But missing Hamilton and Siegenthaler is probably WHY you would make this trade. But without your best player coming back? You're moving yourself further out of the draft and are still probably a first or second round exit regardless of what you did at the trade deadline.

The Devils are NOT a championship contending team, they can't get away with making these moves. They would still value young players and valuable second round picks. You could have signed Dumoulin for free in free agency in a couple of months lol.

I saw conditional. Have we learned what the conditions are? Agreed that the more I think about it the more a 2nd seems awful. Unless he's like Zadorov or Luke Schenn and has suddenly become a good shutdown defenseman.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Why a D, dont they need a C. Hughes hasn’t even woken up yet

 

[Marv4Life]

That's literally why you don't do this trade.

But missing Hamilton and Siegenthaler is probably WHY you would make this trade. But without your best player coming back? You're moving yourself further out of the draft and are still probably a first or second round exit regardless of what you did at the trade deadline.

The Devils are NOT a championship contending team, they can't get away with making these moves. They would still value young players and valuable second round picks. You could have signed Dumoulin for free in free agency in a couple of months lol.

The draft sucks this year. Not like they've been great at it in recent years anyways.

They've missed the playoffs every year except for 2 since 2012. You can't keep rebuilding every year hoping for magic beans that may or may not pan out. They aren't title contenders but it's still a business and telling your paying customers to f off, we ain't tryin' isn't a good idea.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

What an idiotic trade for NJ. Season is effectively over and Fitz is handing out 2nds like it’s candy. Dumo is useless….l