Confirmed with Link: Schmid and Holtz traded to VGK for Paul Cotter and 2025 3rd rounder

[NJDevs26]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807118565423607812

NOT A DRILL PEOPLE

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[Tynbomb]

wtf....

 

[My3Sons]

That seems very random

 

[Devils Trap]

Cotter a VERY nice Bottom 6 guy. Has 2 more years of team control at 775k. He will be either 3rd or 4th line depth and he put up 25 points last year on VGK 4th line

 

[britdevil]

f*** this.

 

[Devils731]

Seems like the Devils gave up the 2 most valuable pieces in a 4 part trade. Not ideal.

 

[thethinglonger]

 

[NJDevs26]

Fitz is going full Kevin Costner in Draft Day psycho mode

 

[Devilsfan118]

Unless the pick coming back is a conditional first or something I'm pretty disappointed.

 

[Devils731]

Unless the pick coming back is a conditional first or something I'm pretty disappointed.

It’s a 2025 3rd.

 

[RememberTheName]

Oh my god. That is absolutely one of the worst trades and uses of asset management that I have ever seen from this organization. I wouldn't have traded Holtz or Schmid BY THEMSELVES for that package. Maybe Schmid, but that is by himself. Fitz is embarrassing himself right now.

 

[McDuffz88]

Fitz got fleeced on this one. Holtz alone would of got the dude (I don't even know who this guy is), did we really have to include Schmid? This is just a horrendous trade with no way of sugar coating it.

 

[britdevil]

This is just disgusting. I am seething at Fitz.

 

[FinnishDevil]

Akira Schmid will absolutely go down as a low key legend for the Rangers series.

This was also one of my favorite moments from the regular season after Vitek went down with an injury.

 

[Andre Palot]

Fire fitz

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807119094304383132

233 hits. Holtz sucked and didn’t have a role here. Moving on.

 

[NJDevs26]

That seems very random

Not too random when you consider Schmid and Holtz were two of the biggest scapegoats this year, and Fitz got another big boy for the bottom six. Not saying this isn't likely a shitty trade but he clearly wanted to offload certain people and get more of an 'orchestra' this offseason than a one-trick band.

 

[Comparison Ford]

I think Holtz is out of the league in a year and eems like Devils / NHL agree.

Still think this is not great asset management. What a true waste.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

What the f***????

 

[NJDevils17]

I think it had become obvious Holtz had little to no value leaguewide.

Still though, would’ve wanted him to try to work it out here.

 

[MB3]

i was fine with trading holtz. wasn't super excited about giving him away for free.

26 year old 4th liner and a 3rd for our best goalie prospect and our former top prospect. that's awful.

 

[britdevil]

Fire fitz

Fully on board with this. f***ing loser.

 

[Zippy316]

Feels like that’s terrible value for Holtz + Schmid.

The contract is nice on Cotter, but Fitz better have something up his sleeve for this to make sense.

Yeah I just don’t see the purpose of trading Holtz for that. I’d rather just keep him

 

[HBK27]

??????

 

[Devils Trap]

I hate to break it to you guys but Schmid had little to no value at the NHL level.

Goalies do not go for much, not to mention his horrible stats last year and we now have 3 goalies ahead of him on the depth chart.

Holtz is Holtz, ive heard from people in the org they really didnt like his hockey IQ above all else. 2 pieces the org had really no interest in keeping / needing