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

[MB3]

Cotter-Lazar-Bastian seems like a good pain in the ass line.

who's ass is it supposed to be pain-ing?

 

[NJDevs26]

NJ lost on Holtz the minute they drafted him. Who cares about trading him now. I’m disappointed Schmid is going but NJ does have a goalie logjam now. Malek will likely join Daws and Poulter in the mix after next season. Brennan is also still marinating. Schmid for Cotter and a third doesn’t sound awful in a vacuum. But is Cotter actually a big dude? Seems more like a Lazar

Yeah this idea about a terrible value for a first rounder, eventually it becomes a sunk cost and you have to move on one way or another. Clearly they've wanted to move on for some time.

 

[Oneiro]

I do think they seemed much higher on Daws than Schmid. And Daws handled himself quite well given the tough spot.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Looks like shite to me. Bunch of f***ing jobbers.

As long as they're better than other teams shit 4th liners, McLeod was garbage for most of his career until the 2023 playoffs. You just need them to be average and nothing more

 

[Unknown Caller]

Fitz has been straight up bad for a calendar year now.

 

[Satans Hockey]

This feels like giving up on Holtz just to get rid of him. Not surprised after how Fitz dragged him when talking about him.

 

[Louskoolaid89]

Holtz being 7th overall 4 years ago has zero relevance to his value today. He has been a bust.

No Kakko is a bust Holtz is on the brink of busting out. IMO. Jack Eichel can make Holtz rich. Vegas coaching staff can whip his ass into shape too. Oh we'll wait and see just my uneducated guess.

 

[Darkauron]

This trade also makes us a better team and better position for the playoffs. Having one or both of Nico/hughes going down like what happened this season and Haula being our first line center is not GOOD

 

[Devils Trap]

This feels like giving up on Holtz just to get rid of him. Not surprised after how Fitz dragged him when talking about him.

Not a single team wanted him. We have tried to trade him for 2 years now lol

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Blame our drunk ass GM. This guy is just taking L after L right now.

I’m not seeing the Ls. I actually kind of love the new look of the roster shaping up if the Dillon and Pesce moves are really happening. Holtz was not good or a fit here.

 

[My3Sons]

No Kakko is a bust Holtz is on the brink of busting out. IMO. Jack Eichel can make Holtz rich. Vegas coaching staff can whip his ass into shape too. Oh we'll wait and see just my uneducated guess.

It could happen but it might take a while.

 

[NJDevs26]

This feels like giving up on Holtz just to get rid of him. Not surprised after how Fitz dragged him when talking about him.

The entire organization dragged him. Swiss hockey dragged him, not picking him for the Worlds team over semipro level players. Everyone's dragged him according to this board. At some point people have to acknowledge he's the issue with his own career.

 

[Nocashstyle]

Goddamn is that selling low

 

[beekay414]

I see the usual suspects are taking this well

 

[HoliksGhost]

I’m excited for the coming year. I think we are going to be a much better team.

 

[Bcap88]

I think some of you forget we have a new coach with a new system

What might work for ruff might not work for Keefe

 

[Devils Trap]

Cotter is an integral piece for a bottom 6. Has + defensive metrics, super fast skater and can pot 20+ points while averaging 3.5 hits per game.

We wanted Fitz to get tougher (with skill) and when he does that people complain anyway lol

 

[TrufleShufle]

 

[Emperoreddy]

Not having to spend an extra $1-2 million on a bottom 6er on Monday when we plan to spend so much on other spots is a bit of a win.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Schmid has some talent but I think there's a pretty good chance we never would have seen him in a Devils jersey ever again. He almost certainly wasn't going to get NHL time this season with Markstrom/Allen and it seems like they have Daws ranked more highly.

Three goalies in Utica and more on the way. Someone had to go. Schmid for a 3rd next year, I'm okay with that.

As much as it sucks to see them punt on Holtz, the writing was on the wall. It's really frustrating and I was hoping they'd give him another opportunity, but it's hard to be optimistic about his future here. As difficult as it is to admit, guy who can take a regular shift in the bottom-6 is more valuable to us right now.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807122826715165059

Beef

 

[TheUnseenHand]

I'm sorry, Fitz has lost me.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

I’m very happy with the Cotter addition seems like a great mix of speed, defensively solid, physical, and cheap. And he can play center.

 

[Oneiro]

Holtz was not very good at anything but shooting and a touch of playmaking. He was a bad, tools-based pick. They admitted the wrong and dealt with it.

I don't expect him to prove NJ wrong in Vegas. Let's see if Cotter is a solid character guy, making less than Holtz no less.

 

[njdevils1982]

welcome back cotter