Confirmed with Link: Updated: Devils SIGN Brunner (2 years, $2.5M AAV)

[Emperoreddy]

it's like the Marianas trench in here - so deep!

Man I was hoping some sort of "Dat Depth" meme pic would be coming with that

Now Lou needs to make some room. Volch and Gio for pots and pans...DO IT LOU!!!

 

[PWiz30]

Daamn he pulled off the Dastyukian drag. I feel like if I tried that i'd tear both my acl and mcl

The funny thing is it's actually a pretty simple move, meaning there isn't a lot to it. It's all in how you sell it. That being said, the first guy I saw use it when I was in prep school scored every single time he used it IIRC.

 

[torero]

You don't escape the Omen !

 

[MJB Devils23*]

Woohoo!

GUYS WHO WILL SCORE 20 GOALS
Elias
Brunner
Ryder

GUYS WHO MIGHT SCORE 20 GOALS
Henrique
Zajac
Jagr
Clowe

GUYS WHO CAN SCORE 20 GOALS, BUT PROBABLY WON'T
Loktionov
Bernier
Tedenby

GUYS WHO WON'T SCORE 20 GOALS
Carter
Olesz
Josefson
Gionta

 

[SKNJD9]

The Detroit board....they mad

 

[Andre Palot]

As mad, madder or not as mad as the Vancouver board when we snagged Schneiderman?

 

[SeidoN]

As mad, madder or not as mad as the Vancouver board when we snagged Schneiderman?

"umad?" official motto of Lou Lamoriello

Brunner caused a couple of Wings fans to grumble. Schneider caused a board meltdown

 

[Emperoreddy]

Just tell everyone though should of had some of Lou's secret sauce

 

[Khione]

Welcome to the team!

 

[Mory Schneideur*]

Overpaid! Lou has lost it!

 

[Nick0930]

HFBoards in 7*months:

 

[Andre Palot]

"umad?" official motto of Lou Lamoriello

Brunner caused a couple of Wings fans to grumble. Schneider caused a board meltdown

Re-reading the Schneider threading seeing gems like: "our GM is ****ing clueless. Totally inept and a complete fraud."

Yeah Schneider trade wins all.

 

[Bleedred]

LOL this thread is great!

We need a new ''You mad?'' gif. The old one had Kovalchuk on it.

Too bad HF is going down in a couple of minutes. Was hoping to post in the GDT for the game tonight.

 

[Andre Palot]

LOL this thread is great!

We need a new ''You mad?'' gif. The old one had Kovalchuk on it.

Too bad HF is going down in a couple of minutes. Was hoping to post in the GDT for the game tonight.

Is it as great as this thread though?

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=913643

 

[Benedict Parisechuk]

Love it. It was pretty obvious he fit in and for a team thats going to need offense from wherever they can get it, inking him was beyond a no brainer.

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

Finally on the other side of the UFA drama. 5/5

 

[Bleedred]

Is it as great as this thread though?

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=913643

A 2nd and Clarkson, two years ago.

 

[DerekDevils30]

Happy about this signing. A good friend of mine is a big time Wings fan and he's upset about Brunner not being re-signed. He'll fit in nicely among our three "second lines."

 

[NJDevs26]

As much as we kid about Tedenby going on IR and solving the roster problem for the time being, I'd rather not have it hanging over everyone's head like Damocles again, we saw how well that worked out in 2010 when everyone was worried about the cap issues that went unresolved for months. Whatever Lou's going to do (get rid of Little Gio, fob off one of the spare forwards) I'd rather just do it now.

 

[Bleedred]

As much as we kid about Tedenby going on IR and solving the roster problem for the time being, I'd rather not have it hanging over everyone's head like Damocles again, we saw how well that worked out in 2010 when everyone was worried about the cap issues that went unresolved for months. Whatever Lou's going to do (get rid of Little Gio, fob off one of the spare forwards) I'd rather just do it now.

I don't think we're over the cap yet. The guys who would be going on LTIR are guys making close to league minimum anyway.

 

[Bleedred]

Happy about this signing. A good friend of mine is a big time Wings fan and he's upset about Brunner not being re-signed. He'll fit in nicely among our three "second lines."

The Wings could have signed him if they didn't sign Old Man Alfie Bourque. I'm gonna laugh if they don't win the cup with him.

 

[NJDevs26]

I don't think we're over the cap yet. The guys who would be going on LTIR are guys making close to league minimum anyway.

No I just meant having who gets cut from the roster hanging over our head. We have cap space but we also have sixteen forwards for fourteen spots. Erasing little Gio gets it down to 15. Putting Tedenby on IR (or Loiktionov) would basicaly be postponing the decision and make everyone constantly look over their shoulder.

 

[SKNJD9]

The Wings could have signed him if they didn't sign Old Man Alfie Bourque. I'm gonna laugh if they don't win the cup with him.

Detroit fans puzzle me.

Very similar team on paper...two aging stars and a cast of supporting characters that can either make or break their season.

Dunno why they would go after us aside from pure jealousy of signing Brunner.

 

[Devils Trap]

Detroit fans puzzle me.

Very similar team on paper...two aging stars and a cast of supporting characters that can either make or break their season.

Dunno why they would go after us aside from pure jealousy of signing Brunner.

True but their two old aging stars about better then ours

 

[Classic Devil]

At the beginning of the offseason, I said that we should probably drop Clarkson and sign Brunner with his money instead. Getting him at $2.5M AAV is really, really nice. Between him and Ryder, we got a pair of real bargains on goal-scoring wingers.

As for all those counting the Devils out, my advice would be ignore them. We've got great coaching, a very solid defense with an incredibly bright future in front of it (perhaps better than solid, depending on Larsson's progression), and a very well balanced forward corps. I very much like our lineup of centers, because it's good offensively but very good defensively, which is how the Devils traditionally build in the middle.

I don't know what the lineup is going to look like now, because we've got too many forwards, but I trust DeBoer to put that together.