Proposal: Vancouver - New Jersey

[Taluss]

I think Devils say no. But I like the creativity of this proposal

Adding an aging Miller and having to pay up is what makes it non enticing for me from a Devils pov

 

[TS Quint]

Your whole point is moot, because there is ZERO chance the Devils make this trade, also ZERO chance we get the 2nd OA or anything of that value for one year of Miller, our fanbase really needs to understand this.

Demko is the present and future in Vancouver, he is so good because of not only how he was developed but the player he was when we drafted him. These types of players don't grow on trees and can't just be developed at will by our goalie guru, it's incredibly shortsighted to think we can just find another Demko at will.

Get out a here with your reasonableness!!! This isn't what we do here.

 

[mj2sexay]

Love how both teams respective fanbases are in the no camp.

I wouldn't do it either as a Devils fan, but I also really don't value Miller considering the extension he's going to require.

 

[bert]

If we've moved into the "trade Demko" phase pushing for a rebuild, I think we should bleed Toronto. They are desperate for a top flight goalie.

And this is still a Miller to New Jersey for the second overall, so, the OP will get a load of replies, not all of them positive.

How Toronto going to match futures like that?

 

[Takumi3000]

Demko is untouchable (easily in the Saros/Sorokin/Hellebuyck tier of goalies) and would completely gut our G depth, rebuilding or not. After him, we have Martin/DiPietro with a combined 12 games of NHL experience. If this were to happen, we'd be right in the mix for Bedard/Michkov... not something Aquillini and co would allow to happen.

That’s kinda my point…trying to take a run for Bedard.

 

[tyhee]

As a Canucks fan, this looks like the sort of deal that New Jersey would only take if they figured the future is now and anything after that will take care of itself. As a Canucks fan we've seen a lot of that king of thinking the past eight years.

It would be virtually certain that New Jersey would be better in 2022-2023 for making this deal. It would be almost as certain that New Jersey would be worse four years from now and for some time after that for making this trade. The big question would be how long it would take for the trade to be negative from a NJ perspective.

I don't think New Jersey is in a go-for-it-right-now-while-the-window-is-open situation. That being the case, I don't think this trade makes any sense for them.

I also don't think that Vancouver is in a go-for-it-right-now-while-the-window-is-open situation, so would look at the proposal in term of future value and think that it gives the Canucks good value for what they would give up. Like most Vancouver fans I don't want to trade Demko, but I don't consider that any player on the team is untouchable, given a good enough return.

 

[Devilsfan118]

Definite no from me from NJ perspective, and that's not a knock on either player from the Canucks but that's a huge price to pay.

 

[Seventy7]

Van can get more by keeping these assets separate. Demko would get a massive return if he hit the market (which he won’t lol). Miller is complicated, but someone will bite and he will be a massive addition for the acquiring team… no one will be thinking about the futures given up when he’s in beast mode… which is most of the time.