Confirmed Trade: [VGK/NJD] Alexander Holtz and Akira Schmid for Paul Cotter and 2025 3rd round pick

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Fitz dumping all the scapegoats to try and save his job

 

[Unbiased Fan]

People really don’t know who Paul Cotter is book mark this thread because he’s Tom Wilson 2.0 without as much offence

 

[Forge]

All I know is that after today, I'm convinced @dirtydanglez may be Tom Fitzgerald.

 

[Ace]

So Holtz had no value?

Why would Lindy Ruff do this?

 

[The Duck Knight]

People really don’t know who Paul Cotter is book mark this thread because he’s Tom Wilson 2.0 without as much offence

He's closer to Maxim Afinogenov than Tom Wilson.

 

[Forge]

Fitz dumping all the scapegoats to try and save his job

I'm not sure his job is in any real danger right now though.

Fitz seems like he has a very clear direction he wants to go and holtz definitely didn't fit that. He talked a lot about not being vanilla up front and wanting to get more violent. This is definitely a trade in that direction.

 

[Zman5778]

Welcome to the "overpay for a needed bottom 6er" club, Jersey.

 

[thefutures]

Surprised a SJ or Chicago couldn't make it happen for Holtz, must have enough of those types

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

I'm not sure his job is in any real danger right now though.

Fitz seems like he has a very clear direction he wants to go and holtz definitely didn't fit that. He talked a lot about not being vanilla up front and wanting to get more violent. This is definitely a trade in that direction.

NJ misses the playoffs he definitely gets fired

 

[dirtydanglez]

All I know is that after today, I'm convinced @dirtydanglez may be Tom Fitzgerald.

i dont condone his methods but watch how much better the devils are with some goaltending and grit.

 

[racamdim]

3 years later, you turn 7th overall into that. Yikes.

At least Fitz isn’t Rob Blake.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Oof, Holtz is a phenomenal up-and-comer. Nice gift to guys who don’t need it.

 

[Forge]

i dont condone his methods but watch how much better the devils are with some goaltending and grit.

I don't mind this one so much, tbh

 

[racamdim]

Oof, Holtz is a phenomenal up-and-comer. Nice gift to guys who don’t need it.

So not this.

 

[credulous]

as a vegas fan i kind of hate this deal. cotter was a really key part of their bottom 6 and he's signed cheap for two more seasons. holtz is gonna have to beat out stone, hertl/karlsson, barbashev, dorofeyev and maybe marchessault and even potentially brisson for a spot in the top six and i just don't think he's that good? i guess he's reasonable insurance if stone can't play and marchessault walks

schmid is whatever. i guess he's still reasonably young for a goalie

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Schmid talked himself out of NJ, but Holtz is about to make Fitz look foolish

 

[Jerzey Devil]

Welcome back Cotter!

 

[BKarchitect]

Cotter is a poor man’s power forward. He can move and hit and occasionally displays hands but anybody expecting a two-way winger is gonna be disappointed. He’s potentially a new Miles Wood more than anything.

Anybody comparing him to Tom Wilson or thinking he’s some secret prize is just trying too hard to be a hockey hipster fan.

 

[Aoko]

Welcome to the "overpay for a needed bottom 6er" club, Jersey.

At least they didn't pull a JBB and offer almost a whole year's worth of draft picks for the dude.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

I thought Holtz had some legit value, I hate this trade for NJD

 

[ameselare]

as a vegas fan i kind of hate this deal. cotter was a really key part of their bottom 6 and he's signed cheap for two more seasons. holtz is gonna have to beat out stone, hertl/karlsson, barbashev, dorofeyev and maybe marchessault and even potentially brisson for a spot in the top six and i just don't think he's that good? i guess he's reasonable insurance if stone can't play and marchessault walks

Yeah I think he's insurance. High upside/ceiling young player for a team that loves to trade away 1st rounders. Bottom 6 guys can be found for relatively cheap via trade, waivers, and free agency.

 

[The Duck Knight]

as a vegas fan i kind of hate this deal. cotter was a really key part of their bottom 6 and he's signed cheap for two more seasons. holtz is gonna have to beat out stone, hertl/karlsson, barbashev, dorofeyev and maybe marchessault and even potentially brisson for a spot in the top six and i just don't think he's that good? i guess he's reasonable insurance if stone can't play and marchessault walks

schmid is whatever. i guess he's still reasonably young for a goalie

I like Cotter but no he was not. He was a healthy scratch for every single playoff game the past 2 years.

Holtz is a good cheap risk to take. Currently the only RW under contract are Stone and Kolesar. Holtz is going to get a chance to play in the top 9 with either Karlsson or Hertl as his center.

 

[ameselare]

I thought Holtz had some legit value, I hate this trade for NJD

Holtz really fell out of favour with that organization, and Fitzgerald is trying to add size/grit/toughness to his speedy, skilled guys. Still a bizarre trade but yeah.

 

[Oneiro]

Calgary and SJ refusing to accept Holtz in a deal probably says it all.

 

[TommyDangles]

I thought Holtz had some legit value, I hate this trade for NJD

He's Alex Nylander Jr

Devils fans blamed Ruff for ruining him, but he looked the same under Green & Keefe obviously wanted nothing to do with him. Looks like the report that Flames preferred Bahl over Holtz was right too.

NHL GMs valued him far differently than some Devils fans did.