What team is having a better off-season than the New Jersey Devils?

[Rob Bowen]

Since the 2019 NHL entry draft, where the team selected Jack Hughes first overall, they have shaped their team into a young, fast and better all around team to hopefully battle for a playoff spot next season.

The Devils have a bright future with a one-two punch of Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier up front at center. Both of them add tremendous amounts of skill and speed to this Devils forward group that will be great for the future.

The trade for P.K Subban will make the whole defensive core even better for the Devils. They finished 26th in the NHL in Goals against and 21st in Power-play percentage; Subban will help a lot especially with his dynamic skating and his big slap shot from the blue line.

Not to mention former MVP Taylor Hall....

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[DRW204]

between them and NYR for me

 

[Raymoondo]

Rangers:
Trouba
Fox
Kakko
Panarin

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

The Rangers.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

When you add Hughes, Subban, Gusev and Simmonds while losing no one important, yeah you’ve had a solid summer. Hard to top that.

That said they had room for these players, same can’t be said for a lot of other teams.

Shero has had quiet offseasons lately, and i remember him admitting as much saying he didn’t do a very good job. Because of that he had the cap space to be aggressive this summer.

So i guess there’s multiple ways to look at it. Nill added Radulov, Hanzal, Methot and Bishop 2 years ago after similar wake-up call season, all valuable players at the time. Maybe he didn’t have to if he recognized his team isnt really that good in the first place.

Simmonds might end up in that Hanzal/Methot territory but it’s only 1 year so w/e. Hughes was a gift 1st overall. But i liked both Subban and Gusev trades, i think those will make a big difference.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

it was the Rangers until the Shattenkirk buyout. So nobody.

 

[Advanced stats]

Definetly the rangers

Panarin>Subban
Kakko=<Hughes
Plus Trouba is a top pairing guy.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Definetly the rangers

Panarin>Subban
Kakko=<Hughes
Plus Trouba is a top pairing guy.

Or...
Panarin > Gusev
Kakao =< Hughes
Trouba >= Subban
Fox >= Smith
Kravstov = Boqvist
Nobody << Simmonds

It's pretty even

 

[Lays]

Or...
Panarin > Gusev
Kakao =< Hughes
Trouba >= Subban
Fox >= Smith
Kravstov = Boqvist
Nobody << Simmonds

It's pretty even

Kravtsov is a top 10 prospect in the league. He is much better than Boqvist though I think Boqvist is underrated. But this is about best offseason and Smith, Kravtsov, and Boqvist weren’t added this offseason. I think NYR easily had the best offseason

 

[Voight]

When you add Hughes, Subban, Gusev and Simmonds while losing no one important, yeah you’ve had a solid summer. Hard to top that.

That said they had room for these players, same can’t be said for a lot of other teams.

Shero has had quiet offseasons lately, and i remember him admitting as much saying he didn’t do a very good job. Because of that he had the cap space to be aggressive this summer.

So i guess there’s multiple ways to look at it. Nill added Radulov, Hanzal, Methot and Bishop 2 years ago after similar wake-up call season, all valuable players at the time. Maybe he didn’t have to if he recognized his team isnt really that good in the first place.

Simmonds might end up in that Hanzal/Methot territory but it’s only 1 year so w/e. Hughes was a gift 1st overall. But i liked both Subban and Gusev trades, i think those will make a big difference.

Gusev at this point is another Nikita Filatov. He has the talent to be a top 6 player but giving him 4.5 per year on a 2 year deal was certainly risky. He has 0 NHL games played.

Definetly the rangers

Panarin>Subban
Kakko=<Hughes
Plus Trouba is a top pairing guy.

Trouba isn't a top pairing guy in the classic sense. He will be top pairing for the Rangers because there is nobody else for that role but they didn't exactly add a #1 defenseman.

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

Rangers:
Trouba
Fox
Kakko
Panarin

Fox means nothing in this conversation lol, hes a side piece compared to all these names. Devils are adding Smith who is better anyway

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

Gusev at this point is another Nikita Filatov. He has the talent to be a top 6 player but giving him 4.5 per year on a 2 year deal was certainly risky. He has 0 NHL games played.



Trouba isn't a top pairing guy in the classic sense. He will be top pairing for the Rangers because there is nobody else for that role but they didn't exactly add a #1 defenseman.

there isnt anything risky abour signing Gusev to two years. The only risk involved is the owners possibly wasting 9 mil

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

it was the Rangers until the Shattenkirk buyout. So nobody.

This is a good point I didnt think of

 

[Voight]

there isnt anything risky abour signing Gusev to two years. The only risk involved is the owners possibly wasting 9 mil

If he fails and doesn't develop then its a waste of cap space. Hard to justify giving an unproven talent 4.5 per year even if its only 2 years.

Ask Vegas how that worked out with Shipachyov.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Kravtsov is a top 10 prospect in the league. He is much better than Boqvist though I think Boqvist is underrated. But this is about best offseason and Smith, Kravtsov, and Boqvist weren’t added this offseason. I think NYR easily had the best offseason

Kravstov is a better prospect but two years younger, Boqvist is likely the better player this season. When talking about offseason top prospects signed are part of it.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Rangers:
Trouba
Fox
Kakko
Panarin

Hayes
Zuccarello

 

[Lays]

Kravstov is a better prospect but two years younger, Boqvist is likely the better player this season. When talking about offseason top prospects signed are part of it.

I think Kravtsov’s hitting 50 points this season and will have a better opportunity to play higher in the lineup

 

[themelkman]

On paper them are NYR are vastly improved. But sometimes trading for a bunch of good players doesn’t make a good team so we will see.

 

[Slyfox]

The Rangers lost Hayes, Zuccarello, Shattenkirk and might lose Kreider. Easily the Devils.

 

[Nocashstyle]

If he fails and doesn't develop then its a waste of cap space. Hard to justify giving an unproven talent 4.5 per year even if its only 2 years.

Ask Vegas how that worked out with Shipachyov.

Except cap space is not really a concern for the next two years...so

 

[TopG]

Leafs offseason has been a dream so far. Did everything HF said they couldn't

 

[Advanced stats]

Trouba isn't a top pairing guy in the classic sense. He will be top pairing for the Rangers because there is nobody else for that role but they didn't exactly add a #1 defenseman.

But he is in the sense that you can't name 60 defensemen better than him, so by virtue of numbers, he is in fact a top pairing guy.

 

[JT Kreider]

Fox means nothing in this conversation lol, hes a side piece compared to all these names. Devils are adding Smith who is better anyway

Fox is a top 10 prospect..

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

If he fails and doesn't develop then its a waste of cap space. Hard to justify giving an unproven talent 4.5 per year even if its only 2 years.

Ask Vegas how that worked out with Shipachyov.

Its not in any way shape or form a waste of cap space when the Devils have an abundance of if

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

Fox is a top 10 prospect..

According to who?

Fox is a holdout who has cried his way to a team he wants. Nothing about his stats says top-10 anything