Cash or Czech Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I could see the Capitals and Penguins slipping, opening up a playoff spot for New Jersey or Columbus. Isles, Flyers, Pens, and Caps aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Devils are enroute to being a contender for the playoffs again. If they get goaltending we better keep an eye on em. Imagine, the Devils forwent Hughes for Kakko a few years ago like Montreal did with Wright. Damn, how this would look different..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 12 minutes ago, jsm7302 said: Devils are enroute to being a contender for the playoffs again. If they get goaltending we better keep an eye on em. Imagine, the Devils forwent Hughes for Kakko a few years ago like Montreal did with Wright. Damn, how this would look different..... Big if, considering they have a current tandem of Blackwood and Vanacek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 They're also gonna run out of cap room real quick. They already have $30 million tied up in J. Hughes, Hischier, Palat, and Hamilton. Bratt is going to arb this summer coming off a ppg season. How much can they pay Sharangovich next summer? Mercer the summer after that. In 3/4 years they'll have to pay Nemec, L. Hughes and Holtz. They are destined to be in the same cap boat we are, except they'll never have a goalie as good as Shesty for $5.6 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 devils and their future scare me more than any other team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 If and when they get an NHL starter, sure, maybe, but also, kinda not really, because they're still not great. They remind me of the "scrappy Sens" from a few years back. Kinda good-ish, or like on the way to good, but it's been ten plus years of this mediocrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 They have the pieces if they continue to develop. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Phil said: If and when they get an NHL starter, sure, maybe, but also, kinda not really, because they're still not great. They remind me of the "scrappy Sens" from a few years back. Kinda good-ish, or like on the way to good, but it's been ten plus years of this mediocrity. im looking more like 5 years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, CCCP said: im looking more like 5 years from now. Oh, I guess, sure. They have a good long-term projection, but I still base everything on having a starting goalie, which they don't. They have, at best, a fringe starter in Blackwood, and a mediocre career backup, and have nothing coming to remedy either. Nico Daws got lit up like a Christmas tree. .893 in 20-something games. That's not even good enough to be a backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash or Czech Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 23 minutes ago, Long live the King said: They're also gonna run out of cap room real quick. They already have $30 million tied up in J. Hughes, Hischier, Palat, and Hamilton. Bratt is going to arb this summer coming off a ppg season. How much can they pay Sharangovich next summer? Mercer the summer after that. In 3/4 years they'll have to pay Nemec, L. Hughes and Holtz. They are destined to be in the same cap boat we are, except they'll never have a goalie as good as Shesty for $5.6 million. Tatar ($4.5mil), Severson ($4.16mil), Johnsson ($3.4mil), and Graves ($3.16mil) all UFAs after this season and all replaceable with guys like Nemec and expanded roles from their prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) I still don’t really get this deal for the Devils. They gave a long term $6M per contract to a 31 year old player. And while Palat was a 50ish point player with Tampa, he might only be a 40ish point player on a team not named Tampa. Are the Devils really that close to contending, or are they a few years away? Wouldn’t the back half of this deal hamstring the team’s cap when they are actually competing? They could have found decent veteran experience at a much shorter term with less risk. Edited July 18, 2022 by rmc51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Cash or Czech said: Tatar ($4.5mil), Severson ($4.16mil), Johnsson ($3.4mil), and Graves ($3.16mil) all UFAs after this season and all replaceable with guys like Nemec and expanded roles from their prospects. I'm aware, but Bratt is a ppg player, it's gonna take 2 of those expiring contracts to pay him. Sharangovich has a shot to sore 30+ goals in a contract year. They won't be able to afford quality depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 2 hours ago, rmc51 said: I still don’t really get this deal for the Devils. They gave a long term $6M per contract to a 31 year old player. And while Palat was a 50ish point player with Tampa, he might only be a 40ish point player on a team not named Tampa. Are the Devils really that close to contending, or are they a few years away? Wouldn’t the back half of this deal hamstring the team’s cap when they are actually competing? They could have found decent veteran experience at a much shorter term with less risk. I agree. This deal to me strikes of what Namestnikov was once he left Tampa until he figured out how to adjust his game. Palat next year is a 15g 22a guy in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieNextel305 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 The Devils defense stinks. Vanecek, behind that defense, isn’t that great. They can score, that isn’t a problem. But they can’t keep pucks out of the net. Palat is a good playoff player. But I still don’t see the Devils as a playoff team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 12 hours ago, RichieNextel305 said: The Devils defense stinks. Vanecek, behind that defense, isn’t that great. They can score, that isn’t a problem. But they can’t keep pucks out of the net. Palat is a good playoff player. But I still don’t see the Devils as a playoff team. Incredibly enough the Rangers and Devils give up the same amount of shots against per game played, yet everybody loves our defense haha. I'm willing to bet the Rangers also gave up more high danger chances against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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