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CalvinKlein

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Forum: Armchair-GMThu. at 6:20 p.m.
Thread: Zegras-areal center
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dgibb10</b></div><div>Which would be a very shortsighted and stupid move.

There will be no other team offering anything close to a top 10 pick for Ullmark. Who are you bidding against that's gonna offer this?</div></div>

Shortsighted and stupid? As opposed to living in denial about the Devils goaltending situation and opting for naive and stupid moves in order to fix the issue?

NJ has missed the playoffs 2 out of 3 years due to horrific goaltending, and you'd rather hold onto a lottery ticket that likely won't benefit you for at least 2-3yrs (if you're lucky), instead of using it to bring in a proven Vezina winning goalie who would immediately solve your biggest issue. Sorry, but at this stage of the Devils development I don't care about trading a top 10 pick for a proven player.

Also, the Bruins are in no obligation to trade Ullmark within the conference, and it's entirely possible a team like LA offers a strong package to bring in a guy like Ullmark especially since they can extend him.
Forum: New Jersey DevilsMay 22 at 6:16 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 17 at 6:16 p.m.
Thread: 10th overall pick for a goalie
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>The problem with NJD is goaltending is oversold.

The problems with NJD are youth, injuries, and too much inexperience on blue line…undersold.

I don’t think any goalie alone can turn us back into 112-pt team. But good health, better puck control out of dmen, and a few other holes filled… with average goaltending could.</div></div>

You're not necessarily wrong, but what you're basically arguing is that NJ needs to address 3 or more issues on the team just to make up for any deficiency in net. 2 of those issues, youth and injuries are largely out of your control because player progression isn't linear and you can't guarantee health.

Getting a proven veteran starter doesn't mean all the issues vanish it just provides a larger margin of error for the rest of the team.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 17 at 6:10 p.m.
Thread: 10th overall pick for a goalie
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Celtics21</b></div><div>I’m actually in the other camp. I feel like NJ took a flamethrower to their season when they depended on Schmid / Vanacek. While I feel Allen is better than Vanacek, he’s a backup. If you can acquire stability in the net for a young player like Holtz or a 2025 (top 12 protected pick), you should absolutely do it. This team seemed on the verge. The fact you have a top 10 pick is an utter joke.</div></div>

I'm largely in agreement with you. Even though the OP is correct in that there are other important issues with the Devils besides goaltending (which might be overstated), the fact is that goaltending is an issue.

My feeling is that if it costs a 1st to get a proven veteran goalie then NJ should just do it, because getting stability in net will go a log way to alleviating the other issues on the team.