Devils RTG

Team: 2021-22 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 21, 2020

Published: Apr. 25, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Personal takes:
The 2021/2022 roster obviously doesn’t look very strong and is probably a lottery/bubble team again. By then players like Hischier, Hughes, Bratt, Boqvist, Smith and Blackwood are the young core of the franchise, have matured and taken over the team. UFA signings are all short term deals so the cap isn’t damaged by the time all those ELC’s run out and to make sure there are enough roster spots for our prospects to play and develop. With all those 1st round picks the farm system has gotten a ton of true impact talent and should emerge as one of the very best. Sure, if we make it this way we’re probably looking at two more years of loosing and fighting for top lottery spots again but imo we’re already so deep in this mess that we now should look to make it the proper way and not damage ourselves for the time when we can’t need it! This ACGM is obviously relying on a lot of our prospects to develop…


19/20 season:
The NHL decides that they can't play and quit the season.
Decisions made regarding conditional draft picks that affect the Devils: Devils don't get a pick from Carolina (Sami Vatanen) / Devils get a 2021 5th from Buffalo (Wayne Simmonds) / Vancouver “misses“ the playoffs therefore the Devils receive a 2021 unconditional 1st instead (Blake Coleman) / Arizona doesn't win any of the 3 lotteries in 2020 so the Devils get their 2020 1st round selection (Taylor Hall).
ELC slides (now last until 2023 instead): Ty Smith / Kevin Bahl / Nikita Okhotyuk / Nolan Foote


20/21 season:
NHL and NHLPA agree to a 78 mil cap (for 2 seasons).
NHL and NHLPA agree to one compliance buyout per team in 2020. Devils use theirs on Corey Schneider (on LTIR therefore).
Devils decide to give Tom Fitzgerald the GM job who hires Gerard Gallant as his head coach and Patrik Elias as one of his assistant coaches.
2020 Devils draftees: #6 RW Alexander Holtz (NJD) / #10 LHD Jake Sanderson (ARI)
Devils sign Alexander Holtz to his ELC but send him back to Sweden. Jake Sanderson is already committed to the University of North Dakota.
Prospects who sign their ELC in 2020: Mitch Hoelscher, Xavier Bernard, Matthew Hellickson
UFA signings in 2020: Brendan Dillon (2 years at 3.75 mil) / Mike Smith (1 year at 1.75 mil) / Luca Sbisa (1 year at 750k)
Devils sign following players to contract extensions in the 2020 offseason: Jesper Bratt (3 years at 3.25 mil) / Joey Anderson (2 years at 925k) / Mirco Mueller (1 year at 1.4 mil) / Nick Merkley (2 years at 925k) / John Hayden (1 year at 750k) / Brett Seney (1 year at 925k) / Dakota Mermis (2 years at 850k) / Colton White (2 years at 850k) / Josh Jacobs (1 year at 750k) / Ben Street (1 year at 750k) / Zane McIntyre (1 year at 750k)
Devils sign following player to a contract extension during the 20/21 season: Kyle Palmieri (5 years at 7.5 mil)
ELC slide (lasts until 2024): Alexander Holtz
Seattle ??? expansion draft: Devils protect 7/3/1
F: Hischier / Palmieri / Bratt / Anderson / Kuokkanen / McLeod / Zacha
D: Dillon / Butcher / Severson
G: Blackwood
Seattle selects Miles Wood (on LTIR therefore)


21/22 season:
As mentioned above the cap stays at 78 mil.
2021 Devils draftees: #2 RHD Brandt Clarke (NJD) / #15 G Jesper Wallstedt (VAN) / #24 C Daniil Lazutin (DAL) / #42 LHD Jimi Suomi (NYI) / #48 G Tristan Lennox (ARI)
Following Prospects sign their ELC (in brackets where they'll play): Reilly Walsh (NHL) / Graeme Clarke (AHL) / Aarne Talvitie (AHL) / Tyce Thompson (AHL) / Eetu Päkilä (AHL) / Daniil Misyul (AHL) / Brandt Clarke (Juniors) / Akira Schmid (AHL) / Alexander Holtz (Devils send him back to Sweden for his D+2 season) / Jake Sanderson (stays in college for his D+2 season)
Devils sign following players out of UFA in 2021: Nick Bonino (2 years at 3 mil) / Andrew Cogliano (1 year at 1.75 mil) / Carl Gunnarsson (1 year at 1.5 mil) / Sam Anas (2 years at 800k) / Ben Street (1 year at 750k) / Carter Hutton (1 year at 1.75 mil)
Devils sign following players to contract extensions in the 2021 offseason: Janne Kuokkanen (2 years at 1.8 mil) / Gilles Senn (2 years at 925k) / Nathan Bastian (2 years at 800k) / Brett Seney (2 years at 925k) / Michael McLeod (1 year at 925k) / Jegor Sharangovich (2 years at 825k) / David Quenneville (1 year at 800k) / Evan Cormier (2 years at 800k)
Top Prospects from the Devils at the start of the 21/22 season: #1 Brandt Clarke / #2 Alexander Holtz / #3 Jake Sanderson / #4 Jesper Wallstedt / #5 Nolan Foote / #6 Daniil Lazutin / #7 Reilly Walsh / #8 Jimi Suomi / #9 Kevin Bahl / #10 Tristan Lennox / #11 Arseni Gritsyuk / #12 Patrick Moynihan / #13 Aarne Talvitie / #14 Nikita Okhotyuk / #15 Nikola Pasic / #16 Graeme Clarke / #17 Tyce Thompson / #18 Daniil Misyul / #19 Akira Schmid / #20 Eetu Pakkila
Binghamton Devils 21/22 roster:
Seney – McLeod – Anas
Maltsev – Street – Thompson
Talvitie – Sharangovich – Clarke
Päkkilä – Hoelscher – Zetterlund
(Schnarr)
Bahl – Mermis
Misyul – Quenneville
White – Okhotyuk
(Hellickson - Vukojevic)
Hutton
Schmid


New Jersey Devils 2023 / 2024 roster (projected outlook)
Bratt (25) – Hischier (24) – Palmieri (32)
Boqvist (25)– Hughes (22) – Holtz (21)
Foote (22) – Lazutin (20) – Moynihan (22)
Talvitie (24) – Thompson (24) – Anderson (25)
Smith (23) – Severson (29)
Sanderson (21) – Clarke (20)
Bahl (23) – Walsh (24)
Blackwood (27)
Wallstedt (21)

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