Whats the next steps

Created by: jnorrrr

Team: 2023-24 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: May 31, 2023

Published: May 31, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Doing some experimenting here with trades for Saros and Necas, and signing Compher and Schenn. $23M in space for 24-25, which should be more than enough to re-sign Necas, Mercer and Schmid.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Pasic, Nikola	1	$775,000
Gritsyuk, Arseni	2	$925,000
Salminen, Samu	3	$900,000
McCarthy, Case	3	$900,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Meier, Timo	7	$8,750,000
Bastian, Nathan	1	$1,000,000
Bahl, Kevin	2	$1,000,000
Boqvist, Jesper	1	$950,000
Émond, Zacharie	1	$800,000
Groleau, Jérémy	1	$800,000
Hayes, Zackary	1	$800,000
Ibragimov, Timur	1	$825,000
McLeod, Michael	3	$2,000,000
Talvitie, Aarne	1	$850,000
Walsh, Reilly	1	$925,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Haula, Erik	2	$2,500,000
Compher, J.T.	2	$4,000,000
Schenn, Luke	1	$2,500,000
Pinho, Brian	1	$800,000
Burke, Brayden	1	$800,000

Trades

NJD

Saros, Juuse

NSH

Foote, Nolan
Vanecek, Vitek
2024 1st round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Toss up between Saros and Hellebuyck. IMO, Saros is easier to pry given that Nashville has Askarov on the horizon. Both are great goalies but Saros is younger, has two years left at $5M. Nashville gets a solid goalie to pair up with Askarov and a spot for Nolan Foote with his brother Cal.

NJD

Necas, Martin

CAR

Bratt, Jesper [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Two players of similar value. Gives Bratt a fresh start in Carolina and hopefully a better long-term solution after a few years of negotiation headaches. New Jersey gets a player of similar production, some cap control for the year which frees up some trade deadline space, and hopefully less hassle when it comes time to extend. Curious to see who you guys think adds in this trade.

Buyouts

Cory Schneider: $2,000,000
Janne Kuokkanen: $325,000

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$77,411,667	$422,500	$2,232,500	$6,088,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Meier, Timo $8,750,000$8,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 4	Mercer, Dawson $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) RW, C RFA - 1
Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 7	Necas, Martin $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW RFA - 1
Palat, Ondrej $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	Haula, Erik $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW UFA - 3	Compher, J.T. $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW UFA - 5
Lazar, Curtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2	McLeod, Michael $2,000,000$2,000,000 C RFA - 1	Bastian, Nathan $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Siegenthaler, Jonas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LD UFA - 5	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Saros, Juuse $5,000,000$5,000,000 G UFA - 2
Hughes, Luke $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 4	Schmid, Akira $850,833$850,833 ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 1
Bahl, Kevin $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD RFA - 2	Schenn, Luke $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Boqvist, Jesper $950,000$950,000 C, LW RFA - 1
Smith, Brendan $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD, LW UFA - 1

Top Comments

May 31, 2023 at 2:04 p.m.

dgibb10

I Love J Boqvist

Joined: Jan. 2023

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Bratt>Necas
Schenn doesn't fit our system.
Would rather pay bahl more and lock him up longer term.
Boqvist>Lazar

May 31, 2023 at 2:06 p.m.

evelutions2

Lets Get Kraken

Joined: Apr. 2021

Posts: 8,755

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So, why do the Canes do that? All the benefits you apply for the Devils are there for the Canes. I mean, similar production is there. But Necas is younger, cheaper, and has more team control. Not to mention, Necas hasn’t been bad with negotiations, whereas Bratt has that history.

May 31, 2023 at 2:10 p.m.

dgibb10

I Love J Boqvist

Joined: Jan. 2023

Posts: 12,553

Likes: 3,346

Quoting: evelutions2

They are 5 months apart in age. Bratt is better analytically and overall a much better producer at even strength.

Devils decline anyway bc they don't need cap space this year

May 31, 2023 at 2:12 p.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 41,236

Likes: 18,752

Just cutting and pasting this from another thread….

Last three seasons
Bratt……………204gp - 65g - 111a - 176pts (0.86 ppg)
Svechnikov…..197gp - 68g - 98a - 166pts (0.84 ppg)
Necas………….213gp - 56g - 96a - 152pts (0.71 ppg)

Last two seasons
Bratt……………158gp - 58g - 88a - 146pts (0.92 ppg)
Svechnikov…..142gp - 53g - 71a - 124pts (0.87 ppg)
Necas………….160gp - 42g - 69a - 111pts (0.69 ppg)

Last season
Bratt……………82gp - 32g - 41a - 73pts (0.89 ppg)
Svechnikov…..64gp - 23g - 32a - 55pts (0.86 ppg)
Necas………….82gp - 28g - 43a - 71pts (0.87 ppg)

Shouldn’t we be talking about Bratt for Svechnikov?

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May 31, 2023 at 2:18 p.m.

jnorrrr

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 923

Likes: 300

Quoting: NHLfan10506

Fair point, but Necas was also bounced up and down the Canes lineup from what I've seen (at least in the playoffs.) Makes me wonder what his production would look like next to Hughes, or next to Hischier and Meier.

I do like Svechnikov though. Certainly NJ adds more in that trade.

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