Devils next year

Created by: Icedragon4405

Team: 2024-25 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 14, 2024

Published: Mar. 14, 2024

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

Need to hire a good, veteran coach, definetley some decent options out there, wouldn't be opposed to finding a new goalie coach either he clearly does not do a good job. I think daws and/or schmid are the devs goalies of the future but they r still very young and need more time to develop and get a lot of ahl work. Jake allen is not the guy, he sucks, terrible move, he is not an upgrade or a comptent starter especially if you want to have a contending team. I would have schmid be the backup nbecause he was solid in a limited role in 2022-2023 and let daws be a workhorse in the minors to develop. Now as for a goalie in the offseason. They could go all in on a big goalie like juse sarros but i thinkit would cost a lot, get a golie who can be good but is repaceable when daws is ready, this also avoids giving up everything for saros. Holtz needs to take toffolis place, maybe if management and coaches will actually play him that willl happen. Defense is fine just not played well due to bad coaching and systems. could maybe use a solid middle 6 forawrd and maybe some forward depth in the event of injuries . I like the idea of elvis merlinkins because he has been good in the past, he is still young and has the potential to be good he has just had very ****ty defense and he wouldn't cost everything since it is known he wants out and his recent stats aren't as good. For this thread I will be getting merzlinkins but i do not believ that is the only solution like i said saros is possible or just getting someone else so daws can cook for a year or so. he just needs more games.
idk casey's timeline but after two years of ncaa and him doing really well i would thik they will look to sign him, sprong is underrated, he is a solid scoring forward with a great shot and quick skating, look at his production in seattle and detroit past two years and he only averaged 11-12 minutes a game, i think he is a solid fit for this devils team. doesn't have to be him but think he is a good fit, him and mercer could be switched between 2 and 3 LW could even see him playing with hughes if they need to switch stuff around cuz he is fast and got a great shot

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Casey, Seamus		3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Daws, Nico	2	$950,000
Schmid, Akira	2	$950,000
Bowers, Shane	2	$775,000
Clarke, Graeme	3	$930,000
Foote, Nolan	1	$900,000
Hatakka, Santeri	2	$900,000
Vukojevic, Michael	3	$825,000
Halonen, Brian	2	$875,000
Mercer, Dawson	2	$4,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Sprong, Daniel	3	$4,000,000
Källgren, Erik	2	$825,000
Nosek, Tomas	2	$950,000
Tierney, Chris	2	$800,000
Willman, Max	2	$800,000
Friedman, Mark	1	$800,000

Trades

NJD

Merzlikins, Elvis

CBJ

Allen, Jake
Hatakka, Santeri
Stillman, Chase
2025 2nd round pick (WPG)
2026 4th round pick (DAL)

Additional Details:

conditions on the 2nd pick: if the devils make the conference finals it becomes a 2025 1st

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,700,000	$83,626,397	$1,538,897	$5,950,000	$4,073,603

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 6	Bratt, Jesper $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
Meier, Timo $8,800,000$8,800,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Sprong, Daniel $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW UFA
Palat, Ondrej $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3	Haula, Erik $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 2	Mercer, Dawson $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, C RFA
Foote, Nolan $900,000$900,000 LW RFA	Lazar, Curtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Bastian, Nathan $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Siegenthaler, Jonas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000$5,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Hughes, Luke $925,000$925,000 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD RFA - 1	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Schmid, Akira $950,000$950,000 G RFA
Bahl, Kevin $1,050,000$1,050,000 LD RFA - 1	Nemec, Simon $918,333$918,333 ($3,250,000$3M) RD RFA - 2	Källgren, Erik $825,000$825,000 G UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Nosek, Tomas $950,000$950,000 LW, C UFA
Friedman, Mark $800,000$800,000 LD/RD UFA

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Mercer, D.		Hischier, N.		Bratt, J.
	Hamilton, D.		Hughes, J.

Power Play 2
Sprong, D.		Palat, O.		Meier, T.
	Holtz, A.		Hughes, L.

Penalty Kill 1
	Hischier, N.	Bratt, J.
	Bahl, K.	Marino, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Haula, E.	Bastian, N.
	Siegenthaler, J.	Nemec, S.

Top Comments

Mar. 14 at 12:05 p.m.

squashmaple

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Joined: Apr. 2022

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I say this as a Jackets fan: that's an overpay for Elvis.

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Mar. 14 at 12:15 p.m.

CaseyFlyman

Joined: Sep. 2018

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Keep Stillman and Hatakka, Columbus still says yes. Keep the 4th, too. You could probably keep the conditional 2nd and send us just the 4th and Allen instead. Elvis is an average goaltender, he should rebound in a new system but he's not going to be Saros. His contract makes him a slightly positive asset at best.

If you're not having us retain, Allen and a pick is totally fine for a guy who's possibly 3rd on our surprisingly good goalie depth chart now. The cap space and roster flexibility alone makes it worth it in the long run.

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Mar. 14 at 12:27 p.m.

DevilsFanInTX

Joined: Mar. 2020

Posts: 374

Likes: 168

I don't think Elvis is the guy.

Mar. 14 at 12:34 p.m.

dgibb10

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Joined: Jan. 2023

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Likes: 3,159

Quoting: CaseyFlyman

I’d honestly expect Elvis to be a cap dump at 5.4 mill AAV. Cant see a scenario where he returns +ve value without retentuon

Mar. 14 at 12:50 p.m.

squashmaple

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Joined: Apr. 2022

Posts: 3,206

Likes: 4,365

Quoting: dgibb10

I’d honestly expect Elvis to be a cap dump at 5.4 mill AAV. Cant see a scenario where he returns +ve value without retentuon

You're missing the other critical component of what makes someone a cap dump, though. Columbus doesn't need the cap space. They are not under any financial pressure to move him. It's like Andrew Peeke, to be honest. Every other fanbase here was screaming at us that he was a cap dump we'd have to pay to move even with retention and then... we moved him with no retention for a third and a meaningless AHL player. Elvis a perfectly serviceable average goalie, yes overpaid for that but not egregiously so. A bit of a clubhouse cancer? Almost certainly. But he is not a cap dump.

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