An optimistic next few months for the New Jersey Devils

Created by: sensonfire

Team: 2024-25 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 24, 2024

Published: Mar. 24, 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

1. New Jersey plays a solid game and beats Ottawa with ease in a rematch on April 6th.

2. Dawson Mercer is signed to a team-friendly bridge deal.

3. New Jersey hires a permanent NHL Head Coach with a Stanley Cup winning pedigree.

4. After numerous failed attempts, New Jersey finally acquires the #1 goalie they've been searching for at a fair and reasonable price.

5. The Devils sign an elite #1 defenseman that was on their radar since he was drafted to an 8 year extension.

6. Devils round out their bottom 6 with NHL quality forwards before the start of training camp.

7. Alexander Holtz, Timo Meier and Ondrej Palat all re-emerge as uber-talented goal-scoring Top 6 forwards that everybody thought they would become.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mercer, Dawson	2	$2,000,000
Hatakka, Santeri	2	$850,000
Daws, Nico	2	$775,000
Schmid, Akira	2	$775,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Hanifin, Noah	8	$7,500,000
van Riemsdyk, James	1	$1,000,000
Robinson, Eric	1	$775,000

Trades

NJD

Markström, Jacob

Additional Details:

Trade made when it is New Jersey's turn to pick at #11 overall.

CGY

2024 1st round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

#11 overall pick

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	$87,500,000	$86,714,730	$1,538,897	$5,950,000	$785,270

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	Palat, Ondrej $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3
van Riemsdyk, James $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA	Haula, Erik $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 2	Mercer, Dawson $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, C RFA
Robinson, Eric $775,000$775,000 LW UFA	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
Hanifin, Noah $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD UFA - 8	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Markström, Jacob $6,000,000$6,000,000 G NMC UFA - 2
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	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Siegenthaler, Jonas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Nemec, Simon $918,333$918,333 ($3,250,000$3M) RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bahl, Kevin $1,050,000$1,050,000 LD RFA - 1
Hatakka, Santeri $850,000$850,000 LD RFA
Stillman, Chase $863,333$863,333 RW RFA - 2

Top Comments

Mar. 24 at 3:54 p.m.

dgibb10

I Love J Boqvist

Joined: Jan. 2023

Posts: 11,967

Likes: 3,161

Large overpay on markstrom.

Here are some goalies that have recieved top 11 picks since 2010:

23 year old Seymon Varlamov
26 year old cory schneider

Seems like 35 year old Jacob Markstrom doesn't exactly fit in that category

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Mar. 24 at 3:56 p.m.

jamnjon

Joined: Jan. 2017

Posts: 323

Likes: 182

As a Sharks fan my extremely optimistic (even if unrealistic) hope is the Devils eke their way into the playoffs and get eliminated in the ECF. More realistically I'd hope the Devils bottom out even more and the pick ends up in the 37-38 range.

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Mar. 24 at 4:26 p.m.

sensonfire

Joined: Feb. 2021

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Quoting: dgibb10

And what exactly would be a fair trade for both teams over Markstrom ?

Mar. 24 at 4:29 p.m.

dgibb10

I Love J Boqvist

Joined: Jan. 2023

Posts: 11,967

Likes: 3,161

Quoting: sensonfire

And what exactly would be a fair trade for both teams over Markstrom ?

Depends on how markstrom finishes out the season, where he's willing to waive to, and what other teams are interested.

Mar. 24 at 4:35 p.m.

sensonfire

Joined: Feb. 2021

Posts: 11,893

Likes: 4,466

Quoting: dgibb10

Depends on how markstrom finishes out the season, where he's willing to waive to, and what other teams are interested.

So, basically, you have no answer to my question whatsoever and your only contribution to this AGM is "MARKSTROM TRADE BAD!!!"

Alright then.

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