What I Would Like To See This Off Season

Created by: DevilsFanZack13

Team: 2024-25 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 4, 2024

Published: Apr. 4, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

This is what I would like to see NJ do this off season. Some things everyone will agree with, there will be some disagreements. Let me know what you guys think.

1) When the season ends, ( even now ) look for a new head coach and let him pick his coaching staff. Travis Green is not the guy and it's shown. There's some veteran coachs available like a Craig Berube, Jay Woodcroft, Todd McLellan, Dean Evason. Or you can go with someone new, as long as there's a new coach come next season.

2) Depending on what happens with the draft lottery, make the pick or trade it. In my opinion if its in the top 10 and we could get some like Sam Dickinson, Berkley Catton or Cayden Lindstrom, I say keep the pick and draft one of those guys. If we fall out of the top 10, I feel that pick should be used for a goaltender. I really would like to draft Dickinson but if the defense is healthy next season, we need a #1 goaltender and that pick should get us one.

3)Qualify the RFA's. I think the only player on the roster this season that will get a big contract will be Dawson Mercer. Yes Schmid and Daws need new contracts as well, but they won't get anything big. With Mercer having a down year, I say try and sign him to a contract like a Jack Hughes. Not so much the same amount of money, but take advantage of the down year and do a long term deal.

4) Sign some Free Agents. For our UFA's, I wouldn't mind bringing back DeSimone, Tierney, WIllman and even MacDermid. The rest I would let walk. I like Brendan Smith but he plays to much and should be a #7 defenseman for us. Not a top 4 like Ruff and Green have him playing as.

5) For Free Agents or even through a trade, find a winger for Jack. I'll make the lines I'd like to see NJ possibly have next season, but it looks like Meier-Hischier-Bratt are our top line and they've been amazing together.

Once again, these are some things I'd like to see NJ do this off season. I was gonna sign Casey but I have a feeling he's gonna go back to Michigan for 1 more season. Let me know what you guys think.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Foote, Nolan	1	$835,000
Mercer, Dawson	6	$5,000,000
Hatakka, Santeri	2	$875,000
Halonen, Brian	1	$875,000
Daws, Nico	1	$925,000
Vukojevic, Michael	1	$815,000
Schmid, Akira	1	$925,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
DeSimone, Nick	2	$915,000
MacDermid, Kurtis	1	$930,000
Willman, Max	1	$800,000
Tierney, Chris	1	$800,000
Edmundson, Joel	3	$3,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
UFA or Trade, Winger		1	$1,000,000
Dickinson, Sam		3	$950,000

Trades

NJD

Markström, Jacob

CGY

Bahl, Kevin
Clarke, Graeme [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Make this trade if the 2024 1st round pick isn't in the top 10. If it is, find another way to trade for Markstrom and use the pick to draft a player.

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
22	$87,700,000	$84,356,397	$1,538,897	$5,950,000	$3,343,603

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
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	Bratt, Jesper $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
UFA or Trade, Winger $1,000,000$1,000,000	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 6	Mercer, Dawson $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C RFA
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	Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Foote, Nolan $835,000$835,000 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	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
Edmundson, Joel $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD/RD UFA	Nemec, Simon $918,333$918,333 ($3,250,000$3M) RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
DeSimone, Nick $915,000$915,000 RD UFA
MacDermid, Kurtis $930,000$930,000 LD/RD, LW UFA

Taxi Squad
Dickinson, Sam $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0)

Top Comments

Apr. 4 at 2:43 p.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

Joined: Jun. 2019

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What's the difference between the pick being 10th or 11th? None of those 3 prospects will be available by the time the Devils pick unless they win the lottery

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Apr. 4 at 3:50 p.m.

Flames1217

Joined: Apr. 2023

Posts: 203

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Markstrom will be available at the draft without a shadow of a doubt.

If ever Jersey drops into the top ten, I would still be very interested in a deal involving Mercer.

If retention is required, both teams could also look into ironing this out. Markstrom makes a lot of sense of Jersey and a lot of Jersey's players make sense for the flames.

Apr. 4 at 3:58 p.m.

Smitty426

Joined: May 2016

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WAY overpayment

Apr. 4 at 5:15 p.m.

MoxNix

Joined: Aug. 2022

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Calgary accepts this offer for Markstrom. You won't be getting Lindstrom or Dickinson with a 10th/11th OA pick. Both are likely gone in the top 5. Catton you might get there but someone will probably take him before 10th OA too.

With 2 picks in the 8-12 range Calgary would draft Tij Iginla and another pretty good player (Carter Yakemchuk would be a great choice if he's still there), maybe even trade one of those picks + Vancouver's late 1st to move up a few spots.

Apr. 4 at 7:00 p.m.

dgibb10

I Love J Boqvist

Joined: Jan. 2023

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Quoting: Flames1217

Neither Mercer or the 2024 1st will be available for markstrom.

Both had already been taken of the table (mercer never was on the table), and that was before markstrom started his 0.875 disaster run since valentines day

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