Quoting: iforgotmyname
Really like these trades zyyyp. Team looks good. The guy above mentioned losing Severson would hurt since RHD are hard to come by. But honestly, curious what you think about drafting Braden Schneider?
I absolutely love the kid, and i think he fits in perfectly to our lineup eventually. Solid trades and solid roster/D core. Ehlers with Holtz would be really nice. Call me crazy, but each day I think I like Jack Quinn more and more over Holtz for some reason.
thanks buddy, I always enjoy talking some Devils hockey! Schneider I would be okay with, I really like some aspects of his game (physicality, clearing the net, joins the rush at the right time) but to me he's just not a good enough skater to have a huge impact in the NHL. He really struggles moving laterally / pivoting etc. and I think it will hold him back, I'm guessing he will end up as a Radko Gudas type of guy. I would prefer Guhle over him personally, even more physical, far better skater, more creative offensively, better gap control, etc. If I was the Devils though I would either be taking all forwards in the 1st round, or trading back / trading a roster player to pick up some 2nds and 3rds. Plenty of defenceman in that range worth taking a chance on (O'Rourke, Kuznetsov, Niemela, Andrae, Jurmo, Viro, Thompson, Villeneueve, the list goes on). A lot of those guys have similar if not better upside than Guhle, Sanderson, Schneider and you can get them a lot later on.
I can understand your thinking on Quinn, I used to feel similar and I still really like him but Holtz is a cut above. Holtz production in the SHL was super impressive, the only 2 players that had a better goal scoring rate than him as a draft eligible were Peter Forsberg and Markus Naslund... pretty good company! I just can't imagine Quinn having that big of an impact if he played in the same league. Holtz can also mix it up physically if necessary, which is something NJ could seriously use. I will say though if the Devils don't get Holtz at 7 I would be going Quinn with the AZ pick 100%.