SLIMY
Joined: Apr. 2019
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TBLs problem is staying under the cap while remaining a contender. I think you gotta give up butcher or severson at 50% retained for starters. They need somebody that can fill in the loss or Serg and Shattenkirk immediately.
I am fine with butcher, as serg is an instant upgrade at LD. Quite frankly I would be fine if they made a simmilar deal for Vince Dunn. That said, I would probably be hesitant to move severson for almost anybody but sergachev right now.
Devils have a lot of young assets right now, time to start consolidating them into quality NHLers in their mid-twenties. If they give away one 1st rounder in the next 5 years, and theyre still in the bottom of the league, we have bigger problems to address.Probably means back to the drawing board for rebuild 2.0/3.0 (however youre keeping score)