SalarySwishSalarySwish
Forums/Armchair-GM

Beniers Makes this a Strong Team

Created by: LouRules
Team: 2021-22 New Jersey Devils
Initial Creation Date: Apr. 21, 2021
Published: Apr. 22, 2021
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Description
Minnesota Trade:
The Wild choose to keep their defense intact by protecting Fiala Greenway Eriksson Ek Foligno Suter Spurgeon Brodin Dumba Kahkonen. They trade Soucy for Butcher as both fulfill the eligibility requirements and the Wild pick up two picks rather than lose Soucy for free. Seattle can then take a forward like Rask or the hefty Parise Zuccarello Bonino contracts or Butcher himself.

Seattle Expansion:
Hischier Zacha Bratt Kuokkanen Sharangovich Wood McLeod Protected
Johnsson Bastian Merkley Exposed
Severson Siegenthaler Soucy Blackwood Protected
Subban Wedgewood Exposed
Johnsson Selected

Lottery Winners: Detroit and Buffalo
1. DET Owen Power
2. BUF Brandt Clarke
3. ANA Dylan Guenther
4. SEA Luke Hughes
5. LAK Simon Edvinsson
6. NJD Matthew Beniers
7. CBJ William Eklund
8. VAN Kent Johnson
9. SJS Jesper Wallstedt
10. CGY Chaz Lucius
23. NYI-NJD Corson Ceulemans

Free Agency:
The Devils go all out on the first day of free agency bringing in Hurricanes star defenseman Dougie Hamilton to a 7 year $9 AAV contract, the largest on the market. They cap off the day with a signing for a new 1B goaltender Jonathan Bernier after his resurgence in Detroit.

Training Camp:
Nolan Foote and Alexander Holtz look to have developed as players after their short stints in Newark and Binghamton and make the team and starting lineup out of camp. But all the talk of camp is about the Devils new center Matthew Beniers, whose play looks like that of a nhl veteran the very first time he steps foot on the ice. Beniers' play lessens the disappointment fans felt over missing out on both Brandt Clarke and Luke Hughes in a draft the Devils may have been targeting a defenseman. Yegor Sharangovich finds his niche as the third player on a good line by developing chemistry with Pavel Zacha and Nico Hischier. The Swedes Jesper Bratt and Alexander Holtz find themselves on the wing of breakout superstar Jack Hughes and after a frustrating season of great puck possession not finding the net, all three set career highs in goals and eventually pass the Hischier line in ice time.

Prediction:
This is one of the better scenarios the Devils could have- signing the star defenseman, getting immediate production from the 6th overall pick, seeing demonstrable growth from first year players Foote and Holtz. If things were to break out this way I expect them to finish 3rd in the division and win a round of playoffs.
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
3$2,250,000
3$2,250,000
2$1,750,000
1$1,500,000
1$1,500,000
1$1,500,000
1$900,000
1$900,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
7$9,000,000
2$3,500,000
CREATEDYEARSCAP HIT
Beniers, Matthew
3$925,000
Trades
1.
NJD
  1. Soucy, Carson
  2. 2021 6th round pick (MIN)
Additional Details:
Before Expansion Draft
MIN
  1. Butcher, Will ($1,866,666 retained)
  2. 2021 3rd round pick (NJD)
  3. 2022 4th round pick (NJD)
2.
NJD
    Seattle Expansion Draft Choice
    Buyouts
    Retained Salary Transactions
    Recapture Fees
    DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
    2021
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NYI
    Logo of the NYI
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the BUF
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the MIN
    Logo of the ARI
    2022
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the EDM
    Logo of the NYI
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the CBJ
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NJD
    2023
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NJD
    Logo of the NJD
    ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
    25$81,500,000$69,020,832$0$3,865,000$12,479,168

    Roster

    Left WingCentreRight Wing
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $2,250,000$2,250,000
    C, LW
    UFA - 1
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $7,250,000$7,250,000
    C
    UFA - 6
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $2,250,000$2,250,000
    C, LW, RW
    UFA - 2
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $2,750,000$2,750,000
    RW, LW
    UFA - 1
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$2,850,000$3M)
    C
    UFA - 1
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $925,000$925,000
    RW, LW
    RFA - 4
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $2,750,000$2,750,000
    LW
    UFA - 1
    Beniers, Matthew
    $925,000$925,000
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $2,250,000$2,250,000
    LW, C
    UFA - 2
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $863,333$863,333
    LW
    RFA - 3
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $1,750,000$1,750,000
    C
    RFA - 2
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $1,500,000$1,500,000
    RW
    UFA - 2
    Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$400,000$400K)
    LD/RD
    RFA - 2
    $9,000,000$9,000,000
    RD
    UFA - 7
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $2,800,000$2,800,000
    G
    UFA - 2
    Logo of the Minnesota Wild
    $2,750,000$2,750,000
    LD/RD
    UFA - 2
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $4,166,666$4,166,666
    RD
    UFA - 2
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $1,500,000$1,500,000
    LD
    UFA - 2
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $9,000,000$9,000,000
    RD
    UFA - 1
    ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $1,500,000$1,500,000
    RW, C
    UFA - 1
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $809,167$809,167 (Performance Bonus$82,500$82K)
    C, LW
    RFA - 1
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $912,500$912,500 (Performance Bonus$400,000$400K)
    RW
    RFA - 1
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $789,167$789,167 (Performance Bonus$132,500$132K)
    LD
    RFA - 3
    Logo of the New Jersey Devils
    $925,000$925,000
    RD
    RFA - 2
    $3,500,000$3,500,000
    G
    UFA - 2

    Embed Code

    • To display this team on another website or blog, add this iFrame to the appropriate page
    • Customize the height attribute in the iFrame code below to fit your website appropriately. Minimum recommended: 400px.

    Text-Embed

    Click to Highlight
    Apr. 22, 2021 at 10:39 a.m.
    #1
    Avatar of the user
    Joined: Mar. 2020
    Posts: 363
    Likes: 163
    Not hating it - But it's got to be the most expensive RD in NHL history.
    Apr. 22, 2021 at 10:39 a.m.
    #2
    Avatar of the user
    Joined: May 2019
    Posts: 39,600
    Likes: 18,154
    If we walked away from draft with Beniers and Ceulemans, I'd be pretty happy about that.
    And your mock draft makes a lot of sense to me (each pick seems self-explanatory).
    But I also think we'd have to look at Chaz Lucius at #6 too. Its a Caulfield-esque skillset that could mix well with Hughes.
    Apr. 22, 2021 at 10:43 a.m.
    #3
    Speak of the Devil
    Avatar of the user
    Joined: Nov. 2017
    Posts: 23,925
    Likes: 26,426
    That center depthflushed cheeks
    Apr. 22, 2021 at 10:46 a.m.
    #4
    I like to hockey
    Avatar of the user
    Joined: Apr. 2019
    Posts: 390
    Likes: 215
    I like all of the thought that was put into this and how well everything was explained. For me, the only thing that I would change would be taking Eklund over Beniers if that is how the draft falls because I think that he has a much higher upside. That would slot Boqvist in the 3C position where he has shown flashes of skill and playmaking ability. I don't think that anyone from this draft will be playing in the NHL from day 1 so my forward lines would be:
    Zacha-Hischier-Bratt
    Foote-Hughes-Holtz
    Kuokkanen-Boqvist-Sharangovich
    Wood-McLeod-Bastian
    TrueCanuck, Erkadurk347 and zyyyp liked this.
    Apr. 22, 2021 at 11:06 a.m.
    #5
    KFTW
    Avatar of the user
    Joined: Jul. 2018
    Posts: 42,157
    Likes: 23,514
    Where’s Ottawa in your mock draft
    Apr. 22, 2021 at 11:21 a.m.
    #6
    Roster Architect
    Avatar of the user
    Joined: Mar. 2021
    Posts: 2,643
    Likes: 909
    Edited Apr. 22, 2021 at 11:36 a.m.
    Based on your mock draft team order, I don't see Beniers dropping to New Jersey at #6. Buffalo, Anaheim, and Ottawa (who you missed in the mock draft) are likely to select forwards, and Guenther and Beniers are the top 2 available. I don't see either of them falling out of the top 5, you're better off looking at William Eklund, Kent Johnson, or Chaz Lucius as scoring options on the wing if you're outside the top 5. Or they should likely look at a defenceman there and take either Luke Hughes or SImon Edvidsson. New Jersey already has their 1-2 punch down the middle anyways with Hischier and Hughes, they don't really need to add a centre like Beniers.

    I also don't see Seattle just taking Andreas Johnsson for free. He really hasn't down much and hasn't proved he's anything without an elite centre carrying him. If you're looking to move on from him just because of his contract, you'll have to entice Seattle with a deal to do so. Otherwise they'll likely select Nathan Bastian or Nick Merkley since they're younger and cheaper.

    I don't see Hamilton wanting to sign in New Jersey, although the contract offer would be intriguing if he's after money. He doesn't really fit what New Jersey needs either, they already have 2 puck moving defenceman on the right side in Severson and Subban, they need a heavier shutdown guy there. They're also not really close to contending and UFA's of Hamilton's calibre usually want to go to a contender to try to win sooner.

    I like the effort and work put into this here, just seems to be a bit more on the "hopeful" side than the reality one.
    Apr. 22, 2021 at 11:43 a.m.
    #7
    Avatar of the user
    Joined: Sep. 2020
    Posts: 801
    Likes: 251
    Quoting: tgasp67
    I like all of the thought that was put into this and how well everything was explained. For me, the only thing that I would change would be taking Eklund over Beniers if that is how the draft falls because I think that he has a much higher upside. That would slot Boqvist in the 3C position where he has shown flashes of skill and playmaking ability. I don't think that anyone from this draft will be playing in the NHL from day 1 so my forward lines would be:
    Zacha-Hischier-Bratt
    Foote-Hughes-Holtz
    Kuokkanen-Boqvist-Sharangovich
    Wood-McLeod-Bastian


    That is exactly what the future top six should be. I like the bottom six but I'm not sold on Boqvist. I'd think McLeod has gotta make the jump or they gotta sign a FA 3C.
    tgasp98 liked this.
    Apr. 22, 2021 at 12:25 p.m.
    #8
    Avatar of the user
    Joined: Apr. 2020
    Posts: 3,075
    Likes: 1,486
    another two-way center makes no sense for this team, I wouldn't take Beniers over Eklund, Johnson, or Lucius
    Apr. 22, 2021 at 12:26 p.m.
    #9
    I like to hockey
    Avatar of the user
    Joined: Apr. 2019
    Posts: 390
    Likes: 215
    Quoting: Erkadurk347
    That is exactly what the future top six should be. I like the bottom six but I'm not sold on Boqvist. I'd think McLeod has gotta make the jump or they gotta sign a FA 3C.


    I think the Boqvist is getting more confident and making more plays. If he can be surrounded with wingers like Kuokkanen and Sharangovich there will be 3 very capable lines of pushing the play in the offensive zone. He just needs to continue to play like he isn't afraid of coming out of the lineup.
     
    Reply
    To create a post please Login or Register
    Question:
    Options:
    Add Option
    Submit Poll