Trading AJ

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Initial Creation Date: Sep. 10, 2021

Published: Oct. 3, 2021

Team: 2021-22 New Jersey Devils

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The salaries are pretty much the same, but Connolly is more built more for bottom six, has playoff experience (should that matter for the Devils and the season goes well) and could be a positive guy for Wood and McLeod.
Connolly is currently a cap hit in the minors for CHI. Worst case for CHI, they save $100k.

Johnsson could still provide offense for CHI if he plays at the pro-level as they would still have cap room with Shaw on LTIR.

Also, if Connolly unfortunately goes back to suffering from concussions, the Devils won't be in cap hell when dealing with it and will allow someone else to step up. Also, the Devils won't have to keep working to find a home for AJ where he works as it just doesn't seem to be working...

By the way, this is more so looking at a roster in December and less so for opening day as Holtz might need time to cook.

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Vesey, Jimmy		1	$770,000
Jankowski, Mark		1	$770,000

Trades

NJD

Connolly, Brett

CHI

Johnsson, Andreas

Buyouts

Cory Schneider: $2,000,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Will Butcher: $910,569 (24%)

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

DRAFT YEAR	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	ROUND 4	ROUND 5	ROUND 6	ROUND 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$70,291,402	$0	$3,650,000	$11,208,598

Roster

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Tatar, Tomas $4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Hughes, Jack $925,000 C UFA - 1	Sharangovich, Yegor $2,000,000 LW, RW, C RFA - 2
Zacha, Pavel $2,250,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000 C UFA - 6	Bratt, Jesper $2,750,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Kuokkanen, Janne $1,825,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Mercer, Dawson $894,167 C, RW RFA - 3	Holtz, Alexander $925,000 RW, LW RFA - 4
Wood, Miles $2,750,000 LW RFA - 1	Mcleod, Michael $975,000 C RFA - 2	Connolly, Brett $3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Graves, Ryan $3,166,667 LD UFA - 2	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,800,000 G RFA - 2
Smith, Ty $863,333 LD/RD RFA - 2	Severson, Damon $4,166,666 RD UFA - 2	Bernier, Jonathan $4,125,000 G UFA - 2
Siegenthaler, Jonas $1,125,000 LD RFA - 2	Subban, P.K. $9,000,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Jankowski, Mark $770,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Vesey, Jimmy $770,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Jaros, Christian $800,000 RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Wedgewood, Scott $825,000 ($0) G UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Tatar, T.		Zacha, P.		Sharangovich, Y.
	Hughes, J.		Hamilton, D.

Power Play 2
Holtz, A.		Hischier, N.		Bratt, J.
	Mercer, D.		Smith, T.

Penalty Kill 1
	Hischier, N.	Sharangovich, Y.
	Graves, R.	Severson, D.

Penalty Kill 2
	Mcleod, M.	Mercer, D.
	Siegenthaler, J.	Subban, P.

Oct. 3, 2021 at 10:53 p.m.

Kyle_Davidson

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Honestly, no deal. The buyout option is better on Connolly. I also dislike AJ because of how much he was spam traded to the Hawks back in the day.

Oct. 3, 2021 at 10:55 p.m.

TMLBRIAN

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Edited Oct. 3, 2021 at 11:05 p.m.

Is AJ really struggling that much in NJ? That is so sad to me.

As a Leaf fan I love the guy. Super hard working, skilled player. MVP when we won the calder cup and was good on the Leafs. I thought he was a perfect fit for NJ since they needed wingers.

I hope they give him one last shot before moving on from him. I still beleive!

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Oct. 3, 2021 at 11:05 p.m.

exo2769

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I'm going to take just a second to let you understand how Hawks fans feel about AJ. He's 100% worse than Connolly. Just because NJD gave up an asset for him doesn't mean he's worth $1M. He's a very bad hockey player. VERY BAD. When he was with TOR he got to play with Matthews AND Nylander. He was literally the 2nd most propped up player in the entire NHL behind Kassian. Connolly may not be a good player. I get that, BUT he's definitely better than AJ and have a better buyout. At least send us a 2nd round pick for that bag of pucks that you're just realizing is a bag of pucks.

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Oct. 4, 2021 at 12:03 a.m.

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Quoting: TMLBRIAN

It looks like the Devils are giving him one last shot. He's been practicing with Nico and Bratt on the second like in training camp

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Oct. 4, 2021 at 12:09 a.m.

TMLBRIAN

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Quoting: Devil1122

It looks like the Devils are giving him one last shot. He's been practicing with Nico and Bratt on the second like in training camp

Okay good good! I hope he succeeds!

Oct. 4, 2021 at 12:35 a.m.

Hidalgo

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Quoting: exo2769

Lol dramatic much. He’s a fine player. Not worth his cap hit, but chill

Oct. 4, 2021 at 12:48 a.m.

exo2769

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Quoting: Hidalgo

Lol dramatic much. He’s a fine player. Not worth his cap hit, but chill

Respectfully disagree

Oct. 4, 2021 at 5:10 a.m.

Tintin

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Doesn't make much sense to me in bringing in Connolly for AJ, Devils are likely to have plenty of forwards available to fill in on 4th line duties so no need in adding Connolly.
The ideal AJ trade would be to trade him at this years TDL with 50% retention hoping to grab a B-level prospect to a contending cap strapped team, provided Devils are looking to sell at TDL.

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Oct. 4, 2021 at 8:43 a.m.

Opie

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Quoting: exo2769

Well, NJ traded Joey Anderson for him, so not that much of an asset (sorry Joey, no disrespect intended, you're a fine player & by all accounts a good man). Throwing more assets at disposing AJ, would make no sense. His cap hit comes off when things start tightening up for NJ, so they should be ok.

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Oct. 4, 2021 at 8:50 a.m.

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Opie

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Quoting: PaulieWalnuts

I get the reason for the post, worthy idea, but I agree with you, plenty of younger 4th line options with potential to grow in the system. Even in a playoff push scenario, where Connolly would make a a difference, it's probably preferable letting a kid play & taking your lumps.

Trade at this year's deadline sounds like best option ... Hopefully, he chips in a bit and establishes some value.

What's up with claiming Geertson anyway? How does that make sense. He'll be waived again in days

Oct. 4, 2021 at 10:06 a.m.

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NJDevils1317

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Quoting: Stan_Bowman

Honestly, no deal. The buyout option is better on Connolly. I also dislike AJ because of how much he was spam traded to the Hawks back in the day.

Understand this doesn't make sense that if you were buying someone out, buying out AJ would actually be cheaper...

Oct. 4, 2021 at 10:06 a.m.

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NJDevils1317

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Quoting: exo2769

Okay, but do you give no credence to the sense that if you are throwing someone in the minors, AJ is cheaper regardless if that is where Connolly is going to be?

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Oct. 4, 2021 at 10:07 a.m.

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NJDevils1317

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Quoting: PaulieWalnuts

I just can't see how AJ is worth absolutely anything even at 50% if not just taking another bad contract with a player that might fit in more.

Oct. 4, 2021 at 10:15 a.m.

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Kyle_Davidson

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Quoting: NJDevils1317

Understand this doesn't make sense that if you were buying someone out, buying out AJ would actually be cheaper...

The structure is less favorable to Chicago in the important years. Connolly has 2 years at about 1 mil while AJ has 2 years (1 at 2,5, other at 250k). Hawks will need more cap next year,

Oct. 4, 2021 at 10:27 a.m.

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NJDevils1317

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Quoting: Stan_Bowman

The structure is less favorable to Chicago in the important years. Connolly has 2 years at about 1 mil while AJ has 2 years (1 at 2,5, other at 250k). Hawks will need more cap next year,

That's fair as far as next season if they need it more than the following year where AJ would be an advantage.

Oct. 4, 2021 at 11:20 a.m.

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Kyle_Davidson

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Quoting: NJDevils1317

That's fair as far as next season if they need it more than the following year where AJ would be an advantage.

As far as our cap situation goes, Conolly is a better option as we need the cap space next offseason.

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