What the Devils need

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Initial Creation Date: Apr. 28, 2022

Published: Apr. 28, 2022

Team: 2022-23 New Jersey Devils

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While these are all just my opinion, I'd be happy to go back and forth with reasonable Devils fans. Hoping this can just help those that are trying to make trades with the Devils on here.

-Players the Devils would certainly move: Zacha, Johnsson, Tatar.
I can see interest in Zacha being young and looking for depth. Johnsson could work for teams desperate for depth scoring, maybe even Tatar if they have tons of cap room.

Keep in mind, the Devils have tons of cap room, so the Devils should not be spending to dump any players. They can easily eat contracts.

Devils need a shutdown RHD that can play on the PK, a 1A/B goalie, and could use more pop that might be expensive but without mortgaging the future too badly.

Untouchables are both Hughes boys, Hischier, Bratt, and to me Siegenthaler. Mercer is very close to being untouchable along with Holtz.

Devils could take on expiring (as of 2023) veterans that are pricing.

I would only trade the 1st from this year if they drop to 7th and both RHD are out, but it would still need to be for a big player now with term or ability to get term.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bratt, Jesper	7	$7,350,000
Zacha, Pavel	2	$2,750,000
Boqvist, Jesper	2	$950,000
Zetterlund, Fabian	2	$780,000
Thompson, Tyce	2	$760,000
Wood, Miles	2	$3,000,000

Buyouts

Cory Schneider: $2,000,000

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
21	$82,500,000	$70,485,000	$0	$1,732,500	$12,015,000

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Sharangovich, Yegor $2,000,000 LW, RW, C RFA - 1	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000 C UFA - 8	Mercer, Dawson $894,167 C, RW RFA - 2
Bratt, Jesper $7,350,000 RW, LW RFA	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000 C UFA - 5	Holtz, Alexander $894,167 RW, LW RFA - 3
Boqvist, Jesper $950,000 C, LW, RW RFA	Zetterlund, Fabian $780,000 C, RW RFA	Tatar, Tomas $4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Wood, Miles $3,000,000 LW RFA	Mcleod, Michael $975,000 C RFA - 1	Bastian, Nathan $825,000 RW, C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Siegenthaler, Jonas $1,125,000 LD RFA - 1	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,800,000 G RFA - 1
Graves, Ryan $3,166,667 LD UFA - 1	Severson, Damon $4,166,666 RD UFA - 1
Bahl, Kevin $795,000 LD RFA - 1	Walsh, Reilly $925,000 RD RFA - 1
Smith, Ty $863,333 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Kuokkanen, Janne $1,825,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Zacha, Pavel $2,750,000 LW, C RFA	Bernier, Jonathan $4,125,000 G UFA - 1
	Johnsson, Andreas $3,400,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 1

Apr. 28 at 12:12 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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All makes sense to me.

The Devils needs, to me, are:

1. Goaltending (Internal options: Blackwood, Daws, Schmid)

2. A better net-front presence, especially on PP. (Internal option: Bastian? Foote?)

3. A defensive system/coach that utilizes wingers a bit more in d-zone

4. More shot-blocking (especially from forwards)

5. More shots on net (especially from blue-line)

Other than that, extend Bratt and Severson, do well in draft, and maybe add a few pieces to plug holes.

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Apr. 28 at 12:53 p.m.

Archiv3

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If we fall to 7th pick, should try and package it for Chychrun. Maybe they want too much though

Apr. 28 at 12:54 p.m.

Archiv3

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

2. A better net-front presence, especially on PP. (Internal option: Bastian? Foote?)

Maybe we can get Philly to pay us to take JVR for a year. He might have a few miles left in him.

Apr. 28 at 1:34 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: Archiv3

If we fall to 7th pick, should try and package it for Chychrun. Maybe they want too much though

Ty Smith + a top-10 puck ought to be enough as a base.

Apr. 28 at 1:36 p.m.

NJDevils1317

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

3 through 5 are answered by a coach and the system. I don't really want Hughes blocking more shots, but it's all relative.

Bastian was good on the PP when we got shots on net.....but the breakout (including the slingshot) were a disaster if Hughes was not the one breaking it into the zone.

The key thing is that guys need to have more utility. I don't trust Miles Wood on the PP to not get goalie interference nor on the PK. If we try him on the PP again and he's learned, fine, but I'd rather go in another direction after Bastian.

Subban didn't work on the PP and was scary on the PK. Just give me a shutdown RHD that can babysit Ty Smith if he is ever to be brought back from the depths.

It would be nice to see if Sharangovich and Mercer could perform together without Hughes and give scoring depth, but I wouldn't want to give Hughes nothing to work with.

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