do not Devil my ass
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Tkachuk would be great but would honestly prefer the Devils drafting Cooley (or Wright) at #2 over him.
Pick 37, two solid middle six pieces and a 3rd doesn't look too unreasonable Fiala in terms of value and the absence of leverage on part of Minnesota.
However, I suspect Wild'd want less cap coming back in a Fiala trade.
Could replace Johnsson with someone like Stillman for example.
Also, there's a good chance another team (ANA, OTT etc) beats that offer for Fiala, in which case I'd be more than happy for the Devils to try for one of Nichushkin, Burakovsky or Copp in FA.
I think Devils should steer far clear of Gibson.
He looks past it to me, I really think his best days are behind him and Blackwood might be the better goalie between the two in a few years.
Rather trade for one of the Caps goalies, Lehner or Driedger. Or try for one of Campbell, Husso or Kuemper in FA.
I think Tatar could comfortably be moved.
He's certainly expendable from a Devils point of view.
All in all, I don't think it makes sense for Devils to go balls to the wall and burn a bunch of high value future assets for short term gain just yet.
I think Devils can afford at least one more year of being patient.