Goaltender is priority

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Created by: NHLfan10506

Team: 2022-23 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: May 15, 2022

Published: May 15, 2022

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Been a lot of trades here to and from NJD for wingers.

But our overwhelming priority is goaltending.

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Just think from Net/WAR perspective

Replacing Zacha with Gaudreau = +3.9 wins
Adding Ilya Samsonov = +3.7 wins

Adding Gaudreau, Boeser, Fiala, Trocheck, Garland over PZ, TT, AJ, JV, JB = +8.8 wins
Adding Ville Husso = +8.8 wins

Adding Burakovsky, Nichushkin, DeBrincat, Chychrun over PZ, TT, AJ, TS = +7.3 wins
Adding Braden Holtby = +7.2 wins

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Some worthwhile caveats here. These are using last year stats to build next years roster. WAR stats are always very limited. And we'd never be replacing the exact minutes (ie, Gaudreau would not likely be playing same shifts as Zacha).

But it is illustrative of how big of a need goaltending is for NJD. We are a 90-pt team with elite goaltending, a 82-pt with average goaltending and, well, a 63-pt with the goaltending we've got. We'd even be a 70-pt team with Arizona's goaltending.

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I used a few trades and signings here. Don't know about trade fits and obviously not doing all of them.

My preference would be Hellebuyck, Holtby

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bratt, Jesper	7	$6,450,000
Wood, Miles	2	$2,800,000
Boqvist, Jesper	2	$900,000
Zetterlund, Fabian	2	$840,000
Thompson, Tyce	2	$780,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Holtby, Braden	2	$3,750,000
Nichushkin, Valeri	4	$4,500,000
Geertsen, Mason	1	$750,000
Husso, Ville	3	$4,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Slafkovsky, Juraj		3	$925,000

Trades

NJD

Hellebuyck, Connor

WPG

Blackwood, Mackenzie
Walsh, Reilly
2023 1st round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Protected pick

NJD

Gibson, John

ANA

I don't know what Ducks needs are.

NJD

Samsonov, Ilya [RFA Rights]

WSH

Zacha plus seems to fit for both Caps fans and Devils fans

Buyouts

Cory Schneider: $2,000,000

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

Draft	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	$82,500,000	$77,386,668	$0	$1,782,500	$5,113,332

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Nichushkin, Valeri $4,500,000$4,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 8	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 8	Sharangovich, Yegor $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 5
Slafkovsky, Juraj $925,000$925,000	Mercer, Dawson $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) RW, C RFA - 2	Bratt, Jesper $6,450,000$6,450,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Wood, Miles $2,800,000$2,800,000 LW UFA - 1		Zetterlund, Fabian $840,000$840,000 RW RFA - 1
	McLeod, Michael $975,000$975,000 C RFA - 1	Bastian, Nathan $825,000$825,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Siegenthaler, Jonas $1,125,000$1,125,000 LD UFA - 1	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Hellebuyck, Connor $6,166,667$6,166,667 G UFA - 2
Graves, Ryan $3,166,667$3,166,667 LD UFA - 1	Severson, Damon $4,166,666$4,166,666 RD UFA - 1	Holtby, Braden $3,750,000$3,750,000 G UFA
Okhotiuk, Nikita $789,167$789,167 ($132,500$132K) LD RFA - 2	Mukhamadullin, Shakir $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) LD RFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Kuokkanen, Janne $1,825,000$1,825,000 LW, C UFA - 1		Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Tatar, Tomas $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Bernier, Jonathan $4,125,000$4,125,000 G UFA - 1
Johnsson, Andreas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1		Husso, Ville $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 3

Taxi Squad
Boqvist, Jesper $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW RFA - 1
Bahl, Kevin $795,000$795,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 1
Foote, Nolan $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) LW RFA - 2
Smith, Ty $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($400,000$400K) LD/RD RFA - 1
Thompson, Tyce $780,000$780,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 2
Daws, Nico $850,833$850,833 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) G RFA - 2
Geertsen, Mason $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, LD UFA - 1

May 15, 2022 at 8:58 a.m.

Shaners79

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Nice work!

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May 15, 2022 at 9:04 a.m.

HeadHighSauce

Dougie HIMilton

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Fwiw you can use /60 WAR stats to smooth over the ice time thing

Vanacek, Driedger, and Lehner would be my 3 targets. They’ve all been the most consistent in the fancy stats I value and all seem to be gettable.

May 15, 2022 at 9:35 a.m.

tsyls

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Jets say no to that. Only because I don’t think Blackwood does enough for them to justify the trade. They’d need a shiny piece in there to really get them interested in moving hellebuyck. I feel like there may be better G options available for cheaper.

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May 15, 2022 at 9:35 a.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: HeadHighSauce

Fwiw you can use /60 WAR stats to smooth over the ice time thing

I used rates.

For goaltender, I used a tandem of X/Bernier (and X/Daws when Bernier went down).

For skaters, it was one-for-one, adjusted for minutes.

Quoting: HeadHighSauce

Vanacek, Driedger, and Lehner would be my 3 targets. They’ve all been the most consistent in the fancy stats I value and all seem to be gettable.

Lehner I worry about injury history.

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May 15, 2022 at 9:37 a.m.

HeadHighSauce

Dougie HIMilton

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

I used rates.

For goaltender, I used a tandem of X/Bernier (and X/Daws when Bernier went down).

For skaters, it was one-for-one, adjusted for minutes.

Lehner I worry about injury history.

Yeah totally fair about the injury history. I’d go for the other two before him

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May 15, 2022 at 9:51 a.m.

jnorrrr

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I’d rather go with Husso to be honest. As good as Hellebuyck is, it would come with a heftier cost to trade for him. Mac and Husso would be a nice 1A/1B combo.

May 15, 2022 at 12:29 p.m.

Opie

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Quoting: jnorrrr

I’d rather go with Husso to be honest. As good as Hellebuyck is, it would come with a heftier cost to trade for him. Mac and Husso would be a nice 1A/1B combo.

I'm still shell shocked. Maybe get another Vet on top of this just to have more depth, though it maybe hard to keep him in the organization without being claimed. I can't believe I'm saying this, but losing Wedgewood really hurt.

May 15, 2022 at 12:29 p.m.

Opie

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Quoting: Shaners79

Nice work!

Your Voice of reason is always appreciated

May 15, 2022 at 12:53 p.m.

Windjammer

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No from Winnipeg. There simply isn't enough value or quality there. Change it to Mercer and NJ's unprotected 23 1st and you get the Jets attention.

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