Quoting: Tintin
This kills the Devils in 2026 when Mercer, Holtz, Luke Hughes and Gritsyuk (hopefully) are through their ELCs.
Gonna be one major cap casualty easily avoidable by not tying up 8m+ in an area Devils already are at their strongest.
Rather just have Cooley.
I get what your saying but also consider that the NJD are one high end piece and a goalie away from contending. I’m not a NJD fan but honestly they could be first in the metro next year if they make the right additions.
If that’s the case, then who cares about 2026.
Just depends on what NJD management views for when their window should start.
Quoting: Hii
Pretty much everything and everyone I've heard off says he's better as a center.
NJ also can just get Cooley or Wright who likely ends up being better anyway and fits their core and age group. Not to mention it's an ELC as opposed to an 36 year old getting paid 8 million which it'll be on the last year of that deal.
Not sure where you’re getting that idea from on him being better at centre. Last year it was a narrative throughout vancouver that he was much worse at centre than o. The wing. However, due to petterssons injury last season he was forced to play C. This season, Pettersson got off to a rocky start so Miller once again played C. He was much better this year and is clearly comfortable there.
However, his best season with Vancouver is the 2019-2020 season when he played LW. Even though he didn’t scored at the same pace as this season, he was better as a 2-way player and overall provided more value. He would still take faceoffs for Pettersson that season since he is very good at them, but during play petey was C and miller LW