Team: 2022-23 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 2, 2022

Published: Jul. 2, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

My rough odds for what NJD is doing with 2nd overall pick. Used a combination of NHL historical data, betting odds and my own intuition to determine.

36% -- Keep pick and select Nemec
34% -- Keep pick and select Slafkovsky
12% -- Keep pick and select Cooley
8% -- Keep pick and select Wright
3% -- Trade down to 3/4 (example #1 below)
2% -- Keep pick and select Jiricek
1% -- Keep pick and select someone else
1% -- Trade down to 5-10 (example #2 below)
1% -- Trade out for winger (example #3 below)
1% -- Trade out for goalie (example #4 below)
>0% -- Trade up (example #5 below)

Overall, about 1-in-9 chance they trade the pick. About 1-in-40 chance they trade the pick for a player. And about 9-in-10 chance they keep the pick and make their selection.


EDIT ---

Summarizing table above:

95% -- Keep pick and make selection
4% -- Trade picks for primarily other picks
2% -- Trade picks for a player

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