NJD 2024 1st, Marino and Holtz for Demko + VAN 2023 3rd rd pick

Sorry but after starting the year with 8 games with the SV% of 0.876, I'd call this a wrong time to go ship Demko elsewhere. You should trade him when the iron is hot to maximize the value.

Whether or not his poor start has affected his value or not is up for debate, but it's safe to say that in 2022-23 season Demko has been dogsh*t.

no thanks I’m happy with the goaltending currently

1-6-2, 3.90, .879

Right now his value is the lowest its ever been

I don't expect him the Devils to overpay for him right now when they're 9-1 in their last 10 and their goalies have played better than Demko statically. If it aint broke, don't fix it

If they do offer a trade, I would offer a package of a forward prospect [Foote, Stillman], defensive prospect [Walsh, Mukmudullin] and picks

I hope the Devils wouldn't have to deal Tatar for cap reasons here as he has been fantastic in the start of the season.
I'd suggest the Canucks take Johnsson for salary purposes (and possibly flip him later on) and Blackwood partly due to to salary purposes but also to get a veteran goalie back.
Preferably I'd hope a deal centered around Holtz + Walsh (or Casey) could get it done.
Realistically I'd think the Canucks would want Nemec over Holtz + Walsh, which I'd lean against the Devils doing.

Cannot deal Marino or any rostered RHD here, would defeat the purpose of trading for Demko now.

His GSAx is completely neutral though (+-0), which suggest that Demko has been fine this season
His sv% is more due to facing a lot of high danger chances, he is playing behind the worst defence in the NHL after all.

edit: turns out Demko's GSAx is complete 5H!7 and seems he's been part of the problem in canucks slow start

If this did materialize I would agree, Nemec 1for1 (maybe with a cap dump from new jersey) would be the dream for Van.

Next up IMO would be 1st + Holtz + Mukhamdullin

More realistic offer from NJ is probably more like 1st + Boqvist + Mukhamdullin. (I don't think that would be enticing enough for Van).

Other executives will still use the bad stats to try to get him for cheaper if he is shopped.

Well his GSAx is way down from his normal levels, of course GMs should use that as an argument to lower the price of acquiring Demko.

You have to give, to get.
Make it NJD 2023 1st + Mercer for Demko

Lmao Demko stays a Canuck for life if that's their ask jesus

His GSAx is 3rd last in the league according to MoneyPuck, where'd you get that it's neutral?

Goaltenders are too weird for me to justify trading somebody like Nemec or a 1st + high end prospect for. If Blackwood's injury is significant, I'd rather just look at cheaper options, like Reimer or Stolarz.

He is only making 5m though which is a typical starter salary, so I think Vancouver's GM could win the debate if they were wanting to actually trade him.

Was looking at his advanced stats here on CF, it says 0.
If Demko is -6.8 GSAx (as per Moneypuck) then I'd want nothing to do with Demko, for now.


Turns out his GSAx is a lot lower than I thought, really wouldn't want the Devils to entertain the thought of trading Nemec now.

NJD 2023 1st will probably be pick 18-20 overall.
Mercer is a 2020 first round pick, center, 42 pts rookie season. That’s pretty good considering Demkos best seasons so far we’re only two .915sv% years.

When VAN traded Cory Schneider, he had three seasons in the .925 + sv % and only got one 1st for him

Yeah, he's 3rd last on MoneyPuck and 2nd last on EvolvingHockey in GSAx. He's been objectively bad this season. He's obviously better than that, but like I said, giving up big assets for goaltenders is insanely risky to me. And GMs tend to agree, you just never see big trades like this happen with goaltenders.

He's valuing Mercer as a 1st+, so 2 1st+ for Demko, which he finds as too much for Demko.

Goalies typically don't have too much value but Schneider and Andersen (traded for the approx. value of the 15th OV) more recently were extra starter goalies when they were traded. I think Vancouver views Demko as a franchise goalie so they probably would want an overpay considering that they don't have anyone else.

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I read his response as not enough for Demko, not too much. Part of Demkos value is the term of his contract, you’d be getting at least 3.5 seasons of him

Just to be clear, I think Mercer + 2023 1st is too much for Demko, and that's before I realized his GSAx is actually in the negatives and not 0.
Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Sorry. I read your response “Demko stays a Canuck for life” as in, VAN wouldn’t part with him if that was the return lol

COL last summer gave a 1st, 3rd, and NHL ready RHD for ONE year of Kuemper. I think a 1st plus Mercer for 3.5 years of Demko was fair

He's a Jersey fan, so when he said that's "their ask" I think he was referring to Vancouver. I personally think that the cost would be high to acquire him, maybe too high for NJ's liking. The 2023 1st + a goalie prospect + lower end (RD, C) prospects would probably give them a better chance at getting an elite player. NJ probably would rather keep Mercer than some of those prospects too.

Schneider had 4mx3 years, was traded on draft day for the 9th OV. Schneider was still considered elite but was extra but and Vancouver drafted their future 1C. As for Andersen, he was was traded since he would have been exposed in the expansion draft. I think 10-15 OV pick is good for the average starter. Demko would be shopped as a franchise goalie at 5mx3.5 by Vancouver.

Doubt Demko gets traded right now if at all. It honestly seems like he hasn't fully recovered from the surgery this offseason. Obviously the defense hasn't been helping him out at all. He should bounce back eventually.

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