He clearly has lost a step as the season as gone on. He was out all last year, so maybe just a conditioning thing. Will be interesting to see how he looks after the break.

Funny that you take our fastest guy and replace him wit our slowest guy!
I hope we have a long playoff run (not counting chickens) for Woody and Sevs sake. They have been here for bunch of bad years. That said I see Woody in Buffalo and Sevs in Buf, Ott, Van (less likely), so not too long before playing meaningful hockey.
I don't see them signing MW for anything but a hometown discount

I agree with this on Wood. I cannot see them re-signing him unless its on a discount. I love what Wood brings to the table when he is on his game, but he has been outright bad the past month. There are only so many CAP dollars to spend a $3m plus for Wood makes no sense. I wish they could bring Sevs back even if Nemec is on the way, there is no guarantee he will be anything more than a 3rd pair guy next year and we can all see how valuable Sevs has been with Marino out. I know it would be a luxury but between Hamilton, Marino, and Sevs its nice to be that deep on the right side. For tis year, I still think the Devs need to pick up a depth dman for the playoffs. I have no faith in Smith, Bahl, or Oh able to reliably play down the stretch without some insurance.

Just to be clear, I would Wood to re-sign in NJ. But if he wants more than 2.5mil per year I’d just let him walk.

We are not strong yet D-wise for sure. Future looks good, but not yet

I don't see the point in resigning Wood.
Had a hot start but is probably the weakest performer (along with McLeod) since December.
There's no point in wasting a roster spot and ice-time on Wood for next season when Foote and Thompson would likely be better and cheaper options, both with a lot of runway to develop further (particularly Foote).
If there's any UFA forward on this team that is deserving of getting another contract with the Devils that'd be Tomas Tatar, he's been fantastic this season.