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Created by: NJDevils1317

Team: 2023-24 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: May 5, 2023

Published: Jun. 3, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Accurate/Prorated

LTIR Enabled: No

Season Days: 185

Days Remaining: 185

Season Remaining: 100%

Projected Cap Hit Prior To Days Remaining

: $49,217,500

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We could go back and forth on $100k here or there, but overall this is what I expect the roster to be. I just moved out Boqvist and Walsh and put them below their positions as I expect them to start in the blank spots, but those two areas to be where the Devils look to make improvements.

I'd rather start with Boqvist and Walsh in those spots and accumulate a ton of cap room where competitive teams likely won't have as much to be able to eat entire contracts of guys coming on in December, January, February etc.

This is still a good enough team to compete for the division with a 3C or 3RD (and heck, one of those two could be better than I expected there...we struggled to find a 3C all year last year, but Severson, even for all his haters, will be tougher to replace).

The BIG thing is, the Devils are in no reason to rush to acquire guys, especially overpaying for expiring deals. Could get re-signs? Sure...but most UFAs aren't worth it after a certain point. This should be a team built on guys IN there prime or entering it...not leaving it.

The Devils have their 3RD of the future in Nemec, so not looking for a guy with term at 3RD unless it is cheap enough to become the 7th D next year an bump Brendan Smith out.

I just threw in a guy like Pius Suter as a LW/C extra player that didn't seem to fit into DET's plans as he would come to a place he could fight for the 3C spot, and have plenty of countrymen to be happy with.

While Haula could be 3C, for whatever reason, Jack Hughes is better with Haula next to him. Haula taking the faceoffs there and then letting Jack go wild after just seems to work.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bahl, Kevin	3	$1,850,000
Bastian, Nathan	2	$975,000
Boqvist, Jesper	2	$975,000
Bratt, Jesper	7	$7,750,000
McLeod, Michael	3	$1,750,000
Meier, Timo	7	$8,250,000
Walsh, Reilly	2	$800,000
Sharangovich, Yegor	2	$2,100,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Haula, Erik		3	$3,000,000
Suter, Pius		1	$950,000

Trades

NJD

2023 3rd round pick (CHI)
2024 3rd round pick (OTT)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$77,275,000	$422,500	$2,232,500	$6,225,000

Prorated Cap Hit

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bratt, Jesper $7,750,000$7,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 8	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 4	Mercer, Dawson $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) RW, C RFA - 1
Haula, Erik $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, LW UFA - 3	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 7	Meier, Timo $8,250,000$8,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 8
Palat, Ondrej $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4		Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Foote, Nolan $863,333$863,333 LW RFA - 1	McLeod, Michael $1,750,000$1,750,000 C RFA - 1	Bastian, Nathan $975,000$975,000 RW UFA - 2
	Boqvist, Jesper $975,000$975,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Lazar, Curtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2
	Suter, Pius $950,000$950,000 C, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Siegenthaler, Jonas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LD UFA - 5	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Schmid, Akira $850,833$850,833 ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 1
Hughes, Luke $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 4	Vanecek, Vitek $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 2
Bahl, Kevin $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD RFA - 2
Smith, Brendan $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD, LW UFA - 1	Walsh, Reilly $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Meier, T.		Bastian, N.		Bratt, J.
	Hughes, J.		Hughes, L.

Power Play 2
Palat, O.		Hischier, N.		Mercer, D.
	Holtz, A.		Hamilton, D.

Penalty Kill 1
	McLeod, M.	Bastian, N.
	Bahl, K.	Marino, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Haula, E.	Mercer, D.
	Siegenthaler, J.

Jun. 3, 2023 at 9:05 a.m.

exo2769

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I hope the Hawks don't do this. We're not in a position to trade picks away.

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Jun. 3, 2023 at 9:18 a.m.

NJDevils1317

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Quoting: exo2769

I hope the Hawks don't do this. We're not in a position to trade picks away.

Chicago has 6 1sts and 8 2nds in the next three years, but their roster is currently BRUTAL and void of talent. Those are the picks you really need to use to draft and build, but you need something on the ice around Bedard. Sharangovich can be a nice player, but he can't keep up with a truly top scoring team. He needs a team where he can be allowed to grow through mistakes. Chicago could go out and sign guys, they have cap room, but more likely to make bad mistakes in free agency than a player you could acquire that just needs more room to grow. I'm not saying Sharangovich is 1st line material, but with this year's free agent class being so bad, you may be able to piece together something to make the top 6 not so dreadful.

Jun. 3, 2023 at 9:23 a.m.

exo2769

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Quoting: NJDevils1317

I'd just prefer to use that draft capital to move up in the draft, plus how much better is Sharangovich over the ~15 cap dumps other teams are looking to shed? That's where tbe Hawks should be. Taking on NHL players from cap constrained teams and acquiring picks vs losing them.

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Jun. 3, 2023 at 9:57 a.m.

NJDevils1317

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Quoting: exo2769

That's fair, but the issue with the cap dump guys (Goodrow from NYR, Bailey from NYI, etc) is you establish so much of the roster to be a place where talent goes to die. Look at ARI as they build nothing around Keller and former Chychrun. While sure, you can take on a few guys, but doesn't mean that should be the only thing making up your roster.

To the question of, how much better is Sharangovich than any of them, I'd take that on a case by case basis, but you could at least look at Sharangovich is someone you could develop than only taking on to be bad and be the dumping ground.

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Jun. 3, 2023 at 9:59 a.m.

exo2769

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Quoting: NJDevils1317

Very fair. I don't consider AZ a good comp to CHI. CHI will spend to the cap ceiling when appropriate. AZ doesn't tend to do that.

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Jun. 3, 2023 at 10:07 a.m.

NJDevils1317

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Quoting: exo2769

Very fair. I don't consider AZ a good comp to CHI. CHI will spend to the cap ceiling when appropriate. AZ doesn't tend to do that.

Yea, my comparison was more than Arizona would only spend so much on cap dumps (usually guys where their salary was less than the cap hit, or LTIR through insurance) but Chicago could supercharge that and get some really bad contracts like Binnington or Jack Campbell.

Jun. 3, 2023 at 10:11 a.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: exo2769

I think taking cap dumps is a bad idea, especially when you have Bedard coming in. Want to direction to be only pointing up starting in 2023-24.

In Chicago’s last rebuild through the late 2000’s, they didn’t take cap dumps. They built slowly through draft. Colorado’s in late 2010’s, no dumps. Or Tampa in early Yzerman years. New Jersey stunk for a long time, hasn’t take any bad cap since 2016. The incentives are enticing, but it’s hard on building a positive culture. I feel like teams who avoid these deals are ultimately better off.

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Jun. 3, 2023 at 10:20 a.m.

exo2769

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

All good thoughts. Bedard certainly throws a nice wrinkle into things for sure. The dumps SHould get picks with them to mimic the Yzerman model. I also personally believe this year offers a unique opportunity for "dumps". Garland isn't bad a hockey. He just didn't gel in PIT and gets paid too much. There are a bunch of guys like that.

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Jun. 3, 2023 at 10:50 a.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: exo2769

Yzerman didn’t really rely on pick volume…he just hit on more picks than most and traded for undervalued guys.

Take cap…but would payments for dead weight.

Jun. 3, 2023 at 2:04 p.m.

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I would rather put Reichel, Kurashev, Johnson, or Raddysh on Bedards wing than Sharangovich, let alone spending two 3rd round picks on him. We have talent in CHI and on it's way over the next few years, and there are plenty of free agents that will be willing to sign with CHI. I can name a ton of reasons why, too. Domi brought his career back from the dead in CHI and there are many players looking for opportunities to do the same, there is lots of room for growth and not much pressure while the rebuild is in its early stages, Bedard is on his way along with a lot of other exciting young players, Richardson is widely known as someone guys like to play for, it's an original 6 team in one of the greatest cities in the world, they boast some of the best practice facilities in the league, I could go on and on. There is no reason for CHI to buy on any players, especially not at a price like this.

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