Devils can't afford paying Hanafin to be a 2nd/3rd pair dman long term.

This year:
Hughes-Marino
Siegs-hamilton
Bahl-Rental

Next year same except nemec instead of rental
total cost of under 20 mill for the group

25-26
Hughes-Nemec
Siegs-Hamilton
Bahl-Casey
(bahl for 2.5 mill, hughes for 8)
Total cost 25 mill, marino traded for assets

Same for 26-27.

That should be a quality, cheap Dcore for the next 4 years.

after nemec extension, hamilton+siegs expiry I don't know what it will look like tho.

But adding 7 mill of hanafin onto that+whatever we need to keep either marino or another 3RD isn't something we can afford

You have to retain, and Devils arent moving Bahl. IMO the Devs need phyiscal on the back end, someone who can hit and cover for Hughes. I like Zadorov or Tanev before Hanifin.

Devils are a solid maybe for rental Hanifin, but Casey had better not be anywhere near the trade. The cap doesn't work for an extension unless we move Nemec and that's not happening

I actually have a Calgary AGM sending Zadorov to Jersey I haven't posted yet. I agree with that assessment too.

Preds pass. Kemell isn't anywhere near the table for any trade that involves a 2LD. Hanifin doesn't fit our lineup unless you want to take McD off our hands.

I would take McDonagh but his NTC says I can't. That's actually the only reason I didn't, figured he isn't waiving for a Canadian team or waiving to move his family again. Kemell is a top choice but can be negotiated obviously.

I don’t think Boston trades for Hanifin unless it’s a three team trade where Ullmark goes somewhere and the pick goes to Calgary. I don’t believe Hanifin would be the target on that case though

I know they could use a better centre but so could so many teams, I don't know if Lindholm is the answer for them either.

I do not think NJD needs dmen who can "hit". To me, that is just saying Devils need to play without the puck more, which is the opposite of how the team has been constructed.

Devils are missing that opening link to start rushes. Severson and Graves both did it well (and at times, Subban did too, if you didn't mind the icings). Our even strength production has taken a huge hit as a result of fewer successful d-zone exits. So I think Hanifin would be a great option for us. But including both Bahl and Casey would probably be too much.

(Also worth mentioning...Hainifn has known Devils GM since he was a kid)

Good point. My thought about Hanifin is that Luke and Nemec can play bottom pairing for a year or two then can easily roll 3 pairings at any time in the future.

Do they want to allocate another premium salary since they have McAvoy, Lindholm, and Carlo locked up. One of their issues this year is they had too much allocated between Forbort and Grzelcyk coupled with the 4.5m overage

I've thought about it more and Hanafin would have to extend imo, at a number around 6.

Realistically the swap is Marino+Bahl for Hanafin+Casey, both costing around 7 mill total for the next 4 years and getting more expensive after that.

Selling Marino+Bahl should pay for the Hanafin acquisition+ a bit extra. And it would provide a way to get casey into the lineup

Let's see it