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Created by: Devsfan25

Team: 2023-24 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 24, 2023

Published: Nov. 24, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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- These were the Devils lines to start the game today vs CBJ. Curtis Lazar in the top 6 and Brendan Smith playing 4th line LW. I understand the team has sustained injuries with Hischier and Meier out, but to even throw this type of lineup on the ice is a disgrace

- Lindy has lost the room 100% and it's not even a question. He's not a motivator; he's an old guy with a lot of hockey knowledge, but he can't motivate a group which is why he never won a Cup. Jay Woodcroft would be perfect for this group IMO. He's coached a team with a similar build and will be chomping at the bit to get another chance. Something has to change

- Toffoli, Bratt, Mercer, Hamilton, L Hughes all have been dreadful for the past few weeks. Gonna need more from all of them to turn this around

- Hischier and Meier need to get in the lineup. Nico has skated since the beginning of this week; idrc tbh if he's not 100%. Him at 80% is better than Tierney or Willman at 100%. He's the captain and right now the ship is sinking as he watches from above. Obviously, the injury wasn't self inflicted, but if he's got any heart, he plays tm against the Sabres. And Timo- how do you from game time decision to not playing for over a week; he's not even skating. How about you earn some of that 8.8m per buddy?

Buyouts

Cory Schneider: $2,000,000
Janne Kuokkanen: $325,000

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$80,261,667	$422,500	$2,232,500	$3,238,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 7	Bratt, Jesper $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW UFA - 8
Haula, Erik $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 3	Mercer, Dawson $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) RW, C RFA - 1	Lazar, Curtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2
Palat, Ondrej $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	McLeod, Michael $1,400,000$1,400,000 C RFA - 1	Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Smith, Brendan $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD, LW UFA - 1	Tierney, Chris $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1	Bastian, Nathan $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW 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
Bahl, Kevin $1,050,000$1,050,000 LD RFA - 2	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 4	Vanecek, Vitek $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 2
Hughes, Luke $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Miller, Colin $1,850,000$1,850,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Meier, Timo $8,800,000$8,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 4
Nosek, Tomas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Willman, Max $775,000$775,000 LW UFA - 1

Nov. 24, 2023 at 6:48 p.m.

pretzelcoatl

n.1 Topias Vilen fan

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Are we watching the same Toffoli, Bratt, and Luke?

Lazar has been excellent btw

Nov. 24, 2023 at 7:04 p.m.

Devsfan25

Thread Starter

Joined: Jul. 2017

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Quoting: pretzelcoatl

Are we watching the same Toffoli, Bratt, and Luke?

Lazar has been excellent btw

Didn’t say anything about Lazar playing bad; he’s just not a top 6 player. And yes we have watched the same Luke Toffoli and Bratt. They’ve all been dreadful if you take out the Pittsburgh game. Can’t just look at the counting stats. None of them have passed the eye test lately

Nov. 24, 2023 at 9:29 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: Devilsfan25

Toffoli, Bratt, Mercer, Hamilton, L Hughes all have been dreadful for the past few weeks

??

Bratt has been great...especially carrying the load without Hughes, Hischier.
Luke Hughes has been solid...and every day gets better.
Hamilton is same (just losing reps to Luke)
Mercer is fighting through it...(but have to hand it to him, he never takes a shift off)

(Although I agree on Toffoli....he has been a passenger)

Problem has been (1) health; (2) puck protection/control (mostly by blueline)

Nov. 24, 2023 at 10:05 p.m.

pretzelcoatl

n.1 Topias Vilen fan

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

Toffoli has always been a passenger. He is doing exactly what we brought him in to do.

Nov. 24, 2023 at 10:33 p.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

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Quoting: pretzelcoatl

Toffoli has always been a passenger. He is doing exactly what we brought him in to do.

I don't mean....passenger as in, "not a line driver"....

I do mean.... passenger as in, "watching the play...marked by indifference...waiting for it to come to them...."

They didn't bring him to be line-driver...but....at 5v5, he just appears in to be in slow motion at times, skates stuck in mud....

Nov. 24, 2023 at 11:26 p.m.

dgibb10

I Love J Boqvist

Joined: Jan. 2023

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Quoting: pretzelcoatl

Toffoli has always been a passenger. He is doing exactly what we brought him in to do.

Toffoli has had a horrific last 2 games.

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