Take out holtz, the 3rd, and the retention

Deal can be simpler. Bahl + 2024 1st for Hanifin with no retention. Holtz is likely gonna be in our top 6 next year assuming Toffoli walks. Toffoli has been good for most of the year, but Devils need to spend more on the backend and in goal

You don't get Holtz for a rental

Gtfo on that COL trade that’s ridiculous

Calgary fans are going to be disappointed when the packages will be the equivalent of a first and two thirds or a second for Lindholm and Hanifin.

Colorado and NJ are likely in a rental market for these players.

Leafs accept easily. I don't see Calgary accepting though.

Devils would likely be rentals on Hanifin with a chance to try and convince him to stay, but no expectations that he will. If he stays, cool, if not, we move on

Any pick would be available
Bahl may be available if we are extending Hanifin
Holtz probably isn’t available.

easy pass for AZ, they dont need a 3rd G and rather have mcbain over mangiapane straight up

Bahl is interesting. He’s outperformed most second rounders from his draft class and still has 4 years of control.

I realize there are comparables with less term. I’ve seen people say his value is that of a second round pick. If I’m a contending team, I value him more than a second rounder which in all reality is likely going to be less a valuable player than Bahl.

Are you really in a cap position to view Hanifin as more than a rental? I guess if you take a stronger arm position on Mercer and don’t allocate more funds for a goalie, You could be next year.

Replace McBain with Voracek and the 2nd with a 7th and you have a deal.

1. Remove Ruzicka and the 3rd.
2. Not even close.
3.Calgary would take that.
4. Not even close
5. WTH?

We could probably fit Hanifin if he’s willing to take a reasonable 8 year extension

I believe there is legitimacy to Renaud Lavoie’s comments that GM’s believe Hanifin is signing in Boston in July. They have the cap room, his family is in the area, Sweeney is a fan, and they have a need.

Not an easy call. In an ideal world, we would have gotten another year out of Severson and Graves to make transition to the younger guys a little easier. Now with Dougie out, that’s three of our top four dmen from last year gone. So, another veteran in short-term would help.

Bahl was good in 2nd half last year, but first 20 games were so-so this year. He is probably a guy that sticks in league for a while. But puck-handling is not his strength…and d-zone exit efficiency, a strength of ours last year, has been a weakness this year. Biggest difference between 2022-23 Devils and this years version.

If we acquired Hanifin, I think it would only be done with intention of keeping him. My guess is that he gets a contract close to Hampus Lindholm, Damon Severson, McKenzie Weegar (mid $6s at max term). If Holtz can replace Toffoli in top-six, we probably can afford it.

Our GM has known Hanifin since he was a kid. And Fitzy has shown a tendency to target guys he knows. So there are probably a number of fits on and off the ice.