Sell Toffoli regroup next year

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Created by: KDev

Team: 2024-25 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 29, 2024

Published: Feb. 29, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The team is still close. This season has been a setback for sure but I think it really highlighted some of the issues.
1. The team is still super young. Forcing 2 teenagers to play top defensive minutes against some of the worlds greatest players is not small. They are still growing and Nemec specifically is going to be a top 10 defender. He reminds me a lot of Heiskanen.
2. Lindy has clearly lost the room and it is long due for a new voice. If Fitz is serious about proving last year wasn’t a fluke it starts with Lindy Ruff getting canned.
3. Goaltending was a serious issue (obviously). Fitz gambled on Schmid and VV repeating or at least giving average goaltending this year that they showed before. It did not pay off. If you want to blame Fitz for anything it is this gamble (which I was ok with before the season started) and not firing Lindy Ruff earlier on in the season.
At minimum I need Fitz to bring in at least 2 goalies for 24-25. Out of the 4, you have to think at least 1 of these guys has to give you something resembling decent. And to be honest it could be all the team needs if they can get back to being deadly offensively. If he wants to go after a big fish I’m all for it though I don’t think Markstrom is the right answer.
4. With McLeod never returning (and for good reason) we need another 3C. Duchene might be expensive but he can win you FOs give you some serious depth scoring that the team desperately needs from the 3rd line. The other idea I have in mind is bringing back Coleman. He’s honestly everything we need right now.
4. Probably need another defensive LD. Could honestly use a couple bodies for injury protection that can play in the A.
Team needs fresh bodies in the A as Utica has had a rough team over the years. Give the young prospects some able bodies around them and let them know what it’s like to win.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mercer, Dawson	3	$3,000,000
Schmid, Akira	2	$1,250,000
Foote, Nolan	2	$950,000
Daws, Nico	3	$1,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dillon, Brenden	2	$2,100,000
Stolarz, Anthony	3	$1,600,000
Driedger, Chris	2	$1,100,000
Fitzgerald, Casey	2	$775,000
Megna, Jaycob	2	$775,000
Myers, Philippe	2	$775,000
Rooney, Kevin	2	$850,000
Jankowski, Mark	2	$775,000
Willman, Max	1	$775,000
Gurianov, Denis	2	$775,000
Petan, Nicolas	2	$775,000
Rosén, Calle	2	$775,000
Lindblom, Oskar	2	$775,000
Archibald, Josh	2	$775,000

Trades

NJD

Brisson, Brendan
2024 1st round pick (VGK)

VGK

Toffoli (can also retain if needed)
Collin Miller

Toffoli to me seems like the obvious best Top 6 forward rental available (unless Pitt is willing to move Guentzel) with the injuries Vegas has I think they will seriously push for Toffoli. Miller adds some more defensive depth that every contender covets. Not sure how Vegas fans feel about Brisson, they may think this a bit much but I don’t think he’s more than a 3rd line guy, which is kind of what the Devils should be targeting along with a 1st.

NJD

Coleman, Blake

CGY

Clarke, Graeme [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (VGK)
2025 4th round pick (NJD)

Buyouts

Vitek Vanecek: $1,466,667

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$87,500,000	$85,443,064	$1,538,897	$5,950,000	$2,056,936

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 6	Bratt, Jesper $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
Coleman, Blake $4,900,000$4,900,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Meier, Timo $8,800,000$8,800,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7
Palat, Ondrej $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3	Brisson, Brendan $925,000$925,000 C, LW, RW RFA - 1	Mercer, Dawson $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, C RFA
Haula, Erik $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 2	Lazar, Curtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Bastian, Nathan $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Siegenthaler, Jonas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Stolarz, Anthony $1,600,000$1,600,000 G UFA
Dillon, Brenden $2,100,000$2,100,000 LD UFA	Nemec, Simon $918,333$918,333 ($3,250,000$3M) RD RFA - 2	Driedger, Chris $1,100,000$1,100,000 G UFA
Hughes, Luke $925,000$925,000 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD RFA - 1	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Daws, Nico $1,500,000$1,500,000 G RFA
		Schmid, Akira $1,250,000$1,250,000 G RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bahl, Kevin $1,050,000$1,050,000 LD RFA - 1
Rooney, Kevin $850,000$850,000 C UFA - 1
Foote, Nolan $950,000$950,000 LW RFA

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Hughes, J.		Meier, T.		Hischier, N.
	Hamilton, D.		Bratt, J.

Power Play 2
Palat, O.		Coleman, B.		Mercer, D.
	Holtz, A.		Hughes, L.

Penalty Kill 1
	Hischier, N.	Bratt, J.
	Siegenthaler, J.	Marino, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Coleman, B.	Haula, E.
	Dillon, B.	Nemec, S.

Feb. 29 at 9:03 p.m.

sens65

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Coleman went for a good prospect and a 1st round pick when he had 31 points in 57 games in 2019-20, this year he has 46 points in 59 games, its going to cost a lot more than that to get him.

Feb. 29 at 9:04 p.m.

dgibb10

I Love J Boqvist

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Quoting: sens65

Coleman went for a good prospect and a 1st round pick when he had 31 points in 57 games in 2019-20, this year he has 46 points in 59 games, its going to cost a lot more than that to get him.

Coleman had a salary of 1.7 million when he went for said 1st+Prospect and was 28 years old
Now he has a salary of 5 million dollars.

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Feb. 29 at 9:05 p.m.

CrownRoyal

Joined: Jun. 2020

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That's interesting. Would suck for Pickles to leave, but that is a solid return.

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Feb. 29 at 9:05 p.m.

CrownRoyal

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Quoting: sens65

Coleman went for a good prospect and a 1st round pick when he had 31 points in 57 games in 2019-20, this year he has 46 points in 59 games, its going to cost a lot more than that to get him.

His salary and age offset that.

Feb. 29 at 9:07 p.m.

KDev

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2022

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Quoting: sens65

Coleman went for a good prospect and a 1st round pick when he had 31 points in 57 games in 2019-20, this year he has 46 points in 59 games, its going to cost a lot more than that to get him.

I mean we can all see this is clearly a career year for him. They are getting a good prospect that hasn’t gotten the chance to play in NJ, a 1st and a mid pick. I think this is pretty fair value for Coleman. If you wanna bump up the 4th to like a 3rd I think that’s reasonable but it’s not like we are getting a bonafide top line player.

Feb. 29 at 9:36 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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As much as I am frustrated with Lindy…it’s really hard to justify pulling the plug mid-season. They took two-top four defenders away in free agency, took another two away in injury. Vitek fell apart.

That said, there is enough there to question whether he is right guy. But mid-season firing would have left us with Travis Green as interim coach. There are not many great candidates available mid-year. If we move on over the summer…we probably would become one of the more sought after jobs and would have long list to choose from. (Jay Leach, Jay Pandolfo, Tony Granato, etc).

Also don’t think we let so much young depth walk (Hatakka, Clarke, Halonen, etc) to replace with so many older vets (there is a veteran limit on AHL rosters, which we bump up against here too).

There are also a few guys off reserves who could figure into mix too. Bardakhov plays the style of game we lack, for instance. His contract is up after this season.

Feb. 29 at 11:48 p.m.

KDev

Thread Starter

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

You’re right about the young guys in the AHL depth. Just didn’t really bother signing them originally because this was supposed to be about the main roster but clearly got carried away with the vets and kind of forgot about resigning them afterwards

Mar. 1 at 8:03 a.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

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Quoting: KDev

Depth, especially on blue line, is key.

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