Quoting: Ansabch12
Realistically there would definitely be some form of retention on the Flames part if management is willing, if not I fully understand not trading for him but if he can be had near 3 mil for the next 2 years I think its moronic for Devils fans to not see that he would be their best goalie since 2015-16 Corey Schneider.
At 3 mill I’d offer the 2025 1st+2025 2nd. 1st for retention, 2nd for him at 6 mill.
Imo the defense is much more important than the goalie.
A lot of our defensive problems should (hopefully) fix themselves.
Dougie back, Luke and Nemec development year 2, and the biggest question mark is Siegs and Marino. If they play like they did last year, that’s an elite dcore. If they play like they have this year (especially Siegs), it’s concerning on the left side, and leaves far too much on Luke’s plate.
Marino I’m less worried about. He’s been decent/mediocre this year, was fantastic last year, and should be the 3RD.
Siegs is the biggest concern. He’s been very much bad this year. Hopefully being back with Hamilton helps, but I don’t have as much faith in him. I’m cautiously slotting him in as a high quality 3LD.
Bahl/Brendan smith are awful. Can’t fire a breakout pass to save their lives, but are both quality PKers. So ideally I’d want a PKing, puck moving shutdown dman to play with either Marino or Nemec. Marcus Pettersson would be my perfect fit, I also was interested in trading for Hanifin. But someone of that mold would be my priority over a goalie.
Between Daws, Allen, Schmid, and Kahkonen, I have faith we can do something similar the canes system of quantity over 1 specific guy.