2024-2025 Roster Possibilities

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Created by: NJTM

Team: 2024-25 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 19, 2024

Published: Apr. 21, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

This is my potential roster for the Devils 2024-2025 season.
There’s room to give Jake DeBrusk a slight raise if it is required. I figured $5.75M per season was a fair place to start.
The idea is to take advantage of teams that are going to be in a cap crunch and to potentially get a discount on players in trades. Linus Ullmark and Nicolas Hague should not get full value back in a trade. Those teams are strained for cap space and have to unload players.
Left out: sign Luke Hughes to his 8 year, $8M contract one year in advance (this can be done during the season as well). Make the contract identical to his brother’s. Get it done well in advance.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Mercer, Dawson		5	$4,000,000
Foote, Nolan		2	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
MacDermid, Kurtis	1	$900,000
Smith, Brendan	1	$1,000,000
DeBrusk, Jake	4	$5,750,000
Jost, Tyson	1	$1,000,000

Trades

NJD

Hague, Nicolas

VGK

Bahl, Kevin
2024 5th round pick (COL)

NJD

2024 1st round pick (PIT)
2024 2nd round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Devils draft Michael Brandsegg-Nygård 14th overall

SJS

2024 1st round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Sharks target Zeev Buium at 10th overall

NJD

Ullmark, Linus

BOS

2024 2nd round pick (NJD)
2025 2nd round pick (WPG)

Additional Details:

The 2025 pick is conditional. Boston will receive the lower second round pick in 2025 between NJD and WPG. In the event the 2025 NJD second round pick goes to MTL (this pick is potentially tied up in the Jake Allen trade), Boston will receive the 2025 WPG 2nd round pick.

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
23	$87,500,000	$87,420,547	$1,538,897	$5,950,000	$79,453

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Meier, Timo $8,800,000$8,800,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Mercer, Dawson $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, C RFA
DeBrusk, Jake $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW, LW UFA	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 6	Bratt, Jesper $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
Palat, Ondrej $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3	Haula, Erik $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 2	Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Foote, Nolan $800,000$800,000 LW RFA	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	Ullmark, Linus $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Hague, Nicolas $2,294,150$2,294,150 LD RFA - 1	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Hughes, Luke $925,000$925,000 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD RFA - 1	Nemec, Simon $918,333$918,333 ($3,250,000$3M) RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
MacDermid, Kurtis $900,000$900,000 LD/RD, LW UFA
Smith, Brendan $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD, LW UFA
Jost, Tyson $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Mercer, D.		DeBrusk, J.		Holtz, A.
	Hughes, L.		Nemec, S.

Penalty Kill 1
	Hischier, N.	Lazar, C.
	Siegenthaler, J.	Nemec, S.

Penalty Kill 2
	Haula, E.	Bratt, J.
	Hague, N.	Marino, J.

Apr. 21 at 3:08 a.m.

SJSF

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Boston isn't strained for cap and Jersey isn't the only team looking for a goalie. They have 25 mil in cap space (with <5 of that going to Swayman). Ullmark for a 2nd doesn't move the needle enough to not just keep him through the end of the deal. If a team wants a year of Ullmark plus negotiating priority through July 2025, it's more.

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Apr. 21 at 10:42 a.m.

Gofnut999

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Boston declines.

25 1st or Holtz otherwise move on.

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Apr. 21 at 11:59 a.m.

Gm_LJF

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If we can get Buium at 10th then I would rather keep that pick

Apr. 21 at 11:59 a.m.

Gm_LJF

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Quoting: Gofnut999

Boston declines.

25 1st or Holtz otherwise move on.

How much do you think the Devils would have to give up if they tried for Swayman?

Apr. 21 at 1:18 p.m.

Gofnut999

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Quoting: Gm_LJF

How much do you think the Devils would have to give up if they tried for Swayman?

Mercer

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Apr. 21 at 1:28 p.m.

NJTM

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Quoting: Gm_LJF

If we can get Buium at 10th then I would rather keep that pick

I gave it further thought. If the devils would part with a B tier prospect, they could forego the trade with the sharks to acquire the extra draft pick to do this. Either avenue is acceptable. Zeev Buium may not be available at 10th overall.

Apr. 21 at 1:45 p.m.

NJTM

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Edited Apr. 21 at 1:50 p.m.

Quoting: Gofnut999

Boston declines.

25 1st or Holtz otherwise move on.

I’m not opposed to putting conditions on the 2025 1st round pick. It would be a compromise. The conditions would be tied to potential playoff performance and/or whether or not Ullmark signs an extension in New Jersey. This would be the only draft pick in the trade if it can be a potential first round pick.

As an aside, the original deal had two second round picks in it. Boston could pretty easily consolidate those draft picks to move into the first round of 2024 or 2025. Don’t be afraid of being a little creative.

Apr. 21 at 1:51 p.m.

Gofnut999

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Quoting: NJTM

I’f give you top 10 protection. That’s it.

Apr. 21 at 6:35 p.m.

NJTM

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Quoting: Gofnut999

I’f give you top 10 protection. That’s it.

I have changed my mind. You can take these two second rounders and trade them to consolidate them into a first round pick in either 2024 or 2025. That’ll be the first rounder you want. Everyone can be happy.

Apr. 21 at 6:50 p.m.

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Gofnut999

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Quoting: NJTM

Pass. Move on to another option. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Apr. 22 at 11:15 a.m.

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Bcarlo25

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Quoting: Gm_LJF

How much do you think the Devils would have to give up if they tried for Swayman?

hischier.

Apr. 22 at 1:33 p.m.

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NJTM

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Quoting: Bcarlo25

hischier.

I never saw Swayman being available. The only way he becomes available in my opinion is if his arbitration hearing gets ugly. Boston would be foolish to let it get to that hearing though. I don’t imagine that negotiation is going to be contentious.

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