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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 25 at 5:20 p.m.
Thread: Six million in cap space with Dougie finally placed on LTIR
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Kinda proving my point though, no? None of those guys are difference makers or 1A goalies.

I think goaltending is probably overstated as our weakness…and puck control out of d-zone is understated as our weakness. Put the same quality chances against on any of those goalies, they’re not going to change much.</div></div>
I think that swapping Vanecek's games out for the rest of the season for any of the guys mentioned above would generate a handful of wins on its own.

In theory I don't see an issue in trading an increase in high danger chances for much less overall volume of scoring chances against, which I believe the Devils have done this year.
But Vanecek is probably the completely wrong goalie to play behind a defence making that type of tradeoff.
Particularly Kähkönen and Allen profile quite perfectly for this Devils team in that regard.

As for the defense, I'm a big believer in what the Devils have in the organization already.
Between Hatakka, Misyul and Vilén I think there's enough talent to keep the Devils alive into the playoffs.

Forward corps is starting to worry me however with the McLeod situation and all.
Think there are a quite a few middle 6 rentals out there that would make a lot of sense.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 9 at 7:35 a.m.
Thread: trust me I am the GM lovechild of Ron Hextall and Mike Milbury
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SharkTank</b></div><div>You're Kyle Dubas?</div></div>
I wish
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dgibb10</b></div><div>Use more of the 8 mill LTIR space on another LD instead of Bahl</div></div>
Nah I like Bahl
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Who_is_Jimmy_Stu</b></div><div>don't disrespect Tyler Boucher like that, he's my guy</div></div>
Ehm growing up ‘knucklehead’ was more of a compliment in my household than anything else did you not see who my parents areeeee
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Dr_Invictus</b></div><div>Where is Calgary sending Grzelcyk?</div></div>
Nah, I mean maybe but in this instance Grzelcyk is moved to Calgary from Boston for cap purposes. Maybe Flames would flip him to some other team or Devils could take Grzelcyk in this three way, they have the cap space for it
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Thread: Who is the best dman McLeod could obtain
This is tricky. Not many teams looking to add a team controlled middle 6C that would have an interest in parting with that kinda top 4D that I could think of.
There’s also another issue in that (2022 Tintin would be screaming if he read on from here…) McLeod has been so darn good that I’m not convinced that the rest of the league has re-valued McLeod properly, he is likely to be a VERY underrated asset by most front offices in the NHL. The stuff McLeod’s been doing with Holtz and whomever else on that line is fairly remarkable.

In terms of 1 for 1s I could only see Markus Pettersson making sense. If adding a fair amount of futures maybe you could pry Vince Dunn out of Seattle (unlikely though). Chychrun, Skjei and Välimäki also come to mind but these seem like losing trades for the Devils to me, at least at this point in time (past Tintin is in true disbelief right about now).
Perhaps there could be a reasonable three team trade out there where the Devils offer McLeod, one team offers futures and a third offers a TOP4 Dman, idk though.

However, it could make a ton of sense to look into trading McLeod in the summer. Maybe he could be packaged in trade for Saros or Gustavsson, or to find a defenseman in the summer?

Edit: Chychrun would actually be worthwhile to explore trading McLeod for in something closely resembling a 1 for 1 deal.