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acdevils30
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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 6, 2019 at 10:30 p.m.
Thread: Trade with Blues and Jets
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>adamkaz23</b></div><div>Avs fan here. I'm curious how Zacha is developing. I haven't seen him play much but I know he hasn't produced at a high level yet. In the '15 draft I didn't think Rantanen would fall to 10 so Zacha was a guy I would've preferred at 10. Where is he at with his development and what is his ceiling at this point?</div></div>

Zacha is a solid two way center with what now looks like a 3C ceiling. Very responsible in the d zone, great penalty killer, but points wise there's not much there. Towards the end of last year, he started to pick up the offense and showed some positive signs. But all in all, picked at number six with the guys left on the table behind him, not great.

However, with the luck the devils have had, he will be a very solid 3C as Hischier and Hughes have taken the 1-2 roles. If he can be used as a trade piece for a top four left D, I'd be all about it. Otherwise, he's a good piece to have on the team.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 14, 2019 at 11:13 p.m.
Thread: New Jersey Devils Tuch and Subban
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Instead of spending (wasting) 9m on Subban spend about 6m on a UFA(s) and keep your young assets. Anytime a team "needs to shed cap" (Vegas) and then a non factor LTIR is traded, it sure takes any logic away from the trade. Vegas keeps Tuch.</div></div>

Subban serves as an immediate fix to a problem, also only three years. Trading Butcher makes sense as the Devils have Ty Smith coming up either next year or the following, same player with higher upside in my opinion. Devils also have Davies and Reilly Walsh (if he signs out of Harvard, doubtful in my opinion, will probably hit open market). McLeod gets moved as the Devils already have a log jam at center with Hughes coming in, Hischier, Zacha, and then a need at 4th line center after Zajac. The whole LTIR thing confuses me but I see the Knights have him on IR, not LTIR. With Stone being the big sign in Vegas and Karlsson, Malcolm Subban getting a pay raise, they have to move someone.