The way I see it is that you only trade for Fiala if you plan to keep him and the Dougie signing means you’ve got about 4 years to bank on. I also think they’ve got their pieces as it’s unlikely any future draft picks are going to be main pieces in the current window. If they are sitting top 5 in the metro come TDL, I’d bet my pants they make a splash.

I'm not saying he's not good...what I am saying is the Devils have a bunch of wingers that are coming up and could be a big threat too and that the Devils are better off looking for their weaknesses in the systems that are depth C and RHD.

They may have cap room now, but paying Fiala, and then Hughes, and Ty Smith, and honestly eventually Sharangovich would be short-sighted over spending the money on defensive depth when their strength coming are wingers.

Until Eichel's medical situation is resolved, he's not worth a bag of pucks.