Rejoint: mai 2019
Messages: 40,746
Mentions "j'aime": 18,547
Keep in mind --
1. He just turned 21. Holtz is out producing Meier at same age.
2. He has 2+ years on ELC remaining. NJD are in no rush.
3. He is being developed with coaching, strength training, film time, not with reps. Brunette especially spends a lot of time with him.
4. Goal-scorers rarely develop slowly and progressively. We usually see big step-changes. So his path to 30 goals may not look like 5->15->20->30. It is more likely to look like 5->5->25->30.
5. There were a lot of Devils fans that gave up on Hughes and Hischier too. I remember one going as far as saying he would have traded both for Laine.
Be patient.
As for the trade...it still will all depend on the contract. Having Bratt to sign too makes it especially complicated. And now that San Jose says they aren't allowing NJD to speak with agent, it probably removes Meier from our list. We should move on to other guys.