Devils do not need Quinn. They are far better off with those pieces you are trying to acquire.

Devs don't do that for more reasons than they do

That's an extremely easy decline for the caps. Not even close.

Whilst I'm inclined to agree, this was proposed by a Caps fan and made a lot more sense to me, the more I thought about it.

https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/4258661

I agree that the value is lopsided, but that's what a trade for Quinn would entail.

From your pov, what would the value for a near point per game 23 year old defenseman be, who's extremely talented brothers also play for the acquiring team (thus adding extra appeal), be?

Devils decline. Learn comparables. Nemec would be the best prospect traded in decades, and Mercer would again have very little comparables. It's iffy enough to predict you'd get ONE of these players, let alone both.

Available pieces:
If you want nemec it will be nemec and 1st at most, nothing more. Nemec 8 years of ELC+RFA control too valuable.

Otherwise:
Hamilton,Palat,Marino,Siegs types if you want the Tkachuk return

Excluding that:
Holtz, Bahl, picks+prospects.

Holtz is the caliber of prospect that usually centerpieces trades like this

Mercer and Nemec aren't going anywhere...Quinn can join us when he hits UFA or asks for trade here.

Washington is not going to trade for the JT Miller contract under any circumstances.

Yeah that's not someone who is active on the boards here and understands trade values or what is realistic. The caps are looking to get younger. Trading their youngest NHL caliber center and their top center prospect and a first round pick for a bloated contract for an older, albeit very skilled, player is the exact opposite of the direction they are heading in. This is an NHL 23 type trade. Not a realistic one and it is a very easy decline for the caps.

Its not that he is not worth it, he is, its the cap problem it puts us in. Its a great marketing coup and would make Jack happy! Nemec is cheap and on a ELC ($918, 333) QH is at $7,850,000 for 4 more. Thats $6.93 M added to cap if we did nothing else. Mercers salary should back out of that (say $3.5-4 x 4)
$3M more to have the 3 H boys hurts the team IMO. I think the Devs have what they need in Luke and Nemec both who will be cheap in the near term to set us up well for competing long into the playoffs shortly. Getting Quinn is getting what Luke and Nemec might be. We need a couple of stout young defenders for long playoff runs. Its a nice idea but winning is better than marketing.

Completely agree with you and I wouldn't do it as the Devils (or the Canucks for that matter).
Quinn is already the best defenseman in Canucks history and is likely a 1000 point player.
But rest assured there are many people in the hockey world who absolutely would do this, you'd just have to hope Fitzgerald isn't one of them.

I know you based that on a caps trade but will never happen. Strome wont be moved, McMike likely wont, and caps wont take on Millers contract

Tbf that says more about the lack of historical star power on the Canucks blueline than it does about Quinn himself (I agree that he's great though, easily top 15 dman in the league).
The 2nd best ever Canucks D would have to be someone like Mattias Öhlund or Jovanovski, no?

Yeah I'd say Ohlund or Edler. Completely agree it says more about the Canucks blue line historically though, but surely that's even more reason to cling onto Quinn and charge an absolute ransom if we let him go.

If CBJ is getting Petey, we'd rather keep Jiricek and give you 3OA tbh