Équipe: 2024-25 Devils du New Jersey

Date de création initiale: 3 nov. 2023

Publié: 3 nov. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Let's say Devils get to Conference final before being eliminated by Toronto or Boston. Let's try to build a sustainable future contender. Kent Johnson is on the outs in Columbus. Let's reunite him with his former Michigan teammate and friend Luke Hughes and eventually Seamus Casey. This gives us an absolutely insane top 6 for next year and the long-term 5-6 year cup window. We had to give up the first rounder to the Sharks to complete the Meier deal (the condition is that if we make the ECF this year or last year the 2nd becomes a 1st), but we will instead have a 2nd rounder. We can send a 2nd rounder in 2024 and a 3rd in 2025 along with the rights to Arseni Gritsyuk and maybe another B- prospect that can't crack our roster in Graeme Clarke. I will say the trade becomes much easier if we get knocked out by New York or Carolina as then Columbus would probably take a pick in the mid-20s plus Gritsyuk for him. EDIT: Trade updated because for some reason it didn't include Gritsyuk and Clarke in the initial post and I had Kent Johnson making 16 mill cause i added an extra zero

Mercer's slower start allows us to get a bit of a bargain on his next contract, with maybe a 5-6 million, 7 or 8 year contract being the absolute ceiling. We probably have enough cap room left over after all this to make an upgrade to the last D spot or a slight upgrade over Vanecek in goal. Still think between Schmid and Daws we'll be good enough in the future to have a shot so we don't need to go crazy/overboard on a goalie add.

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