Any team can find a Nicolas Despairiers for an NHL minimum in UFA, and probably a better version of him too, without giving up mid round picks

You want to trade Risto for Pennie’s to get rid of his cap hit but then sign Zadorov to a comparable deal??

No way Seguin waives his NMC to come here and if he did no way Flyers should want to pay that cap hit for 3 more seasons.

26 mil the following year to resign TK, Frost, Foerster, Chychrun, and York?? Welcome to cap hell.

NJD just gave up a 7th and a midlevel prospect for a UFA fighter who's a 14th forward/7-8th dman simply becauise they have a need. Deslauriers plays a regular shift, solid vet, one of leagues toughest, not to mention PK time.

A 4th TWO drafts away and a 5th THREE drafts away have pretty little chance to make the team, and certainly NJD have some pressures to succeed and phsyically compete against the Hathaways/Deslauriers/Rempes now, so future middling picks with little/no chance of helping them is worth what?

A 7th and a 23 year old 7th rounder isn’t the same as a 4th and 5th for a guy that costs 1 million more in AAV to play himself into the same place MacDermid did. The press box.

And they can still find the same kind of player in UFA at an NHL minimum, instead of taking on an overpaid player who’s archetype is out dated

If theres a better tough guy, who can play a regular shift and provide physicality out there in UFA for league minimum, by all means....

And while I agree the archtype is outdated, it still doesnt explain why NJD would acquire such a limited player as MacDermid, and I think you unmderestimate Deslauriers as a player, not just a goon.

Any rando off the street can play a full hard shift. The similarity between a rando and Deslaurier is that shift will not benefit the team no matter how many times they hit someone

flyers and stars both decline that

Cam buyout is better