No. NJD has no reason to 'get rid of' Palat

$6m/yr. for 3rd line performance is not good value. Never should have considered the contract in the first place given his age. And it is aging about as well as should be expected.

NJD is happy with him...its not all about scoring. We have a very young team and needed some glue vets.

If NJ retains 1 mill I’d give them a 2nd. Or I’d give them Norris for Palat and Holtz

New Jersey have an illegal amount of cap space. They don’t need to dump him

But this isn't moving down to get rid of Palat; it's moving down and taking on two shorter-term cap dumps to get rid of Palat. I don't understand the benefit of moving from tenth overall to the mid-twenties in order to take on $1.85 million of extra cap even though admittedly it's only for one season and New Jersey gets rid of the final three seasons of Palat's contract. And this assumes that Palat would rather play in Montreal than New York.

I'm doubting Palat waives his NMC. You're giving up first and second and more for 8.9m Mango and Markstrom. Just sign two UFAs and keep your picks.

Another day another 5 pathetic offers for Markstrom from devils fans.

Don't need to move palat for at least 1-2 years and they wouldn't be moving a top 10 pick to do it

Not a NJD fan, just being realistic. Markstrom is older than at this TDL, you should have trade him then.

Now, without retention, Markstrom is worth a late 1st, thats it.