Équipe: 2024-25 Devils du New Jersey

Date de création initiale: 20 juin 2024

Publié: 20 juin 2024

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

How do all of the Summer moves I made leave NJ to fare for the following season when they will have to sign Holtz + Luke Hughes?

☆Only Two '25-'26 UFA's & their Salary will likely offset by their replacements.
-N.Bastian: $1.35M
-J.Allen: $1.925M

•Kovi's $250k recapture Penalty finally complete
•Add at least $3M from Salary Cap Increase
•Cap Space (Incl. $1M not shown from ANA retaining 25% of Gudas $4M AAV Contract) NJ's remaining Salary Cap is $2.35M +$3M = 5.35M + 250k = $5.6M

•Fitzgeralds hand will be forced in order to save the future or the team after next season. He will either have to trade Dougie or Palat. Luckily, both become easily tradeable next season.
•Hamilton: His contract was made to be traded once it hit the 25-'26 Season as almost his entire salary that season & the next was paid as his Signing Bonus & the Team would barely have to pay any actual monetary value for him. This would be great for a team who doesn't have a super rich team owner or a rebuilding team who would love a fun veteran Star player without having to actually lose $$$ & make $$$ off of Jersey Sales.
•Palat's NMC kicks in '25-26, he may not be wortg $6M but when he only has 2 years remaining NJ can easily pay a rebuilding team a Pick(s) and/Prospect(s) to take him for just 2 years. He even can do a 3-way trade but end up paying less if he finds a contending team who wants Palat for $3M, so he will have to give up a lot less to the rebuilding team to only take on 50% of Palats contract for the 2yrs. instead of 100% & the contending team could also chip in a late pick or prospect.

*** After one of those trades happen, then NJ will be able to extend Holts, Luke, & Nemec the following year all while having a stacked team by adding 3 NHLers Ranked Top 25 in Hits Per Game (Joshua, Gudas, & Hakanpää) & the later 2 are also Top 25 in Blocked Shots per game.