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Forum: Armchair-GM1 juin 2023 à 2 h 29
Sujet: NJD 2324
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheHowler</b></div><div>If the devils get another goalie I think they're going to need to ship VV out too. Schmid is ready and the team could save 2ish mil in cap trading him.</div></div>

I do agree with your assessment that Schmid looks ready. But that doesn‘t necessarily mean that playing a lot of games in the AHL and sporadic NHL games hurts his development.

Schmid is waiver ineligable for the entire 23/24 season (unless he starts like 55 NHL games). With this trade the Devils could put themselves in a really favorable position with their goaltending. And as we have seen this year in the playoffs: you just need a goalie that is hot and it doesn‘t matter who that is. Not many teams have the ability to choose from 3 goalies.
Forum: Armchair-GM10 janv. 2023 à 14 h 32
Sujet: Stuck In The Mushy Middle
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Smitty426</b></div><div>Varly wont be the starter so its not worth the return. Honestly if they don't move Blackwood, we dont even need a backup.
1. Vitek, 2. Blackwood 3. Schmid</div></div>

As a Devils fan I have to disagree with your assessment here. Schmid is still to young and to inexperienced to be trusted in the postseason. I like the progress he made this year but we're still not at a point were we can trust him to be a sure bet for us. As with Blackwood.. Consistency is just to big an issue with him.

Varlamov would boost our chances of making some damage in the playoffs massively. He has shown that he can give a team average or even above average goaltending with consistency. And if the price is what is proposed here Devils would be stupid to not pull the trigger. Johnsson isn't trusted by management/ coaching staff anymore (so he has no value to us anymore) and Moynihan probably won't get a contract from the Devils anyways. And the pick is a late 2nd if we manage to get in..

Long story short: Devils would be stupid to not make this deal if that's what it takes. And since they don't give up any valuable assets and even open up some capspace there would still be room for someone like Timo.