Devils 2017-18 team discussion (player news and notes) VIII - Postseason Edition

[glenwo2]

wont be happy till i see this. hes getting there tho. welcome to coaching a devs team

Robbie today would've thrown that bench at an official.

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Hischier, Nico $925,000 C RFA - 2	Palmieri, Kyle $4,650,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Johansson, Marcus $4,583,333 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Zacha, Pavel $894,167 C RFA - 1	Athanasiou, Andreas $2,500,000 C RFA
Coleman, Blake $2,000,000 LW RFA	Zajac, Travis $5,750,000 C NTC UFA - 3	Anderson, Joseph $925,000 RW RFA - 2
Wood, Miles $2,000,000 LW RFA	Boyle, Brian $2,750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Noesen, Stefan $2,000,000 RW RFA

[THEAD] [/THEAD]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
De Haan, Calvin $5,000,000 D UFA	Vatanen, Sami $4,875,000 D UFA - 2	Schneider, Cory $6,000,000 NTC UFA - 4
Mueller, Mirco $850,000 D RFA - 1	Severson, Damon $4,166,666 D UFA - 5	Kinkaid, Keith $1,250,000 UFA - 1
Butcher, Will $925,000 D RFA - 1	Santini, Steven $1,000,000 D RFA
Greene, Andy $5,000,000 D NTC UFA - 2	Lovejoy, Ben $2,666,667 D UFA - 1

[THEAD] [/THEAD]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Leaves 6+m in cap which we save for upcoming contracts. Just switch Johansson/Athanasiou/Zacha among the line as you see fit. And Noesen probably stays on the 3rd with Anderson down in the minors or fourth line/top 6

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

I also think Hall, if he breaks 80 the next two seasons, gets 10 mil easy. Maybe he would be willing to take 9 because it is his number and he wants a competitive team?! He is the type I think would do that. Hall at 9 per for eight years. If Hischier breaks 65 next year like I think he can he gets 6mil for seven years - Taylor Hall's first non-ELC contract. If Vatanen can break 40 points I think he gets 6mil per for five years. Takes him to 32.

 

[SYWTom]

I also think Hall, if he breaks 80 the next two seasons, gets 10 mil easy. Maybe he would be willing to take 9 because it is his number and he wants a competitive team?! He is the type I think would do that. Hall at 9 per for eight years. If Hischier breaks 65 next year like I think he can he gets 6mil for seven years - Taylor Hall's first non-ELC contract. If Vatanen can break 40 points I think he gets 6mil per for five years. Takes him to 32.

If Hall wins the Hart, he’ll be looking for more then 9 million.

Looking at 10.5-11.5 IMO.

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

If Hall wins the Hart, he’ll be looking for more then 9 million.

Looking at 10.5-11.5 IMO.

I suppose if the cap goes up by then, which I imagine it does. I just dont know by how much

 

[Devils Dominion]

 

[RSeen]

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Hischier, Nico $925,000 C RFA - 2	Palmieri, Kyle $4,650,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Johansson, Marcus $4,583,333 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Zacha, Pavel $894,167 C RFA - 1	Athanasiou, Andreas $2,500,000 C RFA
Coleman, Blake $2,000,000 LW RFA	Zajac, Travis $5,750,000 C NTC UFA - 3	Anderson, Joseph $925,000 RW RFA - 2
Wood, Miles $2,000,000 LW RFA	Boyle, Brian $2,750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Noesen, Stefan $2,000,000 RW RFA

[THEAD] [/THEAD]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
De Haan, Calvin $5,000,000 D UFA	Vatanen, Sami $4,875,000 D UFA - 2	Schneider, Cory $6,000,000 NTC UFA - 4
Mueller, Mirco $850,000 D RFA - 1	Severson, Damon $4,166,666 D UFA - 5	Kinkaid, Keith $1,250,000 UFA - 1
Butcher, Will $925,000 D RFA - 1	Santini, Steven $1,000,000 D RFA
Greene, Andy $5,000,000 D NTC UFA - 2	Lovejoy, Ben $2,666,667 D UFA - 1

[THEAD] [/THEAD]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Leaves 6+m in cap which we save for upcoming contracts. Just switch Johansson/Athanasiou/Zacha among the line as you see fit. And Noesen probably stays on the 3rd with Anderson down in the minors or fourth line/top 6

Quite a generous salary for De Haan, Noeson and Coleman. I think the latter two get between $1.25 and $1.5 million. Wood's contract seems like an accurate projection to me. I'd like to see a significantly better upgrade than De Haan.

Getting AA could be a potentially good move, not sure about the likelihood though. I'd like to see us address the 2C spot. I do not think we have anyone internally who is a long-term option.

Edit: I also anticipate Bratt being in the top 6 next season.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Quite a generous salary for De Haan, Noeson and Coleman. I think the latter two get between $1.25 and $1.5 million. Wood's contract seems like an accurate projection to me. I'd like to see a significantly better upgrade than De Haan.

Getting AA could be a potentially good move, not sure about the likelihood though. I'd like to see us address the 2C spot. I do not think we have anyone internally who is a long-term option.

Focusing on 2C. I agree... I don’t want to go into next season relying on Zacha to give us the type of production we need out of the 2C. We have to take pressure off our top line and have at least those 2 lines leading the team with the decent bottom 6 scoring the others can provide.

 

[Ripshot 43]

@MadDog172430

Are Rick and Morty saving our season?

(Assuming it’s you because you’ve been nice enough to make most of them lately it seems)

 

[Better Call Sal]

@MadDog172430

Are Rick and Morty saving our season?

(Assuming it’s you because you’ve been nice enough to make most of them lately it seems)

I'm unfortunately out of town this weekend without WiFi access (just my phone) so I'm a bit out of commission for today. I would totally do it if I could.

I plan on posting up at a bar for gametime for sure, though.

 

[FooteBahl]

I'm unfortunately out of town this weekend without WiFi access (just my phone) so I'm a bit out of commission for today. I would totally do it if I could.

I plan on posting up at a bar for gametime for sure, though.

Are you in the North Pole? No WiFi access?!! #firstworldproblems

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

 

[FooteBahl]

Did we sign him or something?

 

[Cheddabombs]

Did we sign him or something?

Rumoured to.

I know nothing about him. But he's a left handed defenseman so, that's neat

 

[Nubmer6]

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Hischier, Nico $925,000 C RFA - 2	Palmieri, Kyle $4,650,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Johansson, Marcus $4,583,333 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Zacha, Pavel $894,167 C RFA - 1	Athanasiou, Andreas $2,500,000 C RFA
Coleman, Blake $2,000,000 LW RFA	Zajac, Travis $5,750,000 C NTC UFA - 3	Anderson, Joseph $925,000 RW RFA - 2
Wood, Miles $2,000,000 LW RFA	Boyle, Brian $2,750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Noesen, Stefan $2,000,000 RW RFA

[THEAD] [/THEAD]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
De Haan, Calvin $5,000,000 D UFA	Vatanen, Sami $4,875,000 D UFA - 2	Schneider, Cory $6,000,000 NTC UFA - 4
Mueller, Mirco $850,000 D RFA - 1	Severson, Damon $4,166,666 D UFA - 5	Kinkaid, Keith $1,250,000 UFA - 1
Butcher, Will $925,000 D RFA - 1	Santini, Steven $1,000,000 D RFA
Greene, Andy $5,000,000 D NTC UFA - 2	Lovejoy, Ben $2,666,667 D UFA - 1

[THEAD] [/THEAD]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Leaves 6+m in cap which we save for upcoming contracts. Just switch Johansson/Athanasiou/Zacha among the line as you see fit. And Noesen probably stays on the 3rd with Anderson down in the minors or fourth line/top 6

Do you really see DeHaan as a #1 LD? Or just a better replacement for Moore? I'd love to sign the guy, and I think he's a great fit for our system (although I also thought Grabner was a good fit) but I don't also don't know how hard his minutes were with the Isles and if he can handle the top assignments.

Either way, I would think DeHaan would be high on our free agent shopping list if he's significantly better than Moore, and we may be able to get him for quite a bit less than 5M/year coming off an injury plagued season.

 

[Ripshot 43]

I'm unfortunately out of town this weekend without WiFi access (just my phone) so I'm a bit out of commission for today. I would totally do it if I could.

I plan on posting up at a bar for gametime for sure, though.

Geez man, where are your priorities

It’s like you have a life outside of being the resident GDT maker.

 

[FooteBahl]

Rumoured to.

I know nothing about him. But he's a left handed defenseman so, that's neat

 

[RSeen]

Focusing on 2C. I agree... I don’t want to go into next season relying on Zacha to give us the type of production we need out of the 2C. We have to take pressure off our top line and have at least those 2 lines leading the team with the decent bottom 6 scoring the others can provide.

Zacha hasn't shown enough to indicate he can be a 2C. McLeod is looking more likely a bottom 6 forward as well. I would strongly consider other options at 2C. Zajac looks to be engrained in that 3C position.

 

[OmNomNom]

Yegor Yakovlev - Wikipedia

 

[Billdo]

Has Jack Johnson been bad? I’d be interested in him tbh.

 

[NJDevs26]

 

[Classic Devil]

Who else wants to look into if Ottawa would do Severson + Zacha + 1st for Karlsson?

 

[OmNomNom]

Who else wants to look into if Ottawa would do Severson + Zacha + 1st for Karlsson?

No way bids for him are that low

 

[Classic Devil]

No way bids for him are that low

I'm assuming there's no contract extension in place. It'd be an enormous gamble.

 

[NJDevs26]

No way bids for him are that low

Well not unless '1st rounder' was a bit higher than the 17th spot.