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Sorry, what was Fitz drinking, smoking or swallowing? He gave him a raise. Maybe he had too. Now trade him.
He didn't give him a raise. Wood made 3.5 million in actual salary last year.Sorry, what was Fitz drinking, smoking or swallowing? He gave him a raise. Maybe he had too. Now trade him.
You don’t have to add Bahl. You have the newly added Smith on the left. It’s not ideal but I think it would work to open the season.
They don't have to add anyone, the min NHL roster can be 20 players (incl. goalies). The max is 23. It's pretty common to have less to avoid salary cap.
They can make it work with this contract, they basically maxed the cap and gave Wood all they had.
There is interest in Wood, i believe he wont be a Devil at the end of the season. Unless his hip is so smashed he cant play at all.Don't get this at all
We need to add someone. We're not going to go into the season with only 6 D.
If we're going to go with 22 players, we'd go with 13 Forwards and 7D.
Damn Kovalchuk recapture bullshit actually impacts us this year!Isn't it nice how, after all these years of "cheap owners" crap, we're suddenly debating how to get the whole roster under the cap?
As there should be. Players w his physical tools do not grow on trees. He improved each year until he was injured. Can skate. Score and fight when he has to. Lots of teams cover that type of player. Seems people always forgot he was like second on the team in goals two years ago I believe. If they get that that type of player back he will fetch more than NJ will pay him.There is interest in Wood, i believe he wont be a Devil at the end of the season. Unless his hip is so smashed he cant play at all.
Were you watching the same games we were?Wood's game is completely reliant on his speed. Hopefully when he gets back he didn't lose a step. The few games he played last year, he looked a little sluggish.
I missed it being reported he would be ready to go for camp. Was that solid or just speculation though?Were you watching the same games we were?
He had the same blazing speed post-surgery that he's always had pre-surgery.
The issue was that he came back too soon and re-aggravated his still healing hip so he had to shut it down for the rest of the remaining season.
He should be 100% good to go by the time camp comes around so we'll see where we're at with him.
Yeah I don't remember him being sluggish skating wise. Maybe his timing was off because he hadn't played all year but skating wasn't the issue.Were you watching the same games we were?
He had the same blazing speed post-surgery that he's always had pre-surgery.
The issue was that he came back too soon and re-aggravated his still healing hip so he had to shut it down for the rest of the remaining season.
He should be 100% good to go by the time camp comes around so we'll see where we're at with him.
He brings weight and aggression too and also relative age to the younger group. He’s disruptive and physical but also very undisciplined (historically).Wood's game is completely reliant on his speed. Hopefully when he gets back he didn't lose a step. The few games he played last year, he looked a little sluggish.
Phew, I was worried that I was able to guess something that actually happened but with this turning out to be a 1 year deal the inscrutable mystery that is the NHL off-season remains unblemished.
If he plays well enough to return a second rounder and a prospect that’s a relative win for NJ. It means they got something from him playing wise this year and the gamble to sign him paid off. That would be a great outcome in my view.I keep forgetting about legacy contracts that have that poison-pill final year. Wood’s QO was actually 3.5 million, so NJ gets him for less than his QO even though it’s much higher than his previous AAV.
I remember you questioning the wisdom of qualifying (or going to arbitration with) Wood rather than just letting him go UFA. It seems kind of hard to believe that anyone in this market would have offered him $3.2 million or a multi year deal.
Now we get the benefit of paying a guy that played 3 games last year 70% of what our best player makes.
I’m not convinced he’ll have a lot of value at the deadline, best case scenario I see is he shoots a high percentage and we get a grabner type package. Substantial, but not a 1st.
You’re playing Geertsen’s music!We need to add someone. We're not going to go into the season with only 6 D.
If we're going to go with 22 players, we'd go with 13 Forwards and 7D.
Damn Kovalchuk recapture bullshit actually impacts us this year!
Next summer should be interesting. There are a handful of teams that will have over 40 million in cap space. We’re around 36. Plenty for long term contracts for Bratt, Mercer, Sharangovich, Blackwood (if he rebounds) and Haula if he wants to stay. We should still have room to be big game hunters once again as well.
More so the Schneider buyout, which came a year too early. He would've been off the books now if they had just waived him and sent him to the AHL for a year.
Regardless, the team should be fine with Bernier going onto LTIR and then a few UFA contracts coming off the books next season.