Confirmed Trade: [SJS/NJD] Vitek Vanecek and 2025 7th round pick for Kaapo Kahkonen

[TheBeard]

Tough spot for them. You could rephrase it as "SJ trading an impending free agent goalie for a goalie under contract for another season." I guess you could argue that the Sharks could have just signed somebody instead. But I'd imagine SJ wouldn't be the first choice for a goalie with options.

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The team is clearly tanking. Finding a goalie for next to nothing wouldn't that hard.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Hockey gods seeing these Grier moves and remembering them on Lottery Draft night

 

[A1LeafNation]

Only Allen is on the books for next season at 50% so I think around 1.8M

Kahkonen is a UFA and Schmid/Daws can be sent down to marinate.

If Jersey is throwing the year, they might as well getting some NHL seasoning.

 

[Lunatik]

If this is 1-for-1 I don't get this at all.

you got a 7th too, so don't fret

 

[cheesymc]

Devils working some magic... getting out of Vanecek's contract next year.

 

[Brodeur]

Fitzgerald is hilarious. Like at this point why not just get an nhl starting goalie lol

Wish it was just as easy as going to the store for milk and eggs.

 

[Shark Finn]

you got a 7th too, so don't fret

Day saved

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Wow, can't believe Fitz got someone to take the extra year of Vanacek for a 7th, nice piece of work for him on this one. The rest of the deadline was horrible for him.

 

[ninetyeight]

Fitzgerald is hilarious. Like at this point why not just get an nhl starting goalie lol

He tried, but you guys wanted to sell tickets instead..

 

[PWiz30]

Fitzgerald is hilarious. Like at this point why not just get an nhl starting goalie lol

Where and who are all these quality NHL goalies that teams are giving away?

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Great move for NJ, get a look at Kakhonen & move a contract.

Solid move for SJ. Getting a goalie for next season isn't bad in their position.

That's a part of being really bad, you gotta find guys to play for you & in UFA it usually take an overpayment.

 

[Peasy]

I kinda like this for SJS. If you didnt get any other offers on Kahk you could just lose him for nothing this summer. Now they have a bounce back candidate. If Vanecek regains some form next year, they could then deal him for something.

 

[Bond]

Wish it was just as easy as going to the store for milk and eggs.

Could have paid up for Markstrom

 

[lakai17]

Devils organization is a mess. Get on the phone and bring Marty out of retirement.

I understand they needed to get rid of Vanecek with his pathetic performances of course. They signed VV's contract though haha.

At least they found a suitor for VV. That is miracle work beyond it's belief. I give them that

 

[dgibb10]

Could have paid up for Markstrom

They did. Then flames ownership cried about ticket sales and the price became out of the realm of reason.

Good luck to flames fans trying to sell their 35 year old 6 mill goalie in the offseason

 

[Brodeur]

Could have paid up for Markstrom

Dreger seemed to indicate that there was a trade in place for Markstrom but Calgary's ownership wouldn't approve. Clearing Vanecek's cap hit makes it more feasible to continue the Markstrom pursuit in the offseason.

Edit: Here's an article citing Frank Seravalli

Did Flames ownership nix a Jacob Markstrom trade?

The latest in the Jacob Markstrom saga ... Did Flames’ ownership refuse to sign off on a swap with the New Jersey Devils?

calgaryherald.com

Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reported on The DFO Rundown podcast: “Don Maloney, on behalf of ownership, is believed to have nixed this trade.”

Maloney is the Flames’ president of hockey operations.

According to Seravalli, the two teams had agreed to a swap that would send Markstrom to the Devils. The 34-year-old netminder was apparently willing to waive his no-move clause to approve the change of address.

 

[viper0220]

Fitzgerald is hilarious. Like at this point why not just get an nhl starting goalie lol

The Devils are probably not making the Playoff, why trade a 1st round pick now, especially if you go on a losing a losing streak and get a high pick.

They can find a starting goalie in the off season when they have more options.

Best deal of the deadline for Fitz. He was atrocious otherwise so the bar wasn't very high.

Kahkonen being a UFA this summer is the appeal. Frees up the devils to get their guy in a few months without having to deal with VV on the books along with Allen now.

Exactly this and in a few months there will be more options.

 

[My3Sons]

Someone explain to me the NJD goalie situation this year and next year...like I'm 5.

Daws
Kahkonen
Schmid
Allen

Kahkonen is up at the end of this season. Allen sits atop their depth chart right now heading into next season. Daws and Schmid both have a few games left before they need waivers so if NJ adds another goalie in the summer they can both start in the AHL until one or both are ready.

Dreger seemed to indicate that there was a trade in place for Markstrom but Calgary's ownership wouldn't approve. Clearing Vanecek's cap hit makes it more feasible to continue the Markstrom pursuit in the offseason.

Edit: Here's an article citing Frank Seravalli

Did Flames ownership nix a Jacob Markstrom trade?

The latest in the Jacob Markstrom saga ... Did Flames’ ownership refuse to sign off on a swap with the New Jersey Devils?

calgaryherald.com

Don Maloney is a very nice guy. His father in law was a colleague of my stepfather. Don was always happy to chat hockey and joke a bit when I saw him. I’m glad he’s found a nice spot in hockey management

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Oh Greer.

Another bad trade by you?

Seriously... just go take that SVP job in Vegas and leave the poor Sharks alone.

This is your jumping off the bridge point? It's basically a trading of 1A goalies. Giving both a change of scenery. Neither are likely to be their respective team's starters when they are ready to seriously compete.

Going to New Jersey the way the Devils' defend is a sentence and not a reprieve.

Assuming Mack Black can put his health issues in the past (not a given), he is the Sharks starter for the near term. And he and Vitek worked well together.

For the future, I'd imagine the Sharks starter has yet to be signed or drafted.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Yup! But which team is the TITANIC?

 

[Brodeur]

Someone explain to me the NJD goalie situation this year and next year...like I'm 5.

Daws
Kahkonen
Schmid
Allen

Allen: At 1.9 mil, he's feasible as a backup. I'd imagine the team will continue to pursue Markstrom along with other better options in the offseason. Unfortunately since Allen needs to get a work visa, he might not join the Devils until later next week. TSN mentioned that it took Chris Tanev extra time to get his paperwork in place because they couldn't get the process rolling until the following Monday.

Kahkonen: more than likely just a stop gap. Barring him making a big impression, he'll probably go to July 1.

Daws/Schmid: Probably slated for the AHL for 2024-25.

In the short term, probably Daws/Schmid for tomorrow's game against Carolina while Kahkonen gets situated.

And then Allen maybe joins the team for the Dallas/Arizona/Vegas road trip and it's Allen/Kahkonen for the rest of this season.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

If Jersey is throwing the year, they might as well getting some NHL seasoning.

Except it's not "seasoning" getting shelled every night. If nothing else, the Allen and Kahkkonen acquisitions allow them to develop at the level they were intended to be playing this season.

 

[HBK27]

If Jersey is throwing the year, they might as well getting some NHL seasoning.

They both have plenty of NHL seasoning already and if you over-season them, they'll lose their waiver eligibility.

 

[Look Up]

New Jersey just traded the equivalent of a '76 Chevette for an '84 Buick Century.

Lol, 0-60 for the Century is 14.5 seconds, Chevette is 15 seconds

 

[Killing Joke]

Someone explain to me the NJD goalie situation this year and next year...like I'm 5.

Daws
Kahkonen
Schmid
Allen

shit
meh
shit
meh