Confirmed Trade: [DAL/NJD] Connor Carrick and a 3rd Round Pick for Ben Lovejoy

[serp]

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[MMC]

 

[Lays]

McQuaid is getting a 2nd if Lovejoy can return this

 

[edguy]

Nice deal for both sides here.

 

[Jets2point0]

Nice move for Dallas. Was hoping that we be the jets darkhorse pickup

 

[Magic Mittens]

Should help with Dallas's scoring issues..

Jk, I dont know much about lovejoy

 

[Colin226]

Love it

 

[shello]

That's a lot for Ben Lovejoy

 

[DeVols]

Wow this is great.

 

[serp]

Carrick was so bad for Dallas he became basically unuseable . So a third for a upgrade on #6/7 . Alright i guess ?!

Pretty sure Honka gets traded before the deadline as well.

 

[Nico Hischier]

I was expecting a 5th in return for lovejoy

 

[Vitto79]

Some dude did a fake trade for this exact haul but said from TO for McQuaid lol

 

[a tribe cq]

Lovejoy for a 3rd is a pretty good deal...and they also have a warm body to fill his role that's ten years younger.

Good deal for the Devils.

 

[Kamiccolo]

All these other GM's after seeing the price of bottom pairing D

 

[Smitty426]

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

Great value. It certainly helps that the RHD market is extremely thin this year.

 

[Sheros expletives]

Holy shit

 

[Stive Morgan]

Isn't Ben Lovejoy supposed to be a really good bottom pairing D? Seems like a good trade for both sides.

 

[Stuck With Nico]

Was expecting a 4th or 5th for Lovejoy. This makes me happy.

 

[BKarchitect]

I mean a 3rd for Lovejoy is great value...Carrick despite occasionally looking like a serviceable bottom pairing guy is what he is at this point. Getting a third and a gap filler is fine value though.

For Dallas...seems like a lot to give up for another bottom pairing defender but he'll be more trusted than Carrick obviously and I think Lovejoy is just one of those guys that coaches and teammates really like. He's 35 and has zero offense but you can play him in the third period of a tight playoff game up by a goal and not have to fret. I think having that "warm blanket" feeling about your third pair is worth a lot more to teams trying to compete this time of year than it normally would be on face value. Lovejoy is way overplayed in New Jersey averaging almost 20 minutes a night lately but for 15-16 minutes in mostly defensive situations? He'll do good in Dallas.

 

[Jets2point0]

Sorry for my ignorance, will the league offices be approving trades all weekend?

 

[NjDevsRR]

So we traded Lovejoy for basically a young Lovejoy and a 3rd rounder?

In my eyes thats a free 3rd rounder.

 

[ookhaab]

This doesnt really do much for Dallas...

 

[LokiDog]

Seems steep for Lovejoy, but I also think Lovejoy is a pretty steady and underrated bottom pairing guy.

 

[CodeE]

Shero doing well moving second tier assets