Devils 2015-16 team discussion (player news & notes) Offseason version

[SteveCangialosi123]

I don't have the time to do the math, but how much bigger and how much younger did they get after today including Zacha and omitting Gionta and Tootoo, who won't be here next year ?

It's really incredible. Taylor Hall has more talent than our entire bottom 6 combined last season. And he has the 5 on 5 production to prove it.

 

[NJDevs26]

I don't have the time to do the math, but how much bigger and how much younger did they get after today including Zacha and omitting Gionta and Tootoo, who won't be here next year ?

Fiddler (36)
Cammalleri (34)
Zajac (31)
Henrique (26)
Palmieri (25)
Josefson (25)
Kalinin (25)
Hall (24)
Bennett (24)
Smith-Pelly (24)
Boucher (22)
Zacha (19)

Average age 26.25 years old (315/12) using that forward core

Greene (33)
Lovejoy (32)
Moore (25)
Merrill (24)
Santini (21)
Severson (21)

Average age 26 years old using that defense core

 

[ScottyK]

Todd Cordell ‏@ToddCordell 15s15 seconds ago
Devils have signed D Andrew MacWilliam and W Carter Camper to one-year, two-way contracts.

 

[MadDevil]

Todd Cordell ‏@ToddCordell 15s15 seconds ago
Devils have signed D Andrew MacWilliam and W Carter Camper to one-year, two-way contracts.

Former Sioux defenseman there. Nice.

 

[JimEIV]

Todd Cordell ‏@ToddCordell 15s15 seconds ago
Devils have signed D Andrew MacWilliam and W Carter Camper to one-year, two-way contracts.

AHL depth...MacWilliam is weird though. Doesn't seem like a Shero guy?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Hall
Palmieri-Henrique-Cammalleri
Severson

DSP
Boucher-Zajac-Zacha
Moore/Greene?


for PP?

I'd imagine at least one person does double duty and plays on both units.

 

[tr83]

Fiddler (36)
Cammalleri (34)
Zajac (31)
Henrique (26)
Palmieri (25)
Josefson (25)
Kalinin (25)
Hall (24)
Bennett (24)
Smith-Pelly (24)
Boucher (22)
Zacha (19)

Average age 26.25 years old (315/12) using that forward core

Greene (33)
Lovejoy (32)
Moore (25)
Merrill (24)
Santini (21)
Severson (21)

Average age 26 years old using that defense core

This is amazing. 3 years ago it was what...30?

 

[Marshal Rochambeau]

So is Santini in now because of the Larsson trade?

 

[NJDevils17]

Fiddler (36)
Cammalleri (34)
Zajac (31)
Henrique (26)
Palmieri (25)
Josefson (25)
Kalinin (25)
Hall (24)
Bennett (24)
Smith-Pelly (24)
Boucher (22)
Zacha (19)

Average age 26.25 years old (315/12) using that forward core

Greene (33)
Lovejoy (32)
Moore (25)
Merrill (24)
Santini (21)
Severson (21)

Average age 26 years old using that defense core

Devils got older today with Lovejoy and Fiddler too. Hahaha.

 

[Triumph]

Devils really didn't get much younger so far this off-season, they signed 2 30+ year old guys and Hall is a year older than Larsson.

 

[Zippy316]

Devils really didn't get much younger so far this off-season, they signed 2 30+ year old guys and Hall is a year older than Larsson.

Bennett replaces a guy like Tootoo/Gionta in age.

Ruutu is about the same as Lovejoy.

Probably stayed the same, if not got slightly older. By training camp, I would imagine it's much younger last year with Santini, Helgeson, Zacha, Boucher, and probably another youngster on the team.

 

[MadDevil]

So is Santini in now because of the Larsson trade?

I wouldn't say he's "in" now, but I think there's more of an opportunity for him than there was a week ago.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Last year was really the get younger year. Between two seasons and last season we shed a **** ton of age.

The goal was just to keep it that way and we mostly did.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Devils really didn't get much younger so far this off-season, they signed 2 30+ year old guys and Hall is a year older than Larsson.

Addition by subtraction:

Out: Elias (40), Ruutu (33), Gionta (33), Tootoo (33), Schlemko (29)

Brought in Bennett (24), we also have Zacha (19) and Santini (21) looking like pretty sure bets to make the team.

I don't really care about Fiddler who is a one-year stop gap to get rid of atrocious Giotna, and though Lovejoy at 32 is an elder statesman on our D it's nowhere close to being washed up.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Wasn't the average team age like +30 before Shero took over?

 

[billingtons ghost]

30.27 in 2014-15 (oldest)
27.67 last year (middle of the pack)

According to my calculations on generalfanager:

26.47 this year makes us the youngest in the league.

 

[The Wumpus]

30.27 in 2014-15 (oldest)
27.67 last year (middle of the pack)

According to my calculations on generalfanager:

26.47 this year makes us the youngest in the league.

That's incredible, oldest to youngest in two years. It needed to happen.

Maybe people will finally stop making bad old age jokes about us.

 

[NJDevils17]

Can't believe how young this team got in a year. Palmieri+Hall are the two top 3 players that we were saying a year ago we desperately needed. Henrique has finally broken out into a player who is a solid top 6 guy and we're adding a possibly key top 6 cog in Zacha. That's 4 forwards under 26 who can be very good top 6 players. The only guy we're missing IMO is a #1C but I don't think we truly need one if we have solid wingers. Henrique led that 2012 team.

 

[Triumph]

Addition by subtraction:

Out: Elias (40), Ruutu (33), Gionta (33), Tootoo (33), Schlemko (29)

Brought in Bennett (24), we also have Zacha (19) and Santini (21) looking like pretty sure bets to make the team.

I don't really care about Fiddler who is a one-year stop gap to get rid of atrocious Giotna, and though Lovejoy at 32 is an elder statesman on our D it's nowhere close to being washed up.

We're not sure that Elias isn't coming back, and Fiddler still counts. I agree that the team is getting younger in general.

 

[VoidCreature]

Can't believe how young this team got in a year. Palmieri+Hall are the two top 3 players that we were saying a year ago we desperately needed. Henrique has finally broken out into a player who is a solid top 6 guy and we're adding a possibly key top 6 cog in Zacha. That's 4 forwards under 26 who can be very good top 6 players. The only guy we're missing IMO is a #1C but I don't think we truly need one if we have solid wingers. Henrique led that 2012 team.

Definitely looking up for us Devils fans.

I'm very high on Zacha, I'm sure everyone on here knows that by now, but history shows 6th overall picks are at the very least solid NHL players. It isn't as imperative now that he be a superstar (even though I really believe he can be).

It's amazing, a year and a half ago Matt Lorito came into the Albany Devils and became my next greatest hope. I thought, "look at this guy, he's got skills and he can make plays! Save us!"

How quickly things can change!

 

[Emperoreddy]

Man our dancing Borat gif needs a massive overhaul with this offseason. Plus we need a new short guy to replace Gio in the back.

 

[Bleedred]

That's incredible, oldest to youngest in two years. It needed to happen.

Maybe people will finally stop making bad old age jokes about us.

New Jersey: where the NHL players go to retire!

New Jersey: Florida for NHL players!

Those two were kind of funny though, at least two years ago they were.

 

[HenriquesJawLine]

Some perspective on Severson and what could be in store. Both Severson and Tyson Barrie are right shot d men from D factory Kelowna. They were even teammates for a year or so despite the age difference. Severson just finished his age 21 season with 21 points and very good possession numbers. He played two games in the AHL prior to this season. Barrie spent 38 games in the AHL his age 21 season after spending 49 games there the year before. He put up 13 points in 32 NHL games that year. The following shows how far ahead Severson's offensive game is at the same age as shown here with possession relatively equal http://public.tableau.com/shared/C8X3HFPBX?:display_count=yes

Barrie took a huge leap in his next season and I'm expecting the same from Severson

 

[WalterSobchak]

As of now...

Hall Henrique Bennett
Cammalleri Zajac Palmieri
Boucher Zacha/Blandisi DSP
Josefson Fiddler Kalinin
Pietla JQ Lappin Wood

Greene Severson
Moore Lovejoy
Merrill Santini
Helgeson Mozik
Avuitu Jacobs

Schneider
Wedgewood Kinkaid



Future: McLeod White Speers Blackwood Gignac Bastian

I am just wondering, with a whopping .36 PPG at the NHL level and a combined 79 pts in 173 games in professional hockey, why are some fans slotting Bennett in the #1 RW spot?

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Surprised you guys closed the Taylor Hall thread, that's the offseason acquisition of the year. It will likely go down in history as the turning point in Devils hockey post Stevens/Brodeur era.