Confirmed with Link: Devils Acquire Colin Miller for a 2025 5th Round Pick

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Apparently he was terrible in the playoffs according to a few in the main forum

53% CF%
59% xGF%
57% HDCF%

seems good?

 

[NJDevs26]

Apparently he was terrible in the playoffs according to a few in the main forum

But I like the trade. He’s looked good when I’ve seen him and will be strictly a 3rd pair guy here

Yeah I don't have any illusions about this guy being much better than Brendan Smith but he's our Nemec buffer just like Smith is the Bahl buffer at this point.

 

[DerekDevils30]

53% CF%
59% xGF%
57% HDCF%

seems good?

It does for sure

 

[BurntToast]

Apparently he was terrible in the playoffs according to a few in the main forum

But I like the trade. He’s looked good when I’ve seen him and will be strictly a 3rd pair guy here

So was Ott but I dont see many Dallas fans talking about that.

 

[Blender]

Apparently he was terrible in the playoffs according to a few in the main forum

But I like the trade. He’s looked good when I’ve seen him and will be strictly a 3rd pair guy here

This sounds like the same narrative about John Marino.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Literally a perfect deal

 

[Devils Trap]

You could either A) Spend 3.5 Million on a player who isnt as good or B) Go get Miller for a 1/2 of the cost and save cap.

Holl / Johnson / Clifton all making double what Miller does

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I mean its a 5th round pick two years away and he is only signed for 1 year for cheap

its basically exactly what we needed

 

[devilsfan35]

Good veteran for our young D-men

 

[bossram]

I suppose you're right, but trading guys that are worth more than their cap hit seems like an odd way to go about that business.

They should have bought out Suter instead, but Nill was apparently insulted at the thought of it.

 

[Unknown Caller]

Who gives a shit about his playoff performance, we’ll have Nemec with another development year at that point anyway.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I really like this pick up, cheap and serviceable player.

 

[Billdo]

Everyone finds complaints about guys once they're gone, his numbers tell a diff story

Apparently he was terrible in the playoffs according to a few in the main forum

But I like the trade. He’s looked good when I’ve seen him and will be strictly a 3rd pair guy here

 

[bigd]

So now Nemec really has to basically destroy training camp in order to play with the Devils this season?

I doubt they want to start the season with two rookie defensemen in the lineup.
Someone will get injured and he will get eased into the NHL.

 

[DerekDevils30]

So I’m assuming it’ll be

Siegenthaler-Hamilton
Hughes-Marino
Bahl-Miller
Smith

Nemec starts in the AHL

 

[Better Call Sal]

Perfect acquisition. Fills the exact need we had and serves as the Nemec placeholder.

Anyone know where we stand cap room wise?

 

[Devs3cups]

Perfect acquisition. Fills the exact need we had and serves as the Nemec placeholder.

Anyone know where we stand cap room wise?

CapFriendly has us at 5.6 mil of cap space left.

 

[beekay414]

CapFriendly has us at 5.6 mil of cap space left.

Reality is that it's less than that due to Bahl.

 

[Unknown Caller]

Perfect acquisition. Fills the exact need we had and serves as the Nemec placeholder.

Anyone know where we stand cap room wise?

I think we were just over $10m coming into today, and McLeod, Bastian and Miller eats away about $4.5m of that. So probably about $6m still open?

Need to account for Bahl as well.

 

[Devs3cups]

Reality is that it's less than that due to Bahl.

Might come around 4.5, still some nice wiggle room.

 

[Brodeur]

Why would Dallas do this?

On top of cap space, it opens up roster spots for Harley and Lundkvist.

Harley-Heiskanen
Lindell-Hakanpaa
Suter-Lundkvist
Hanley

 

[njdevils1982]

Yeah I don't have any illusions about this guy being much better than Brendan Smith but he's our Nemec buffer just like Smith is the Bahl buffer at this point.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Yeah Dallas has some guys they want to give time to. It’s a fine trade for both sides, but I do think they probably could have done better if they were patient. Somebody has to look at the UFA options, watch even those terrible options dry up, and panic

 

[Forge]

Considering Erik Johnson got over 3 million for a year, this is great.

However, not really a penalty kill guy. That 4th penalty kill defender is going to be interesting

 

[MasterofGrond]

Luke PK let’s GO