So wait, my original premise is that i had him on the outside looking in because I think he should have to earn it...you argue that it's silly, and now are saying that nobody is saying to hand him a spot.....let's let that sink in for a moment. Get back to me when you realize the silliness of your angle here.
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So wait, my original premise is that i had him on the outside looking in because I think he should have to earn it...you argue that it's silly, and now are saying that nobody is saying to hand him a spot.....let's let that sink in for a moment. Get back to me when you realize the silliness of your angle here.
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Am I missing something? CapFriendly says they have $12.445M in cap space and that they only need to re-sign Butcher and Zacha.
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Still not enough to offer sheet Marner. But enough to do some other lesser tweaks if the opportunities arise.
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Zacha will get around 2, and Butcher will get around 3.5. The Devils will then have about 6-7 million in space.
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Butcher probably gets 4-5, Zacha 3ish - so that leaves them with a comfy ~5M to play with.
I think the Devils are likely done, outside of a tweak trade on the defense. ie Vatanen for a similar level guy on the other side.
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Maybe so, Like I said, I think he's got a good chance.
Yet you chose to denigrate my opinion as "silly" when you yourself have admitted that we shouldn't just had him a spot (IE, he should earn it), and your opinion is simply the flip side of the coin in that you are assuming (yes, it's an assumption given he hasn't made the squad yet) that he will make the team, whereas I'm taking a more cautious approach and waiting for him to actually do so. My take may be cautious...maybe even pessimistic if you want to look at it that way...it's not silly.
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Theoretically speaking, you're right. Smith needs to earn his way onto the team like anyone else.
In this case though, there's a wrinkle because of what happened in camp last year. Smith outplayed almost everyone else at camp on the blue line, and fully earned a spot, but then was sent back down to Spokane anyway. It wasn't a case of borderline, it wasn't even close. He should have made the team. Full stop. Smith was rightfully pissed, and while he never said anything against Shero or Hynes, he was clearly upset by that.
I actually think that this is the unusual case where, because of what happened last year, the team will be under some pressure to give him his 9 games no matter what. And as long as he doesn't look out of place, they'll keep him up.
D depth trade might be something we'll have to wait until during the season. The Kings probably aren't motivated to move Alec Martinez right now, but if they're out of it by new year's, then they'll probably look to deal him and call up one of their kids. In the mean time, we can give Smith a look and Mueller a possible last chance.
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I am 99.99% certain Smith will be on the Devils this year.
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And that's really all I'm waiting for. My expectation is that he'll be fine, but you never know. So I don't want to count chickens before they hatch and all that.
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Colorado aren't cash-strapped, but they have a gluttony of depth defensemen who could be available.
Girard ------- Johnson
Zadorov ----- Makar
Byram ------- Cole* (out until mid December)
Connauton, Graves, Barberio, Rosén.
+ Timmins and Meloche.
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honestly, Zadorov would be perfect for the Devils IMO
Smith was also cut on-camera in middle of television show...that's rough
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I Think most of us are cautiously optimistic
the defense still isnt good enough but with the additions of Subban and Ty Smith this year that should improve it quite a bit
the biggest worry is goaltending. If the Devils get the goaltending they got from January on last year, they'll be a playoff team. If they get the goaltending from the first half of the season, they will be screwed.
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If a lot (a lot) of things go right and we make a good more or two during the season we could be cup contenders. If we don't make that playoffs this year will be a disaster.
