Confirmed with Link: Devils Sign RW Wayne Simmonds (1 Yr., $5,000,000)

[BenedictGomez]

I didnt want Simmonds, but for one year it is a no risk play. Also Simmonds is perfect to protect our young kids and Hall and Subban like him soo..okay I guess.

I cant stand Simmonds, but the reality is he's the sort of player this team desperately needs, and at 1 year he's a perfect stopgap even if he's mostly shot and only pots 15 goals. If he returns to 25 goal form, it's a home run of a year.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Yeah you guys wanted toughness. He should bring that.

 

[glenwo2]

@Zajacs Bowl Cut

I don't know why so many have a low opinion of this guy, for a 4-year period he avg 30 goals a season for Philly and wasn't too long ago and he's a tough son of a ***** to play against. I love this signing.

Others do not 'cause the belief is that HE STINKS!!! STINKS, I TELL YOU!! (did I mention he stinks?)


But in all seriousness...I hope he has a Healthy year for us and if he doesn't pan out, he's gone after this season. Plain and simple.

I also do not understand the outrage by some. It's a 1-year deal.

 

[Rhodes 81]

If nothing else, this prevents Hischier from taking a lot of abuse from having to be the net front presence on the PP.

 

[Davegarri]

Can't wait to watch Hughes dish it to him on the PP.

Simmonds is money on the PP in front of the net

 

[glenwo2]

Can't wait to watch Hughes dish it to him on the PP.

Simmonds is money on the PP in front of the net

Or for Bratt to do a No-look behind-the-back pass between his legs to Simmonds either. (ie the one he did with Zacha)

 

[OmNomNom]

his twitter confuses me

Wayne Simmonds (@Simmonds17) | Twitter

nice picture but confusing caption

 

[Triumph]

Part of Simmonds' decline is no doubt his own play, but one thing that happens when a player declines is that he starts getting put with worse players which amplifies the effect of the decline. In 2017-18 his biggest linemates were Jordan Weal and Valteri Filppula - he spent nearly half his 5v5 time with these guys. Last season wasn't much better in that regard.

 

[Devs4L]

This type of player was always a necessity this off-season, especially once we drafted Jack Hughes. If you don't think there will be players on the opposing team every night that will be looking to put a baby-faced, rookie, 18 year old like Hughes through the ice and the boards every time he's galloping up ice with the puck or battling along the wall, and will try to intimidate him from ever feeling confident on the ice, I don't know what to tell you.

Before Simmonds, who on this team put the fear of God into any opposing player trying to pull that? Who scares the shit out of anyone even attempting that? Simmonds has that level of intimidation. And that's for sure a major reason he was signed.

For 1 year, an excellent signing. Very happy with this.

 

[LeedsMonster]

Hope somehow he never gets to put the sweater on. Simmonds in a Devils sweater? f*** that shit

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

4th line right wing sorted. Still need another top 6 forward, because Simmonds is not that....not anymore.

 

[MartyOwns]

4th line right wing sorted. Still need another top 6 forward, because Simmonds is not that....not anymore.

we didn’t give him $5M to play on the 4th line

 

[Bcap88]

Better wayne at one year than maroon or mojo at multiple years

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

we didn’t give him $5M to play on the 4th line

Simmonds is cooked. 4th liner and power play specialist at best. The role that Brian Boyle used to play for us.

At even strength, I would rather play Zacha in top 6 than Simmonds. And i'm not high on Zacha at all. If we don't trade for a top 6er, then Boqvist should have an excellent chance at making this team.

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

Better wayne at one year than maroon or mojo at multiple years

We could still sign Johansson... and it wouldnt be a problem if its 4 or less years

 

[Triumph]

They're not going to play Simmonds on the 4th line, at least not right away.

 

[MartyOwns]

Simmonds is cooked. 4th liner and power play specialist at best. The role that Brian Boyle used to play for us.

At even strength, I would rather play Zacha in top 6 than Simmonds.

i understand that’s your opinion, i’m just saying we’re not paying him $5M to play on our fourth line.

personally i think you’re selling the guy way short, he’s only 30 and if used in the right way he’ll clean up plenty of garbage goals while hughes and bratt to their razzle dazzle bullshit

 

[Nubmer6]

We could still sign Johansson... and it wouldnt be a problem if its 4 or less years

We only project to have around 5M of cap space next year.

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

We only project to have around 5M of cap space next year.

How do you figure that?

 

[Nubmer6]

How do you figure that?

I've posted this before a couple times.

Presuming a cap of 84M, which is pretty generous considering how little the cap rose this year...

Re-sign:

Butcher	$3,000,000
Zacha	$2,500,000
Mueller	$1,000,000
Hughes	$925,000
Smith	$925,000

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Hall	$11,000,000
Hischier	$7,000,000
Bratt	$6,000,000
Vatanen	$6,000,000
Blackwood	$2,000,000

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Leaves 5.7M.

Of course these numbers are estimates, but probably won't be off by more than 1-2M total.

-edit-
That's with holes at 2LW/RW and 4LW/RW

 

[AfroThunder396]

I'm sure there's a happy medium between "30 goal/60 point power forward in his prime" and "4th liner that's cooked".

 

[Nubmer6]

I'm sure there's a happy medium between "30 goal/60 point power forward in his prime" and "4th liner that's cooked".

Not on HF boards there isn't.

 

[MartyOwns]

I've posted this before a couple times.

Presuming a cap of 84M, which is pretty generous considering how little the cap rose this year...

Re-sign:

Butcher	$3,000,000
Zacha	$2,500,000
Mueller	$1,000,000
Hughes	$925,000
Smith	$925,000

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Hall	$11,000,000
Hischier	$7,000,000
Bratt	$6,000,000
Vatanen	$6,000,000
Blackwood	$2,000,000

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Leaves 5.7M.

Of course these numbers are estimates, but probably won't be off by more than 1-2M total.

-edit-
That's with holes at 2LW/RW and 4LW/RW

bratt at $6M? i haven’t really looked at comparables but that seems high

 

[NJDevs26]

I've posted this before a couple times.

Presuming a cap of 84M, which is pretty generous considering how little the cap rose this year...

Re-sign:

Butcher	$3,000,000
Zacha	$2,500,000
Mueller	$1,000,000
Hughes	$925,000
Smith	$925,000

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Hall	$11,000,000
Hischier	$7,000,000
Bratt	$6,000,000
Vatanen	$6,000,000
Blackwood	$2,000,000

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Leaves 5.7M.

Of course these numbers are estimates, but probably won't be off by more than 1-2M total.

-edit-
That's with holes at 2LW/RW and 4LW/RW

I think Vat became a rental the minute they traded for Subban and I'm not sure I'd want him anyway after his last year plus. Unless somehow he excels playing his off side (which he didn't when they put him there in Anaheim) they aren't gonna allocate like $20 million for three RD's

 

[Nubmer6]

bratt at $6M? i haven’t really looked at comparables but that seems high

Meh. It's really, really ballpark. I'm sure some will sign lower, some will sign higher, but in total, I don't think it's THAT far off.

I think Vat became a rental the minute they traded for Subban. Unless somehow he excels playing his off side (which he didn't when they put him there in Anaheim) they aren't gonna allocate like $20 million for three RD's

Even if we trade him, we'll need a replacement. Maybe we get a 2M/yr guy. i dunno.