Confirmed with Link: Devils trade 2nd and 4th rounders for Mirco Mueller and 5th rounder

[John Pedro]

ugh

could've traded for Beaulieu... Muller is no better than Merrill.

 

[Captain Lou]

Definitely would've preferred to use the two 2nd rounders to move back up into the 1st round. This may end up being fine but my first instinct is ugh.

 

[AfroThunder396]

22 year old LHD, former 1st round pick. Stuck behind Vlasic, Martin, Schlemko, and Dillon on the left side.

I happy if wasn't our 2nd, I don't mind giving up Boston's. But realistically, this guy is a young NHL LHD that we need right now.

 

[Devilswede]

Not a huge Mueller fan. Feels like a guy that will never pan out. Can't say I'm too impressed with this trade. Probably the first time I feel like Shero messed up in a deal.

 

[Classic Devil]

Competition for Merrill and Moore.

 

[devilsfan35]

Do we need to protect him for expansion?

 

[Devils1029]

If it was pick 49, then I'd say it was a good trade for us. If we had to give up pick #36, then not so. Marco can play in then; now and is young and a left shot D. he checks off a lot of boxes and would say he's probably a step up from Merrill, and a step down from Moore.

Considering Mtl traded Nathan Belieiue or however it's spelled for a 3rd rounder - we paid more by giving up the 2nd so it better be #49!

Not that home run we wanted but a slight improvement- it's dfefintiley no where near enough to fix this defense....Shero still has work to do.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Seems just like another reclamation project. Meh. Hopefully he can be a decent bottom pairing LD this year.

 

[NJDevs26]

Not a huge Mueller fan. Feels like a guy that will never pan out. Can't say I'm too impressed with this trade. Probably the first time I feel like Shero messed up in a deal.

Dougie must have some blackmail on him, Shero also gave up too much in the Doug Murray trade with the Sharks.

 

[Blender]

Small sample size since he's only played 54 NHL games, but not the most impressive numbers.

 

[NJDevs26]

Do we need to protect him for expansion?

Yeah so it's basically the two picks AND Merrill for this guy, assuming now Vegas takes Merrill (or Moore).

 

[Devils1029]

It was Bos 2nd and Nash 4th

So Mueller for Vernon Fiddler and 1/2 of Lee Stempniak...that does make it sound better...

 

[Hisch13r]

Based on what

Based on Beaulieu getting a 3rd

 

[TheDuke93]

Okay now who do we protect? It has to be Moore right, management seems to love him.

 

[Blender]

And Beaulieu only got a 3rd...

Beaulieu is going to get overpaid because he got 28 points, despite him being a bottom pairing defenseman. No team was going to pay much for him.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

ugh

could've traded for Beaulieu... Muller is no better than Merrill.

Beaulieu is a horrendous hockey player.

 

[NJDevs26]

Small sample size since he's only played 54 NHL games, but not the most impressive numbers.

Well he wasn't going to get any big icetime with the Sharks so his pro numbers don't tell me much...but his AHL numbers aren't all that impressive either. Four goals in 124 AHL games, and 34 points. He better be REAL good defensively with that kind of limited production.

 

[Traitor Zach]

Not a huge Mueller fan. Feels like a guy that will never pan out. Can't say I'm too impressed with this trade. Probably the first time I feel like Shero messed up in a deal.

We don't have anybody in our system with his skill set. If he can develop some offensive consistency, we win this trade. We can't have Andy Greene on the PP anymore.

I think prices on the D are abnormally high due to demand and little veteran supply.

 

[AfroThunder396]

And Beaulieu only got a 3rd...

ugh

could've traded for Beaulieu... Muller is no better than Merrill.

Beaulieu blows.

Like Palmieri was essentially the assets we got for Jagr, this is basically the assets we got for Stempniak. House money.

We all know how DeBoer is with his young defensemen. I'm fine with this.

 

[Classic Devil]

What this tells me is Shero wanted Mueller. If they see something in him, then it's worth seeing if it'll pan out.

Losing a 2nd is somewhat painful, remember we got Colorado's 3rd for Gelinas. Young defensemen with talent who haven't quite panned out are still valuable on the market.

(There's no guarantee this will pan out, he could turn out to be a total flop.)

 

[EnglishDevil]

He's really not good at all, I guess the prices for the premium defenders were simply too much.

I feel like we should have just used these picks to move up in the draft instead though, Mueller isn't an improvement over Merrill or Moore, so this move seems a little bit redundant.

 

[Zippy316]

Based on what

Just not sure he's worth that much and his development has been going down hill of late.

But given the excess of picks and need for a LHD, it's a worthy gamble. He was once a top 15 (10?) pick so if he can regain the form that he had earlier on, it could be a great trade.

 

[R8Devs]

Small sample size since he's only played 54 NHL games, but not the most impressive numbers.

like you said it's only 54 games. anyway the only devils defenseman that is impressive on that chart is Severson. Santini's is okay too but small sample size

 

[Devilswede]

So there we were all hoping for a Brodin, Vatanen etc, but we end up with Mirco Mueller?!

Color me surprised and unimpressed....

 

[Billdo]

The sky is falling! we didn't get a top flight guy! Shero screwed this up! Am I doing this right?