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

[Blender]

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

He's young and I will definitely give them the benefit of the doubt on this one, but his numbers so far don't impress me for the price paid. Not that we got fleeced, it just seems a bit steep when they were going to leave him exposed.

 

[John Pedro]

Beaulieu is a horrendous hockey player.

and still had more points in the NHL than Muller in the AHL. And only cost a 3rd

 

[Captain Lou]

Slow the roll on that rebuild boys....this might take a while.

 

[Nemec]

Stuck behind Schlemko? I'm gonna throw up.

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.

 

[Hisch13r]

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.

That doesn't make it any better. You shouldn't use assets you got for a great deal and use them for a risky deal that probably won't pan out that well

 

[devilsfan35]

From the scouting reports I've read, he's a really good skater it's his best asset and he has great defensive abilities

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

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

Color me surprised and unimpressed....

last time I checked, those guys didn't get traded......

 

[Captain Lou]

Sounds like we did the Sharks a huge favor more than anything else.

 

[Nemec]

Great pickup for a team that can't score goals lol

 

[Jersey Fresh]

I was hoping we'd use our draft ammunition on slightly more proven talent, a la Palmieri, but I can't hate on this deal too much with how many picks we have.

I agree with CD, Shero doesn't make this deal without really wanting the player.

 

[Devilswede]

I would actually rather keep the picks and move up in the upcoming draft and draft our own guys. 2nd round picks are extremely valuable.

Kind of pissed we used it on a guy like Mueller who doesn't bring anything special imo.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Slow the roll on that rebuild boys....this might take a while.

oh dear God

think thats my cue to leave for the night

 

[Classic Devil]

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

Color me surprised and unimpressed....

People seriously overestimated the impetus to trade players before the expansion draft.

 

[NJDevs26]

 

[Classic Devil]

Sounds like Moore. Hopefully he's better defensively than Moore.

 

[Team Concept]

Don't we also need to compensate Las Vegas now to get them to not claim Mueller in the expansion draft? If he has to be protected he might be a player that Vegas would like to claim.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

and still had more points in the NHL than Muller in the AHL. And only cost a 3rd

John Moore had more points than Adam Larsson. Moore > Adam Larsson?

 

[Rebel Devil]

Mueller, who just turned 22 years old in March, was selected 18th overall by the Sharks in the 2013 NHL Draft. He’s played in 54 games for the Sharks, splitting his professional career so far between the Sharks and their minor league affiliate.

His play in the minors this past season had given the Sharks reason for optimism, with coach Pete DeBoer speaking highly of the prospect blue liner when he was recalled earlier in the year.

“All the reports out of the American League team were that that he’s been excellent,†said DeBoer in December. “I think he’s really taken a step maturity-wise as a player and as a kid this year. Everybody’s saying that he looks like he’s ready for full-time NHL duty. … He’s a guy that belongsup here.â€

 

[Captain Lou]

oh dear God

think thats my cue to leave for the night

Good riddance. You obviously have no concept of sarcasm.

 

[TheDuke93]

So that means he sucks right?

 

[Bleedred]

Definitely overpayment.

I actually forgot all about him, he hasn't played a significant number of NHL games since Todd McLellan was still the coach. I think this is overpayment for a guy that was non waiver exempt for this season and the Sharks would have waived if they didn't deal him. I feel like we should have given a 3rd.

He's better than Moore and Lovejoy (Lovejoy will play more than him anyway, so it's moot) and he may or may not be better than Santini and Merrill. And he's definitely better than that waste of a roster spot in Dalton Prout, who will hopefully head to Binghamton because of this deal and be used as the new Helgeson, while the actual Helgeson gets ****ed in some other organization.

I think a 2nd was too much.

If he becomes good, we benefit from a player that seemed to fall out of favor under DeBoer.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Great pickup for a team that can't score goals lol

Schlemko is fine, don't be like that.

 

[ChicoEatsNachos]

I'm not going to pretend to be very familiar with this guy but his stats and the posts on the Sharks board do not fill me with confidence. I wish we had kept Schlemko.

 

[NJDevs26]

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.)

Excellent point, dear god there really is a premium on d-men

And to be fair Muller's 22, the book's probably not written on him yet.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Must have a lot of Sharks fans in here because the nay Sayers certainly seem to have watched a lot of this guy.