Confirmed with Link: Kyle Quincey Traded to Columbus for Dalton Prout

[HenriquesJawLine]

You think Shero and Hynes have done a good job evaluating our defenseman? Honestly

They are stop gaps making little money, most people are smart enough to realize this. There will be a lot of trade opportunities this summer. Can't just add legit top 4 d men by snapping your fingers.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Obviously it won't have a long term negative impact, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a bad move.

The more concerning thing to me is not the trade but that once again this is another bad move that Hynes and Shero have made when evaluating our defenseman. That's the legitimate concern about this move.

I really don't get this. I've tried to see your point of view but I can't. We don't know a lot of things right now and if you want to speculate all this doom and gloom stuff then be my guest. Is Prout even going to be in our lineup? Because Greene, Lovejoy, Santini, Merrill, Moore and Severson is a fine top 6 to end the year - especially considering we aren't going to the playoffs. Then we'll see what he does in the off-season to improve the defense. The most logical thing here is that Prout was acquired to expose in the expansion draft, perhaps saving one of the other Dmen they would have otherwise exposed.

 

[Jets012]

no it really doesn't. these guys combined make a little bit over 5 million dollars. it doesn't show an obsession by shero at all.

Extending Moore - Bad move
Signing Lovejoy - Bad move
Burying Auvitu - Bad move
Letting Schlemko walk - Bad move
Playing Moore over Merrill early this year - Bad move

The minute distributions to our d core have been awful all year

 

[None Shall Pass]

Yeah I'm sure there was TONS of interest in Quincey if the best deal we could get was for a crappy 7-8 d-man. GMs were banging down the doors but Shero held strong and said, nope, I want that guy who isn't good.

This registers on my radar as pointless at worst. $1.5M next year? Who cares. Huge nothing burger.

 

[ghdi]

The only logical reason we do this is we were getting absolutely nothing offers for him and its done for the expansion draft. Prout is literally a scrap heap player.

 

[Billdo]

Greene, Merrill, Sevs, Lovejoy and Moore already fit the dman who could be exposed conditions, no? You protect three that still leaves two.

True

 

[NjDevsRR]

Extending Moore - Bad move
Signing Lovejoy - Bad move
Burying Auvitu - Bad move
Letting Schlemko walk - Bad move
Playing Moore over Merrill early this year - Bad move

The minute distributions to our d core have been awful all year

Moore was never extended....

 

[R8Devs]

Extending Moore - Bad move
Signing Lovejoy - Bad move
Burying Auvitu - Bad move
Letting Schlemko walk - Bad move
Playing Moore over Merrill early this year - Bad move

The minute distributions to our d core have been awful all year

they didn't extend moore? they signed him to a three year deal at 1.6m. just buying low and hoping that it works out.

I didn't like the Lovejoy deal either but it's one move.
Schlemko got 4 years. Maybe the devils didn't want to match term.

You think Shero doesn't know how to evaluate d-men but he's the one who went out and got Auvitu and Schlemko.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Extending Moore - Bad move
Signing Lovejoy - Bad move
Burying Auvitu - Bad move
Letting Schlemko walk - Bad move
Playing Moore over Merrill early this year - Bad move

The minute distributions to our d core have been awful all year

Moore wasn't extended

Lovejoy isn't good but a lot of it is him playing over his head on the first pair, not his fault and getting a top pair Dman isn't easy.

Auvitu is okay but I don't really care or not if he's here or down in the A

"Letting" him walk, sure. As if he would have rather chosen us over the Sharks anyway. Look at the standings.

Merrill wasn't that good to start the season. He's been good for the most part but not at the beginning.

 

[Jets012]

Moore Lovejoy Quincey are stopgaps. We need to get talent on the blue line. Not exactly easy.

I totally get this. I'm not asking for unrealistic fixes. But I do want to see some semblance of a constructive thought process when acquiring and managing our defenseman

 

[Billdo]

Extending Moore - Bad move
Signing Lovejoy - Bad move
Burying Auvitu - Bad move
Letting Schlemko walk - Bad move
Playing Moore over Merrill early this year - Bad move

The minute distributions to our d core have been awful all year

More of that is on Hynes than Shero. Playing Moore is Hynes, not playing Auvitu is Hynes (why keep him up to just sit), Moore wasn't extended. Signing Lovejoy would've been fine if he stayed as a bottom pairing PKer, which again... is on Hynes.

 

[Zippy316]

Have to think Shero was doing Quincey a solid and giving him a chance with a playoff team.

Doesn't seem like there was much of a market outside the big names.

 

[Classic Devil]

Maybe it's as simple as Shero doing Quincey a solid.

Edit: wow, Zippy with an identical thought.

 

[Jets012]

Signing Moore was still a horrible move

 

[NjDevsRR]

I totally get this. I'm not asking for unrealistic fixes. But I do want to see some semblance of a constructive thought process when acquiring and managing our defenseman

Best way to get talent on the blueline is by drafting it. Second best way is via trade (we were/stll are dry in tradeable assets). Third is free agency. Not much the last two years.

 

[Zippy316]

Signing Moore was still a horrible move

I hate Moore, but I completely disagree.

A young 24 year old LD with NHL experience and NHL tools isn't a horrible move for a team that was and still is devoid of young LD talent.

 

[Jets012]

More of that is on Hynes than Shero. Playing Moore is Hynes, not playing Auvitu is Hynes (why keep him up to just sit), Moore wasn't extended. Signing Lovejoy would've been fine if he stayed as a bottom pairing PKer, which again... is on Hynes.

You're right my gripe is really with Hynes and not Shero. Prout will probably become a regular

 

[Bleedred]

Extending Moore - Bad move
Signing Lovejoy - Bad move
Burying Auvitu - Bad move
Letting Schlemko walk - Bad move
Playing Moore over Merrill early this year - Bad move

The minute distributions to our d core have been awful all year

I don't believe we ever extended Moore, he has a year left on a 3 year deal and we can't even extend him until July 1st.

I don't think the Lovejoy signing was a bad move, as he wasn't nearly this bad in past years.

Agree on everything else though, especially the minute distributions, which falls directly on our novice head coach.

 

[Jets012]

I hate Moore, but I completely disagree.

A young 24 year old LD with NHL experience and NHL tools isn't a horrible move for a team that was and still is devoid of young LD talent.

The move has turned out horrible though. So it's a bad move

 

[R8Devs]

Signing Moore was still a horrible move

no it's not. they were seeing if a 24 year old d-man with potential can be better than what has he shown. Having Moore on the team doesn't prevent the devils from getting better dmen

 

[Feed Me A Stray Cat]

Extending Moore - Bad move
Signing Lovejoy - Bad move
Burying Auvitu - Bad move
Letting Schlemko walk - Bad move
Playing Moore over Merrill early this year - Bad move

The minute distributions to our d core have been awful all year

Moore was never extended. He was signed to a three-year deal in the summer of 2015.

Lovejoy wasn't a bad move. He's just asked to play too large a role in our system.

If burying Auvitu is a bad move, was signing him a good one? Give credit where credit is due.

Letting Schlemko walk. I kind of agree, but how about giving him some credit for finding him as a diamond in the rough?

You're being pretty biased.

 

[Triumph]

The move has turned out horrible though. So it's a bad move

I don't really agree with evaluating moves like this. Signing Moore has not worked out, but it was a fine move when it was made - I wasn't a big fan, but it was low-risk with decent reward. Now, they have to get rid of him this off-season for things to really work out with him, because it just hasn't worked out at all.

 

[Devils Dominion]

I'll be alarmed and enraged if Prout is on our roster next October.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

Just chiming in to say I like the Prout as expansion fodder theory.

 

[Edmonton East]

I really don't get this. I've tried to see your point of view but I can't. We don't know a lot of things right now and if you want to speculate all this doom and gloom stuff then be my guest. Is Prout even going to be in our lineup? Because Greene, Lovejoy, Santini, Merrill, Moore and Severson is a fine top 6 to end the year - especially considering we aren't going to the playoffs. Then we'll see what he does in the off-season to improve the defense. The most logical thing here is that Prout was acquired to expose in the expansion draft, perhaps saving one of the other Dmen they would have otherwise exposed.

Or trade to a team that needs someone to expose. Unlikely, but who knows