Todd Cordell: New Jersey Devils: Is Mike Cammalleri A Good Fit?

Todd Cordell: New Jersey Devils: Is Mike Cammalleri A Good Fit?
- Todd.Cordell

For Graham Black and Bryce Salvador yea...

His cap is 6 million so how could he fit they would have to take garbage back and that means the actual interesting piece going back for them the other way would be upped higher imo then Santini or Matteau because well they are taking poop back. I just dont see it happening without all of us being disgusted in what Lou forks over for him and still pretty nice for him to wait this long we could trade for him give up something decent and still miss and have him leave how (frank)ing bad would that be. Classic Lou to wait as humanly possible to do anything at all just to say he tried. Also read somewhere Bruke isnt interested in trading Cami till the TRADE deadline as he believes it will only up his value. Doesnt sound to me like a guy I want to be making a trade with for a Mike Camillari

For Graham Black and Bryce Salvador yea...
- blizzzard

Gelinas or Henrique

His cap is 6 million so how could he fit they would have to take garbage back and that means the actual interesting piece going back for them the other way would be upped higher imo then Santini or Matteau because well they are taking poop back. I just dont see it happening without all of us being disgusted in what Lou forks over for him and still pretty nice for him to wait this long we could trade for him give up something decent and still miss and have him leave how (frank)ing bad would that be. Classic Lou to wait as humanly possible to do anything at all just to say he tried. Also read somewhere Bruke isnt interested in trading Cami to the deadline as he believes it will only up his value. Doesnt sound to me like a guy I want to be making a trade with for a Mike Camillari
- blizzzard

Flames can and will likely eat up half his salary.

Gelinas or Henrique
- Colin Dambrauskas

Take a hike then lol No offense to you Colin

no thanks, stay in Calgary

Flames can and will likely eat up half his salary.
- Colin Dambrauskas

There you go to I think it takes more then Matteau or Santini if they do that and I would say Burke has won a fair amount of his trades he really isnt a guy I want to be moving major pieces with.

Gelinas or Henrique
- Colin Dambrauskas

zajac has a hot hockey playing wife, go for him instead to get her in Cowtown

His cap is 6 million so how could he fit they would have to take garbage back and that means the actual interesting piece going back for them the other way would be upped higher imo then Santini or Matteau because well they are taking poop back. I just dont see it happening without all of us being disgusted in what Lou forks over for him and still pretty nice for him to wait this long we could trade for him give up something decent and still miss and have him leave how (frank)ing bad would that be. Classic Lou to wait as humanly possible to do anything at all just to say he tried. Also read somewhere Bruke isnt interested in trading Cami till the TRADE deadline as he believes it will only up his value. Doesnt sound to me like a guy I want to be making a trade with for a Mike Camillari
- blizzzard

Devils could take on over $8M in cap space by the deadline...

Hey whipper stfu

Thanks in advance but we suck and we don't need to give up more to suck

Flames can and will likely eat up half his salary.
- Colin Dambrauskas

We talked about this before but I dont recall if you liked the idea or not I would rather try and send Matteau or Santini or Severson to you guys for Baertchi as he seems to not be a Burke player.

Take a hike then lol No offense to you Colin
- blizzzard

zajac has a hot hockey playing wife, go for him instead to get her in Cowtown
- DDM-Coga

I hope you're kidding. No chance in hell the Devils move Zajac for Cammalleri.

We talked about this before but I dont recall if you liked the idea or not I would rather try and send Matteau or Santini or Severson to you guys for Baertchi as he seems to not be a Burke player.
- blizzzard

nah, the Flames wont be giving up/moving players like this until they have a better idea of what they have. Baertschi has a ton of raw talent, they have time to be patient with this kid.

Devils could take on over $8M in cap space by the deadline...
- Todd.Cordell

Interesting but still I think the price will be to high for what he is and what we have. Obviously he might improve the team but you never know what the guys we send will turn out to be.

nah, the Flames wont be giving up/moving players like this until they have a better idea of what they have. Baertschi has a ton of raw talent, they have time to be patient with this kid.
- Colin Dambrauskas

Severson could be a hell of a defense man maybe Henrique for Monahan I am honestly glad Feaster didnt try and offer sheet Adam kid is a hell of a player even plus minus 5 pp goals excellent pker decent production 14 pims he is a guy that will rarely make a stupid play or take a penalty to put the team down I really like what he brings some scream he needs to produce more but he is finally seeing some constant linemates and playing his natural position where as for most of the first half he was juggled on the wing and never played on the same line for more then 2 games all try and find a combination to get Ryder and Brunner going.

No thanks. We're not making the playoffs and if we do we'll be out after the first round. I prefer we trade Jagr, perhaps Marty and some of our old defensemen (if possible) and re-tool for the future.

Trading for Camilleri is 3 steps backwards, while trading Jagr etc. is only 1 step backward but 3 steps forward toward a stronger team for years to come (i.e., sacrifice the short term for the long term)

Just my opinion though

No thanks. We're not making the playoffs and if we do we'll be out after the first round. I prefer we trade Jagr, perhaps Marty and some of our old defensemen (if possible) and re-tool for the future.

Trading for Camilleri is 3 steps backwards, while trading Jagr etc. is only 1 step backward but 3 steps forward toward a stronger team for years to come (i.e., sacrifice the short term for the long term)

Just my opinion though
- Crushers68

Before we found out NJ would be playing Florida, a lot of people said that the year the Devils went to the Cup. Obviously different team now but if you make it to the playoffs you have a chance.

No thanks. We're not making the playoffs and if we do we'll be out after the first round. I prefer we trade Jagr, perhaps Marty and some of our old defensemen (if possible) and re-tool for the future.

Trading for Camilleri is 3 steps backwards, while trading Jagr etc. is only 1 step backward but 3 steps forward toward a stronger team for years to come (i.e., sacrifice the short term for the long term)

Just my opinion though
- Crushers68

Thank you that is probably the best way to put it but even if we trade off one piece it apparently means we are rebuilding. It is a different NHL now and LouLams standards have only set the team back its like the canadiens limiting themselves to only french speaking coaches gms and players. Once you start setting your own rules on top of the ones everyone else has to follow you are making it harder on yourself and franchise to succeed. Do you think Chicago cares that Patty Kane does whatever the frank he wants with his hair ? or that its a distraction to negotion during the season? and those are just 2 there are many other little rules Lou has put in place that really only hurt himself and this team.

If we sign him as a rental with hopes of making the playoffs i think it would be a waste. Even if we do get to the playoffs with the addition of Cami the inconsistency of our defense will keep us from advancing very far.
So great we sign him, get to the playoffs don't advance past the first round, then he walks.
If we could unload some of our unwanteds then i'd take a chance.

His cap is 6 million so how could he fit they would have to take garbage back and that means the actual interesting piece going back for them the other way would be upped higher imo then Santini or Matteau because well they are taking poop back. I just dont see it happening without all of us being disgusted in what Lou forks over for him and still pretty nice for him to wait this long we could trade for him give up something decent and still miss and have him leave how (frank)ing bad would that be. Classic Lou to wait as humanly possible to do anything at all just to say he tried. Also read somewhere Bruke isnt interested in trading Cami till the TRADE deadline as he believes it will only up his value. Doesnt sound to me like a guy I want to be making a trade with for a Mike Camillari
- blizzzard

Flames can eat half salary as Colin pointed out, so a $3 million Cammy is much a more manageable and attractive option than at $6 million. Not to mention I can see him doing pretty well with a playmaker centre like Zajac. I don't know much about NJ prospects but getting Cammy definitely isn't a bad thing.

Todd Cordell: New Jersey Devils: Is Mike Cammalleri A Good Fit?
- Todd.Cordell

I doubt that it's going to happen. Usually when Devils news leaks into print it comes from the other side...probably an effort to drive up the price.

He's not a good fit. No need a add another small, struggling, streaky forward who has often been criticized for lack of work ethic.

For what it's worth, I thought Matteau had a very good WJC and he looks like he good be the type of skilled grinder that would fit very well into the offense. It took a few years to build this defensive depth in Albany. Why throw it away immediately? We have Pietila, Clermont, Kinkaid, Urbom and Burlon.

Nothing special and not enough to get anything done. But, thats what we have.

More likely, try to trade Brodeur for a first round pick to whoever loses the Miller sweepstakes then you can try to move a 2nd rounder+ for something.

Flames can eat half salary as Colin pointed out, so a $3 million Cammy is much a more manageable and attractive option than at $6 million. Not to mention I can see him doing pretty well with a playmaker centre like Zajac. I don't know much about NJ prospects but getting Cammy definitely isn't a bad thing.
- Talking_hockey1

No for most teams it wouldnt be but what few prospects we have we needs because our team is made of mostly players over 30 and a good amount of them are over 35. Also eating salary only makes him more valuable in a trade so then we fork over more. We drafted Matteau 29th overall ( Stupid ) trading our 9th over all pick last draft for Schneider ( good , Could end up really bad ) and we have to forfeit this years first there is just no way we can give up one of our better prospects and another very good pick for a guy over 30 who is 5 foot 9 and seems to be declining not to mention just getting back from a concussion. He isnt a bad player but and we arent saying we dont want him because he is worthless or we dont need him but its unrealistic unless we make another move that we will regret.

Been calling for it for a while, think he would be a good fit to play with Zajac and Jagr or possibly Elias and Brunner. Really think we need to get rid of Ryder, he doesn't fit in anywhere and is bringing Clowe and Henrique down. I'd want to resign Cammalleri for about 4 years. He will be 32 next season so he isn't exactly young.