Well there goes that lol. Ethan Bear traded to Carolina
- vlongo4419

Warren Foegele was the return. Thought Edmonton would get more for Bear. Really don’t like that move for Edmonton.

$4M total with a $2M AAV would be sweet. Like I said earlier, I really like the idea of Bernier on the Devils.
- Matt Ross

Agreed. He was on the top of my list of free agent goalies to target. I think he and Blackwood would work well together, and hes a reliable guy that you can count on to play ~30ish games

Warren Foegele was the return. Thought Edmonton would get more for Bear. Really don’t like that move for Edmonton.
- smellmyfinger

Another questionable move added onto the list of the very bad offseason Holland is having lol.

Agreed. He was on the top of my list of free agent goalies to target. I think he and Blackwood would work well together, and hes a reliable guy that you can count on him to play ~30ish games
- vlongo4419

Totally. I’m pumped for the Devils this season and they still have some moves to make here…

I think Ethan Bear is interesting.
- Devils Advocate

Traded to Carolina

This one seems pretty cut and dry to me. We've drafted (seemingly) well for a few seasons now. Have foundational pieces drafted at every position (Nico, Jack, Holtz, Luke Hughes, Smith, Blackwood) and have plenty of complementary players with nice upside as well (Mercer, Mukamadullin, Clarke, etc). This isn't a scenario where we're building a team through FA (which most believe will never work). If you can add Dougie Hamilton at 28 to that foundation, you do it every time.

Now if he were 28 when we drafted Nico in 2017, that would be a different story. But we're at the point where, moving forward, we're going to have "top" talent join our team from our prospect pool for the next 2-3 seasons. You don't wait until their all 25+ to start adding from FA, you do it when the opportunity arises (especially when Nico, Jack, Smith, Blackwood) are already pretty darn established alongside multiple other 26 and under talent we have like Severson, Graves, Bratt, Zacha, Sharangovich, Kuok and so on.

A player of Dougie Hamilton's stature wants to join the devils... let's not assume that'll ever happen again lmao

Dougie Hamilton is a Devil, confirmed by Nick Kypreos. 7 years, north of $60M

Dougie Hamilton is a Devil, confirmed by Nick Kypreos. 7 years, north of $60M
- vlongo4419

Great pickup!

Dougie Hamilton is a Devil, confirmed by Nick Kypreos. 7 years, north of $60M
- vlongo4419

Holy poop

Dougie Done !

Coleman to Calgary 6years at 4.8 or 4.9

Dougie Fresh to the Devils!
Our D just took a big step forward!

Coleman to Calgary 6years at 4.8 or 4.9
- dmarsden2988

Did not see that one coming.

Dougie Fresh to the Devils!
Our D just took a big step forward!
- Jazzmaster30

Our D looks much much better, going to be fun to see who plays where

Hamilton severson
Graves smith
Siegenthaler subban

Or does Hamilton play with graves

Then we have the PP do we go smith and Hamilton on PP1 or does smith QB PP2

Our D looks much much better, going to be fun to see who plays where

Hamilton severson
Graves smith
Siegenthaler subban

Or does Hamilton play with graves

Then we have the PP do we go smith and Hamilton on PP1 or does smith QB PP2
- dmarsden2988

Hamilton is RD so you have to figure the top 4 will be:
Graves-Hamilton
Smith-Severson

After that I’d imagine the 3rd pair is up for grabs.

I can’t believe we actually did it

Coleman to Calgary 6years at 4.8 or 4.9
- dmarsden2988

That is bonkers lol

This one seems pretty cut and dry to me. We've drafted (seemingly) well for a few seasons now. Have foundational pieces drafted at every position (Nico, Jack, Holtz, Luke Hughes, Smith, Blackwood) and have plenty of complementary players with nice upside as well (Mercer, Mukamadullin, Clarke, etc). This isn't a scenario where we're building a team through FA (which most believe will never work). If you can add Dougie Hamilton at 28 to that foundation, you do it every time.

Now if he were 28 when we drafted Nico in 2017, that would be a different story. But we're at the point where, moving forward, we're going to have "top" talent join our team from our prospect pool for the next 2-3 seasons. You don't wait until their all 25+ to start adding from FA, you do it when the opportunity arises (especially when Nico, Jack, Smith, Blackwood) are already pretty darn established alongside multiple other 26 and under talent we have like Severson, Graves, Bratt, Zacha, Sharangovich, Kuok and so on.

A player of Dougie Hamilton's stature wants to join the devils... let's not assume that'll ever happen again lmao
- SteveJ123

Exactly

Dougie Hamilton is a Devil, confirmed by Nick Kypreos. 7 years, north of $60M
- vlongo4419

Considering Jones just coming off an 18 point season inked 9.5M AAV, and cost them both Boqvist, 12 overall pick plus a 2nd ......

I will take Dougie all day vs those comps. When P.K. leaves, we will be back to a 30M cap space team with the leagues top goal scoring D.

Smith Dougie
Graves Sevo
Seig P.K

Have to say this looks great going forward, and developing down in the AHL

Hughes Walsh
Bahl Shak

Exactly
- MartysBetter88

Agreed.

Now, Vegas added RW Dadanov which makes me believe that another move is coming. Why add Dadanov when you have Tuch, Stone, and Marchassault already on the right? They must be brewing up a deal with someone for help down the middle.

According to LeBrun on Free Agent Frenzy, the Devils deal with Bernier is expect to be 2 years, 4M. Theres no confirmation on whether thats 4M total or 4M AAV
- vlongo4419

Hopefully not 4 mil a year lol

5mil for the next 4 years for Granlund in Nashville. Don’t think I would’ve wanted that.

I can’t believe we actually did it
- MartysBetter88

I’m shocked

Also very happy because I wanted him before we won the lotto and moved up to a higher pick

I’m shocked

Also very happy because I wanted him before we won the lotto and moved up to a higher pick
- shvingter88

A bunch of people did. Funny he ends up with us. Wish we had Larsson too lol

It hasnt been officially confirmed yet by the big insiders, but Pagnotta said on NHL Network that the AAV for Hamilton will be around 8.5M. So cheaper than any of us expected