Triumph Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) It's a long summer - exceptionally long this year with the lockout impending - and I was going to post this in two parts, but I figured if I did, people would quickly find the other teams I was talking about. Okay, so we can all see that the Devils have 8 defensemen signed, almost all of which deserve to play regularly in the NHL. Beyond that, they have prospects like Alex Urbom and Eric Gelinas who, while they may not be NHL-ready, they can probably fill in capably for some games. In addition, the forward lines right now look like this: ?-Zajac-Kovalchuk Henrique-Elias-Zubrus ?-Josefson-Clarkson Carter-Gionta-Bernier Figure Tedenby will get his shot to go back on the 3rd line and that the Devils may be entertaining delusions of using Barch or Janssen on the 4th line and moving someone else up higher. Whatever the case, it still looks like this team could use a forward. So who out there needs a defenseman and has a possible trade available? 1. Edmonton Edmonton may be dumb enough to think they’ve got enough defensemen, but they clearly do not. Furthermore, they’ve got a ton of forwards. Their defense is currently something like this: N. Schultz-Petry Smid-J. Schultz Whitney-Potter Peckham-Sutton There’s not a top pairing guy in the mix or even anything resembling it, and the forwards won’t be able to cover that up all year. Trouble is, they’ve got too many defensemen signed as it stands. Forwards: Smyth-Horcoff-Hemsky Hall-Nugent-Hopkins-Eberle Yakupov-Belanger-Gagner Jones-Lander-Petrell Possible Targets: A. Hemsky, M. Paajarvi I think Greene and a low-ish prospect could fetch Hemsky, if the Oilers were so inclined to deal him. Still, Magnus Paajarvi doesn't even have a spot on the team even if someone above him were dealt - I'd deal Greene and Urbom for him and feel pretty happy about it. His skills might never translate to the NHL, but he's not getting a good chance in that system as it stands now, and he'd immediately become one of the Devils' best young players. 2. Calgary Calgary currently has a weirdly assembled roster with Tanguay, Hudler, Cammalleri and Glencross at LW, with Cervenka, Stajan, Backlund, and Horak as possible centers. Even if they move one of their LW over to center, it still feels like they’ve got too many LWs - RWs are Iginla, Stempniak, Comeau, and Jones. And I haven't even mentioned Sven Baertschi, who tore up the WHL to the tune of 2 points a game - the Flames surely have to consider a place in the NHL for him. Trouble is, Calgary’s defense looks like this: Bouwmeester-Wideman Giordano-Butler Brodie-Sarich Babchuk-Smith If they deal Bouwmeester for a center, things open up, but while Butler was bad this year, I don’t see them improving on that necessarily. Still, they are void of defensive prospects, and maybe they would consider Greene and Urbom for Cammalleri and Babchuk, where NJ would buy out Babchuk. Still, that would need to happen awfully soon, and it’s hard to imagine Babchuk waiving his NTC to be bought out. 3. St. Louis St. Louis is crazy deep at forward right now. Here’s their forward lineup: Perron-McDonald-Oshie Steen-Backes-Stewart Berglund-Sobotka-Langenbrunner Reaves-Nichol-D’Agostini And I haven’t mentioned top prospects Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Tarasenko - players who might need places in the NHL. I therefore think that people like Patrik Berglund and Chris Stewart could be on the block - both guys are only signed for one more year. Their defense, not so deep: Jackman-Polak ?-Pietrangelo Russell-Shattenkirk Either Greene or Tallinder would make a perfect pair for Pietrangelo. I doubt they could pry Chris Stewart, but maybe Patrik Berglund? Berglund turned 24 and has not taken that extra step yet - I think Greene for Berglund+3rd would be a fair deal. 4. Toronto Toronto has too many forwards right now, here’s their forward list: Van Riemsdyk-Grabovski-Kulemin Lupul-Bozak-Kessel MacArthur-Connolly-Lombardi McClement-Steckel-Frattin Toronto has at least one too many forwards, possibly two too many, as Nazem Kadri is still being left off this list. Their defense: Gunnarsson-Phaneuf Gardiner-Franson Liles-Komisarek Yuck. Komisarek probably gets amnestied. It's ugly - Franson is a soft-minutes player. Me, I'd want Nikolai Kulemin or maybe Clarke MacArthur, and I think Tallinder would be enough to get MacArthur, Greene for Kulemin would also be a fair-ish deal. 5. Detroit (!) Astoundingly Detroit is on this list. Defense now: Kronwall-White Quincey-Ericsson Kindl-Smith Eep. They think much higher of Jonathan Ericsson than I do, but I think he's not very good. Trouble is, they can't really spare any forwards of note either - their forward lineup: Franzen-Datsyuk-Samuelsson Filppula-Zetterberg-Cleary Abdelkader-Helm-Tootoo Miller-Nyquist-Eaves Rumor is that Todd Bertuzzi may retire, so I won't include him on this list. New Jersey would have to deal for some prospects instead of NHL players - not sure they'd be willing to do that. 6. New York Islanders The Islanders managed a trade for a defenseman, so they may no longer need one. Except for the fact that he might not want to play on Long Island anymore - if he manages to get himself traded back to Anaheim, it will be interesting to see what the Islanders do. They’ll be desperate for defensive help. Streit-Hamonic Visnovsky-McDonald Carkner-? Okay, so they still need a defenseman even if Visnovsky stays. Still, not sure if Greene or Tallinder is interesting to them. Their forward situation looks like this: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo Grabner-Nielsen-Boyes Martin-Reasoner-Bailey Niederreiter-Cizikas-? So a lot depends on whether they think Ryan Strome is NHL ready. Or whether they don't care if he’s NHL ready and jam him into the NHL anyway like with Nino Niederreiter and a lesser extent Josh Bailey. Brock Nelson may also get a shot at the NHL. 7. Nashville If Weber leaves, we have to imagine they use some of the picks to take on a defenseman from Philadelphia, who is in a similar-ish predicament to us. Still, they’re in quite a fix without both guys: ?-? Josi-Klein Gill-Ellis Klein and Josi were horrible last year - Nashville would probably sign a guy like Rozsival, and trade for multiple people. The problem is, they don’t quite have the forward depth to make this happen: Erat-Legwand-Hornqvist S. Kostitsyn-Fisher-Smith Bourque-Gaustad-Halischuk McGrattan-Spaling-Yip I didn’t put Colin Wilson here - he’s an intriguing possibility. Regardless, I think Nashville will use its defensive prospects to get a better defense - I don’t think the Devils and Nashville are a fit, as Nashville also is weak at forward and is unlikely to move a forward to get a defenseman. Edited July 23, 2012 by Triumph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justdo3043 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 What about Linus Omark from Edm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 There's also the possibility that Lou won't make a move at all, which would be disappointing but not unexpected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy8 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 St. Louis looks like the only viable team with both the Forward Depth and Defensive need to make a deal. Would they drop Berglund? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibby89 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) D'Agostini wouldnt be too bad from the blues, prob cheaper too. I really like berglund as well. Paajaarvi from edm. Doesn't cammaleri come with the "not a team guy" m.o.? Edited July 23, 2012 by Bibby89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 What about Linus Omark from Edm He's really no different from Tedenby except he's older and better - I can't see it. Someone will take him but not NJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derlique Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hmmm. I like St. Louis and Edmonton a lot as partners. The tricky thing, of course, is gauging value. I think Stewarts's and MPS's value will be higher than you think, even though they didn't meet expectations. However, I still think Stewart can rebound to 25-30 goal form. MPS, I'm not as confident about but he certainly has the potential. If we could package Greene/Tallinder for Stewart/Pajaarvi and a second, I do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I really like St. Louis as a trade partner. They have a system similar to ours and their players would similarly thrive here. I really liked what I saw from them last year and I think they have what we'd want, and vice versa.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justdo3043 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) He's really no different from Tedenby except he's older and better - I can't see it. Someone will take him but not NJ. agreed but Tedenby is a fail and theirs always some overlap within an org. Omark will come cheap anyway and he'll get his chance in nj Urbom for Omark strait up...let Tedenby go back to Sweden obviously its most likely not going to happen Edited July 23, 2012 by justdo3043 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadvlfan Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Nice post Tri. St. Louis was in the running for Matt Carle, but wouldn't go 6 yrs. TB did do it. They are in dire need of a LH d-man. Edmonton can always use a veteran D-man. I'd love for us to get a forward that could play in top nine fw's. Stewart only signed for 1 year. He's working with 4 "specialists" to get him back to snuff.(they were dicussing this on XM this morning. They want a premier D-man to compliment Pieterangelo, so they would be the new Suter/Weber tandem in thr nhl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastonealive Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I wouldn't mind the Tallinder for Clarke MacArthur deal you floated. He's not replacing Parise's goal totals (but what one player really would), but he seems like he'd fit in nicely on this team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BelieveinBrodeur Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Considering St Louis is one of the best teams and deepest right now we could deal with them? Berglund was "Our" Player before, he's young and would bring good depth like Sykora. If we re-signed Sykora and got Berglund I think we would be fine. But I can only wish. Don't forget the whole"Ryan because he's a Jersey boy possibility" He can put up the same point wise as Zach but I doubt Lou would go for him since he is on alot of teams radar Edited July 23, 2012 by BelieveinBrodeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubie#8 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I would go for Paajarvi, he is young and the kid can absolutely fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrydevil Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I remember Brian Gionta's name coming up in a previous thread. Is he still Montreal's captain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 agreed but Tedenby is a fail and theirs always some overlap within an org. Omark will come cheap anyway and he'll get his chance in nj Urbom for Omark strait up...let Tedenby go back to Sweden obviously its most likely not going to happen Yikes, the kid's only 22, give him a break.. You'd make a terrible scout and development coach, no offense haha.. There's really no reason Tedenby can't come back a better more equipped and bulky player in October. Crazier things have happened, LIKE CLARKSON'S 30-GOAL SEASON THIS YEAR, after a 2011-2012 season in which many thought he was no-talent dead-weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justdo3043 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Yikes, the kid's only 22, give him a break.. You'd make a terrible scout and development coach, no offense haha.. There's really no reason Tedenby can't come back a better more equipped and bulky player in October. Crazier things have happened, LIKE CLARKSON'S 30-GOAL SEASON THIS YEAR, after a 2011-2012 season in which many thought he was no-talent dead-weight. yeah im always wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 yeah im always wrong haha I hope you're wrong. I'm a huge Tedenby fanboy. Just hope he sees the back of the net next year or you may be right about him going back to Sweden.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I remember Brian Gionta's name coming up in a previous thread. Is he still Montreal's captain? He is, and I looked at Montreal and couldn't see the trade there. They just don't have enough forwards to cover for Gionta's loss IMO. Could easily be wrong, but right now that's how it looks to me. Yikes, the kid's only 22, give him a break.. You'd make a terrible scout and development coach, no offense haha.. There's really no reason Tedenby can't come back a better more equipped and bulky player in October. Crazier things have happened, LIKE CLARKSON'S 30-GOAL SEASON THIS YEAR, after a 2011-2012 season in which many thought he was no-talent dead-weight. Clarkson's shot rate was always high - his goal rate wasn't. Tedenby's problem is that he's not getting enough shots on goal, even at the AHL level. I'm not counting him out at all - he does have skills that other players simply don't and never will have - but he's got to improve by a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundstrom Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 paajarvi is the guy i want but i agree that backlund or stewart would be solid choices from st. louis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Maybe it's just me, but I feel like Lou will try and acquire a 1st round pick with one of our disposable d-men. A late first, mind you. Or early second perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derlique Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Heres my plan: Semin-Zajac-Kovalchuk Henrique-Elias-Stewart Zubrus-JJ-Clarkson Carter-Gionta-Bernier Fayne-Greene Sal-Larsson Volchenkov-Zidlicky Sign Semin 3/18 Tallider for Stewart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Tedenby needs to play with better players to make an honest assessment of him. His size is going to be an issue, though unless they can become a better passing team to utilize his speed. Skill level is undeniable and he can score in all ways, he's not a guy that has to drive the net to score. The only good look he got was with Henrique and Clarkson and that didn't last long, obviously with Henrique's promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 He would also benefit from gaining a clue in defensive transition because he could be a real dangerous poacher, but baby steps first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Tedenby needs to play with better players to make an honest assessment of him. His size is going to be an issue, though unless they can become a better passing team to utilize his speed. Skill level is undeniable and he can score in all ways, he's not a guy that has to drive the net to score. The only good look he got was with Henrique and Clarkson and that didn't last long, obviously with Henrique's promotion. I think he has to drive the net to score because his shot is, at least right now, not NHL quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibby89 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Heres my plan: Semin-Zajac-Kovalchuk Henrique-Elias-Stewart Zubrus-JJ-Clarkson Carter-Gionta-Bernier Fayne-Greene Sal-Larsson Volchenkov-Zidlicky Sign Semin 3/18 Tallider for Stewart I'm all for this, if somehow you can pass this on to Lamiorello that would be great...sick of the status quo while watching every other team in the division improve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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