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[Daniel]

I like this idea only if we can pick up a 1st round pick in the process. If we are going to be just above a cap floor team might as well get some value in a Gomez contract that is less then the cap.

According to the article, the Canadian's plan is to buy him out. So don't we get to pay him whatever we want?

[Jas0nMacIsaac]

According to the article, the Canadian's plan is to buy him out. So don't we get to pay him whatever we want?

You're correct, I failed to read the article jumping to conclusions.

[Triumph]

yet last night, you were lamenting in chat how the devils have 3 players under team control in after next year (4 if you count tedenby - which we should). zajac and elias should be part of the plan for that year also but i'd feel better with a guy like ponikarovski signed for 3 years at a reasonable number. could p.a. parrenteau be someone to look at for RW?

ponikarovsky at 3 years? why? who else wants this guy - we got him for nothing. 3 years at 1.75M, sure.

parenteau is a player who is classically overvalued by the market, i'd pass.

it's a little daunting, but i don't think just signing a guy for a few years really solves anything. have you looked at who's available in free agency? it's pretty awful.

[Neb00rs]

A move that i've been in favor of if the right situation came to fruition. Kovy and him together could be feast or famine but they should at least try.

http://spectorshocke...ens-and-bruins/

Like I have been saying: Gomez did the unforgivable with the whole Rangers things - however, he has been rightfully humiliated in the league and has paid his penance and should now return at a reasonable price.

Henrique should move to wing and let Gomez center.

[SMantzas]

Like I have been saying: Gomez did the unforgivable with the whole Rangers things - however, he has been rightfully humiliated in the league and has paid his penance and should now return at a reasonable price.

Henrique should move to wing and let Gomez center.

Agreed. I always thought of Gomez as a cocky and selfish player, but over the last 3,4 years he's become a joke. If a fresh start wouldn't motivate him, I'm not sure what would. He still has his speed and hockey sense, but it's his confidence that's probably lacking. Id do a one year/one mill contract if mtl buys him out

[sundstrom]

it's a little daunting, but i don't think just signing a guy for a few years really solves anything. have you looked at who's available in free agency? it's pretty awful.

i have - contract aside, here are forwards i'd actually want on the team:

semin
parise
kostitsen
hudler
kelly
ponikarovski
2nd round pick (d. moore)
wellwood

you're correct that it's slim pickings.

you're poni contract would be fine.

jiri hudler intrigues me but he's a small left handed leftwing so probably not.

[Joonas #6]

fvck Gomez, I'm waiting for Ilkka Pikkarainen's return

[Fred Garvin]

at a cheep price i would take him back all he has to do is pass the puck to kovy.

[Triumph]

i have - contract aside, here are forwards i'd actually want on the team:

semin
parise
kostitsen
hudler
kelly
ponikarovski
2nd round pick (d. moore)
wellwood

you're correct that it's slim pickings.

you're poni contract would be fine.

jiri hudler intrigues me but he's a small left handed leftwing so probably not.

Most of these guys play center or are left-handed. I don't want any of them besides Wellwood. Gomez is the only exception if he got bought out since he could be a decent reclamation project and if not, well, there's plenty of centers around.

EDIT - other than semin, who i would be interested in for one year.

Edited by Triumph, 20 March 2012 - 05:59 PM.

[RowdyFan42]

I'm on the "give him a one-year for a million or less" bandwagon. Maybe getting out of Montreal and back to where he's arguably had his greatest successes could be the spark he needs to save his career.

[Devils731]

The problem with Gomez is personality, not talent. The Devils would know better than us if his personality has matured or not.

[jim777]

He should have just taken the trade to the Islanders at the deadline and played with their kids for his full salary. But i don't want him back either, though Idon't see it as a purely poisonous move.

[Quinn01]

Not interested. Things will change drastically when Zajac is back in a few games.

[CarpathianForest]

Fvck it! Bring him and Gionta back!

[Devil Fan]

No, Gomez will join Washington and bring Ovechkin down with him. However, the Pre-season will predict Gomez will record 70+ assists with Ovy, who should score at least 60 with Gomez setting him up.

[Satans Hockey]

Not a fan of this idea at all and I have no faith in him playing well but if he comes back I hope he proves me wrong.

[Prucenterrules]

While I could see it happening, I'd rather Lou focus on getting Zach re-signed as soon as possible. Also, I thank gomez for signing with the rangers because it saved the Devils from being stuck paying him millions for less production than rolston, plus with the money we would have payed gomez we got Kovy instead.

[Marshall]

We should also sign Rolston! He's a beast in Boston!

[Pepperkorn]

No, Gomez will join Washington and bring Ovechkin down with him. However, the Pre-season will predict Gomez will record 70+ assists with Ovy, who should score at least 60 with Gomez setting him up.

This might be really good for Gomez. What he needs is to grow up and understand that he knows hockey. He's being a big baby and not taking responsibility for the game on the whole. It's always been the way he's been. He's not lazy or whiney -- he's just... I dont know what he is, because all of those cliches are just not really productive thinking -- he's afraid of failure - what a load of crap

gomez just won't step up to the plate. He doesn't understand what it means. He has all these ideas in his head and he just doesn't get his place in it all. he thinks he needs something outside of himself. it's the curse of talent. You just do it and it works and you dont understand it. When things crap out then you're triple baffled.

Even when he teaches now I'm sure he's thinking I was told to do this -- so and so told me to do that.... he never accepts the credit for knowing himself. Gomez is intuitive thinking at it's most tragic.

I think he needs to go to school... I think he should take some classes over the summer. He needs to learn to think. He has to understand in a very clear way that we control our lives. We make choices by thinking about things a certain way. You choose how you think not merely how you react or how you interpret.

Gomez is going through life interpreting and reacting to things around and assuming those are thoughts and choices. Btu they aren't. It's just liek his not taking shots. it's why he's such a great playmaker. Play making is taking what you've been given and making the best of it. Dude can CREATE from nothing. He's always got to have somethign to bounce off of -- He just needs to give himself more credit. Coming back to the Devils actually woudl just let him continue on this same path. I think he's very close to learning hwo to do it alone. You teach best what you most need to learn.

I think maybe sticking him with another hyper intuitive thinker who is EXTREMELY focused like Ovechkin.... he might get frustrated into making the connection of the lessons he's been taught. I think Gomez will know things that Ovechkin doesn't and it will sufficiently stun him into getting some confidence in HIMSELF. not merely his reaction time and positive outlook.

Bahhh! The man drives me to distraction...

Edited by Pepperkorn, 21 March 2012 - 09:16 AM.

[DevsChamps3x]

Gomez is a cancer in the locker room, I would be surprised if he made it back into a NJ uniform.

Edited by DevsChamps3x, 21 March 2012 - 09:17 AM.