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I seriously doubt anyone wants anything to do with our prospect goalies at the moment. I seriously doubt we trade for a goalie either. We'll either sign someone as a stopgap via FA or stand pat until after next season. I think if we can reload on offense a bit in the offseason(i.e. top 6 forward), dump a d-man or two. I think we're ok for next year. Then I think the next offseason, when teams will still be able to buyout players, you'll see Lou gauge where our prospects are at and whether we need to find a goalie.

You're absolutly right. Brodeur is starter next season with Hedberg or Kinkaid (he is a RFA this summer) as backup. Wedgewood will be promoted to Albany and Frazee will be gone. Our problems at the Offense are prioirity for now, no doubt.

It's specially the contract situation of Bernier that would require to take action now. He's 24, on the brink to become starter on many NHL teams and he is RFA now. So LA has to decide now if they want to keep him as backup (i think that will cost them at minimum 2 Mio.$ per Season) or trade him. After THIS Summer he is either signed or traded. Sometimes you can't wait as long as WE (Lou) want.

He will cost much more after this summer.

I would love the situation to have Brodeur as Starter for now (maybe next season too) and Bernier as backup (with 15-25 starts), where he can learn from Marty. (French-Canadian Connection    )

I hope Kinkaid get some starts next season, so we can see a little bit of what he can do at NHL Level. His AHL Numbers are average so i don't expect him to take the step.  Our other two Prospects played both in the ECHL last year. Both finished with numbers at the bottom of the standings.

Wedgewood (20) played 48 Games for Trenton (a .500 Team) and posted .900 SV% and 3.22 GAA....24th overall in the ECHL Goaltenderstats.

Clermont (21) played 41 Games for Elmira (a .600 Team) and posted .899 SV% and 3.24 GAA...25th overall.

If they don't improve their numbers significantly over the next season they will stay in the lower leagues forever.

We don't have a starting goaltender in our Minor or Prospectpool....so Lou must look outside the organisation.

My Choice would be Jonathan Bernier (Quick will be No.1 the next 5 years). He's a RFA this season (1,25 $ cap hit). I can't see LA throwing out big bucks for the backup goalie so maybe there's a chance to get him for a veteran d-man (tallinder, volch) a prospect (josefson, tedenby , urbom) and one of our goalies (kinkaid).

1. i would like sean monahan at no.9, but conte likes swedes since a few years...so it will be lindholm

2. elias, clarkson (if we don't we have a BIG hole at rw), harrold

3. derek roy (he's a buddy and former linemate of vanek and has played for deboer in kitchener) just to convince vanek to come to nj

4. no one, even for sal or volch we can get a 7th round draft pick

Here are the stats of the Players in the Devils Organisation after the Preliminary Round of the WC 2013.  Beside Kovy nothing amazing....except 23 Minutes Icetime per Game for 20Year old defenseman Hrabarenka......and Gionta turns into a Goalscoring Machine with 3G in 7 Games .

                                                 GP  G  A    P            TOI

KOVALCHUCK Ilya     Russia     7    8   5   13  +8    20:20
LOKTIONOV Andrei   Russia     7    0   1     1  +6    10:06
GIONTA Stephen       USA         7    3   0     3   -1    14:19

CARTER Ryan           USA         7   0   0     0   -1    15:26
TALLINDER Henrik    Sweden    7   1   1     1   +5    19:20
ZIDLICKY Marek        Czech R.  1   0  0     0   +1    21:12
HRABARENKA R.      Belarus     7   1   0    1    -1    23:22

GAVRUS Artur           Belarus     3   0   0    0   -1     13:10

Today the Czechs nominated Marek Zidlicky (and also Plekanec)  to their WC-Squad. I'm a little bit surprised that a player who is an UFA takes the risk of an injury..... (that's why Elias said he would not play in the WC this year).

But ok, another Devil at the WC.

BTW: Artur Gavrus (Devils Prospect) played the last 3 games for Belarus and registered 0P and -3 with 13:19 TOI