sokar Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 48 minutes ago, SMantzas said: Sooooo: +Warsofsky, Smith-Pelly -Stempniak, Gelinas, Matteau Current Lineup Blandisi-Henrique-Smith-Pelly Boucher-Zajac-Palmieri Kalinin-Josefson-Ruutu Who gives a sh!t Greene-Larsson Merrill-Severson Moore-Schlemko Warsofsky Hot damn, that RW depth is brutal Looking at this its obvious the Devils need to either sign a RW (Kyle Okposo?) or trade for one (Yakupov/Eberle) during the off season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Okposo would be the perfect UFA signing for us this offseason. We'll see how that shakes out with the Isles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 2 hours ago, DJ Eco said: Okposo would be the perfect UFA signing for us this offseason. We'll see how that shakes out with the Isles. Be interesting to see what he gets offered. He's making $4.5 million this year and is still fairly young (will be 28 in April). He'll be the classic UFA overpayment...could see him getting 6 years and $33 million or something along those lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokar Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 5 hours ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Be interesting to see what he gets offered. He's making $4.5 million this year and is still fairly young (will be 28 in April). He'll be the classic UFA overpayment...could see him getting 6 years and $33 million or something along those lines. I think he will be looking for 6.5 or more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, sokar said: I think he will be looking for 6.5 or more No doubt, Okposo is going to get paid. In any event, we have the cap room, not sure I'd give him 6 years but 5 for $30m, I'd do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokar Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 49 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: No doubt, Okposo is going to get paid. In any event, we have the cap room, not sure I'd give him 6 years but 5 for $30m, I'd do that. If the Devils do sign him 5yrs is what I would like to see him get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 No thanks on Okposo. I sense that this year's free agency market is not going to be like it was last year where players were signed for reasonable dollars. You'd probably have to give him a six year deal, where he'll only be productive for maybe three of those years. Add the no trade clause that you'd have to give out, and it'll get ugly pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 Guess I'll weigh in here on all the moves since they are technically all lineup/roster moves - Obviously love the Gelinas move and laugh at the numbers guys saying what a steal it is. I realize even people who watch lots of NHL hockey do not ever watch the Devils but it becomes very obvious when they're all talking up Gelinas. To get anything for him is a win, sadly. Matteau for Smith-Pelly is another win in a sense that the Devils had totally eroded Matteau's value. Smith-Pelly has decent scoring rates but is terrible territorially. Either way he's a right wing and the Devils very badly need those. And I like the Stempniak trade and the fact that it was Blandisi filling in for him last night. I don't know if that will continue but Blandisi has the speed for the RW and perhaps the vision. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RizzMB30 Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Triumph said: Guess I'll weigh in here on all the moves since they are technically all lineup/roster moves - Obviously love the Gelinas move and laugh at the numbers guys saying what a steal it is. I realize even people who watch lots of NHL hockey do not ever watch the Devils but it becomes very obvious when they're all talking up Gelinas. To get anything for him is a win, sadly. Matteau for Smith-Pelly is another win in a sense that the Devils had totally eroded Matteau's value. Smith-Pelly has decent scoring rates but is terrible territorially. Either way he's a right wing and the Devils very badly need those. And I like the Stempniak trade and the fact that it was Blandisi filling in for him last night. I don't know if that will continue but Blandisi has the speed for the RW and perhaps the vision. I think the guys at All About the Jersey said it best, "The Devils got an NHL regular for a non-regular possibly non-NHLer." That's a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, RizzMB30 said: I think the guys at All About the Jersey said it best, "The Devils got an NHL regular for a non-regular possibly non-NHLer." That's a win. It's really that simple! His first year, I thought Matteau's ceiling might be along the lines of Zubrus (which would've been good). As the years have passed, I see his ceiling as 4th liner like Ryan Carter, maybe just a very good AHLer; nothing more. There's a really good chance hey may not be an NHL player. Edited March 2, 2016 by DJ Eco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 18 minutes ago, DJ Eco said: It's really that simple! His first year, I thought Matteau's ceiling might be along the lines of Zubrus (which would've been good). As the years have passed, I see his ceiling as 4th liner like Ryan Carter, maybe just a very good AHLer; nothing more. There's a really good chance hey may not be an NHL player. If he gets a chance to play consistently, maybe he can be like a Brian Boyle. His AHL numbers as a 19-20 year old weren't terrible, especially on what wasn't a great team to begin with. They were actually pretty similar to Gergensens who was drafted the same year. However it turns out in the long run, it's not going to be a major fleecing either way. I'll be a little relieved in a year or two when/if it happens that it's clear that Gelinas is the player we thought he was when we traded him. There's enough skill there that there seems to be small but not impossible chance that he turns into a good player, but we should by then if it was never meant to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokar Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Keith Kinkaid will start for Devils Thursday in Nashville. Cory Schneider to start Friday in Dallas I am hoping Hynes will split rest of the season up between Schneider and Kinkaid. No reason to over work Cory when you are not going to be making the play offs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 17 minutes ago, Daniel said: If he gets a chance to play consistently, maybe he can be like a Brian Boyle. His AHL numbers as a 19-20 year old weren't terrible, especially on what wasn't a great team to begin with. They were actually pretty similar to Gergensens who was drafted the same year. However it turns out in the long run, it's not going to be a major fleecing either way. I'll be a little relieved in a year or two when/if it happens that it's clear that Gelinas is the player we thought he was when we traded him. There's enough skill there that there seems to be small but not impossible chance that he turns into a good player, but we should by then if it was never meant to be. Re: Gelinas, would you be upset if he turns out to have a career like Souray where he had the best years later in his career after he was traded? I know I still don't regret the Souray move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 1 minute ago, DevsMan84 said: Re: Gelinas, would you be upset if he turns out to have a career like Souray where he had the best years later in his career after he was traded? I know I still don't regret the Souray move. Not really. I actually never liked Souray as a player and was really annoyed about those constant rumors that he was coming back. Can't really think of any comparable good player that I think he could turn into if all the breaks go right way for him. I suppose I'll say that if in the next year or two, he manages to put up between 35 and 45 points and is not the liability defensively that he was in the couple of years here, I'll feel that we gave up on him too quickly. While I realize that Souray put up numbers even better than for a stretch of a few years, it strikes me that it was more a product of the era and his particular circumstances. It could also be that the Devils were still a very good team during those years, all things considered, and he wouldn't have made that much of a difference. Guess the best I can say is that I'll know it when I see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I don't know why that Smith-Pelly thread got closed and I know it's only two games but he has looked miles better then Matteau so far. I like his hustle. Great trade at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubie#8 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Liking DSP so far, hes not a one trick pony. Fill the holes... Cammallerri Henrique ??? Boucher Zajac Palmieri Blandisi ??? DSP Kalinin Josefson ??? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Had to close the dsp thread because it was glitching the database Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmann422 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 9 hours ago, Zubie#8 said: Liking DSP so far, hes not a one trick pony. Fill the holes... Cammallerri Henrique ??? Boucher Zajac Palmieri Blandisi ??? DSP Kalinin Josefson ??? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk looks good, but ideally we'd bump henrique down to 2c and zajac down to 3c. Not convinced boucher is a top-6 guy long term, and cammalleri cant seem to stay healthy enough to have any confidence in counting on him to be a top line guy. obviously we have to work with what we have, but even some of the slots that are filled in are somewhat question marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Vojtech Mozik called up- he's making his NHL debut today: http://fireandice.northjersey.com/mobile/fire-ice-1.174987/cory-schneider-moving-closer-to-return-facing-shots-in-full-gear-devils-call-up-vojtech-mozik-1.1530657 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 From HFutures aout Vtech... Quote 15. (NR) Vojtech Mozik, D, 6.5 C Signed as Free Agent, 2015 Mozik has quickly adapted to the North American style and has proven to be a steady two-way player on Albany’s blue line. The Czech Republic native has lived up to his billing on the offensive end, but it has been his attention to playing responsible defense that stands out. In fact, he leads all defensemen in shots and plus/minus. As a result, he receives quality minutes as one of Albany’s go-to defensemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RizzMB30 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 2 hours ago, MadDog2020 said: Vojtech Mozik called up- he's making his NHL debut today: http://fireandice.northjersey.com/mobile/fire-ice-1.174987/cory-schneider-moving-closer-to-return-facing-shots-in-full-gear-devils-call-up-vojtech-mozik-1.1530657 What's very concerning is that Cammalleri can't even hold a stick with his injury. That cannot be good. That kind of severity sounds like career/season-ending injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Does anyone have a replay of Camm's injury? I don't even remember it happening, and now here we are almost in April and he's not even close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Vojtech Mozik called up- he's making his NHL debut today: http://fireandice.northjersey.com/mobile/fire-ice-1.174987/cory-schneider-moving-closer-to-return-facing-shots-in-full-gear-devils-call-up-vojtech-mozik-1.1530657 What's very concerning is that Cammalleri can't even hold a stick with his injury. That cannot be good. That kind of severity sounds like career/season-ending injury. If I had to guess, I'd say Camm's injury is probably a torn wrist/hand tendon or ligament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 IIRC, Cam's injury happened on or about the time when we played Ottawa in Ottawa around New Year's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Cammo is done for the year. Just got an NHL.com alert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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