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So happy hes back

The Devils should sign him! But, I don't think they will, mainly because they don't have enough cap space.

i hope they do

If the Devils don't the Rags or Boston will. Yes they should if they can pay him. What's in thier wallet cap space?

Keep him around. He's got offensive abilities

Yeah he would be good scoring depth that could band-aid time in the top 6

They better or a Rival team will They need guys that have had 30 ast years like him and he hits and gets take aways

At this point they should. Hes proven what he can be.

He is time's friend

I hope they better sign him

Kid played solid & proved to everyone that he is a NHLer. I like NJ signing him as an insurance policy for the forward unit. Regardless, some team will pick him up & get a good solid bottom 6 forward.

Maybe what he needs is a change of scenario, a good team around him. Definitely they have to sign him, even before they offered him that pto. He should traveled to Prague

Agents are like used car salesmen... they lie like a cheap rug. Notice his agent never came out and said "If they offer 8x8 we will take it" That's what he would say if he wasn't lying.

thing is the Bruins brought this on themselves..years ago they had zero problems tossing 5M per season at an outsider in Ullmark and then soon years after that they let Swayman go to arbitration??..I am on Swayman's side with this..Swayman is so much stronger mentally than Ullmark and I thought it was obvious when they were a tandem he was still the superior goalie..but they tossed big money at Ullmark first? bad move

I hate boston but I really hope he signs with them soon. I am saying that because years ago the devils had problems

Why can they just sign him

Maybe it actually has to do with the TERM length, not the money maybe he doesn’t want to sign for 8 years lol.

Boston is known for giving away young talent over dumb shit. If I was him I’d be out.

There are relatively less goalies than skaters and always the first big names are going to have to be the ones that set the market. The skater market is now recognizing strong expected growth in the salary cap. We did see some skaters on the Devils capitalize on this: Mercer and one did not Pesce. So holding out in a changing market helps the player. Swayman has to. There are no comps since GM's stopped giving quite as many monster contracts to goalies like Price and Bobrovsky got. What Swayman settles for will impact Shesterkin and many goalies to come. It was foul to imply that he walked away from a big offer in public. Sweeney is a great GM on the whole but that was a bad move. Should have given a boring answer that he respects player privacy in negotiations.

50 ways to leave your goalie

Swayman looking forward to kick his GM who did play Sea Bass in Dumb & Dumber. Wouldn’t be surprised if Bruins management said “kick his @$$ Sea Bass.” If the Devils got Swayman there would be a lot of seismic exchanges but I doubt Fitzgerald would go for it

I'm thinking something similar could happen to us with Mercer, thank God they solved things in good way. Of course NJ staff are different but it could be a problem

Cam Neely just comes off as a clown with his comments

What a tangled web we weave. Simple for me, PAY THE MAN and move on......🤨

BREAKING NEWS: Boston...still....SUCKS.

I didn't even know or hear about this until I saw this video.

It's possible. We have an open reserve forward spot on our roster right now. Maybe LaBanc isnt impressing on his PTO or asking for than our cap space and we don't think any of the youth look ready. Thing is we are carrying MacDermod for goon nights and I wouldn't think us interested in filling a spot with another fighter, but I wouldn't rule it out. Fitz executed the trade for Allen and Kovacevic with Kent Hughes and we often see GM's who develop relationships continue to make deals. I had the first initial reaction, but wouldn't be quite as dismissive. I still think you are probably right Can't wait for the season to begin!

Id say taxi squad but hes a better pizza delivery man

No, thank you. The Devils already have a one dimensional player who could score if his life depended on it in Nate Bastian. Unless Montreal is willing to take Palat, I am not interested.

I haven’t heard this rumor but would be interested in Pezzetta.

I think the Devils should pass on Canadiens left winger Michael Pezzetta and trade Jake Allen, Seamus Casey, Arseni Gritsyuk, Topias Vilen, and 2024 and 2025 4th-rounders to the Bruins for a 2025 conditional 3rd-rounder and a 2026 5th-rounder.

2 D men out already sucks

The Devils announced that Luke Hughes will miss 6-8 weeks with a shoulder injury, thank goodness No Surgery is needed.

Their injuries will NOT derail the Devils season, especially since Luke Hughes will probably be back in early December at the latest! The Devils defense is deep this upcoming season meaning they have pretty good defensemen to take their spots until they come back.

I hope they are fine

Luke is expected to be out 6-8 weeks, which will be 2-4 weeks of the beginning of the season (barring any setbacks). Thankfully, Dougie is healthy and they picked up players to have that defensive depth for this exact scenario.

Made a lot of moves we have depth now at defensive there injuries mean we gonna have bigger guys that hit take there place

No big deal, I’m not worried at all.

Hope Luke Hughes and Nemec are able to play and be healthy from the start this upcoming season. If they are not DeSimone and Hatakka played solid defensively last season and both are physical players. Lets Go Devils!

This is rediculous. Nemec we knew about but what the hell happened to Luke, did he get hurt water skiing? Hopefully it was a known issue that was addressed over the summer and was kept under wraps until now.

I hope Luke Hughes and Simon Nemec are okay.

Mercer reminds me of David Clarkson a little bit. His work effort.. we were so banged up last year, can’t blame home. We need to pat him, we know he plays well with jack and nico. Case closed…

First and foremost, the National Hockey League MUST repair this stringent and unnecessarily strict salary cap regarding flexibility! The NHLPA has regularly been torched since the last lockout by Bettman whose scorched earth policy of negotiating is why EVERY fan base in Canada and the US can't stand him! General Managers must not only have a skill set in talent analysis and acquisition but also must be CPAs juggling their economic resources. In the case of Mercer, a home-grown talent, scouted, drafted, and developed by their organization, perhaps some flexibility from the league as far as contract structure should be fairly allotted making it easier to retain their player. Don't get me started on these Group 2 guys, what recently happened regarding Edmonton being pillaged by St. Louis is ridiculous regardless of compensation!

They are going to sign him without much agita. We really could benefit big time if he pops into top-6 levels next season playing as a winger.

look in a dictionary for the word fleecing....ull find this trade as an example

I predict that the Devils will re-sign Mercer to a bridge deal of 3 years/$4.25 AAV.

Whats a contract for a young defenseman who sucks at defense gona be? Lol

You said the word I was thinking of... "durable". He's a potential 30 goal guy for sure and at least a 20 goal guy. Well liked and as you said, he can be put on any line at any time. The whole team had degraded numbers last year because of the goalie situation combined with D injuries and loss of consistency from players we lost through trades. I think Fitz is a low baller with everyone and we will see how the low ball strategy has worked this year comparing with teams like Toronto that have mega priced players. We have a lot of hope and dreams invested in Markstrom at this point. Not sure if he realizes he's "the Mojo" good luck charm. Bridge deal or long term for Mercer ? I would like to see him locked-in with 6 years at 5.5 but the contract projected for Luke Hughes might be more than they gave Jack. So I think Fitzgerald will try to get Dawson for a deal around 4 - 4.5 million a year on a shorter term to get ready for paying big for Luke.

The Devils can't rely on the cap going up. Luke Hughes' contract is up at the end of the season and his contract will eat up any cap increase and then some. Nemec will be right behind that. Palat's contract will have to come off the books at the end of this season if NJ is going to be able to keep paying the nucleus of the team.

Thanks for keeping us dev fans up to date!😊