The New Jersey Devils trainwreck 2023-24 season continues…
On Trade Deadline day NJ Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald decided to be charitable and donate Tyler Toffoli to the Winnipeg Jets
He then made a trade with Montreal to bring in Jake Allen
As a grand finale, we dump Vitek Vanecek to San Jose with a 7th Round Pick for Kaapo Kahkonen!
What a day, I need another drink…
#FireFitz
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20 Comments
There really need to be "Fire Fitz" chants at the rock tomorrow….really crappy deals. Only thing I agree with is dumping off Vitek…maybe with that freed up cap space, we will have enough to get a competent goaltender. I agree with you though…if Allen is the number 1 next season, we should riot…would the owners hear us then!?
Goodbye, Vitek, goodbye, brother!! 9th winningest goalie in Devils history in just 1.5 years. Devils LEGEND, Devils FOREVER!!😆
Watch the interview Fitzgerald did with the NHL Network. He basically says: the team played like sh@# this season so he had no leverage leading up to the trade deadline.
Maybe I'll see some of you at the Canes game tomorrow! I'm sure the chants will be glorious!
Toffy will be the move that brings Fitz down unfortunately. You can’t have a return like that on Shari when you don’t make the playoffs. Horrible.
Ridiculous . No Shara , no Toffy , no goalie … Could have traded Shara , Holtz and a pick for number one goalie a year ago .
Don't know how you can expect a 1st round pick for a RW who can't skate and is a rental.
To be fair, Kaapo slightly improved his stats after getting the worst team to ever play the game in front of him so I wouldn't write him off so quickly…
Fitz is a fucking moron with all the dumb shit coming out of his mouth lately… it was better when he was behind the scene NOT saying dumb shit
Its going to be a tough game to watch with Ken Daneyko trying to gas light us into believing these were great moves and the team is moving in the right direction for a Cup. Probably a good idea to watch the game on the Hurricane broadcast instead.
Who can resist trading for Kaapo after that gem he played against the Devils last week. Lol!
Next year our goalie tandem will be a combined 70years old and Markstrom is up and down at best. He will hit a wall soon and if we get him this teams cooked
The presser was what it sounds like when someone is trying to save their job after screwing up for an entire season
Who does Allen think he is to have a no trade list? Fucking dude sucks looking at his number for the past few seasons. Letting the emotional fan stuff go, I’m hoping this is all a setup for big trades in the offseason.
Disappointing trade deadline day. Devils management cashed in the season as far back as last December. I’m giving this Beer league management 2-3 more seasons till star players are asking for an out. Going to be sad if this happens since the Devils got lucky as f with the lottery a few years back.
There were quite a few top NHL players that wanted to come to NJ after they witnessed last seasons progress. That had of taken a 180 this season and it’s going to set the Devils back at least another season for “final pieces” to want to sign here. Unless they don’t have a choice. To me, the season was lost last offseason. We all know why.
LGD!
Your earlier live stream was excellent and hilarious as usual. You should do more. My worry is that Fitzgerald will trade Holtz and/or Mercer in a deal…for what…a useless subpar goalie? Holtz seems to be the whipping boy this season. The Holtz thing is strange this year.
What is their issue with Holtz? Is Holtz puck management poor?
I believe you are right. I also fear that as we get into the spring and summer that Fitzgerald will claim "we tested the market for a 1A goalie, but there was nothing available or we could not work out a deal, etc." LGD.
You guys think that Fizz just dont want a top goalie? You think it is too easy To get one? You talk about rumours what have happend but you dont know facts. I think he have done what he can To get a top goalie. He is not stupid
This is my take on the goalie situation. There was no reason to go get a goalie in the offseason when Vitek and Schmid and the team went into the playoffs. During a season all teams aren't trying to trade their goalies especially their good ones. Usually if there is a trade in the middle of a season it's usually a 1 to 1 goalie where those 2 teams aren't doing well and need new looks which doesn't translate to a fix all the time and could have made it worse. So your best option will be trade deadline or next off season. I'm glad he did something because now he has pieces in place. We don't know what's the plan going forward but I can see Fitzy loading up on picks to make an offseason move for a goalie and a defenseman.
It's was depressing to watch these trades happen. Maybe it's not all doom and gloom with Allen. Watched some of the games and he's capable to do more than any of our current goalies. But now question is Rogalski not going to ruin him? It certainly looked like either he's a terrible goalie coach or goalies are not following his coaching, it could be 2 way street here. Let's see how Allen does. Can you imagine if we got someone like Stolarz? That would definitely be a celebration but white things look bad on paper for Allen time will tell.
Great live. Really enjoy your stuff. Entertaining as all hell, and that's what it should be all about.
Would really enjoy a rant on the Devils MSG broadcasts, which I think are insulting as compared to what they used to be.
These Fitz moves need to be judged in the off-season. Anything less than Saros or Gibson is a failure. Markstrom's game is too inconsistent for my liking and his age. Fitz has back himself into a corner and the whole league knows how desperate the NJDs are for a goalie. Expect to pay through the nose….
Kaapo is a way better option to be the backup next year … when he hasn’t been on the worst team in the league his numbers were fringe starter/ hi level backup and he’s still young … Allen is past his sell by date
The suffering of Devils fans. Players, coaches, managers change. The fans……stay…cheers.