Good to see. He can suit up for about half of a regular season just to be on patrol. If you take liberties, you have to fight one of the toughest customers in the league. A lot of people will be pissed he’s taking an nhl roster spot, but the most games he’s ever gotten in a regular season was with the avs the year they won the cup and that was a very deep roster. Good guy to have around. 3 years is more than I expected but easy to bury if need be.
socbrian
A little longer than I hoped..
mustachiolong
1.15 is totally fine for a tough depth player that can do forward and defense. That’s only a couple hundred thousand more than league minimum.
ColdBrewedChaos
I’m happy we actually have an enforcer type. Teams are wayyyy too comfortable taking liberties on the devils.
septimus29
Cannot wait to see him play <7 min a night and do almost nothing to help the team! We still need a big revamp to our 4 line
QuellCharms
Why are people freaking out that it’s 3 years? It’s 1.15 aav and the cap is going up lmao
AISwearengen
Complete waste of money. But he’ll be buried in Utica for most of this contract anyway.
theketchupthief
Remember how Pittsburgh’s FO was completely broken by Tom Wilson? Matt Rempe just did the same damn thing to our FO
AnnyongHermanoMD
They had to sign him, and all the Metro teams will follow suit. This is in response to Rempe. Devils don’t have any enforcers in their farm system so a 3-year contract make sense.
Once Rempe leaves the Rangers, teams will start parking their enforcers in the AHL.
AGOEsLois
3 years is certainly interesting but the money can be completely buried so it’s fine
wunderboy
Reaves has been vital for the Leafs run to the C…oh wait…
MatteHatter
Happy to see this. We need that “enforcer” presence. Although I understand some of the hesitation on the 3 year length. Wonder what the thinking is there.
Asu7aMa7u
I like it. We need a tough bottom six guy. He should be better next season since he’ll have more time to mesh with the other guys
McRibs2024
Great singing. Low cost, and if for some reason we need to move him or bury the cost we can. Glad to see he’s back.
Flux_resistor
jersey protection
theketchupthief
Just get the fucking coach right and literally nobody will care
Worst comes to worst fitz gets the coach wrong and we’re hiring a new GM AND coach next summer so 🤷♂️
Idk after this year my expectations have been rightfully lowered.
messwithsquatch90
Honestly Dermy has earned this. He deserves some stability and this won’t be hard to bury or move should they need it. Plus he’s a great teammate and plays a role they clearly need
Naive-Moose-2734
Basically league min. I’m fine with this.
chickenKsadilla
Give guys like this as many years as they want if it keeps the AAV this low. It literally doesn’t matter because you can easily trade someone like this if you really needed to. What would be worse was if we gave him more money for less years because it would harm the cap situation.
njmjc
Maybe I was just checked out by the time the devils acquired him but I dont get it. Did he do anything to help the team last year?
pucksdd
Why is everyone freaking out? We have 0 toughness on this team and it’s needed. Every time Hischier gets decked into the boards nobody stands up for him. Our entire team gets rag-dolled and nobody will fight.
You think we win a cup without grinders?
You know the secret to beating the Devils? Nail them into the boards because they’re small and it will tire them out. They don’t have enforcers to mitigate it and they’ll get tired and lose their speed.
Desperately needed this.
Grimmer026
We absolutely need a player like MacDermid. I don’t care if all he does is spend time every practice teaching this soft ass roster how to stand up for themselves and each other.
PembertonForbush
Good. While I like looking at advanced stats and underlying metrics and all that other stuff at some point you have to just F it and get a real man on this team of soft children.
Quikz
imagine being mad at this
robgaffney
We are so back
caldo4
Does the team need quality bottom 6 grinders yes?
Is macdermid good enough to be that? No
bluepress
Just when you think the typical reddit Devils fan can’t be any more ignorant of NHL salary cap rules, along comes this thread.
You could give an 8 year contract at that salary and it means nothing.
The NHL minimum salary is $775,000 and the Buried Threshold is $375,000, which means teams can save up to $1.15 million in cap space by assigning a player to the AHL.
If you gave him a one year deal, he’d be claimed if you put him on waivers to to assign him to the AHL. Now you have the flexibility to move him up and down on waivers without as much risk of him being claimed.
PeppiPanini
Excellent news. If you’re anti-fighter I’m sure you’ll have your own gripes, but this was absolutely needed. Glad they secured some protection for NJ’s targeted stars in the fold (when needed).
NYDevilsFan
I fine with this but he can’t be an everyday lineup player
ZookeepergameHot5642
The one thing I’ve seen people fail to mention is dermy’s value to the locker room. His off ice presence is worth the 1.15 aav imo. He is beloved in locker rooms and was one of the reasons the Avs extended him after their cup win..he may not bring much other than grit on ice, but sometimes it’s more than that. Low risk contract imo ..decent signing
DevilsElevated
Good deal because we needed this caliber of player on our team. He knows his role as an enforcer depth piece who can slot in when needed. The term shows a commitment to him and his services.
If last season didn’t show that we needed someone to be a preventative physical force and fight when called upon then you just didn’t watch consistently. Opponents knew physicality was a weakness and took advantage of it every game and even free range injured our players. MacDaddy will help protect our assets.
danamerr
Love it, now if anything goes wrong with whatever next season there always will be fans who blames all the failures on this MacDermid contract, that it sinked the team, and we are fucked because of it. There is no way around it, they will need to reflect their misery onto something.
Frosty_Aioli_851
Cup bound
specifichero101
The people who are getting worked up over this and acting like this is the major move of the off season make my head spin. Having a shit year really made some fans psyche left hanging by a thread. This is a guy to help push everyone to work hard and play with some confidence and answer the bell every single time it is rung. Now if a team takes a run at Hughes in a spirited game, they have to answer to mcdermid instead of Bastian.
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3 years?! Fitzy come on man
Good to see. He can suit up for about half of a regular season just to be on patrol. If you take liberties, you have to fight one of the toughest customers in the league. A lot of people will be pissed he’s taking an nhl roster spot, but the most games he’s ever gotten in a regular season was with the avs the year they won the cup and that was a very deep roster. Good guy to have around. 3 years is more than I expected but easy to bury if need be.
A little longer than I hoped..
1.15 is totally fine for a tough depth player that can do forward and defense. That’s only a couple hundred thousand more than league minimum.
I’m happy we actually have an enforcer type. Teams are wayyyy too comfortable taking liberties on the devils.
Cannot wait to see him play <7 min a night and do almost nothing to help the team! We still need a big revamp to our 4 line
Why are people freaking out that it’s 3 years? It’s 1.15 aav and the cap is going up lmao
Complete waste of money. But he’ll be buried in Utica for most of this contract anyway.
Remember how Pittsburgh’s FO was completely broken by Tom Wilson? Matt Rempe just did the same damn thing to our FO
They had to sign him, and all the Metro teams will follow suit. This is in response to Rempe. Devils don’t have any enforcers in their farm system so a 3-year contract make sense.
Once Rempe leaves the Rangers, teams will start parking their enforcers in the AHL.
3 years is certainly interesting but the money can be completely buried so it’s fine
Reaves has been vital for the Leafs run to the C…oh wait…
Happy to see this. We need that “enforcer” presence. Although I understand some of the hesitation on the 3 year length. Wonder what the thinking is there.
I like it. We need a tough bottom six guy. He should be better next season since he’ll have more time to mesh with the other guys
Great singing. Low cost, and if for some reason we need to move him or bury the cost we can. Glad to see he’s back.
jersey protection
Just get the fucking coach right and literally nobody will care
Worst comes to worst fitz gets the coach wrong and we’re hiring a new GM AND coach next summer so 🤷♂️
Idk after this year my expectations have been rightfully lowered.
Honestly Dermy has earned this. He deserves some stability and this won’t be hard to bury or move should they need it. Plus he’s a great teammate and plays a role they clearly need
Basically league min. I’m fine with this.
Give guys like this as many years as they want if it keeps the AAV this low. It literally doesn’t matter because you can easily trade someone like this if you really needed to. What would be worse was if we gave him more money for less years because it would harm the cap situation.
Maybe I was just checked out by the time the devils acquired him but I dont get it. Did he do anything to help the team last year?
Why is everyone freaking out? We have 0 toughness on this team and it’s needed. Every time Hischier gets decked into the boards nobody stands up for him. Our entire team gets rag-dolled and nobody will fight.
You think we win a cup without grinders?
You know the secret to beating the Devils? Nail them into the boards because they’re small and it will tire them out. They don’t have enforcers to mitigate it and they’ll get tired and lose their speed.
Desperately needed this.
We absolutely need a player like MacDermid. I don’t care if all he does is spend time every practice teaching this soft ass roster how to stand up for themselves and each other.
Good. While I like looking at advanced stats and underlying metrics and all that other stuff at some point you have to just F it and get a real man on this team of soft children.
imagine being mad at this
We are so back
Does the team need quality bottom 6 grinders yes?
Is macdermid good enough to be that? No
Just when you think the typical reddit Devils fan can’t be any more ignorant of NHL salary cap rules, along comes this thread.
You could give an 8 year contract at that salary and it means nothing.
The NHL minimum salary is $775,000 and the Buried Threshold is $375,000, which means teams can save up to $1.15 million in cap space by assigning a player to the AHL.
If you gave him a one year deal, he’d be claimed if you put him on waivers to to assign him to the AHL. Now you have the flexibility to move him up and down on waivers without as much risk of him being claimed.
Excellent news. If you’re anti-fighter I’m sure you’ll have your own gripes, but this was absolutely needed. Glad they secured some protection for NJ’s targeted stars in the fold (when needed).
I fine with this but he can’t be an everyday lineup player
The one thing I’ve seen people fail to mention is dermy’s value to the locker room. His off ice presence is worth the 1.15 aav imo. He is beloved in locker rooms and was one of the reasons the Avs extended him after their cup win..he may not bring much other than grit on ice, but sometimes it’s more than that. Low risk contract imo ..decent signing
Good deal because we needed this caliber of player on our team. He knows his role as an enforcer depth piece who can slot in when needed. The term shows a commitment to him and his services.
If last season didn’t show that we needed someone to be a preventative physical force and fight when called upon then you just didn’t watch consistently. Opponents knew physicality was a weakness and took advantage of it every game and even free range injured our players. MacDaddy will help protect our assets.
Love it, now if anything goes wrong with whatever next season there always will be fans who blames all the failures on this MacDermid contract, that it sinked the team, and we are fucked because of it. There is no way around it, they will need to reflect their misery onto something.
Cup bound
The people who are getting worked up over this and acting like this is the major move of the off season make my head spin. Having a shit year really made some fans psyche left hanging by a thread. This is a guy to help push everyone to work hard and play with some confidence and answer the bell every single time it is rung. Now if a team takes a run at Hughes in a spirited game, they have to answer to mcdermid instead of Bastian.