There was more chaos for the New Jersey Devils on the second day of the NHL Draft. In addition to making their draft selections, they also made a couple of big trades. John Marino heads to the Utah HC, whereas Alexander Holtz and Akira Schmid are off to the Vegas Golden Knights. The Devils received Paul Cotter and more available cap space in the process.
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11 Comments
Fitz has 1 shot coming Monday so far this offseason other gms owning him
Fitz has 1 shot coming Monday so far this offseason other gms owning him
I like the trade. The league knows Holtz is useless. We got a guy wee needed, physical and smart and he blocks shots.Perfect for the bottom 6. He also strangely, is really good on the PP. With Malak, Brennan, daws and who else schmid was expendable. No trade that happened leading up to today was "fair" value. Devils got a much needed type of player and that's all that matters.
Cotter wasn’t trusted to play in any of their playoff runs. He has his name on the cup but wasn’t iced a single game. Same thing this year, healthy scratch every game even when Vegas obviously lost in four games they didn’t think well enough of him to try inserting him into lineup. Vegas reactions make me think we effectively traded Holtz for Wood. He hits, plays quickly, but is not good defensively, takes bad penalties, etc.its cool he’s on a league minimum deal, but you can likely sign a 4th line energy forward for near that on Monday. Probably worst trade for devils I’ve seen in a very long time.
There’s something about Holtz that I don’t think we see. Work ethic? Attitude? Idk what, but there’s more to it than him making occasional mistakes on the ice.
Good trade. Holtz wasnt going to break the top 6 probably in the next 4 years… schmid just inconsistent and passed by several other prospects This point… devils fans shock and awe just shows they over valued these players
Fitz got played by Vegas in Vegas.
Fitz will be played in free agency.
Fitz is closer to be replaced.
We got fleeced with the holt, Akira trade….we could have gotten more I believe….
The Holtz pick is going to go down as one of NJD's worst in a while, unfortunately. The organization didn't help his development either, but man – Askarov, Rossi, Quinn, Lundell, Etc were all there in the 7OA mock range for 2020. Best of luck with VGK to him, and Schmid as well. Thanks for the 2023 playoff rd 1 memories.
Disappointing & humbling return selling low on both – but, we'll see how it shakes out. Monday should be interesting.
Devils seem keen to get rid of Holtz. I wonder why?
I was trying to remember a nasty goal Cotter had earlier in the year and I just remembered it. A sick dangle against the Flyers, check it out. If Cotter can fill the void McLeod left in his own way, then this questionable asset management will have been ok.