Today the Nashville Predators traded goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov to the San Jose Sharks.
The New Jersey Devils were amongst the teams trying to get Askarov, but ultimately came up short.
Should the NJ Devils have tried harder to land Askarov?
Who will be the next Devils goaltender of the future?
I discuss all of this and more in this video.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
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26 Comments
Since we didn't get him I'm actually not too hurt the sharks did.
The Sharks pretty much traded Hertl for Askarov..The 1st rounder and better prospect were both from the Hertl trade
After missing out on Yaroslav Askarov, perhaps the Devils will trade Nathan Bastian, Nico Daws, Nolan Foote, Arseni Gritsyuk, a 2025 4th-rounder, and a 2026 conditional 5th-rounder to the Bruins for Jeremy Swayman and then sign Jeremy to an 8-year contract extension worth $96 million ($12 million AAV a year).
If none of our goalies pan out the whole entire scouting, staff and rologskj g2g
In a way the timing wasn't quite right. It's great to take a gamble on a young goalie, but I'm not sure this is the year to do it, coming off the year we just had. San Jose is in a better spot for that.
COULD OF JUST UGHHH IDKK DRAFTED HIM🥲🥲🥲
Definitely stung…could have beeten that package for less than i even thought.
I'm going to be following the sharks this year as my West Coast game
Our goalie prospect Isaac Poulter is a stud. I think in about 3 years he could very well be the Devils starting goaltender.
I didn't think that the Devils would acquire Askarov.
Also Vanacek plays for San Jose, too.
Killed me too with the devils actually being in on the trade and getting beat out by the sharks
If another highly touted tender demands a trade atleast the devils will most likely inquire
Vanecek! Get ready to learn Chinese 🤣😂😂
Darn
Eh I am not too bummed about this. Yeah he may be good in the minors. But can he be good in the majors? Not sure. Look at Vitek in the 2022-2023 season…he kicked ass in the regular season, and choked in the post season, and to bailed out by a rookie. Besides…we have a lot of goaltending prospects with potential. Plus, we can keep some assets to #BringBradytoNJ
Yo, Ace….I am making a hockey stick out of wood for my 5 year old niece. My dad is a rangers fan, always wearing a rangers hat…should I get my niece to say to my dad "grandpa…can I have your hat? I need a hockey puck!"?
aw this suck didnt kno nj tried
For what it’s worth we don’t know for sure what the future holds. Sure we have scouting reports, but there’s always those guys that come out of the blue, and everyone is like, “who?!” But maybe Askarov gets injured, (for his sake I hope not,) but we just don’t know. Maybe someone leaves KHL to play in the NHL, and just posts highlight reel plays every night. Or maybe Daws with a more seasoned D Corps becomes legendary all of a sudden. I know we all just want to win at this point, and I think we’ll all take whoever can do that! 😂
Can’t get them all unfortunately. Let’s be happy with what we have. It’s better than what we had.
Lazar days till season opener!
Brother Ace, say it ain't so!? Man, we could've had him….this sucks!! We better get Mercer signed soon, I can't take anymore heartache!! This one hurts….I feel your pain bro.
Imagine not dealing the #1 pick for Markstrom and using it to get Askarov during our true competing window in a few years. SMH.
I m not going to pity the Sharks. No one gave a dime about us all this time.
I m not going to cry over Askarov either. I believe in the kids, especially Daws. As you Ace have said, they can't go that wrong with such a number of goalies in the dev camp. One of them has to fit the bill. Would it be better to have Askarov? Yes, absolutely. Will we be going to hell without him? I don't think so. Even if we go to hell, we will be playing at home ice, so don't be afraid, Devils.
I mean I get not being too high on Edstrom but he is a 19yr center who is 6'3" 190lbs and was drafted in the 1st round (32nd*), now I'd say so far his numbers look like he might be more of a Boqvist who the Devils took 36th overall even though he's only 6'1" 184lbs now at 25yr so maybe this kid fills out to 205-210ish and can develop into more than Jesper. I think they're valuing him much higher than we are but man if Fitz coulda sold them Stillman, Casey and the 2nd… oh well like you said let's hope one of our guys pans out.
Since NJ doesn't have a 1st I'm sure Mercer was the starting ask from Trotz but was probably even higher.
Called it in the comments section of your last video on the subject (Sharks are my #2 team). He's more valuable to them and they were willing to pay more. I don't know if he's worth the price, goalies are so uncertain. We have Daws', Malek, and our recent 2nd round pick in the pipeline.
Fitz dropped the ball on this one. I would have gambled. Askarov is game ready! I like his size and movement post to post. If the devils strike out on these goaltenders, I’m gonna loose my mind. LGD!
Haha fritz needs to go he sucks gets rid of our young goalie that plays better than daws just to resign daws like come on dude think before you do and try signing before you trade and move on