[Trade] Sharks trade Timo Meier, Scott Harrington, Timur Ibragimov, Santeri Hatakka, Zach Emond, 2024 5th-RD to Devils for Fabian Zetterlund, Andreas Johnsson, Nikita Okhotiuk, Shakir Mukhamadullin, 2023 1st-RD, conditional 2024 1st-RD, 2024 7th-RD

[Coconuts]

1 minute ago, Oregon.Duck said:

Mukhmadullin, Nemec, and a 1st?

 

I have no idea what the return could be but if I was a NJD fan, I’d be prepared for the worst lol

Doubt they give up Nemec, more likely to give up Holtz or Bahl imo

[Alflives]

1 minute ago, mll said:

There wasn't any extension in place either with Horvat but Lamoriello made the deal because he was confident he could get one done.  

True, but isn’t Meier an RFA, so Jersey knows they have him at his QO? Bo was a coming UFA. Sign him or lose him. 

[rekker]

1 minute ago, stawns said:

I know everyone wants the top three picks every year, but it also brings a lot of problems with it too.  Whoever gets Bedatd will be looking at a double digit, 8 year contract for his second deal.......that'll be tough to build around

Are you drunk?

[fanofvan]

3 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said:

A distant second to Bo, but they got their man.

Who is a distant second to Bo?

[Mackcanuck]

Boom! The floodgates just opened

The other teams will soon be panic buying!

Good news for us

[stawns]

1 minute ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Was that ever offered though? It takes two to tango.

I'm saying if they'd waited and got some leverage, his price might have gone up and if LouLam went another path, perhaps that's the kind of deal they could have made for Bo to a team who was feeling under the gun

 

I'm happy with Raty and happy with the first, but I feel they could have played their hand a little better.

[DeNiro]

Just now, 24K PureCool said:

Lol if Alvin waited this long, Lou wouldn't have traded for Horvat to begin with knowing Barzal is now injured and out for the rest of the season. 

 

Bingo.

 

The deal would have definitely been pulled for that reason.

[stawns]

Just now, rekker said:

Are you drunk?

Why?

[24K PureCool]

7 minutes ago, fanofvan said:

Probably could have gotten Kotkaniemi!

Why would you even want Kotkaniemi on that drag of a contract?

[HKSR]

1 minute ago, 24K PureCool said:

Lol if Alvin waited this long, Lou wouldn't have traded for Horvat to begin with knowing Barzal is now injured and out for the rest of the season. 

 

Exactly.  Thank you for speaking with some rational logic.

[rekker]

Just now, Alflives said:

True, but isn’t Meier an RFA, so Jersey knows they have him at his QO? Bo was a coming UFA. Sign him or lose him. 

He can be treated as a UFA if the Devils to walk away from the qualifying offer.

[Alflives]

Just now, rekker said:

Are you drunk?

He might be but I am. 

[stawns]

Just now, 24K PureCool said:

Why would you even want Kotkaniemi on that drag of a contract?

Because he's  a good player who will almost certainly outplay his contract, he's 22 and it's a very buyout friendly deal if you can't move it.

[billabong]

Guess who just became the most eligible bachelor with term on his contract? 
 

[fanofvan]

1 minute ago, stawns said:

I'm saying if they'd waited and got some leverage, his price might have gone up and if LouLam went another path, perhaps that's the kind of deal they could have made for Bo to a team who was feeling under the gun

 

I'm happy with Raty and happy with the first, but I feel they could have played their hand a little better.

I honestly don’t think you’re getting much of a better deal for a pending UFA.  Meier, who I think is a better player, is a RFA, so at minimum NJD is guaranteed to retain his rights.

[Ghostsof1915]

2 minutes ago, stawns said:

I'm saying if they'd waited and got some leverage, his price might have gone up and if LouLam went another path, perhaps that's the kind of deal they could have made for Bo to a team who was feeling under the gun

 

I'm happy with Raty and happy with the first, but I feel they could have played their hand a little better.

Yeah but if they waited maybe they would have gotten a worse deal. Last year was a good example. They waited and pretty much nothing happened.

The last thing the team needed was Bo to walk for nothing.

[rekker]

1 minute ago, stawns said:

I'm saying if they'd waited and got some leverage, his price might have gone up and if LouLam went another path, perhaps that's the kind of deal they could have made for Bo to a team who was feeling under the gun

 

I'm happy with Raty and happy with the first, but I feel they could have played their hand a little better.

Meh, tired of this subject to be honest.  Lol. But I was thinking the other day, maybe an additional, conditional pick could of been invloved if Bo extended  with the Isles. 

[Alflives]

1 minute ago, rekker said:

He can be treated as a UFA if the Devils to walk away from the qualifying offer.

True, but it’s the Devil’s choice. In Bo’s case it was his. 

[stawns]

1 minute ago, HKSR said:

Exactly.  Thank you for speaking with some rational logic.

They had the best chip in the game.  Given what you've seen, you think that was absolute best they could have had for him?

 

I dont think it's a bad deal, I just think they could have done better given that Horvay was the best piece out there

 

[Ghostsof1915]

1 minute ago, billabong said:

Guess who just became the most eligible bachelor with term on his contract? 
 

At least he's marketable to the fans. Even though his stats may not be the best.