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NJ Devils with a wild future after a wild trade deadline

3/11/2024 • Alex Devils

The NJ Devils wrapped up a busy trade deadline last night. 6 trades in 3 days and some challenging cap management was necessary. Out? Taylor Hall, Ryan Suter, Logan Thompson, Ben Chiarot, Pierre Bellemare, and Nate Schmidt. In came Casey DeSmith, Evgeni Malkin, and Evgenii Dadonov.

After the deadline, the roster is definitely built for a top draft pick with an eye towards the future.

NJ now has:

12 1^st round picks, 7 2^nd round picks, 3 3^rd round picks, 2 6th round picks, and 4 7th round picks in this upcoming draft. If the scouts can’t rebuild the franchise with this arsenal they should find new jobs.

Here is a review of current top 22 prospects:

Name	Upside	Certainty
Matvei Michkov	10	9
Dmitry Simashev	9	8.5
Quinton Byfield	9	10
Danila Yurov	8.5	8.5
Nate Danielson	8.5	8.5
Noel Gunler	8.5	4
Alexis Lafreniere	8.5	10
Kasper Halttunen	8	7.5
Kirill Dolzhenkov	8	2
Nick Moldenhauer	8	7.5
Simon Edvinsson	8	9
Arseny Gritsyuk	7.5	6.5
Cam Lund	7.5	7.5
Caedan Bankier	7.5	6.5
Ludvig Jansson	7.5	7
Matthew Poitras	7.5	7.5
Matyas Sapovaliv	7.5	7.5
Samu Salminen	7.5	7.5
Lian Bichsel	7	7.5
Maveric Lamoureux	7	8
William Wallinder	7	8
Mason Lohrei	6.8	8

All in all it looks like the Devils GM has a lot of options going forward! Whether a long painful rebuild or a quick retool by flipping assets, it is one that will keep fans invested!