Possible Trade Options for the Devils, and What a Macklin Celebrini Extension Looks Like
Some potential trade options at forward for the New Jersey Devils
James Nichols of NJ Hockey Now: The New Jersey Devils could obviously use a top-six forward, but they could also use some forward depth. Free agency may not turn out to be much for the Devils, so they could turn to the trade market. Four possible options for the Devil.
Ross Colton – Colorado Avalanche – The Avs have less than $3 million in cap space. Colton is in the final year of his $4 million contract with 12 non-trade teams. He grew up a Devils fan and grew up in Robbinsville, New Jersey.
Cole Perfetti – Winnipeg Jets – Has not reached the 10th overall pick and is a pending RFA. It’s on the small side, but it has the potential of a top six. Could Simon Nemec be part of a potential deal?
Connor Zary – Calgary Flames – Two years left at $3.755 million. His numbers have dipped over the years, but he drives the net and forwards.
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Mavrik Bourque – Dallas Stars – He went from 11 goals and 20 last year, to 41 points. The pending RFA is in the $2 to $3 million range, and the Dallas Stars have cap issues, especially if they want to re-sign Jason Robertson.
What would Macklin Celebrini’s contract extension look like?
Hunter Crowther on Daily Faceoff: Tyler Yaremchuk and David Pagnotta were discussing what Macklin Celebrini’s contract extension with the San Jose Sharks could look like, and how Connor Bedard’s next contract could affect it.
Pagnotta: “This summer or next summer, it’s going to be very expensive. I mean, the $15 million range wouldn’t shock me completely. But I don’t know if they’re going full-time. I think this could be five years, get to the last year of your RFA status and go from there. We’ll see.
About Bedard and what that number comes in: If they go full-time, there are some pretty big numbers being discussed … his AAV could be $15, $16, $17 million, if he were to go full-time.
I think that will have little impact on what happens here, but without a doubt, that $15 million list for Celebrini, maybe on a short-term deal, is what I would want. Maybe Bedard also went down that route.”
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Yaremchuk added that with the projected cap increase, teams should try to get as many years as possible when making these big extensions. Pagnotta notes that some players like the idea of being safe in case something happens to them. You can see some of these young players looking at the three- to five-year range again before they become a UFA, then go for a full-time contract.
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