You really have to give a good look at Santeri Hatakka.

Brandon montour could be a great option if florida doesnt re-sign him.

It was a VERY good deal for us, even if Markstrom isn't what we hope he is it is still a big upgrade in net and we really didn't pay a lot

As a Calgary Albertan born and raised good luck with the goalie. You will need it. Our teams chance to win the Cup was 2 years ago and if we had a good goalie we might've had a playoff run. Markstrom shit the bed in the Oilers series. His stat line for the series was an abysmal goals against average of 5.12 and a save percentage of . 852%. I would've traded him to a Siberian hockey team for a bag of used jock straps if it was up to me but it wasn't. In the 1980s goalies just disappeared after a series like that. He had one good season here where the whole team overachieved and that was it. The rest is just meh with one terrible season. He's your problem now.

Is there any chance Colin Miller could return as a 7th/8th defensemen?

Now please get Zadorov/Tanev/Montour or trade for a different top 4 D and a bottom 6 player or two and we'll be good

Dougie is a great point defenseman that’s all he very soft !!! I hope he learns to use his body this year!! Our biggest loss of the year was McLeod he was imo our #1 play maker after that tiffoli. Besides that we need defensemen like McDermott.

The Devils now have 2 Jakes for their goalie tandem.

BIG GAME HUNTING!!!!

I would love them to get Matt Dumba decent defensive and very physical

anyone else hope we keep kahkonen?

@devilsfan36

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He only played in six devils games. He played well, I have to say, however, it was only six games and I think he won one.

Jacob isn't a bad goalie he's just old.hes not the goalie I wanted I wanted Ullmark or Saros because not only are they better they are younger so we have a good goalie for at least 5 -8 years with our young team. markstrom we will be in the same situation in only a few years looking for another goalie

why are you acting like bahl was a physical player? looks like tarzan plays like jane.

I think it is too early to declare a winner. To me it seems pretty fair on the surface. Much better than the Holtz + a second next year or third this year that I heard mentioned several times during the season. A first round pick (perhaps around 20th overall if NJ rebounds?) and and a roster defenseman with upside seems fair for a 34 year old goalie (with retention) who has only two years left on his deal and has a history taking a full season to get acclimatized to his new team after he is traded. I posted on here that Dawson Mercer and 11th OA were never going to happen as Flames fans hoped. If Markstrom was younger and had more term on his deal it would have made some sense. However, NJ assumed some risk in this deal as well. The first round pick could be anywhere from 11th on down. If Markstrom sucks and Jersey has to give up the 11th overall this trade won't look too good for for the Devils. In fact giving up their 1st this year and keeping Bahl would have been smarter. If they give up a lottery pick and the Flames win the lottery with it, it will be an unmitigated disaster. As unlikely as these scenarios may seem, the risk is there and Fitzgerald had to hedge.

@Zynka17

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I hope it's the 32nd pick

Bad move, too old to be a factor to get us to the cup. This team is still not good enough to make a run!!!

@fakedeath13

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LOL dude goalies can play into their early 40s, he doesn't need to win the Vezina for us to have a chance, he just has to be average and the offense will handle the rest. Have some faith, clearly you've never seen Markstrom play if this is how you're talking about him. Watch some tape and get back to me.

@originalmindset5278

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​@@fakedeath13 WORD! 😂🔥🔥🔥

No he did not get the right goalie. He got an over the hill goalie that is slightly above average. Not a difference maker. I love when the rebuttal from Devils fans is... Oh so you would rather lose Mercer in a trade for a better goalie? Yes! Dawson Mercer sucks. Stop talking about this dwarf like he's a prize. He was horrendous.