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 Kr55
Messages: 13185
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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Stu helped the Jets not worry about goaltending anymore. Took a pretty weak deal for a Vezina quality goalie.
NHL @NHL
WE'VE GOT A BLOCKBUSTER! 👀
Connor Hellebuyck is headed to the
@NJDevils
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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smyth260
Messages: 1266
Registered: November 2007
1 Cup
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I don’t know any of those names except old man Nick…yikes for Winnipeg. I’d have held onto him longer to get a better return. League owners pay guys all the time to not play via buyout.
Clean house or bust
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Kr55
Messages: 13185
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| smyth260 wrote on Fri, 23 October 2026 13:42 |
I don’t know any of those names except old man Nick…yikes for Winnipeg. I’d have held onto him longer to get a better return. League owners pay guys all the time to not play via buyout.
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Jersey has 2 1st round picks next draft and their 1st rounders for future drafts. Surprised the jet's couldn't just get 1 of those from them for Helle. Best pick is a 2nd in 2029??
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Mike
Messages: 2013
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
2 Cups
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A bunch of spare parts for a perennial Vezina contender? Wow.
Bjugstad is a throw in. Daws is fodder. A 7th round pick and a 2nd in 3 years can’t be worth all that much.
Mercer however is a decent enough player, but RFA at the end of the year. And that Command kid could be a player I suppose, but a really underwhelming return imo
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oilfan94
Messages: 592
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
No Cups
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Alexander Command was NJ's first round pick last season (12th overall), so the option was probably to take him or get the 1st rounder for this season, which might end up as a later 1st rounder if NJ does well. I am guessing that is why the Jets took him instead of betting on the Devils being a poorer team with a better goalie.
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mightyreasoner
Messages: 596
Registered: October 2005
Location: Edmonton
No Cups
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Brady Tkachuk got three firsts and a second. I would think that a Vezina winner, Hart winner, and elite player at a scarcity position should return at least that much, possibly more.
Bjugstad is basically cap balance, Mercer is fine, but not really special. Command is a good piece, but not enough of a return at all.
Not really expecting the Devils to give up core guys like Bratt, Meier, Luke Hughes, or Hamilton, but there are enough young prospects in the Devils system I would have expected more.
I would have demanded Yegorov be part of the deal. Something more along the lines of Yegorov, Silayev/Command, and Gritsyuk/Mercer would be what I would have hoped to see for the Jets. So maybe not too far off, but Yegorov vs. Daws is significant.
[Updated on: Fri, 23 October 2026 15:20]
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