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Originally Posted by Macho0978
Hamilton's injury has to play a part in why the Devils did not buy now as well. Playoff experience would be valuable, but they aren't doing anything this year without their top dman and 2 rookies on d.
I love how impatient the Flames fans around here are with the Devils rebuild...they could be the best set up team for the future, but they should blow big assets right now for a 34-year-old goalie. IMO, they did the right thing, likely that pick is a 3rd and the cleared-out cap for next year when it makes more sense to go after a goalie. Also no longer need to pay for retention so that should get factored into the Allen trade too.
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Fitzgerald continued to look at all the top options throughout. Can't blame him because the market ask was ridiculous. He'll continue to look into the offseason when prices should come back to reality.
Luke Hughes, Bahl, Nemec all in their 1st full years was never going to be a Dcore to take the team all the way.
At a reasonable price, earlier in the year, it would have made sense to go after a goalie/dman combo (Heck personally I was willing to throw out 3 1sts or so for Marcus Pettersson 50%+Jarry or Noah Hanifin+Markstrom). The asks were ridiculous, so fitz didn't make a move.
Also if you look at the actual timeline, the goaltending was playing decently enough for a large stretch in the middle of the year