Might the Devils Get a Objective Scorer for Dougie Hamilton
Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Interval joined TSN Radio in Montreal on Monday and was requested what’s going on between the New Jersey Devils and Dougie Hamilton. Pagnotta stated that whereas they’re attempting to commerce him, the Devils need belongings in return. Primarily a purpose scorer.
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Host: “All proper, earlier than we allow you to go, you bought to attempt to make sense of what’s taking place in New Jersey and what’s going to occur with Dougie Hamilton.”
Dave Pagnotta: ” Look. They’ve tried. This goes again to final season, the place they explored that chance. They explored it once more across the Draft, and so they thought that they had a cope with the Sharks. After which, he wasn’t ready to try this, which was proper across the first week of July.
They waited for his bonus to be paid out, and it didn’t occur. Now he’s bought one other large bonus, $7.4 million, one thing like that, due July 1. Then it’s a million-dollar wage, after which the next season, the final yr of his deal, he’s solely making $5.25 million. So financially, there’s a profit for lots of groups, and a few groups should insist that they do have curiosity in ready till July, which places them in a really powerful place, the Devils by way of their want to make some modifications.
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However clearly, together with his agent popping out, and telling Pierre LeBrun the place issues are at, and so they’re open to increasing their record. Now, their record, I used to be advised, was strategically put collectively to make it very tough to truly commerce him. And I believe the explanation why they’re keen to say that we’re capable of again off of that record and discover different choices is simply due to simply how artistic they bought with that record.
I believe he might be moved this season, even with that bonus in place in July. It’s only a matter of them, clearly, discovering the proper deal. As a result of on the identical time, this isn’t only a participant that they need to do away with for nothing. They do need some worth again in return. Sure, the worth comes with liberating up $9 million in cap area.
To begin with, I don’t assume they’re going to have the ability to unencumber the total pop in season proper now, however giving them some respiratory area, I believe, is a chance. However on the identical time, they need to get again some belongings on this commerce. This isn’t only a dump. So, or at the least that’s, the notion across the league proper now.
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So we’ll see form of the place Tom Fitzgerald goes with this. However they need to unencumber cash. They need to usher in anyone who may also help them rating. They’ve struggled in that division, which is somewhat bit shocking given the roster.
And a part of the explanation why we’re beginning to hear Dawson Mercer‘s title on the market somewhat bit extra. It’s groups attempting to poke round and see if they will pluck him out of there, as a result of everybody else has a no-trade.
However with Dougie Hamilton particularly, I believe there’s a pathway to a deal right here with the group, however once more, New Jersey is simply not seeking to dump them. They need to get some belongings again for this man.”
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