Could the Devils Get a Goal Scorer for Dougie Hamilton
Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Period joined TSN Radio in Montreal on Monday and was asked what is happening between the Recent Jersey Devils and Dougie Hamilton. Pagnotta said that while they are attempting to trade him, the Devils want assets in return. Mainly a goal scorer.
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Host: “All right, before we allow you to go, you bought to attempt to make sense of what’s happening in Recent Jersey and what’s going to occur with Dougie Hamilton.”
Dave Pagnotta: ” Look. They’ve tried. This goes back to last season, where they explored that possibility. They explored it again across the Draft, and so they thought they’d a take care of the Sharks. After which, he wasn’t prepared to do this, which was right across the first week of July.
They waited for his bonus to be paid out, and it didn’t occur. Now he’s got one other big bonus, $7.4 million, something like that, due July 1. Then it’s a million-dollar salary, after which the next season, the last yr of his deal, he’s only making $5.25 million. So financially, there may be a profit for lots of teams, and a few teams should insist that they do have interest in waiting until July, which puts them in a really tough position, the Devils by way of their desire to make some changes.
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But clearly, along with his agent coming out, and telling Pierre LeBrun where things are at, and so they’re open to expanding their list. Now, their list, I used to be told, was strategically put together to make it very difficult to truly trade him. And I feel the explanation why they’re willing to say that we’re capable of back off of that list and explore alternative options is simply because of just how creative they got with that list.
I feel he can be moved this season, even with that bonus in place in July. It’s only a matter of them, obviously, finding the precise deal. Because at the identical time, this isn’t only a player that they wish to eliminate for nothing. They do want some value back in return. Yes, the worth comes with freeing up $9 million in cap space.
To begin with, I don’t think they’re going to give you the option to release the total pop in season immediately, but giving them some respiratory space, I feel, is a possibility. But at the identical time, they wish to get back some assets on this trade. This isn’t only a dump. So, or a minimum of that’s, the notion across the league immediately.
NHL Rumors: Recent Jersey Devils – Dougie Hamilton and Dawson Mercer
So we’ll see sort of where Tom Fitzgerald goes with this. But they wish to release money. They need to herald anyone who might help them rating. They’ve struggled in that department, which is slightly bit surprising given the roster.
And a part of the explanation why we’re beginning to hear Dawson Mercer‘s name on the market slightly bit more. It’s teams attempting to poke around and see in the event that they can pluck him out of there, because everyone else has a no-trade.
But with Dougie Hamilton specifically, I feel there’s a pathway to a deal here with the team, but again, Recent Jersey is just not trying to dump them. They wish to get some assets back for this guy.”
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