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[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@TopDownHockey @NHL This is correct. The nhl doesn’t count own goals as shots against

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

Fitz needs the others GMs to tell him who the good players are

[Alex Chauvancy @AlexC_NJD]

On The FAN Hockey Show, Elliotte Friedman said the word this morning is that the #NJDevils heard how much interest there is in Cody Glass and they changed their mind re: giving him his QO.

I believe the deadline for QOs is at 5 pm today, so we’ll find out soon enough

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@NotMauroJorgfan Gonna be the lowest for a Devils goalie since Craig Billington in 1992-93

[JP Gambatese @jp_gambatese]

Based on what I’ve heard so far, the #NJDevils are going to have no issue moving off of Ondrej Palat and his full salary.

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@JKFischer @AATJerseyBlog The teams on the list are most likely the teams that can’t or won’t trade for him though like EDM,VGK, DAL,COL,TB,FLA,NYR,NYI,BOS,MTL

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@taj1944 You’re giving these teams too much credit. It’s more likely this saga will drag on for another 2 months

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

This is Tom Fitzgerald’s 6th season as Devils GM. In that time he has made only one in-season trade that hasn’t been within a week of the trade deadline. The player acquired was Jon Gillies. I don’t think a move is coming @ryannovoNHL

[Ryan Novozinsky @ryannovoNFL]

The #NJDevils are now in the SECOND wild card spot.

It’s well past time for Tom Fitzgerald to make a move.

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@AlexC_NJD He said it 3x and the glass deal was likely agreed to before he spoke

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@koharskisdonuts Palat going the other way, dream scenario

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@GianniNJD This is an abysmal list of fits for the Devils

[Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli]

Two contract housekeeping items, since there is a lot of buzz today.

1. If "fake years" are added to a player's contract in his mid-30s as a method to suppress AAV and/or entice a signature with additional total dollars, #NHL will monitor and pursue later if proven as means of cap circumvention.

Example: If #Leafs want to offer Tanev 6 years x $4 million, and the goal (😉) is to only play three years and spend the last two or three on LTIR (😉), well then, that won't be looked upon fondly later. We've been through this once before, hence the 35+ contract rule.

Out of the 924 players in the #NHL this season, only one (Mark Giordano) played as a 40-year-old this season. He's also a little bit of a different case, won a Norris Trophy at age 35. No one could honestly think that signing Tanev to a deal that stretches into his 40-year-old season would be a deal on the up-and-up.

2. It is expressly prohibited in the CBA for a free agent to agree to a post-contract arrangement for services, say as a team ambassador or in player development, as a way of working outside of the salary cap. That type of deal is outlawed and the #NHL would very likely also consider that circumvention.

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@mikejfls As long as palat goes the other way

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@jacques_jams Which is why it’ll get a great return in a trade

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@jp_gambatese He was also injured most of the regular season and had more 5v5 pts than Draisaitl in the playoffs

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@koharskisdonuts Because we will take him at the deadline and seattle will eat half his salary

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@DWorldOrder @MrWhite1079 @jp_gambatese @AlexC_NJD @papiblez @CJTDevil @thenvpshow @AndrewTimoni @WarkSheek @Shady80KW @DevilsState @LockedOnDevils The answer is Rasmus Kupari. He’s the 🔑

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@SEllisHockey @AlexC_NJD Turn and burn @BillSpaulding

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@AlexC_NJD Famously impossible to win stanley cups with small centers!

[Bert @BertMorrison4]

@devilstatguy Since the devils last 4 game win streak 30 other teams have had one (sharks only team that hasn’t)