The Devils on Tuesday traded Ondrej Palat, a 2026 third-round pick and 2027 sixth-round pick to the Islanders in exchange for bulky forward Maxim Tsyplakov.
This was a necessary move for the Devils, who have been trying to clear cap space for what feels like an eternity.best deal in years. The sixth-year GM — whose job will surely be in question if his team doesn’t make the playoffs this season — managed to free up $3.
7 million in cap space by not retainingof Palat’s $6 million cap hit. I would have given Fitzgerald props for moving on from Palat for a bag of pucks at 50% retained. He managed to get a decent lottery ticket prospect in Tsyplakov without retaining anything. The only thing holding this back from being an A+ is the fact that it should have happened months ago.General manager Mathieu Darche was off to a rocking start to his Islanders tenure. Keyword: Was. What is he thinking with this one?! The nostalgia factor makes sense — Darche and Palat cut their teeth during the golden years of the Tampa Bay Lightning dynasty — but the 34-year-old forward has been a shadow of his past self in New Jersey. A good rule of thumb in the NHL: If the Lightning decide to move on from a player, you probably shouldn’t go after said player.Ryan Novozinsky is a sports reporter for NJ Advance Media who covers the New Jersey Devils. He grew up in Allentown and graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Sports Media degree in 2022. He joined NJ...
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