I thought Madden was the in 95. My bad. He’s still probably the best defensive forward we have, next to a very underrated Pandolfo. I think getting rid of Madden would be a huge blow to our team and Lou knows that, so I don’t see that happening, pretty much ever. I think he’ll retire a Devil, as will Brodeur and Elias by the looks of their recent contracts.

we do need to move some salary but that is if there is no chance of ridding of Malakhov or Mogilny which no one is 100% sure of yet

injury in training camp…unable to play due to injury BEFORE training camp

Mogilny’s hip problem stemmed from his days in Toronto, not New Jersey

difficult but possible that one or both salaries are gone and all this just blows past

EVERYTHING will be solved later this month, that we know

I can almost bet that by the time the season starts, the team will look just like it did last year, except we won’t have Mogilny and Malakhov or maybe either the other two. Lou dealt with a very big problem last year in a team that really had no clue what was going on and it hurt them for 40 games. This year he’s pushing everything and doing everything he can to make sure by the beginning of the season, we have clear heads and no problems hanging over the club.

And I highly doubt that Madden or Brylin are going anywhere, as well as Gionta. Madden and Bryling are 2 of only a couple of guys that have been on the team for every Stanley Cup and to get rid of them would be retarded. Same with Gionta, who was the leading scorer last year. We fit everyone on the team last year and were fine. I don’t see anyone being overly greedy so much that they can’t fit on the roster, but just a worry of getting the right players in the best balance by opening day. A brilliant coach once said “I’m not looking for the best players, I’m looking for the right ones.” Always the Devils phlosophy. That is what I see right now.

It is very much like people complaining about Leaf rumors and “everyone to the Leafs”. The fact is (more before the new CBA). There was a reason the Leafs werein all the rumors… They needed help, and they were willing to spend the money and trade youth to get it.

People really need to learn not to complain about the *reality* of a situation. The reality is that the Devils situation is the most interesting in the league right now, because of the cap implications that they face, and their behavior, which has been different from every other franchise so far.

My worry for them is that Lou is a little to confident in his own “brilliance” and he has made some mistakes that are going to hurt, more than he thinks.

I did read somewhere that they are asking for Malakhov’s and someone else’s salary to not count this year?

they are not signing players (as of yet) to 1/multi year contracts, most of them are TRYOUT contracts

none of their recent signings (Lachance, Dowd, Lacotoure – if they did indeed sign him) count against the cap right now

the Devils NEED to make a move so there are tons of RUMORS about them and it is just fitting that they be posted on HOCKEYTRADERUMORS.com

Regardless, the timing for New Jersey to fix this issue will be soon.

If I were Lou, I’d GIVE Mogilny and McGillis away along with Lukawich, but I think the problem is finding someone who is interested…

I have a feeling other teams are holding out till the very last minute to make Lou and the Devils as desperate as possible as to “rip them off”… Fine by me, so long as the deal gets done.

lous just dying to make the canucks better

There is also precedent in Jagr and other players whose salary and cap hit are both shared by different clubs (Ranger and Caps in Jagr’s case).

Unless someone can show me in the actual CBA where it says you cannot, I will assume you can share salary and cap hit on a player.