While many Devils fans are still feeling a sense of betrayal and frustration for the loss of Team Captain Zach Parise to his home-state Minnesota Wild for 13 years/$98 Million, there is no rush for General Manager Lou Lamoriello to immediately look to sign someone in order to not replace, but compensate for the loss of Parise. Devils fans have been impatiently waiting and wanting for Lou to sign someone quickly, but Lamoriello will never sign someone just for the sake of signing someone. Top Free Agents remaining are Alexander Semin, Shane Doan, Andrei Kostitsyn, Peter Mueller and Kyle Wellwood. Most Devils fans want Lou to sign Semin, but there have been no indications whether he is close to signing anywhere. Doan;s preference is to remain with the Coyotes if they remain in Phoenix long-term.
But, other than the names mentioned above, there really is no reason for Lou Lamoriello to go outside and sign someone. In fact, the market is pretty weak, so Lamoriello who always prefers the traditional route of going within to replace talent will likely look that way. You can expect the tandem if Ilya Kovalchuk and Travis Zajac to remain together. Question is, who will be there winger? The likelihood is that you could see Elias back at LW on that line. Zubrus will likely play with Henrique and Clarkson and Tedenby will likely play with Josefson and possibly Steve Bernier moving up to the 3rd line. Carter, Gionta and newly signed Kris Barch or Cam Janssen will patrol the 4th line.
But one thing is certain, it is only July 10th, so there is still a long way to go for the Devils and Lou Lamoriello.
But here is there projected depth chart for 2012-2013:
Patrik Elias-Travis Zajac-Ilya Kovalchuk
Dainius Zubrus-Adam Henrique-David Clarkson
Mattias Tedenby-Jacob Josefson-Steve Bernier
Ryan Carter-Stephen Gionta-Cam Janssen/Kris Barch
Steve Zalewski
Andy Greene-Mark Fayne
Henrik Tallinder-Marek Zidlicky
Bryce Salvador-Anton Volchenkov
Peter Harrold-Adam Larsson
Alexander Urbom-Jay Leach
Matthew Corrente
But, other than the names mentioned above, there really is no reason for Lou Lamoriello to go outside and sign someone. In fact, the market is pretty weak, so Lamoriello who always prefers the traditional route of going within to replace talent will likely look that way. You can expect the tandem if Ilya Kovalchuk and Travis Zajac to remain together. Question is, who will be there winger? The likelihood is that you could see Elias back at LW on that line. Zubrus will likely play with Henrique and Clarkson and Tedenby will likely play with Josefson and possibly Steve Bernier moving up to the 3rd line. Carter, Gionta and newly signed Kris Barch or Cam Janssen will patrol the 4th line.
But one thing is certain, it is only July 10th, so there is still a long way to go for the Devils and Lou Lamoriello.
But here is there projected depth chart for 2012-2013:
Patrik Elias-Travis Zajac-Ilya Kovalchuk
Dainius Zubrus-Adam Henrique-David Clarkson
Mattias Tedenby-Jacob Josefson-Steve Bernier
Ryan Carter-Stephen Gionta-Cam Janssen/Kris Barch
Steve Zalewski
Andy Greene-Mark Fayne
Henrik Tallinder-Marek Zidlicky
Bryce Salvador-Anton Volchenkov
Peter Harrold-Adam Larsson
Alexander Urbom-Jay Leach
Matthew Corrente
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