Ondrej Palat’s first three seasons with the New Jersey Devils have been disappointing. He has not lived up to the five-year, $30 million contract he signed in 2022. If the Devils can trade him, it could free up some cap space. This would give them more money to work with this offseason. Palat is a solid veteran player, but it’s time to move on.
Check out Nick Villano’s article: https://pucksandpitchforks.com/new-york-rangers-trade-rumors-could-be-bad-news-for-new-jersey-devils
Check out Jersey Joe’s article: https://pucksandpitchforks.com/3-landing-spots-for-ondrej-palat-and-what-the-new-jersey-devils-should-expect-01jxayyzb8tv
Interview soundbite: Ondrej Palat
0:00 Ondrej Palat’s 2024-25 season
10:22 Destinations for Ondrej
16:55 Why is it important to trade him?
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7 Comments
Palat Hamilton haula
Fitzgerald has an enormous task in front of him to shed dead contracts and revamp this roster. The Palat contract was horribly negotiated. Incompetence. Too late now — but Fitz waited too long to get a real #1 goalie and too long to fire Lindy Ruff. We missed a huge opportunity to build on that 2022 – 2023 season. Tragic waste.
Probably have to buy Palat out. Do not see any teams wanting him at 6 mil per.
Fitz doesn’t have the balls to do it
Chris drury is a goat as much as I hate to see it, cleaning up all the trash on the rags
Crazy that playing alongside Jack and Bratt for most of the year 5 v 5 that he only put up 11 assists. Almost impressive with their respective point totals conparatively along with how good they both looked playing without him on the PK. Too much movement in the division right now of teams trying to get better and unloading their own bad contracts (the Rags specifically for the latter) for us to just run it back with Palat and hope the fourth time in the charm. Sucks like you said about Anaheim going for Kreider. I thought there was a decent chance Palat would go there since they seem to be looking to be in the mix this year. If they opt to make significant changes to the roster, I’d add Nashville to the list too to reunite with Stamkos. Buffalo as well since they’re looking for a culture change if Palat is open to going there. They do have some good young players, just haven’t put it together yet. Otherwise, buying him out might be the best move at this point. Next summer I think is the time we move Dougie to prepare for Quinn/Nico resign.
Fitz needs to do his job. If the Rags could get Kreider off their books, the Devils could get Palat off the books too