We’re going over the trade drama involving the New Jersey Devils and Dougie Hamilton, and how everything has gotten worse.
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This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter
This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
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9 Comments
Why is he still on this team? At this point id give him away to any rebuilding team willing to take on that money. This team has an insane logjam at the defense position and they refuse to flip any of them for a forward or goalie
This makes me smile
Rumor has it the San Jose sharks tried to trade for him in the offseason. So my guess is they just cleared space grabbed a 3rd goalie have plenty of picks and assets. I say he’ll be a Shark before the Olympic freeze.
Trade idea that might actually work for both sides:
MTL receives:
• Dougie Hamilton @ $6.0M cap hit (NJD retains $3.0M)
• One AHL contract (Devils’ choice)
NJD receives:
• Jayden Struble ($1.41M)
• Kirby Dach ($3.36M)
• 2027 MTL 5th*
• 2026 MTL 7th
*Condition: 2027 5th upgrades to NJD’s 2026 4th if
1. Hamilton plays 25+ regular-season games for MTL, and
2. MTL makes the playoffs
As devils fan #1, 5 year season ticket holder. Dougie isn't being benched for retribution. Dude is there to produce offensively and he's not doing that. If he's not scoring, then hes pretty much useless because his awful defensively
Dougie Hamilton shouldn’t be in the nhl at this point
This isn't "worse" for NJ, this is progress
Dougie is a shell of his former self. His clapper is nowhere to be seen and when he's not scoring his defense is less than desired. I think a move would do him well and if it was me, I have no qaulms with going to San Jose and playing with a former teammate Tyler Toffolli, and a young stud like Celebrini. Either way this is business and things get to a point where you need to pick a team because your time here is done.
I wouldn't worry about the Hughes brothers too much. There's been rumors that they are not happy with Dougie because his blocking a trade prevented a deal for Quinn to come to NJ from happening. I'm sure they won't mind seeing Hamilton go. The agent might be upset for a while but we'll see how it all goes down