For me, I would love:

Hall-Zajac-Palmieri
Cammalleri-Henrique-Parenteau
Boucher-Zacha-Bennett
Josefson-Fiddler-SmithPelly

Hall would join the Zajac-Palmieri pairing. I think that they were effective together and that Zajac can really secure the centerzone

Henrique worked great with Camm last year. So I would want to pair them back up and for Parenteau to act as the Stempniak of the group.

I would love to try Boucher-Zacha-Bennett again. I think that Bennett works well with Zacha and that Boucher is better on the 3rd than the 4th line.

Finally I threw together JJ-Fiddler-SmithPelly cause I think they could push the puck forward, and possibly put a goal in every-so-often.

For me, I would love:

Hall-Zajac-Palmieri
Cammalleri-Henrique-Parenteau
Boucher-Zacha-Bennett
Josefson-Fiddler-SmithPelly

- IrischesGlueck

Why not Kalinin on the 4th?

Why not Kalinin on the 4th?
- Queenie_5_hole

It was either Josefson or Kalinin for the last spot, and I felt like JJ had a little more to offer.

If you could add Trouba, Fowler or Lindholm to this mix, it would be interesting.

Fire and Ice said Hynes stopped practice twice because the team was too loose in a drill. That's the kind of thing that scares me about this team a little, and some of the signs were there in the first two games. As a group, the forwards were excellent defensively last night after being brutal against Florida and not great against Tampa. So you win one game against a short-handed team and you're too cool for school? That's not what winners do. As Devils fans, we're used to teams that tend to compete well, even the ones short on talent. So for me, I was really happy last night and today...until I saw this.

On the plus side, Hynes praised Hall's defensively responsible play so far. So perhaps I was too hard on him last week or maybe I was focused too much on the tail end of some extended shifts. But either way, I'll defer to the coach obviously.

If you could add Trouba, Fowler or Lindholm to this mix, it would be interesting.
- BarryB1124

we wouldnt be able to get lindholm or trouba without giving away half of our prospects. I could see us making a deal for fowler though

Guys too loose at practice? Not a good sign. Look for a 3-1 loss tonight if that's the attitude we're carrying into boston.

we wouldnt be able to get lindholm or trouba without giving away half of our prospects. I could see us making a deal for fowler though
- Krazykid

If we could get Fowler on a reasonable deal I'd do it. I'd give up more for Shattenkirk (and I'd certainly go all in on him if he hit free agency). But I think it's worthwhile to make one of those moves because the team needs a dominant D man.

If you could add Trouba, Fowler or Lindholm to this mix, it would be interesting.
- BarryB1124

I legit think we inquired about trouba and chevy straight up told us we have nothing of d value to even get the convo started, they want a 1-3 d man and we don't really have many of those personally, hence why we'd inquire about trouba... But still that's what they want and we can't really provide that.

Fowler really seems like the most feasible solution, I really think Moore, Boucher, and a 2nd and us taking stoner as well is a homerun for anaheim but it seems they don't mind this game of chicken with lindholm enough to make that deal. Or who knows if it was even proposed, but this situation is already pretty bad so I'd think anaheim is still looking for a kings ransom for fowler.

A Lindholm offer sheet would be dirty but honestly... If we offered him max term with 7.5.... Don't you think Anaheim just moves on? They have a ton of defensive depth, and yea Lindholm is by far there best, but it's not like they NEED a guy of his caliber when they can roll 6 very skilled dmen with vatanen, fowler, theodre, larsson, manson, and bieksa (obv bieksa issnt great but hes a nice 6th compared to other 5) so I'd say that honestly wouldn't be a terrible idea. Who knows if lindholm is worth that money but if fowler cant be done it's not like we are using that space for much else and it would seriously fix a serious hole in a great way. Thing is, I feel like forcing anaheim's hand doesn't do much for it. Maybe some other east team overpays as we make the offersheet and they match, and who cares if press anaheim's cap? We see them twice a year.... And I think it would make trading with anaheim difficult in the future.

Apparently McIlrath is available, I like him.... If only he wasn't a ranger... A team we've never traded with and will never trade with for eternity, but man I bet they'd trade him for virtually nothing and I like his game.