James Nichols <\/a>of New Jersey Hockey Now has proposed that the Seattle Kraken’s Shane Wright would be a good Plan B for the Devils.\u00a0Why Shane Wright would be a good Plan B for the Devils if Hayton’s offer sheet matched<\/p>\n“Wright isn\u2019t a carbon copy of Hayton, but the numbers from their underlyings show enough overlap in production and style to make him a logical alternative\u2014and one with more runway ahead,” writes Nichols.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayton had 10 goals and 25 points in 67 games last season, with a +3 rating. Wright’s numbers were almost identical\u201412 goals, 27 points in 74 games with a +6. But the Kraken center, who, like Hayton, was a Top 5 pick in the NHL Draft (4th overall in 2022), is four years younger. He would cost the Devils more than the second-round pick as compensation for signing Hayton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Nichols makes the argument that Wright would be an ideal pivot here for New Jersey if Utah steps up to keep Hayton.<\/p>\n
“Still, the statistical overlap in production pace, shot danger, and skating metrics makes Wright a defensible target if the Hayton deal falls through. He addresses the same roster hole\u2014secondary center scoring and depth\u2014while adding four years of team control at a fraction of the cap hit at $886,666.”<\/p>\n
The clock is ticking for the Mammoth. And the Devils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utah Mammoth have until Wednesday to decide whether to match the\u00a0$4.775 AAV\u00a0offer sheet from the New Jersey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-747637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The Utah Mammoth have until Wednesday to decide whether to match the\u00a0$4.775 AAV\u00a0offer sheet from the New Jersey Devils to Barrett Hayton. The Devils are targeting the former No. 5 overall pick as their third-line center.\u00a0<\/p>\n