My take on why we should still consider making Nemec a trade chip
December 7, 2025
My take on why we should still consider making Nemec a trade chip
17 comments
Oh this will be civil
It all depends on the return…I’m sure most of the sub would trade Jack for McDavid 1:1 lol. I don’t personally believe we should trade for Quinn this year if it means giving up a key player like Nemec, but if there’s a trade that makes us better over the next 5 years let’s consider anything.
The proper way to manage assets is to trade when value is at it’s highest. If we can get Quinn Hughes for a package based around Nemec (Nemec plus a 1st plus a prospect), you do it all day, every day.
It’s probably Nemec + Hamilton + Silayev + 1st + conditional 2nd that turns into a 2027 1st based on a number of things ( points/games played/ECF or SCF appearance) that can slide to 2028 if the devil’s trade their 2027 the following year.
Vancouver gets a new long term #1 and someone that can be a short term #1/tradable asset (#1/2 RHD potential) while Nemec matures. They also get a physical/skating unicorn to replace Quinn on the left side as early as March of this year in Silayev.
New jersey gets their defensive star and gets to hold onto what little forward depth they have.
We probably get another ahl contract coming back.
Ok there’s a couple of good points that are made in the article. Honestly it comes down to how high Nemec’s ceiling is, how quickly we think he can reach that ceiling, and how long until an extension can turn into positive value for us. At this point I think trading Nemec is 100% on the table, but we need the return to also be worth depleting the right hand side of our D.
We love our boy Nemec. Other teams will want him too…so they’d be fools to not at least ask for him
Nemec is going to be a great player, and I hate to lose another long term project, but his ceiling is absolutely below Quinn’s current floor. If they’ll take Dougie and Nemec, and we don’t have to further mess with our forward core, it’ll be a slam dunk trade.
I agree about the skating, he gets stuck in mud when he’s not already on the move and has to rove around. He’s also not a big D man, doesn’t have the benefit of reach to make up ground. He’s very skilled and smart, but i do think he will always struggle with skating. If we can get Quinn we just have to do it, no matter how much we all like Nemec.
You might be fine with getting bounced in the second round of the playoffs every season if we even make the playoffs at all. Im not. No one is off the table.
No. Keep Nemec. Extend him.
Hes legit Ty Smith 2.0 but with more scoring.
I really like Nemec. I also prefer Quinn Hughes. If we need to move Nemec to get Quinn, that is a no brainer.
I would support trading Nemec for only one reason.
Last time my friends season ticket
Holder points were set to expire he spent them on a signed stick from John Marino, who we traded away shortly after.
He just spent his points that are about to expire on a Nemec signed stick, and it would be even funnier the second time.
Idk how we say no to including Nemo in a package for Quinn if that’s the ask.
I adore Nemec and would love him to be a Devil forever, but he’s had a couple of good months + his surprise rookie season vs Quinn being a proven all-star. Even if it hurts our RHD…just watch some Quinn highlights to refresh your memory.
Now, taking a hit to our kiddie pool deep forward depth as well is another issue altogether.
I just hope he ends up somewhere else, not in Vancouver
I don’t understand why we pay anything at all. We should sit back and wait for him to come to free
17 comments
Oh this will be civil
It all depends on the return…I’m sure most of the sub would trade Jack for McDavid 1:1 lol. I don’t personally believe we should trade for Quinn this year if it means giving up a key player like Nemec, but if there’s a trade that makes us better over the next 5 years let’s consider anything.
The proper way to manage assets is to trade when value is at it’s highest. If we can get Quinn Hughes for a package based around Nemec (Nemec plus a 1st plus a prospect), you do it all day, every day.
It’s probably Nemec + Hamilton + Silayev + 1st + conditional 2nd that turns into a 2027 1st based on a number of things ( points/games played/ECF or SCF appearance) that can slide to 2028 if the devil’s trade their 2027 the following year.
Vancouver gets a new long term #1 and someone that can be a short term #1/tradable asset (#1/2 RHD potential) while Nemec matures. They also get a physical/skating unicorn to replace Quinn on the left side as early as March of this year in Silayev.
New jersey gets their defensive star and gets to hold onto what little forward depth they have.
We probably get another ahl contract coming back.
Ok there’s a couple of good points that are made in the article. Honestly it comes down to how high Nemec’s ceiling is, how quickly we think he can reach that ceiling, and how long until an extension can turn into positive value for us. At this point I think trading Nemec is 100% on the table, but we need the return to also be worth depleting the right hand side of our D.
We love our boy Nemec. Other teams will want him too…so they’d be fools to not at least ask for him
Nemec is going to be a great player, and I hate to lose another long term project, but his ceiling is absolutely below Quinn’s current floor. If they’ll take Dougie and Nemec, and we don’t have to further mess with our forward core, it’ll be a slam dunk trade.
I agree about the skating, he gets stuck in mud when he’s not already on the move and has to rove around. He’s also not a big D man, doesn’t have the benefit of reach to make up ground. He’s very skilled and smart, but i do think he will always struggle with skating. If we can get Quinn we just have to do it, no matter how much we all like Nemec.
“You cant trade [player name] they’re [insert reason]”
You might be fine with getting bounced in the second round of the playoffs every season if we even make the playoffs at all. Im not. No one is off the table.
No. Keep Nemec. Extend him.
Hes legit Ty Smith 2.0 but with more scoring.
I really like Nemec. I also prefer Quinn Hughes. If we need to move Nemec to get Quinn, that is a no brainer.
I would support trading Nemec for only one reason.
Last time my friends season ticket
Holder points were set to expire he spent them on a signed stick from John Marino, who we traded away shortly after.
He just spent his points that are about to expire on a Nemec signed stick, and it would be even funnier the second time.
Idk how we say no to including Nemo in a package for Quinn if that’s the ask.
I adore Nemec and would love him to be a Devil forever, but he’s had a couple of good months + his surprise rookie season vs Quinn being a proven all-star. Even if it hurts our RHD…just watch some Quinn highlights to refresh your memory.
Now, taking a hit to our kiddie pool deep forward depth as well is another issue altogether.
I just hope he ends up somewhere else, not in Vancouver
I don’t understand why we pay anything at all. We should sit back and wait for him to come to free