The New Jersey Devils traded current AHL goalie Louis Domingue to the Vancouver Canucks. In return, they got another goalie in Zane McIntyre.
The New Jersey Devils ended an interesting day during the NHL Trade Deadline with a minor deal sending goalie Louis Domingue to the Vancouver Canucks for similar goalie Zane McIntyre.
The Devils got Domingue earlier this season for a conditional 7th-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft from the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was a deal to provide depth for the Devils as they watched Mackenzie Blackwood struggle to start the season and Cory Schneider once again forget that stopping the puck is the point.
The Devils met those conditions, so the pick is heading to Tampa. They decided that instead of making Domingue a sunk cost, they’d trade him for something different.
Not sure if Zane McIntyre was the right piece to do that. He’s a below average AHL goalie. Maybe GM Tom Fitzgerald was looking for a player who needed a change of scenery, but this is a goalie who’s never been anything in the NHL, and is bad in the minors at 27 years old this year.
This seems like Fitzgerald doing a favor for the Canucks, but not sure why they didn’t at least ask for a former 6th-round pick or something that could one day have value. Domingue was fine where he was, especially if the Binghamton Devils are going to make a run to the Calder Cup Playoffs. Maybe there is a piece we don’t know yet, but as of right now this just seems like a weird move.