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New Jersey Devils: 3 Free Agent Goalies To Consider Part Two

By Vincent Parise

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JULY 17: Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals looks on during practice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on July 17, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. The team continues to prepare for a return to play since NHL paused its season due to the coronavirus pandemic in March. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JULY 17: Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals looks on during practice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on July 17, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. The team continues to prepare for a return to play since NHL paused its season due to the coronavirus pandemic in March. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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The New Jersey Devils might need to add goaltending depth.

It has been pretty well documented that Mackenzie Blackwood was awesome for the New Jersey Devils in 2019-20. They didn’t get much help from their backups, however, and that made their record terrible. It obviously isn’t the only reason they were a bad team, but it is clear that Blackwood needs a better backup or perhaps even a platoon option. There are plenty of free-agent options out there to be discussed and maybe the Devils will go for one of them.

We discussed Corey Crawford, Robin Lehner, and Jacob Markstrom in Part One of this series. Those are three really solid players who would boost the Devils’ chances to win. They all have great playoff experiences that would really be able to help this team find success. That is the key to building this team right now as they try to put the right players around their young studs to help them with their skills, attitude, character, and ability to win.

Those aren’t the only three goalies, however, that would be able to help the Devils. There are a lot of other free agent goaltenders out there that would do a great job in the same exact roles. Some of them would cost different amounts of money but most of them would bring proven NHL goaltending ability and increase the team’s chances of being successful.

All you can ask from your NHL goalies is that they give you a chance to win the game every single night. It isn’t always going to happen, but as long as the chances to win are there on a daily basis, you will be a good team. These are three more goalies who the Devils should look at:

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