The New Jersey Devils have had Thomas Greiss in their division playing for the New York Islanders for a few years now. They know just how good he can be as a backup goalie. The Islanders have that suffocating system that helps their goalies, but he would be a good backup here in New Jersey. The Devils need a guy for that role and he would be the kind that is a legit backup. Crawford would be more of a 1B goalie, but Greiss would probably play somewhere between 30-35 games.
In 31 games played for the 2019-20 New York Islanders, he had a 2.74 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage with his 16-9-4 record. Those are some good numbers for a 34-year-old goalie. He isn’t going to be part of the future by any means but he would be a nice player that would bring a decent amount of experience. Whatever his next team is will be the fifth team that he has played for.
Predicting a contract for Greiss is tough. It will, however, be a good indicator of how many games he would get. At 34, and will be 35 not long into next season, a short-term contract would make a lot of sense for him while the Devils look for a long-term backup to replace Schneider. It would be a great duo in the short term with him and Blackwood but it wouldn’t last longer than a few years.