New Jersey Devils: 3 High-Priced Options To Replace Corey Crawford

Frederik Andersen

This one might get a little strange, and this one could happen closer to when the AHL season starts, but the Toronto Maple Leafs might be ready to move on from their current starting goalie if they don’t think he’s the right player to win them a Stanley Cup. They could be willing to find another asset from another team, but they’d need to make up for that salary. Trading Freddy Andersen away might be the best way to do that.

The Maple Leafs and Devils already made a trade before the season. The Devils sent Joey Andersen to the Leafs to help them save salary cap space and get Andreas Johnsson. These two can talk again and make another mutually beneficial trade.

Again, the Leafs would have to find a better option than Andersen to start. Jack Campbell has an outside chance to be that, and then they already have Aaron Dell. Should they be confident in that tandem? They should not, but anything is possible in this weird world where the Devils might be desperate for a veteran.

Andersen would be the best option, but it’s not likely to happen. He’d only have one more season, so the Devils wouldn’t be able to expose him in the Seattle Kraken draft. Still, it’s fun to think about all the options the Devils still have. Not many of them are good, but having any options at all when a goalie retires this late is something.