3 New Jersey Devils Trades With Struggling Vancouver Canucks

The New Jersey Devils need help on the power play. Honestly, the Canucks aren’t a great power-play team, but they do have a lot of contributors. Nobody on the team has more than two PP goals, but four players are tied for the team lead with two. One of those players is Alex Chiasson. He’s basically only contributing on the power play. The Canucks need more than that.

The Devils could put Chiasson in a position to succeed this season while at even strength, and Chiasson could help them with the second unit of the power play. He could play on the third or fourth line and provide secondary help. He is, however, primarily a power-play specialist.

The Devils just need people who know how to contribute with the man advantage. It’s really that simple. Their power play could tank the whole season if they don’t fix it. Maybe a 3rd-round pick is too high a price for someone the Canucks brought in on a professional tryout before the season, but the Devils need that kind of help. They have their own PTO that’s helping with the penalty kill in Jimmy Vesey, so maybe they can get lucky again with Chiasson.

This would be the most likely trade because the Devils have the assets to give up a middle-round pick this season. The Devils have three 4th-round picks, so if it takes a 3rd to make this deal happen, the Devils will still have plenty of assets to make a deal happen later in the season.