It’s the early afternoon for the trade deadline, and for the New Jersey Devils they have to start making crucial moves to help the team get ready for next season. This move, however, was not one of them. The Devils traded away forward Wayne Simmonds to the Buffalo Sabres. The return for Simmonds is a 5th rounder in 2021. Despite people saying the Devils lost the trade, there is an excellent reason to think both teams lost this trade.
Wayne Simmonds on the Devils was a Disaster.
Last July, the Devils signed Simmonds to a one-year deal.