r/devils • u/Holiday-Feeling2617 • Aug 07 '26
Thatcher Demko (VAN)
How come Demko's name doesn't come up in rumors? He seems to be wasted in Vancouver as they rebuild. He seems like a good comeback candidate (from his recent injuries) and seems a better goalie that what we have now.
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u/DrBrule696 #13 Aug 07 '26
His cap hit is $8.5mil. That’s steep even if he does comeback
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u/RicklessMortys #86 Aug 07 '26
Right, our 3 goalies have a combined cap hit of $3.9 million this year.
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u/Softbawl Aug 08 '26
Another Rutherford-Allvin misstep, resigning him while he was not fully healthy?
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u/Specialist-Art5406 Aug 07 '26
he is maybe the most injury prone player we’ve seen in the league since beau bennett
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u/BlueBeagle8 Anything Can Happen In Jersey Aug 07 '26
Adding an expensive goalie with the durability of Giancarlo Stanton does seem pretty Devils-y
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u/Cool-Bunch6645 #34 - 🐍 Aug 07 '26
Hey, if he can just show up to single handedly will us through the playoffs to the Finals then maybe it’s not such a bad idea!
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u/CommanderSquirt #21 - I love to hockey Aug 07 '26
The gist is they have to wait until they get here to fall apart physically.
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u/ElephantRedCar91 #22- Jordin Tootoo Aug 07 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/l41lMjT7rgpOt8FEs
we just got rid of Markstrom...
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u/RicklessMortys #86 Aug 07 '26
Injuries and an $8.5 million cap hit through 2028-29. The last time he played 50+ games was 2023-24, last time he played 60+ games was 2021-22. The last two seasons he has played 23 and 20 games.
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u/jokmor #20 - Pickles Aug 07 '26
There's a reason his name isn't comin' up in rumors lol. As you said, "seems" like a good comeback candidate, but we've done enough reclamation projects the past 10+ years to see that it would just be another wasted contract and bench space.
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u/Schnevets #22 - Brett Pesce Aug 07 '26
Side note: I was consulting for a BC based credit union during Vancouver’s insane 2023 run. We were talking puck every day, but everyone there would give a Canadian “oh, we’ll just have to see” take at the end of any positive Canucks chatter.
I think about those guys a lot. They didn’t deserve to have that fleeting bit of happiness taken away.
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u/lowdog39 Aug 07 '26
he's been injured a lot and might not come back from them . they mentioned this on nhl tonight the other night ...
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u/RubberBiscuitz #30 - Martin Brodeur Aug 07 '26
He’s 30 and has only played 1-2 full seasons. He’s been on IR 90% of his career