To New Jersey:
Prospect LW Shane Lachance
$575,000 of Frederic's cap hit retained
Thanks to long-term injuries to Jack Hughes and Jonas Siegenthaler, the Devils have over $13 million in LTIR cap space to burn. It appears the Devils saw this as an opportunity to upgrade their prospect pool, if ever so slightly.
Drafted in the sixth round by the Oilers in 2021, Shane Lachance in his second season at Boston Unviersity and appears to be regressing somewhat as a prospect - not as much as Hauser is, mind you, but a regression nonetheless. His biggest red flag is a +/- that's gone down from +15 in year one down to +2 in year two - still on the good side of the ledger, but a 13 point drop year over year.
Lachance has managed to increase his offence by a single point in four less games and also increase his PIMs year over year from 12 to 26, a good thing for a player who's 6'5" and 218 lbs. Nonetheless, that drop in defensive play has got to be concerning to player development and I can see why the Oilers let him go.
Of course he still looks better than Hauser at this point, but the Oilers needed the cap space the Devils retained for them this season and as the saying goes, you have to give up something if you want to get something. This portion of the deal is what allowed the Oilers to carry a mere $575,000 on Frederic's cap hit for the rest of this season.