Ty Smith

New Jersey has acquired defenseman John Marino from Pittsburgh in exchange for blueliner Ty Smith and a 2023 third-round pick.

In Marino, New Jersey gets a defender that is capable of playing top-four minutes now as evidenced by the fact that he has averaged over 20 minutes per contest over each of his three NHL seasons. As for New Jersey’s offseason, there is still a lot of work to be done. Smith still has a year to go on his entry-level deal, one that carries a cap hit of just $863K plus an additional $400K in performance bonuses. As for Smith, the 22-year-old was a first-round pick of the Devils back in 2018 (17th overall) and made a very strong first impression in his rookie year in 2020-21 when he picked up 23 points in 48 games while averaging over 20 minutes a game himself. However, things didn’t go as well for Marino and the Penguins since then. The 25-year-old Marino made an immediate impact in his rookie season back in 2019-20, recording 26 points in 56 games.

A sixth-round pick (154th overall) by the Edmonton Oilers at the 2015 NHL Draft, Marino was dealt to Pittsburgh in July 2019. He is entering the second season ...

"He takes pride in his game away from the puck and his puck management and ability to transition play will fit in nicely with our style and the strengths of our forward group. "John is a competitive, highly mobile defenseman who strengthens our back end," Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald said. In 189 career NHL games, he has 10 goals and 64 points.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired defenseman Ty Smith and a 2023 third-round draft pick from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for defenseman John ...

He was also named the WHL (West) All-Star team in each of his last three seasons with the club and was also named the CHL's Defenseman of the Year in 2018-19. Prior to his time in the NHL, Smith enjoyed a four-plus season junior hockey career with the Spokane Chiefs from 2016-20. His 66 games played, five goals, 45 hits and 73 blocked shots were all career bests.

The New Jersey Devils announced this afternoon that they traded defenseman Ty Smith and their 2023 third round pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for ...

Even that concern would be mitigated or rendered moot if Marino continues to play as well, if not better, than he did in Pittsburgh. So it is not that large of a concern in my mind at the moment. Now that you know what I think of the trade, I want to know what you think. Should Pittsburgh get Smith’s confidence and game back on track and he flourishes, then this could end up haunting the Devils. That is entirely possible between his age, pedigree, and what we saw from him as a rookie at points back in 2021. Moreover, Marino is only 25, so he is likely to continue to be effective throughout the remainder of his current contract. Their decision was to move Marino and his $4.4 million cap hit, which is on the books for the next five seasons. Most importantly, the Devils got better on the blueline because Marino has been a good defender for the Penguins. In return for Smith and their own pick in next year’s draft, the Devils obtained John Marino. Smith is a 22-year old, left-shooting defenseman that could play on the right side, standing at 5’11”, weighing 180 pounds, and entering the last season of an entry level contract for a cap hit of $863,333 barring any performance bonuses (a maximum of $400,000). The Penguins were over the cap at the time of the trade by a couple million so they eventually needed to move someone. His pending UFA status would make him a popular guy around the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline. Today’s move may lead to a potential Severson trade earlier than that. More relevant to what he does well, his on-ice rates in 5-on-5 have been quite good in his three seasons as a Penguin. He was fourth among Penguin regulars in 5-on-5 ice time per game. I figured that would be the job of the assistant coach that will fill in Alain Nasreddine’s now vacant role on the bench. The former CHL Defenseman of the Year really struggled in his sophomore season with the Devils. He became hesitant in a system reliant on overloading puck carriers, which requires immediate action. The New Jersey Devils have made a notable change to their blueline.

The Devils have made another move, dealing away defenseman Ty Smith and a draft pick for 25-year old defenseman John Marino.

Lastly, Fitzgerald stated the desire for the team to add size on the ice. Fitzgerald also stated that the team might look to add depth in defense. On Saturday, the Devils dealt away Ty Smith, along with a third-round pick in the 2023 draft to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman John Marino.

Usually the Pittsburgh Penguins are the one moving the 22-year old with upside and a draft pick in order to acquire a better player to feed their machine as ...

Bringing in Ty Smith opens up a lot of questions in Pittsburgh for how the team will look next season. When Smith is on the ice, the Devils see quite a few point shots, and even worse, a lot of quality chances right up the slot line as the heat map helps depict in red. Under the tutelage of former NJD coach John Hynes and assistant Alain Nasreddeine even established and veteran “good” players like Hamilton and Damon Severson had difficulties and did not always look good in a system that just wasn’t either working or executed properly. He also put up 23 points (2G+21A) in just 48 games as was looking like a potential big time player in the NHL. After bursting on the scene, almost literally out of nowhere in 2019-20, Marino was never truly able to recapture the magic as a rookie, where he scored six goals and had 26 points in 56 games — all while putting up some of the best advanced defensive metrics in the entire league. Usually the Pittsburgh Penguins are the one moving the 22-year old with upside and a draft pick in order to acquire a better player to feed their machine as a yearly playoff team.

The Devils traded Smith (undisclosed) and a 2023 third-round pick to the Penguins in exchange for John Marino on Saturday, PuckPedia reports.