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  1. Well this last stand went about as well as Custer’s did
    7 points
  2. Can’t remember Jack ever having 0 SOG in a game. They need to seriously consider shutting him down for the remainder of the season if he’s that not right.
    7 points
  3. I don't understand seafarering analogies. Who is dating who and which one is the ex-girlfriend?
    7 points
  4. It's maddening how soft Bahl is as a player. The guy is 6'6 and plays like a marshmallow.
    7 points
  5. They are supposed to be wearing the stadium series jerseys tomorrow, it's the only reason I'm even going.
    6 points
  6. I wasn't expecting to be interested in this draft until at least late May, so the fact I am having a good look in March just goes to show how awry this season has gone. The Devils currently hold the 9th overall pick, which is a very decent pick. Now I am not sure how much effort I am going to put into looking at the first round players, because I don't think the Devils keep this pick . It has to be our main asset in trying to address the goaltender situation. But in the unlikely event we do keep it , it's worth seeing what's around. Looking at the mock rankings the top 20 or so prospects are incredibly defense heavy. Which is clearly an area where we have depth. So to my mind that makes it even more likely we deal the pick. Outside Macklin Celibrini at 1st overall there doesn't seem to be much consensus on the rest of the top 10. Anyway looking at mock drafts the most common selections for the Devils have been Cole Eiserman , Sam Dickinson, Konsta Helenius and Zeeve Buium. The first three are forwards and Buium is a LD. Eiserman seems like the most logical fit on paper. He is a scoring LW playing for the USNTDP. He offensive skills are regularly compared to Cole Caufield. So given the previous fit between Jack and Caufiled, could this be a similar match. What seems to be regularly flaged as a weakness for Eiserman is his skating, which for me is a red flag in the modern NHL. In a way his profile sort of reads like Alex Holtz, great shot, not so great skating. Haven't had a chance to look at the others yet. But will update this as I go.
    6 points
  7. If you get scored on first over half of your games, you have a coaching problem because they are never ready to play and massive motivation problem. If I’m the owner, fitz starts next year on the hot seat. Not even a question.
    6 points
  8. Chico: “We could go through the list of teams who won’t make the playoffs who’ve won points from the Devils.”
    6 points
  9. With Luke’s assist tonight he passed Rafalski on the points by a rookie defenseman list.
    6 points
  10. Good. He’ll miss 16 minutes of ice time total and there will probably be 2-3 less concussions this week.
    6 points
  11. 3:30 PM EDT On TNT, Max @ Vegas The Devils are probably going to lose. Don't waste your St Paddy's day on this. Go outside and enjoy the weather/ corned beef/ etc! Lets go Draft!
    5 points
  12. I know this season has been bad, but come on. His first full pro season, hasn't missed a minute, 0.5ppg as D man in the NHL on a team that basically shat the bed. Have his performances declined? Yes, but it's not been a disaster. Better coaching and maybe some better support next season.
    5 points
  13. 5 points
  14. There’s no denying that it was Brunette at this point.
    5 points
  15. C’mon now. A core of Jack, Nico, Bratt, Timo, Dougie, Nemec, and Luke… Go look at some of those early 80’s rosters.
    5 points
  16. So I just watched the Tierney goal because I was out of the room and missed it. It looks exactly like you would expect a goal scored by Chris Tierney and assisted by Kurtis MacDermid and Nick DeSimone to look.
    5 points
  17. Stankoven sounds like a side character from an American Pie movie
    5 points
  18. I’m anxious to see what happens when the Rangers roll out a Matt Rempe bobblehead. If the delivery truck is on the same road as MacDermid, will it suddenly speed away?
    5 points
  19. Devils only have 17 games left with basically-dead playoff odds (2% per The Athletic's model) - they should just keep Siegs out and get an extended look at Hatakka from here on out. Doesn't make any sense to have Siegs suit up anymore this season, especially after taking that concussion.
    5 points
  20. After it was clear Graves, Tatar and Wood wouldnt be back, i waited for appropriate replacements. But none, just depthsignings. Watching the end of last regular season and the playoffs, it sure looked like they run out of gas. Just like this season. Boys really try, but there is just not enough left ... The injuries didnt help and are a fact, not an excuse. So, very disappointed and a little worried going into te season. After the first games and when injuries started to hit the team, it became clear this team would need help. But no qualityplayers were brought in all season to fix certain holes in the lineup. I think they knew about a potential case coming up for McLeod, another player in this mold: big body, fast ... Anyway they had him on the 4th line to start the season. A guy that had all the tools and qualities you search in a player to play alongside Jack. This was the biggest blow to the devils season imo aside from douggie out and Jack not being at 100% almost all season. So thats 3 guys missing upfront whit no replacement which led to changes in the system when they finally realized they couldnt play last years system because all of a sudden we simply dont have the personal to do it. This team needs a big body center to play on jacks line, someone that can win puckbattles and play solid defensively, so this line doesnt become a liability, a warrior that can take draws and shield him kinda. We need more warriors on this team and preferably another guy for our bottom 6. Jenner, Bennett, Pinto, Stephenson ... Just throwing names out there that either become UFA or might be available. Look at the Sabres, Yotes, Sens, Philly ... Someone would like to play on a line with Jack and Bratt/Meier i would think. You have to maximize the lines of your two Nr. 1 drafts and provide them with the right players. I dont think Toffoli or Palat should be in the Top 6 of a true contender. Second priority would be a big physical defenseman that could play top pair minutes. You might have to ship someone like Siegenthaler out. Other teams showed that its possible. Upfront Hertl for Palat would have been a dream haha. As for defense, guys like Rasmus Anderson, Matt Roy, Montour or the Dillons and melons from WPG could be available next summer. Those teams that just loaded up for their playoff run cant sign all their guys, teams still in the rebuild might not be able to bring in all their young talent upfront. There should be plenty of talent out there, but this roster needs work in the offseason. The last thing I want to hear is our GM stating publicly that he cant force players to sign, he did it twice at least smh. Its like to say, i cant get the job done. There is really something that has to be said about constantly putting yourself in a tough spot, be it for trades (looking very desparate which drives prices up) or just unnecessary statements that potentially come back to bite you. In poker they call it "fish" and everybody (other GMs) wants to play with him ... From all the action or none-action therefore, i constantly get the feeling that they dont evaluate their players right, same with where the teams stands as of right now and what they truly need. Like whats the true identity of this team and the vision they have to turn this into a serious contender for upcoming years. Maybe after next season with the right pieces in place we have our first real shot, i dunno. I just cant get the feeling, that necessary pieces will be adressed and brought in this summer. The tradedeadline is another missed opportunity, i am just glad he stayed away bringing in Markstrom and resigning Toffoli. Either deal had the potential to get him fired in the end. Money spent on the wrong players and in one case you would even have to sent players/picks to calgary which would be again bad asset management. Sometimes i wonder, if this all is missinformation by our management to hide from their true priorities in players and to drive prices up for other teams, but it sure doesnt look like. In fact, all this looks more like someone desperately trying to save his job then making the right decisions. Speaking about accountability and holding yourself to high standards means also you have to look in the mirror first and be honest with yourself. This season is a complete miss by our GM and they still seem to hold onto their believes that it was just injuries and the team is mostly fine, its definitely not. Like Bizz said on the TNT-pregame show to the LA Game,: "Looking at the devils top 6 aside from Meier, where is the beef, maybe Toffoli nahh ... And Liam just followed up with: Yeah the devils are soft. For them to make such statements should tell you something. To go on a run, we would potentially have to go through the Rangers, Hurricans, Panthers and in the end get one of those heavy teams from the west. Anybody seriously think this team is somewhere close?!?Just look how the successful teams are build. Its nothing personal, its just from all i have seen this season, i am not convinced that TF is the right guy to get this team back on the right path and i think i really could get worse this summer. I always try to be positive and i think this season could be a positive in the long run for devils. As they say one step back, to make two ... If that may have helped to identify their true needs, so be it. New contracts for Mercer and other RFAs might come cheaper now, we saved a 1st by not making the playoffs and get to pick higher then expected. Our guys get a longer offseason to diggest this season and get a good rest, get back to work on individual stuff (Gym comes to mind). And finally i dont want to see them crushed by the Rangers or whoever they would play against. Nemec was brought up and got almost a full season under his belt. Not sure why Fitzy goes out and says that wasnt the plan this season. You want to accelerate his developement, the earlier he becomes a force from the backend the better, so we might a have true chance after next season. Good thing the young guns battled through the grind this season has been and all the adversity. They know now what to expect and will be prepaired for the upcoming campaigns and get better with experience. They look promising, no doubt. I knew this was going to be a long post as the season has piled up some frustrating and more things could be said. its not the time for depthsingings anymore. Need to plant some major flags upfront and on the backend. I bet the guys in net will look a lot better too once they can play again as unit and get defensively sound like last season showed they can. Everything went perfect and nobody should have expected that this season will go just as smooth and that all the young players will take a big step forward simultaniously. So, groundcontrol to major tom ... Please get your head of the clouds and make some hockeytrades to get this team on the path to future success. LGD
    5 points
  21. Anyone that plays hockey, knows that in a game like that, Luke Hughes should of absolutely trucked Trocheck at the end of the game on that empty netter. Sure he would of got his as kicked by him, but if you are afraid to do that then you simply aren't cut out for pro hockey, at least not one that will do anything to win. And all I ever see is that we don't have any gamers. We have kids that are all about dangles and have ZERO clue how or what it takes to win a Cup. When your "star" player says people pay to watch me play and chokes on the biggest play of the season at that point tells me everything. Going back to the Florida game last season where Nico hurt Barkov, that was a huge red flag. They chased poor Nico all over the rink taking shots at him and no one did a f-ing thing. Can't win with the guys in the room if they are scared, but even worse, can't win if they don't care. IMHO, this roster construction is wrong in a few ways. It's undersized with little heart and is fueled by the Hughes bothers led pond hockey style. On D it continues with Marino an Bahl. Bahl may be the biggest disappointment of that crew- what a waste of a body. He could skate with eggs in shorts and not break any...If you go...but its the new NHL- skill, skill, skill....go look at teams that win or compete for the Cup- skill, yes, but they have some snarl, and size. Just go back to the 2nd round last year against the Canes....it was men vs boys...an overhaul is needed...Colin Miller was the closest thing that resembled a defensemen this season. Heart--who has heart on this team? Smith does, but unfortunately he has to be on the ice to use it...so nothing gained there for sure. Nico has heart and compete, not sure who else really has it. Haula maybe, sometime in spurts. Too many ghosts....Palat, that dude is invisible in all aspects of professional hockey. Why is he out there? Hamilton? Luke Hughes has Scott Stevens compete level compared to him. 0 heart, 0 defense. You can't have Hamilton, Hughes, Bahl, Marino, Nemec in the lineup on D. I mean, I think they could make a third line forward group of Bahl, L Hughes and Hamilton that would probably score as much as our 3rd line now. At least they wouldn't starting in our end. (I kid) I won't even get into Siegenthaler, as he is soft too, but his main redeeming quality is that he probably helps Team Nico keep some balance in that room. When we had to move on from the D corp we had last year, I knew it was gonna be rough, but Fitz really finds himself with some real big holes in the lineup now. The plan to play 1984 Oilers hockey will not work. Playing it with these players will not work. He needs to change the attitudes and tweak the style of play. If we roll into next season the same way, fully expect the same results. I'd like to see Berube come into and get accountability. Luke Hughes ain't making those dogsh!t plays with him on the bench. The whole team attitude would change. Look what Torts did with the Flyers. Players??? Need someone like a Nick Foligno to come in and bring some leadership. He's tough nosed and would not let that room play the way they do. Someone would have been down on the ice from the drop off the puck last night. He's a gamer. Certainly good enough to play on team that has the likes of Bastian, Palat and Tierney. How about a Gudas type on defense? I thought they should have been all in on Tom Wilson. And yes, I know they would probably like a goalie. How you make all these changes necessary to reposition the team, well that is the GM's job not mine, but one thing is certain, if Fitz doesn't figure it out this summer, it won't be his beyond next season either. Hey Fitzy, how about this guy...you missed him once...
    5 points
  22. In the above equation, Brunette is apparently the ex-girlfriend, who was dumped by her boyfriend, New Jersey Devil, after he received a huge promotion and raise. The boyfriend has since squandered the signing bonus that accompanied the promotion and thrown his new girlfriend out of his house after discovering that she was stealing from him. In a desperate bid to reclaim the magic of his previous relationship, New Jersey Devil has tattooed Brunette’s face to his right arm and roams the streets every night, calling for her, but as she’s since relocated to Tennessee, she does not hear his impassioned pleas, nor does she notice the tears—simultaneously betraying regret and bitterness—in his eyes.
    5 points
  23. Much of that is due to the fact that even though Fitz did what he absolutely HAD to in letting Lindy go, he’s decided to wait until the offseason to go all the way in bringing in a truly new guy with new ideas. That very well might turn out to be the right call (not like the Devils weren’t already pretty much dead when Green was given the interim gig), but it doesn’t make the present any easier. The one thing that I don’t mind about the season ending on such a lousy note is that Green definitely isn’t throwing himself into the mix with the way that the Devils are playing under him, and that’s a good thing. I don’t think he’s the guy at all long-term, and the last thing that I ever would’ve wanted to see was some miracle short-term burst that might’ve led Fitz to think the solution is somehow in house.
    5 points
  24. I might be in the minority, but I definitely want this guy back on the team next year.
    5 points
  25. Elbow to the head, that HAS to be a 20 game suspension. Holy sh!t that was dirty. MacDermid should put anyone on their team in a coma.
    5 points
  26. Correct. We’ll also accept ‘who gives a flying fvck’
    5 points
  27. Ah, okay. If the Devils win, maybe they should just keep wearing them.
    4 points
  28. Fair, but at the end of the day these players have to play the system the coaches implement (or lack thereof). I know Brunnette’s PP was nothing to write home about last season, but as an “associate coach” he probably had a big hand in that. He sure has the a much lunch talented Preds team playing well.
    4 points
  29. A hard-nosed coach is the #1 move Fitz must make in off-season.
    4 points
  30. Makes you think about all those dropped points to the Ducks, Sharks, Blue Jackets, Mtl. Such a damn shame because those are easy points in the bag with appropriate coaching or half-adequate goaltending.
    4 points
  31. Absolutely. I was extremely impressed with everything he had done during his tenure here up until this season started but then he let it get inexplicably far off the rails in '23-'24. Add that to the manner in which he did absolutely nothing to stop the de-railing and I now have serious doubts about him. He has one year from me to get this right. It will be an interesting summer for sure.
    4 points
  32. The fact they’re somehow STILL only four points out just makes me more annoyed at these fvckfaces for their lack of urgency all around - Fitz, the staff and the players
    4 points
  33. Every time they mention Kurtis MacDermid, I crack up thinking about it being McDavid's alter ego like @MadDog2020 mentioned
    4 points
  34. Feel bad for Siegs having a concussion and hope he gets better, but with the way he's played this season, Hatakka is an upgrade.
    4 points
  35. 4 points
  36. I’ll say what I’ve said before: Lindy should have been fired November 24, after the home loss to Columbus.
    4 points
  37. Holy sh!t, did @Colorado Rockies 1976brother join.
    4 points
  38. @NJDfan1711 I currently see the Devils as a rudderless yacht that sent its captain adrift, with a crew that knows that the first mate probably should've joined the captain in the lifeboat, so they're plenty discontent, even though they could've been a better crew themselves. A repairman was sent and was able to do just enough to make sure that the vessel will slowly but eventually limp its way back to port, but until it does, he's powerless to fix the rudder and the other issues currently plaguing the rest of the ship. Anyway, yeah, not like the Devils didn't have their chances and it's not like the teams ahead of them haven't left openings, even when it looks like some of them were on their way to fully solidifying spots. It's just not this team's year, and the next 17 games will only underscore that fact. We'll never know what a new coach and some personnel moves might have done for the 2023-24 Devils, but we'll find out soon enough what they'll do for the 2024-25 and beyond Devils. And if Fitz can make the right decisions to make this 2023-24 a brief downturn.
    4 points
  39. The defense sucking is one thing. The goaltending sucking is one thing. The PP being THIS bad is just completely inexcusable.
    4 points
  40. If this team had ANY balls they would bear down, focus, and put four fvcking pucks in the back of the net in the next 5 minutes.
    4 points
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