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  1. AHL is more for developing players rather than to win the Calder Cup. Devs have graduated Holtz, Nemec, Daws, Shmid, Zetterlund, Shango in the last several years. Some teams do try to win the cup and add higher talent veterans-NJ usually doesn't do that so much. Dineen has done a good job with what he has-which is not much-especially this year.
  2. Maybe I should've said big and/or physical players. If a guy is 6' 3" even if he's not that physical he at least takes up more space and can defend and control pucks easier just because of his reach and if he's somewhat physical-even more of an advantage over smaller guys. All the good teams have bigger players than the Devils. They need to add some guys like: Geekie, Nick Roy, Hathaway, Poehling, Foegle, Ryan McLeod, etc etc. Those are some reasonably priced options. Fitz has to target some bigger players on other rosters and go after them. Upgrade from Haula, Palat, Tierney. etc. I think there's going to be a lot of changes for the forwards this off season.
  3. Men against Boys (again). Physically dominated. They ain't going anywhere until the get BIG and PHYSICAL players who PLAY HARD-especially forwards who can create space for Jack/Nico/Bratt. They don't need a hard nosed coach-they need hard nosed players.
  4. I don't know if anyone is an inferior opponent at this point.
  5. Hopefully they will see your post....so far I don't think they have.....
  6. Icelanders with another garbage point. Tied it in the last minute and lost in OT. Lots of rag fans in Pitt today. Pens frontrunners staying away now....lol
  7. Slasher is right. They need to add size, physicality, grit, compete. They are soft/weak/easy to play against. You don't want Jack to play too physical-it's not his game and he'll get injured again. He needs at least one 6'3" 200 lb guy who can skate and has some offensive ability on his line-like Morgan Geekie who the Bruins snapped up for nothing.
  8. Mercer is having a bit of an off year but he's an NHL player. He can skate, play a 200 ft game and has good hands. Holtz has an NHL shot but the rest of his game is AHL level. He's slow and soft, falls down a lot, loses his man, etc etc. He's done ok this year mostly because as a 3rd and 4th liner he's playing against 3rd and 4th liners. He's the kind of guy who can score 25 goals and be -30. I doubt he'll be on the team next year. Part of the general house cleaning that needs to happen.
  9. Torts with a game misconduct on the night they honored his 2004 Bolts team in Tampa....lol
  10. Laferriere -from Chatham, taken 1 pick before Daws in 2020....Should've traded up for him-big Devils fan growing up.
  11. Good move Fitz. Now go get 2 more monsters. How about those guys with the glasses who like to play Hot Wheels???
  12. Exactly. I'd prefer he play 4th line LW and drop Tierney (who's been not bad lately so I get it) and have Miller on D. Smith is in the lineup because if he's not and other than Toffoli (who can actually defend himself) then what you have is the New Jersey Ice Capades. Who's going to protect the figure skaters against Gudas/Johnston/McTavish?
  13. Yup. That's why we beat the rags last year. Two similar teams. They added muscle, we didn't, but we had young D coming up that needed to play. Devs actually set the bar so high they could never realistically repeat it+injuries not helping. I don't think people realize how much the Mcleod debacle affected the lineup. It's a shame-he was blossoming into a real force and even his offense was coming together. This year is not the year to go all in. Ride it out and make adjustments this summer. That's why I don't blame Lindy that much. He's got a bunch of offense only players-they really can't play a physical game-they'll get destroyed/injured.
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