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  1. Yeah I'm thinking if anything, the Blues might look to sell him off at a reasonable price before he has another bad year...the win for them would be getting him off their books, which last year they probably didn't think would even be possible without potentially taking something crappy back. So they probably know not to overplay their hand, especially since the previous two seasons were so lousy. What I'm hoping is that Fitz doesn't think "Hey, here's a guy who I might be able to get without having to give up nearly as much as some other guys, and he won a Cup to boot, so there's my big get!" Of course, if Binnington actually came here and played well, Fitz will look like a genius, but man, like we both noted, it's WAY too risky of a move. The blowup potential is massive.
  2. Said it elsewhere but based on the current standings, Devils pretty much gotta run the table now, and STILL hope for considerable help. Yeah that ain't happenin'.
  3. Check out this guy, since the start of 2024: 27 GP, 16-8-3 record, .924 save% That's Jordan Binnington. To be clear, I do NOT want this guy, partly for the same reasons that I don't want Markstrom...both are too volatile for my tastes, even with so many goalies being volatile to begin with. But being that he's cost-controlled for three seasons at a not-too-crazy hit ($6 million AAV) and that the Devils would be paying for his Age 31-33 years, I can him see being one of Fitz's Plan Bs, especially if the asset price isn't insane. Would be a very dangerous gamble though...and one that I wouldn't be on board with. 2021-22 and 2022-23 (.897 save% and -26.6 GSAA) are plenty scary enough to turn me away.
  4. For sure. If Fitz is going big fish hunting for a goalie, the conversation is going to start with Mercer and Casey...and then we'll see who else is involved. Usually for an established star player still in his prime, you can expect to give up a young kid with upside + established NHLer + prospect. I suggested Mercer/Marino/Casey a while back, if Saros is the return...I hate giving up Marino (I think he's a good D having a down year, even with the uptick in offense), and that means the Devils will have to find someone else to replace him, but I can see Brunette wanting him, due to familiarity. And I'd rather see the Devils give up a little more to aim higher, than to cheap out in assets and then wind up with Binnington or Markstrom or Gibson or someone like that...but I try to do everything I can not to give up that 2024 first round pick. I'd like to see if that I can flip that + Holtz for a scorer (not sure who yet). Casey obviously has talent, but at the same time, he checks damned near ALL of the wrong boxes for what the Devils need right now. And with Luke and Nemec already here, he's expendable, especially since he'll be moved for an immediate need.
  5. The names look so bad now that I wouldn't mind if the Mets just dropped them entirely. They tried that a while back, in 1999. I didn't mind that look myself. I'm still amazed that MLB could look THIS amateurish when it comes to their uniforms.
  6. Anyway, the Mets are kinda stuck right now. They did try to land a big fish but not much that can be done when the big fish would rather swim in someone else’s pond. So Stearns did a lot of dumpster diving, and though the Mets won’t be quite as dreadful as they look right now, they’re clearly not going to be contending for anything either. Obviously it appears to be Soto in 2025 and beyond or bust; the Mets will make an insane offer, which I’m sure will be full of right now money as well as deferred money. Maybe that means Alonso gets his payday too (though I think that deal will age HORRIBLY). But 2024 has been clearly defined as a placeholder, a season where there’s going to be no propping up, nothing. And it’s going to be long…the Mets could actually wind up finishing above .500 when all is said and done, and maybe a kid like Alvarez provides some thrills, but there’s going to be a LOT of ugly moments too. Coming off this fugly Devils season, I suspect the Mets aren’t going to be a priority for me this summer…
  7. One loss over the next two nights should do it. Hard to believe that even if the Devils beat the Pens, that the Rangers won't completely wax them tomorrow night...I'm thinking full-on destruction, to the tune of 6-1 or 7-0 or something that brutal. The Rangers are not only the FAR better coached team at this point, you just KNOW that they will absolutely show up for this one...even if the Devils have already technically been dead for weeks now, that won't stop the Rangers from wanting to throw the corpse over the side of the cliff, just to watch it splatter Wile E. Coyote style at the bottom of the canyon. At least after this, there's the Mets...oh fvck... As for the rest of the year...I expect it to get very ugly. Think two lopsided losses against the Leafs, and maybe one win the rest of the way. Groan has nothing to offer...Allen and Kahkonen did as much as they could, but things are going to even out, and they're not going to keep standing on their heads game in and game out. More than ready for the hard reset that's coming. Wake me up in June/July when Fitz can finally start addressing all that we know needs addressing.
  8. I’ll say one thing for the 2024 Mets…they made me not give a damn about the upcoming baseball season in record time. Obviously VERY early but good lord, even the sh!tty uniforms with the baby font letters blow chunks.
  9. Yeah basically Devils gotta win out now, which we know ain’t happenin.
  10. Red Wings win, Pens win, Isles win, Flyers get a loser point…oh well, not like the Devils could expect to keep getting so much help while not doing nearly enough themselves.
  11. Lmao off course the loser Islanders couldn’t finish off the Flyers in regulation with less than 10 seconds on the clock. So now this is a three point game, because with the Isles involved, of course it is. Not that the Devils deserve ANY help or that I think they’ll actually make a run…more that the Islanders and their collection of loser points are one of the most annoying teams in recent memory.
  12. They’d say, “Hey, I think I just saw the guy from Happy Gilmore…ya know, the guy who had the nail in his head! But I thought that guy passed away…”
  13. Well yeah, ya know Smith's just gotta get as many minutes as possible, because he's such an experienced vet and all who's apparently chock full of intangibles.
  14. Even then, people can fall and hurt themselves ANYWHERE. If he was in a mosh pit throwing his weight around, then yeah, I'd be saying "C'mon man, that's too risky as long as you're a ballplayer!"
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