USC09 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I know its a bit early to do so, but with the Devils projected to finish 29/30 in NHL this year, here is what there line-up could look like. Parise Zajac Zubrus Kovalchuk Couturier Clarkson Elias Josefson Tedenby Rolston Pelley Vasyunov/Zharkov Greene Salvador White Tallinder Volchenkov Corrente Notes: The Devils need puck movers on defense, so hopefully they will pursue Kaberle and hopefully Elias can court him to NJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrydevil Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I know its a bit early to do so, but with the Devils projected to finish 29/30 in NHL this year, here is what there line-up could look like. Parise Zajac Zubrus Kovalchuk Couturier Clarkson Elias Josefson Tedenby Rolston Pelley Vasyunov/Zharkov Greene Salvador White Tallinder Volchenkov Corrente Notes: The Devils need puck movers on defense, so hopefully they will pursue Kaberle and hopefully Elias can court him to NJ. Wow, a player we don't even have is Kovalchuk's center next year? Gimme some winning lottery numbers while you're at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hystyk28 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Now David, it isn't very nice of you to put yourself on the 2nd line. You have seen Tedenby play this season, right!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 i'd rather see something like... Parise - Zajac - Lang Kovalchuk - Josefson - Zubs Elias - (Cheaper) Arnott - Tedenby Mair - Pelley - Gionta/Zharkov or wtv Taormina Volchenkov White Tallinder Greene Salvador with all that i presume that somehow Clarkson, Rolston is gone... Arnott resigned for really cheap and Lang signed for cheaper too, obviously hard to tell what kind of players we could get through trades or picks/prospect ohhhh and i think we could get Larsson but he's not gonna be ready for NHL next season... but he'd be in our system ======== here's some things i'd like to see knowing its impossible it would break my heart but... Elias + 2nd for Eberle or Olivier Roy / Langs + 4th for shattenkirk / Clarkson for MacArthur... Rolston for a puck... not even a bag of pucks... just... one... single... used.... puck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Notes: The Devils need puck movers on defense, so hopefully they will pursue Kaberle and hopefully Elias can court him to NJ. Yes, because that's what we need, more aging has-beens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squishyx Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Parise - Zajac - Tedenby make it so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I know its a bit early to do so, but with the Devils projected to finish 29/30 in NHL this year, here is what there line-up could look like. Parise Zajac Zubrus Kovalchuk Couturier Clarkson Elias Josefson Tedenby Rolston Pelley Vasyunov/Zharkov Greene Salvador White Tallinder Volchenkov Corrente Notes: The Devils need puck movers on defense, so hopefully they will pursue Kaberle and hopefully Elias can court him to NJ. Clarkson on the 2nd line? Let's say we do happen to have this group next year, do you want him playing with Kovy or Couturier? The guy cannot skate, shoot, or even enforce well. He is terrible, just like this projected lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 it would break my heart but... Elias + 2nd for Eberle or Olivier Roy / Langs + 4th for shattenkirk / Clarkson for MacArthur... Rolston for a puck... not even a bag of pucks... just... one... single... used.... puck! That would work. These teams trading their up and comers or bright spots for oldies and guys that can't stand on skates. Who do they think they are, the New Jersey Devils?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Well we saw Simon Gagner go for Matt Walker and a 4th... anything can happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundstrom Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I know its a bit early to do so, but with the Devils projected to finish 29/30 in NHL this year, here is what there line-up could look like. Parise Zajac Zubrus Kovalchuk Couturier Clarkson Elias Josefson Tedenby Rolston Pelley Vasyunov/Zharkov Greene Salvador White Tallinder Volchenkov Corrente Notes: The Devils need puck movers on defense, so hopefully they will pursue Kaberle and hopefully Elias can court him to NJ. it's not too early anymore to start thinking about next year - that's really all we've got. i think one of clarkson/rolston aren't on this team next year at forward Greene/Salvadaor/Corrente won't/shouldn't be part of next year's defense. i'm still holding out for larsson instead of couturier and i would actually think he will be in the NHL next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Well we saw Simon Gagner go for Matt Walker and a 4th... anything can happen... Yeah, but Simon Gagne had lingering concussion problems, has already been on IR this season and was on a club overloaded with offensive talent that had to get under the cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn01 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Its hard to make that call as far as lines go. I realyl do think that big changes will happen over the off season. So some of those playres may be gone and others may be in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaira_Devil_#9 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 We need to blow up the D, christian Erfhoff, Beiksa anyone out there who can move the puck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Fan Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 My plan: Rolston to Chicago for Brian Campbell. Waive Tallinder + Salvador and loan them somewhere else (call it the ViVi treatment). Trade Mr. Inconsistencies such as Clarkson, Fraser, and Greene away for picks. "p" indicates projected. Parise (7p)-Zajac (3.88)-Langenbrunner (1.5p) Kovalchuk (6.67)-Zubrus (3.4)-zharkov (.85p) Elias (6)-Josefson (.9)-Tedenby (.9) palmeiri (.8p)-Pelley (.525)-Mair (.5) 32.925M for F. volchenkov (4.25)-Campbell (7.1) White (3)-Taormina (.75p) Corrente (.9p)-Salmela (.9p) Fayne (.51) 17.41M for D Brodeur (5.2) and Frazee (.5p) 5.7M for G Overall: 56.025M + 1M buyout of Pando and peters = 57.025M So that we have 2M for injury call-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 My predicition: Lous will sign a bunch of poop and pee players. Get ready to welcome Andrew Alberts and Jody Shelley to the Devils. Alex Auld will be our backup goalie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellOnICE Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I thought about Brian Campbell too and they'd trade Rolston for Cambpell - you'd have to think. But Campbell's contract is massive. We can't have that on the roster. It would be...insane. I think Rolston will be re-entried and claimed. This will go through a hundred variations between now and october. I could possibly see. Parise-Zajac-Zubrus Kovy-Peverly-Tedenby Elias-Josefson-Zharkov Pelley-Rupp-Clarkson Volchenkov-Taormina White-Larsson Tallinder-Urbom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 HOI your lineup makes me weep for the future. I'm not really going to participate in this exercise until the trade deadline is over because so much can change. I do know that the more rookies you put in the lineup, the worse it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundstrom Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) HOI your lineup makes me weep for the future. I'm not really going to participate in this exercise until the trade deadline is over because so much can change. I do know that the more rookies you put in the lineup, the worse it is. i saw no reason to give a prohibitive +1 to HOI because i knew this was coming. i like your "you're just trying to make me mad" line better. also - i pray that you had the scene from Chez Quis in your head when you used that line. if not, i'm ashamed of you. Edited December 20, 2010 by sundstrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellOnICE Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 HOI your lineup makes me weep for the future. I'm not really going to participate in this exercise until the trade deadline is over because so much can change. I do know that the more rookies you put in the lineup, the worse it is. Tri, that's because I don't think this team makes strides until 2012-13 - when we could possibly have Merril, Urbom, Taormina and maybe Larsson. We have Merril and Urbom, and to a lesser extent Taormina in the system - so do we draft Larsson anyway? - Do we hope for a top pairing of Merril-Larsson in the future? I'm not sure we are going to improve until the Parise thing settles itself out, the bad contracts come off the cap and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 i saw no reason to give a prohibitive +1 to HOI because i knew this was coming. i like your "you're just trying to make me mad" line better. also - i pray that you had the scene from Chez Quis in your head when you used that line. if not, i'm ashamed of you. c'mon, that's obviously where that's from. Tri, that's because I don't think this team makes strides until 2012-13 - when we could possibly have Merril, Urbom, Taormina and maybe Larsson. We have Merril and Urbom, and to a lesser extent Taormina in the system - so do we draft Larsson anyway? - Do we hope for a top pairing of Merril-Larsson in the future? I'm not sure we are going to improve until the Parise thing settles itself out, the bad contracts come off the cap and so on. uh why are we not mentioning volchenkov? is that because he's not awesome? he's still going to be good in 4 years, too. i mean, i'd rather sign andy greene at a discount (2MM per) than go with that lineup for sure. 18 year old defensemen stink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundstrom Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Tri - Andy Greene stinks. At $2mm, you've just joined the LL seminar for roster composition at the Rocco columbo school for women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Tri - Andy Greene stinks. At $2mm, you've just joined the LL seminar for roster composition at the Rocco columbo school for women. nothing on the reference. greene ES SV% while on ice by season: 2007-08: .932 2008-09: .953 2009-10: .938 2010-11: .869 which of these is not like the others? don't be fooled. greene's not playing particularly well, but he's still pretty good, and the D market always blows. if it's a mistake, he's easily gotten rid of - there is always someone looking for cheap defense that might be good. it is a way better option than kevin bieksa, for example. and yes, i am aware that greene is now playing against tougher competition than he was in those earlier years. the point is that greene was also a negative corsi player earlier on and is now a positive corsi player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilinLA Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) nothing on the reference. greene ES SV% while on ice by season: 2007-08: .932 2008-09: .953 2009-10: .938 2010-11: .869 which of these is not like the others? don't be fooled. greene's not playing particularly well, but he's still pretty good, and the D market always blows. if it's a mistake, he's easily gotten rid of - there is always someone looking for cheap defense that might be good. it is a way better option than kevin bieksa, for example. and yes, i am aware that greene is now playing against tougher competition than he was in those earlier years. the point is that greene was also a negative corsi player earlier on and is now a positive corsi player. Blah, blah, blah BULLsh!t. IF this team has AG in their top 4 they will go nowhere - and spending $2M on a 3rd pair guy is ridiculous. IF LL is going to seriouslly reload or rebuild he needs to get away from these mid-tier-mid-pay guys and commit to someone to play with Anton. IF AG wants 1M or less thats a different story. Edited December 21, 2010 by DevilinLA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) Blah, blah, blah BULLsh!t. IF this team has AG in their top 4 they will go nowhere - and spending $2M on a 3rd pair guy is ridiculous. IF LL is going to seriouslly reload or rebuild he needs to get away from these mid-tier-mid-pay guys and commit to someone to play with Anton. IF AG wants 1M or less thats a different story. yeah like they went nowhere last year, except that they won the division. just keep having your talking points and don't adjust them based on evidence. sv% on ice tends to regress heavily toward the mean. you have no clue what $2M/season buys on the free agent market. it buys nothing. look at the dross that's paid that much who are of UFA age. again, people would beg for greene at $2M if the devils were unhappy with him. Edited December 21, 2010 by Triumph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilinLA Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 yeah like they went nowhere last year, except that they won the division. just keep having your talking points and don't adjust them based on evidence. sv% on ice tends to regress heavily toward the mean. you have no clue what $2M/season buys on the free agent market. it buys nothing. look at the dross that's paid that much who are of UFA age. again, people would beg for greene at $2M if the devils were unhappy with him. The evidence exists over 4 seasons now. At this point LL's strategy should be to NOT pick up another $2M man - but save that $$$ for a bigger UFA investment to play w/ANTON. White, Tally, and Anton remain. At this point you get the same level of production from any other of our kids or Samela as Greene at $2M. I strongly suggest you email your Corsi, Stats, and Astrological projections to the GM's from around the NHL and maybe we can get something of use for AG, instead of LL pulling another "Clarkson" and paying a depth player well above his worth, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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