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  • Birthday 08/06/1980

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  1. I can't believe how good Schmid looked in this series. The fact that he was thrown into the frying pan in a rivalry like this and was by far the best goalie means he deserves to be tried as the starter next season. Unless of course he gets injured in the offseason or looks terrible in pre-season. I really love how he baits shooters to go glove side and then snaps it out of the air with a lightning fast glove hand. Reminds me of a previous Devils goalie in his younger years. I was thinking this is a team with enormous upside but was questionable with their goaltending. Really hope he rounds out the team and provides steady goaltending where it's never a concern going into the playoffs in the years to come.
  2. Haven't posted on this forum in over 10 years, but live in Boston now and went to the home opener against NJ. Got third row so got to see a lot of action. Some thoughts post game: Coaching - Thought the same thing as everyone else, poor line match ups, poor adjustments during the game. Granted the Bruins have some of the best coaching in the game, but the Devils coaching was horrible. Bad notables: Taylor Hall - Had a couple of good shifts and did some good work in the corners to create some chances in the second period but doesn't look like the player he was two years ago. He was still speedy but didn't look two steps ahead of everyone like he used to. PK Subban - Awful coverage out there and poor effort. The first goal I saw him realize he was not where he should be in his end and the Bruins had a lot of space to make that first goal. Wayne Simmonds - Not at all what the team wants from him. He was a spark plug guy when he was in LA and he put little effort in tonight's game. I saw him give maybe one or two good hits on the fore check but he took much more hits then giving them. Severson - What does this guy do? Absolutely lazy out there and left Schneider to fend for himself when he was out there. Kyle Palmieri - Absolutely useless in offensive zone. Made bad passes and coughed up a number of times. He was Chara's whipping boy tonight. Good notables: Miles Wood - Showed up for tonight's game. Worked really hard and created problems for the Bruins. He did great punishing the Bruins with big hits when they were trying to break out the puck. Even when the Bruins got the puck up the board along the side he was covering, he would still make them pay the toll. Doesn't have good hands though, but he's very strong physically and a decent skater. Cory Schneider - Made some really difficult saves and made good decisions when he had possession of the puck. If it wasn't for him the game would have been a massacre. Other notable: Jack Hughes - Made a couple of nice plays and showed some signs of why he is the #1 overall draft pick, but he's still adjusting to the NHL. He's a small guy physically and the game is much more physical than what he is used to. But on the other end of the ice Marchand has shown that you can still dominate as someone even smaller than Hughes. I think given some time Hughes will be just fine.
  3. I'd love to see Drew Doughty in a Devils jersey. One can only wish.
  4. I like your thinking and your guts. I hate the idea of a tattoo on my arm but if your will to match that pledge and if the Devils make the playoffs I too will get a matching tattoo on my arm and send in pics to this entire forum. I love the Devils, but the thought of getting anything permanent scares me. As a youngster I told my parents I'd never get a piercing or tattoo. But on the other hand I'd give almost anything for the Devils to make it in.
  5. E-Devil

    KOVI chant

    Maybe Kovy justed needed to be knocked around a bit. I gotta say I really like Kovy when he's pissed off. I really admired the skill tonight of Kovy and Elias working in tandom. I hope they continue to keep those two together.
  6. I don't understand why Maclean hasn't asked for a trade yet, he actually has some talent and should be on a team worthy of winning the Stanley Cup.
  7. While I don't believe that Elias would have consistently put up multiple 100 seasons if he had a chance on a more stacked team, but I do think that if Elias had been paired with an elite center for most of his career he would have broken 100 points at least a couple of times. The knock I have against Elias is that he needs a player to compliment his style for him to thrive. When we had Arnott who was motivated and doing the little things for him, Elias excelled. When Jason Arnott started mailing it in Elias struggled with him. I remember Elias and Gomez took a while to develop chemistry and Gomez also had a lot of inconsistency so that affected Elias's career stats as well. If Elias played next a Sakic, Forsberg, Thorton, etc. for four of five years in his prime, he would have broken 100 points in his career. That is something else I like about Parise over Elias. Parise is willing to make plays and finish them himself and he is just as willing to work with his line mates. Maybe Parise's rookie year where he got stuck on the 3rd and 4th lines forced him to have that mentality.
  8. Honestly at the peak of both of their careers (that is if we consider Parise right now at his peak), I would say Elias was more dangerous then Parise. Elias is still a very good offensive player and Zach is certainly the better player right now, but if you look at some of the old video clips of Elias in his mid twenties skating and dangling the puck, he was at the times the most dangerous winger in the league when he was confident. Elias in his prime was much stronger then Parise and I agree with Devils731 in that Elias has a lot more creativity with the puck. Elias was also a threat to score in many more places on the ice than Parise and defensively Elias also gets the nod. Zach does have the quickness advantage. Zach has such quick feet and hands he drives other teams nuts. I also do believe at the end of both of their careers, Parise's stats will easily eclipse Elias and Parise is more likely to end up in the hall of fame assuming he doesn't suffer some major injury or melt down. I find the comparison between the two players similar to what Penguin fans say about Jagr versus Lemieux. Mario had the better career, but many Penguin fans will tell you that Jagr's best games were better that Lemieux in his prime. I kind of feel that same way between Parise and Elias. When Elias was at his peak and at his best, he was better than Parise is now. However, I do feel that Parise will have the better career because I can't remember that last time Parise had a bad game and he is always hustling and working. Elias was a very streaky player and there were times when you would wonder if he even had any ice time. I also think Elias is a good influence on the young players on the team. Elias is one of the best players at being at the right place at the right time to score a goal. One thing I've noticed about Parise and Brian Gionta during his career year, is that both of them look a lot Elias around the net grabbing those rebounds and getting open. Parise is a much different player now than his rookie year and I think players like Elias have taught him a lot.
  9. I'm actually not really that shocked to hear this. The kid has terrific hand eye coordination so it is no suprise that it translates over to hitting a baseball as well. You'll see a lot of athletes playing other sports for charity and looking like naturals just because of their athletic ability. I remember watching some football player getting a hold of jenny finch fastball on the Jimmy Kimmel show while Jimmy Kimmel himself looked hopeless. Pro Athletes are just super human.
  10. Parise is such a different player these last two years then he was in his rookie season. He reminds me a lot of Joe Sakic on how he is always moving around and finds those open pockets of space to make his plays. I think Maurice got it right by not so much shadowing him and focusing primarily on him, but rather taking away his options and giving him less time. Faster mobile defensemen are actually better suited for handling Parise then slow physical defensemen.
  11. I can't imagine what its like to be a fan against the Devils in the playoffs. I'd be scared every time I saw Parise on the ice. His ability to find open ice and always be around rebounds is scary. He has the best instincts of any forward I've ever seen play for the Devils.
  12. Went to the ducks game tonight despite being a fan of neither. One of the most intense games I've seen in a while.
  13. Point production aside, another debate I'd like is who would you rather have on your team? Assuming of course this is Parises's career year. Its a hard choice, but I'd take Elias as he was 8 years ago in his prime. He was faster then Parise is right now, was much stronger and once of the best stick handlers in the league. Parise definately sees the ice better, has a a much more accurate shot. Its really close but I'd choose Elias simply because of his better size.
  14. Ken Sutton I believe also wore #2.
  15. I got tossed off my bed. I was asleep and laying on the edge of my bed. At first I thought my apartment was getting bulldozed, but it kicked in right away it was an Earthquake. I got to my feet and in my doorway right away and for some reason standing there thinking it was going to get even worse in a second. It was building up more and more and then just it ended. There was maybe like 5/6 seconds of heavy shaking and maybe about 10 - 15 seconds of just a little bit of trembling. That was the first big earthquake I went through since I've lived here for 3 years.
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