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[Daniel]

Things are not good.  We lost to a bad team that didn't have its best player.  Four losses in a row.  For all intents and purposes this is a .500 team, which is probably not good enough in the long run to make the playoffs.  Yeah, Zubrus and Marty have been hurt, but I don't think that's what ails us. 

 

A shame that the last CBA didn't end one year earlier.  A much better shot that we'd still have Parise and for a manageable price at that.  Notice how we haven't won a shootout yet. 

[Devilsrock01]

time to panic?

 

relax... they just need to regroup & play like they played like the playoffs & beginning of the season.

 

we only lost parise were the same team. just need that spark back & play simple hockey

[maxpower]

Things are not good.  We lost to a bad team that didn't have its best player.  Four losses in a row.  For all intents and purposes this is a .500 team, which is probably not good enough in the long run to make the playoffs.  Yeah, Zubrus and Marty have been hurt, but I don't think that's what ails us. 

 

A shame that the last CBA didn't end one year earlier.  A much better shot that we'd still have Parise and for a manageable price at that.  Notice how we haven't won a shootout yet. 

 

Not going to win many shootouts if the goalie doesn't stop the shots.

[Devilsfan118]

It was time to panic after about loss 4 of this skid.  6 points in the last 9 games.  That's horrifying. 

[CarpathianForest]

Yeah. It's time to panic. This team isn't very good.

[capo]

They were lucky early.  Got a little hot and now their sh!tty with no luck.  It's reasonable to think anything can happen at this point.

[SterioDesign]

somewhat encouraging that this year is a a deep draft

[LucifersDog]

It is beyond the time to panic. This team hasn't played well since February 12, 2013. That's not a slump. That's pathetic. Don't blame the goalies it all about lack of talent to play consistent offense.

[coldply123]

I never thought they would make the playoffs this year.

They still may, but they will be either a 7 or 8 seed if they do. Team is old and slow in a number of areas and too many one dimensional guys as well at forward and defense.

[mrthemike]

You can't go on a sh!t streak like this in a shortened season. We are average at best. 

[newjerseydamo]

im starting to lose faith we will make the playoffs, even if lou does dump a lot of the top 6 forwards, and top 4 D. team needs a complete overhaul, and the old goalies are really showing their age. I love moose, but he has completely dropped off, time for young goalies.

[SterioDesign]

I'll say it again... losing zach is really underrated here, mostly cause people don't want to admit it and try to convince themselves that we're not.

 

Deboer called him the heart and soul of the team and he's gone.

[NJDevs4978]

It depends what you mean by panic.  If by panic you mean 'OMGZ, this team isn't going to make the playoffs!' well I can't go along with that yet.

 

But if you're not heavily concerned with this team by now, you're fooling yourself.  This is too many losses to bad teams to be written off as a mere bump in the road.

Edited by NJDevs4978, 02 March 2013 - 07:44 PM.

[maxpower]

If you lose a game in the East to anyone other than Boston and a healthy Pittsburgh, you've lost to a bad team.   Montreal may have gotten out above the muck as "credibility" goes, but I'm not buying it yet.

[SterioDesign]

It depends what you mean by panic.  If by panic you mean 'OMGZ, this team isn't going to make the playoffs!' well I can't go along with that yet.

 

But if you're not heavily concerned with this team by now, you're fooling yourself.  This is too many losses to bad teams to be written off as a mere bump in the road.

 

personally im just not encouraged a lot by our future.

 

we have NO IDEA if Kincaid and Wedge will do the job, NO CLUE and no one knows.

 

Lou doesnt have a lots of years left ahead. 

 

our prospect pool is really thin on offence we have NOTHING exciting coming our way like other teams have. Boucher maybe? but who knows if his game will translate.

 

our D is promising but i still dont see Larsson as a franchise dman. We should have a solid group in the future though.

 

Plus we're not as attractive for free agents like we were before too.

 

bunch of our guys are approaching retirement, for some its good news, for others it's bad news.

[mrthemike]

[Daniel]

If you lose a game in the East to anyone other than Boston and a healthy Pittsburgh, you've lost to a bad team.   Montreal may have gotten out above the muck as "credibility" goes, but I'm not buying it yet.

 

This is different.  We lost to a non-playoff team that was missing its best player.  Similar to losing to the Islanders without Tavares. 

It depends what you mean by panic.  If by panic you mean 'OMGZ, this team isn't going to make the playoffs!' well I can't go along with that yet.

 

But if you're not heavily concerned with this team by now, you're fooling yourself.  This is too many losses to bad teams to be written off as a mere bump in the road.

 

By panic I mean whether you think the Devils are a borderline relevant team.

[SMantzas]

No, it's not time to panic yet. Moose isn't as bad as his last 5 games, but he wasn't as good as his first 3. All things considered, they've actually been playing decently the last few games (- Winnipeg at home). If you think they weren't clearly the better team today, despite some horrific calls in OT, I dont know what to tell you</p>

Out of 21 games, I'd say the only games where the Devils played poorly were Pittsburgh the first game, Winnipeg at home, third Washington game and that 5-1 loss to the Isles.&nbsp;</p>

Edited by SMantzas, 02 March 2013 - 08:17 PM.

[njdevsftw]

somewhat encouraging that this year is a a deep draft

Do we even have a 1st round pick this year?

[CarpathianForest]

Do we even have a 1st round pick this year?

good question