Joe B

If Zach had this planned all along I'm sure they both would have signed in min day one.  My gut says he wanted minny but only if he thought they would be a good team and zach felt suter makes them a good team(along with the butt buddy speculation cause this wouldn't be njdevs.com if there wasn't total over-reaction, non-stop negativity and idiotic(although admittedly funny at times) memes that take a life of their own).  I'm sure it was more Zach convincing the wild to sign suter then having to convince suter to sign with the wild.  The first time Zach misses the playoffs as the face of the franchise(2 years ago doesn't count because of the wonky knee) he will regret it.  When he's divorced and owes 500k in alimony until 2040 he will regret it.  My guess is that he signs back here instead of signing with suter for less in detroit.  

The only thing that puts a doubt in my mind about what I just said is tg's speculation.  I have thought tg has more insider info with zach then he reports.  The tweet today about signing zach instead of making Kovy a priority 2 years ago leaves a bad taste in my mouth(like zach will leave in suter's mouth over the next 13 years).  2 years ago Kovy should have been the priority, cause that's how the contract years played out.  If he was upset at Lou trying to get an top free agent or that he was no longer 'the man' on the team something is wrong.  Someone looses a little face in my book casue either TG is trolling or zach misses the big picture.

here's tg's tweet
Devils made Kovalchuk their priority 2 summers ago when they should have taken care of Parise. Now, it's clearly Kovalchuk's team.


again, not happy, but not hope he blows out a knee, falls off a cliff and gets traded to the Siberian Sasquatch upset.  I think he made a bad choice although his kids and their kids are set for life if he doesn't go all mc hammer.

This is the future considerations of the 1994 deal between the Rangers and the Devils.  Stanly cup for Matteau's first born son.

If they add energy to 'players', from either team, the net effect is nil.  Or did you miss Brodeur saying he thought he got a rough start because of the delay?  He didn't sound like he was pumped up.

I thought he said they got off to a rough start cause salvador was in the box and messed up the D pairs.  He did talk about the 10 minute delay picking p gloves and scraping blood, but he was laughing when he said it.  When I read the quote he sounded like he was upset, when I saw the interview it looked like a throwaway line.

The Carter fight was due to him busting dubinsky's sinuses last game.  I still have no idea why the fact that a D took the opening draw didn't get more play  I've seen 4'th lines start a few games in my life.  Can anyone ever remember a D taking the opening face-off?

they all knew they were gonna fight at some part,  get done on the opening drop, get it over with, go on with the game.