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I'm a humble guy, but I'd love some likes. It will make me sleep better tonight:)

Loved the hug from Palat to Vanacek as the horn went off. These goalies need everything they can get these days.

Much like our 1926 Newark Cowfrogs inspired Jersey jerseys, these new Ranger jerseys are full of symbolism. Here’s what I was able to pick out: stripes: over 70 stripes, symbolizing each time the Rags fans decided they were gonna win the cup in preseason only to abandon the team in the spring when they are eliminated and the fans turn to baseball. giant logo: symbolizes the inflated ego and sense of entitlement from a franchise with very little success in nearly a century of existence. After-thought solid practice jersey numbers: signifying that much like the Rags UFA and trade decisions, this was a money grab that had very little planning involved

Really, really impressed with Holtz lately. He's very noticable out there even when not scoring.

Ok I might be able to live with Brendan Smith 4th liner.

I’m definitely not on this “Nico isn’t fit to be the captain” bandwagon.

Good for Fleury...

F Yes. Perfect honor. I didn't think he hit number retire level but LOVE that he will be the first player in the ring. Go Sarge.

I just got back from the Rock. This was my first time seeing this group in person, and my impressions are as follows: The Devils are the least prepared team in the league. Virtually every game has seen them sleepwalk through the first period while Jack figures out what to do, and tonight was no exception to this rule. Jack is an exceptionally good skater, puck handler, and passer, but he makes mistakes when he tries to force the issue as opposed to picking his spots. Whether his trying to do too much reflects a lack of confidence in his teammates versus waning trust in Lindy isn’t immediately clear. The gap between Jack and Jesper is wider than most people (in the national media, at least) realize. Alex Holtz gives the Devils more than Dawson Mercer or Ondrej Palat does. Nico and Luke are this team’s most dependable defensive players. Nemec will be a very good player once he learns the league. Related to the above point, Jonas Siegenthaler is washed. Schmid played poorly, but I don’t fault him for what happened, as he should never have started back-to-back games. It’s an indictment of Vanecek that Lindy would stick with a tired goaltender. Fans were extremely angry and agitated leaving the building, and a “Fire Lindy” chant broke out among a group walking ahead of me. This team will eventually play well enough to make a run, but it won’t advance past the opening round of the playoffs.

We've all been through watching this team when there is a lack of talent/skill. This isn't that. This is not showing up ready, not playing like they want to win, or not having an idea of what they are supposed to be doing. Last season they got off to plenty of slow first periods, but people let it go because they almost always had dominant second or third periods to come back and win the game. This year it isn't happening. The overwhelming talent and speed that carried them just isn't there this year...and that is with pretty great starts by Jack and Bratt. The second Jack went out, Bratt cooled off, the losses started to pile up. Someone around here has mentioned it, or several people, but the skill of individuals on the team def helped make up for the flaws elsewhere early on and now that nothing is clicking it's just a giant irredeemable pile of poop. Starting with the game today, the Devils have a pretty weak schedule coming up. If they can't manage to turn the majority of these games against bad/struggling teams into some wins then this could start to look really bad. The runway is finite.

Whatever. They won. I'm done.

Even better that the Hughes brothers scored together on a play, in the city of "Brotherly Love". Suck it Philly.

Oh, and to accentuate the positive…continued happiness for Holtz.

Also, regardless of the jinx, Schmid was outstanding when the rest of the team took a good 30 minutes off. great game by him to keep them in this freaking thing.

I need a Luke Hughes OT winner

yeah, it’s early, it’s what I do! DM or anyone, if you need to change the title for clarity, please message me and I’ll change it. The last time someone tweaked with my thread title we lost Jack and our sanity… just saying… MORE OF THE CRAPPING ON INFERIOR OPPONENTS! Get your asses back to the dominating, fast, superior team we SHOULD BE. Welcome back to our Swiss Prince, keep steadying the ship, Captain my Captain. LFGD!!

Give. Him. More. Starts. Old. Man.

Schmid needs to get a run of games because right now, VV is not the answer

Yeah for sure they’re probably not that far off in age. And who knows if this is actually true. Some funny memes though…one being “Apparently when the Blackhawks signed Perry and told him to be a father figure to Bedard, they should have explained a little better…”

The skip comes back and they play arguably their best game of the season. No coincidence.

This gambling sh!t is insufferable.

This guy did alright with it…

Me scoreboard watching right now…

Gee I wonder why… maybe guys like Bratt, Palat, Timo, etc could occasionally do something.

Calling him Smid (why take out the “ch”?) when you’re willing to spell out Vanecek is a little weird. I obviously know who you’re referring to, just not sure why you’re trying to make that nickname happen. Re: “your source” (I do feel that Markström is more your idea, and by claiming it’s from some source, you’re trying to give it more credibility), it’s not just the retention, it’s the fact that he’s got two more seasons coming to him after this one. I’ve already listed what age-seasons Fitz would be signing up for…this would be a MAJOR departure from how Fitz has chosen to do business since coming here. The funny thing is that even though Markström was bad last year and hasn’t been all that good this year, if he only had a year left on his deal, I could see Fitz possibly considering him as a short-term shakeup, depending on what he had to give up. But not for three years. As for the whole “picks fights” crap, ever notice that most people here don’t really want to engage with you all that much? Why do you think that is?

I am on the Schmid train now, if they aren't going to trade for a hot or on point goalie VV isn't cutting it right now. This adherence of Ruff to VV is bordering on bizarre.

And while passing out kudos...Holtz has definitely earned several so far. First, he's played in all 20 games so far this season, and has actually LOOKED like a NHLer in the majority of them. Mentioned it earlier but even when he's looked a little slow or a little raw, not once have I felt "Not ready for the NHL" or "He needs to be scratched". Kid is holding his own and looks like he's becoming more comfortable and confident as the season unfolds. He's obviously not close to being a finished product yet, but he's also no longer close to looking like a guy who still needs a lot of AHL seasoning...and that has to be considered a major victory. Also looks like he has a reasonable shot to reach 20 goals, if he doesn't miss too many games. Good for him.

I just want to say, I really like McLeod’s game this year. He’s strong on the puck, he skates well, he’s great on D and PK, he can win faceoffs, and he is disciplined (only 2 PIM). I think he is going to have his best year yet.

I can't believe some numbnuts on this board were saying Nico isn't cut out to be a captain. Look at this response. Best first period all season

Oh look the Captain is back and the team don't look like sh!te.

Palat starting to rack up some points

All of Holtz’s goals have come 5v5, too. Kid looks like he’s finally taking that next step.

I have no faith in Vanecek. I hate this bubble wrapping of goalies. You’re telling me a professional NHL goalie, 23 years old, who didn’t have a lot of work last night, can’t play back to back? This is a MUST win. There is no tomorrow. Play Schmid. Vanecek is asking for us to have to score 5 today.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! Hope you all have a great day with your families and friends. I’m thankful the Devils aren’t playing today so they can’t ruin the day for any of us 🤣

I never wanna see black helmets with the white jerseys ever again.

LETS GOOOO DEVILS!!! These guys wanna have our number this year, but the boys know that they gotta show up to these ones. I expect Schmido in net and Jack Hughes to make his triumphant return.

Kid is just nuts. How does he not even miss a beat? Playing against a 1st place team (looking for revenge), without Nico, with all the focus on him and you’d never know he hasn’t played in 2 weeks.

I always try to come up with the positives, but this is just getting tiring at this point. I liked what I saw from Holtz, too bad he couldn't cash in. Some of the analytics guys used to talk about how many wins Jack's impact gets the team over the course of a season. It's always surprisingly low, like 5 or something like that. I can't imagine we don't win at least a couple of these past few games due to Jack alone in just this short time he has been out. As good as the depth looks when Jack and Nico are in the lineup, the team really depends on those two guys a lot. It's easy to lose that perspective, but those two are arguably the Devils two most important players. Still doesn't make this stretch of games any more acceptable IMO. Nothing against Luke, but I'm starting to think Dougie needs more power play time, especially with Jack out of the lineup. He can't enter the zone like Luke can, but he is so dangerous when the Devils have possession. It seems the coaching staff is starting to move on from him already, which I don't think is the right move. I can't wait for Miller to be ready to go. If he is able to play the PK, I really hope he keeps Smith out of the lineup from here on. Disappointing preseason showing aside, he can't possibly be anything but an upgrade.

LFGD who takes the first stupid penalty tonight: Wood or Smith. Bonus points if it’s both of them for roughing each other.

Lindy is carried by his star players. You can't even debate it anymore.

Did Lazwr actually get the winner? I swear I love that bottom 6 firecracker.