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4 hours ago, Devilsfan118 said:
Very flawed team, but I will never forgive Fitz for allowing Lindy to plague this team as long as he did.
We would've had a chance with an Allen-level goalie and a fresh mind behind the bench.
Fitz reportedly tried to trade for Allen earlier in the season but Allen rejected the idea and had us on his NTC list. He didn't want to leave a 3 headed situation to be another 3 headed situation with VV/Schmid.
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15 hours ago, Nicomo said:
Allen looks a lot older than 33
I thought the same thing... but also highlights the veteran impact in goal.
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2 hours ago, ButlerBulldog said:
Beware of the Penguins, and LGD!
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2 hours ago, nmigliore said:
I'd love to see the NHL adopt exactly what the PWHL is doing with the "gold plan" to determine draft order. Just imagine how much more fun a game like last night's Sharks/Blackhawks game would be?
Anyway... here's The Athletic's consensus big board, I only snipped the top 15 players. Full article here (pay wall): https://theathletic.com/5298573/2024/02/26/nhl-draft-2024-macklin-celebrini-defensemen/
You can never have enough dmen... but they also are a crapshoot to develop plus extended development time.
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Just now, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Timo now has 28 goals in 74 career games as a Devil. Kinda encouraging in that he’s only now starting to look like the guy we were all hoping to see.
NEED to see (with that contract)
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49 minutes ago, NJDevils1214 said:
Jack, Nico, and Mercer are apparently going to be a line tonight lol...
"Sometimes you just change things and hopes that it works..."
"I also know that Nico, Jack and Bratt like playing together... so we might see a little bit of that as well"
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I absolutely hate how defeated I feel... there is no energy on the team to think we have the fight to pull out a 1 in 20 shot.
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6 minutes ago, NJDevils1214 said:
legitimate lol
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36 minutes ago, smelly said:
Fitz would much rather Saros. He is done relying on anyone remotely unproven. That's blown up in his face too many times.
Word is he has lots of preferred options before Askarov -- Markstrom, Ullmark, Swayman, Saros.
But beggars like Fitz can't be choosers.
I don't want Markstrom... he's too old. We don't need a goalie will be 35 before we can even realistically get back into the playoffs (next playoff)
Ullmark/Swayman have never carried a heavy load. I like Swayman more, but so does Boston and they are trying to extend him - but they aren't close.
Saros checks the boxes age wise and demonstrated workload. He's small for a modern goalie at 5'11 - but like you said, beggars can't be choosers.-
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8 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Better be daaaaaaaaamn sure about Askarov to offer that kind of loot...but the potential of such a deal if it were to work out could solve the goaltending issue for MANY years, where you're basically only worrying about who the backup's gonna be.
Nashville would have to be willing to commit hard to Saros though...not sure if they want to pay up for him.
I would honestly rather give up Mercer than Holtz...
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7 minutes ago, SKA1989 said:
If Fitz trades him for a first + player, I want nothing to do with that first except for him to package it for a goalie.
I wouldnt mind trading 2 firsts away if it get us a legitimate starting goalie. I really don't want to see a backup that we try at starter re: VV
Logan Thompson may be the exception? Until Adin Hill emerged, he was looking like the starter in Vegas.-
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I don’t think Dano knows much about home building…
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Dougie who?
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Just now, ButlerBulldog said:
Too expensive.
We can offer our 1st, Holtz, Mercer, Casey and VV
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We need to sign that net immediately
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The post with a great save
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18 minutes ago, ButlerBulldog said:
1. He’s too slow to play on the same line as Jack, who needs to be paired with skaters who can match his speed and athleticism.
2. His presence is forcing Timo out of position.
3. He offers little besides scoring.
4. He’s older than the Devils’ other core players and is likely to be on the decline as they hit their primes. Better to allocate the money that would be used to re-sign him to other areas of need.
5. We can net a first as a rental (pending UFA)
6. We can resign him this summer, for free, if he makes it to UFA (could be part of the Fitzy discussion)-
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3 minutes ago, nessus said:
What exactly did he say about Holtz? Seems kind of cruel to call him out while other players have struggled far more, and have actually negatively impacted the team.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxPPjHZw5-ByDQw4-SPfzxmHpXHd776yHG?si=kQg7gDnzgEEVifE3
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2 minutes ago, devlman said:
I lost even more faith after watching that press conference. Throwing Holtz under the bus was unfair imo. Didn’t single anyone else out. And basically admitted he was willingly blind to seeing the need for a coaching change for months.
Oh, and he wants to extend Toffoli. Fitz is a clown.
Agreed. I said it yesterday, but I just want to know their is a plan. Instead, he came off as a defeated man upset he had to fire Lindy. He could have very much used this press conference to address that Lindy wasn't getting the results from the roster, nor getting the buy-in needed from the players to improve. Instead, it was a man defeated just giving off "I'm trying my best" vibe.
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Just now, ButlerBulldog said:
Plus, Holtz being moved likely means that Toffoli—who can’t play with Jack and whose presence is forcing Timo out of position—is staying beyond this season. I’ve already made my feelings about Toffoli plain, so I’ll simply reiterate that Fitz needs to be right about these moves. If they blow up in his face, he deserves to lose his job.
Fitz wants Toffoli back, but they don't agree on term. If we can get a 1st rounder for him, I want him off this team.
We committed to Timo, we need to build around him and not build around Toffoli.-
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3 minutes ago, ButlerBulldog said:
If Fitz decides to trade Holtz—and all indications are that he will—he’d better be making the right decision. If Holtz blossoms somewhere else, Fitz is going to have a lot of egg on his face.
He was extremely dismissive of Holtz and his goal scoring... and was more concerned about all around play off the puck.
Holtz is going to be a goal scorer in this league. That's hard to do.
And it's going to be even harder watching him do it in the Western Conference.-
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10 minutes ago, nmigliore said:
One thing I'll say about Holtz - I think he's certainly gone and I'd bet as soon as this Friday. It was weird/surprising to hear Fitz to speak so bluntly about him, yet cite the "human element" when discussing the goalie situation earlier.
It's very clear that Lindy hated Holtz... and had Fitzy ear and backing of this assessment. Fitzy's spoke with near disdain for Holtz - and clearly won't be heartbroken sending him out for a goalie if the opportunity arises.
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He said the stadium series gave him hope...
I would have rather been blown out by the Flyers if it meant he was fired then.
GDT: 3/21/24 Jets @ Devils 7:00 pm MSGSN
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LGD...
My family is tired of me saying I'm done for the season, yet watching every night.