Jerzey

I’ll take the desert heat over humidity every day. I can’t stand needing to take a shower as soon as you step outside. . There are also not very many allergies out there either which for someone like me is pretty big. I’ve lived NJ, VA, AZ, and currently FLA and my allergies (and asthma) were never better than when I lived in AZ. Florida is the worst for allergies and humidity.

I do agree that we need to swing for the fences with our 1st round picks this year instead of taking safe depth players. Take a risk on some players who are high risk/high reward. Our bottom 6 will be fine.

How time sensitive is it to hire a new GM at this point? Do we let Fitz finish out the season and then hire someone? Does Fitz get the whole summer to prove himself worthy? I’m just worried that hiring someone new to the organization after the season ends won’t give him enough time before the draft and free agency to prepare.

Minnesota passed Arizona in the standings and as of now now the pick is top 10. They also have two games at hand on AZ. https://www.nhl.com/standings/2019/wildcard

I mean at this point I’d rather be overpaying Hall that much than Subban but it would probably have been for 8 more years if he did extend with us. He looks like he’s already slowing down and the teams he’s on seem to rely on him for too much. I’m not going to pile on with the locker room cancer stuff but none of the teams he’s on really have great team chemistry.

Hall still only has 15 goals this season. So it’s not like Hughes playing with Hall was going to get him points this season anyway. Someone will probably end up overpaying Hall on the open market but I think the Devils dodged a bullet with him. He’ll probably still get 10 million per for 7 years but I wouldn’t want to give him more than 7-7.5 at this point.

Not mad about the line up tonight. Hughes gets better line mates. Bratt hasn’t exactly been lighting it up and I think Hayden has looked pretty decent lately.

Anyone have an Athletic account that wants to give cliffs?

Sounds like he’ll be good next to Hughes.

They seem pretty locked into a playoff spot at this point but anything can happen. Arizona has their work cut out for them though.

Nolan Foote looks pretty good too. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/240385/nolan-foote

Our 1st, AZ 1st, and now Van 1st this year. I like rooting against Vancouver anyway. Now I’ll really enjoy watching them lose.

Awesome return!