Derlique

Good return. I think people will be disappointed with Johansson's return if they think he will match or even exceed Boyle's.

Not that it matters because NJ has so much cap room, but having Cammalleri on the books for two more years is kind of annoying. If the Devils do elect to buy Cory out, they will have nearly 4 million in dead space due to Cammalleri, Schneider, and Kovalchuk. That is a good middle six forward, or second pair dman.

Devils gonna get their dicks kicked in. Hopefully the young guys continue to play well.

Yeah. Honestly, I was surprised to hear that NJ wasn't even a finalist. All indicators made it seem that it was NJ or Minnesota, which now we know wasn't the case. I wonder if NJ's offer was even competitive

The Athletic's, Michael Russo, just ran a piece detailing how Parise and Suter ended up in Minnesota. Some interesting highlights: -the part that I found most interesting was that it seems that Parise was never seriously re-signing in NJ. Near the end of the process, he had it narrowed down to Pittsburgh, Minnesota, and Chicago. In fact in the article, he never mentioned anything about a desire to stay. Parise said that most important things he looked for was an elite #1C (sorry Zajac, you suck despite centering me to 94 points and was basically an identical player to Mikko Koivu),elite #1D, and good young core. -He asked Suter if he was interested in NJ. Suter wanted to stay in the midwest. - Philly offered Suter 117 million!!

Just sign Mrazek or some average to below average goalie to pair with Kinkaid next year and it's an auto upgrade from this year.

THIS is the game we are bitching at Hynes for? Yeah, it's his fault Holtby stopped three breakaways, along with several cross crease passes, Kinkaid gave them goal #2, the team made horrible line changes, and the PP was awful. I get being frustrated, but let's use our heads a little here.

@MadDog2020

Agree. LJ has actually been ok this year and is a big part of a stout PK unit. Mueller, has no idea what he's doing with the puck and has had positional lapses, which he can't afford to have due to his lack of puck skills. Yak deserves another shot.

I think we just saw what Nico means to this team. No offense to Zajac, who is a perfect middle six center, but the top line was just humming all night long. Although he had a goal, I think Hischier's best play of the night was the zone entry that led to Hall's goal. Just insane. I was telling Triumph in chat that I wouldn't be shocked if Zacha pots 20 this year. Bratt and Mojo are two really good passers, who both think the game in a very similar way to PZ. That line has been a ton of fun to watch the last couple of games.

Positives: -Cory and the defense did not fold after a brutal start. Hopefully Schneider can build off this. -Zacha and Bratt work magic again. If they can continue to give the Devils reasonable secondary scoring, they'll be fine. -PK was very good Negatives: -Hynes did not have a good game. Every time Bratt was on the ice, he was creating chances. Even though the team was down the entire game, he played less than guys like Dea, Noesen, Seney, and Anderson. Inexcusable. -Hall was dogsh!t again today. I know the stats look pretty decent, but he has certainly looked off this season. -The PP was brutal. Couldn't get set up, and Noesen really doesn't add much to the top unit. Think they should try Wood in that spot until Boyle comes back.

Chat link is down for me

Please keep it under a touchdown

I still take Nico, but I want to see more of Petterson

When Bratt comes back- if Anderson sits for Stafford, I will be furious.