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17 minutes ago, Devil Dan 56 said:
Another guy who can play bottom 6 center. Not looking good for McLeod.
So Boston signs Jesper Boqvist and we sign Tomas Nosek. I like what Boston did better.
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3 hours ago, Lateralous said:
Other than looking a little raw at times, the eye test didn't really provide any major red flags either.
As well as he played against the Rangers, I thought Schmid got a little lucky. At times his rebound control is not that much better than Blackwood's. However, I think your idea to give Schmid a real chance is reasonable.
I also agree with CR1976 that an extension for Hellebuyck should not be 8 years, it should be half that. I do want him here but not for 8 years guaranteed. -
15 minutes ago, Rob_Ottawa said:
As much as I appreciated him here, he just can't bring it in the playoffs. We need a young Barbeshev kind of pickup
Yeah, he just had the one goal in Game 7 against the Rangers. Disappointing. But he had quite a good regular season for us.
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12 minutes ago, RizzMB30 said:
It is pretty wild how not signing on July 1 really fvcks you as a player.
It's one of the bad aspects of the cap. It is bad for the middle-of-the-road forward, especially if you're over 30.
Same in baseball, which has a soft cap. Many second-level hitters -- productive hitters -- don't get multi-year contracts.
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On 7/16/2023 at 7:57 AM, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Fire Buck and Eppler and start doing what needs to be done to build a sustainable winner.
The Mets seems to spring a new leak every day, but no matter how much money you spend on stars, you can't be really good unless you have a good bullpen, and those guys don't make a lot of money. Lately it's been more than the bullpen though. The hitting has come up way short. Pete Alonso is Dave Kingman this year. The Squirrel can't find a nut.
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Wow, it's July 18 and Tomas Tatar still hasn't signed a contract. It's too bad that to get the highest dollar amount, he's probably going to have hook on with a team trying to get to the cap floor. I hope we can bring him back for a year. He was such a good "glue" player for us last season. But it's probably not going to happen.
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On 7/17/2023 at 5:41 AM, Guadana said:
Smith was freaking trash from the beginning and this trade become one of the best in Devils history.
When Smith made the all rookie team his first season, did you see something that made you believe he was not going to be successful?
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24 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Less than ELC money. D’oh!
He's going to have to battle to make that top 6. More likely that he gets a chance if someone in front of him gets hurt.
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20 minutes ago, HughesCorporation said:
oh so thats the reason why!
I loved the good ol days before the cap when the Rangers would open the wallet with no restrictions!
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23 minutes ago, Jerrydevil said:
there was only one obvious answer to this one for me because he's a Bruins legend and he is an executive now.
I guess Pederson's obvious, too, because he was traded for Cam Neely! What a trade that was for Boston.
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4 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
I still don't think of him as a Hall Of Famer.
Me neither.
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4 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Yep, made his inconsistent play later in his career up there that much for frustrating for the Sabres organization.
Even more frustrating when he won two Cups for Pittsburgh.
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1 minute ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
The funny thing is that I could've used Pederson twice...he worked for Van-Bos too. FUUUUUUUUUUCK!
there was only one obvious answer to this one for me because he's a Bruins legend and he is an executive now.
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3 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Gilbert Perreault
Plus a goalie that won the Vezina (his only Vezina) and the Calder in the same season. Quite an accomplishment.
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Just now, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
LOL that's the one that I used Smolinski for heh heh.
And of course I missed a very obvious one between Buffalo and Boston that didn't happen all that long ago, and of course involved a prominent ex-Devil...dammit!
Plus there's a certain Vezina winner this year.
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Just now, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
I got 7/9 and a "uniqueness" score of 270. Got all of Calder winners, but was stumped on the Buf-Bos and Van-Bos connection. Felt like they were right there but just couldn't get those damned names.
Some of the players that I came up with I ready had to dive deep in my memory well: Bryan Smolinski, Barry Pederson, heh heh.
There's quite a few for Buffalo-Boston. I went with Randy Burridge of all people.
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6 minutes ago, eldon said:
I tried puckdoku too. It is hard.
Though the one I tried had the Sharks, ducks and blues. I imagine 3 or 4 eastern conf or metro teams might be a bit easier.
Gordle has been around for at least a year, and is tough but easier than puck puzzle above.
(and probably brought up before on our forum, but I'll re-paste it.)
I aced the one today, but I did the Sharks-Ducks-Blues one and didn't do too well. I'm better at remembering Eastern Conference players because I'm more familiar with them, especially the depth players.
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For those of you who like puzzle games. An Immaculate Grid for hockey. https://www.puckdoku.com/
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4 hours ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Tatar still not signed yet. Curious to see where he winds up.
Tomáš Tatar vs. Tyler Toffoli: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison | Stathead.com
LOL, I just posted that sentiment in another thread. I am curious, too.
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Curious to see where Tomas Tatar ends up.
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54 minutes ago, SeanMac16 said:
See, I thought the same thing this season before Akira came up. I was like "you know what Blackwood can do this #2 thing I think". And then he got hurt AGAIN. that was the breaking point for me. He can't stay healthy even as a #2 IF he could I think he'd be a great back up but he's shown us time and time again...he cant.
Since that one good stretch he had a few years ago, he hasn’t seized his chances, whether it was because of injury or subpar play. Vitek and Akira did seize their chances. And that’s the story.
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3 minutes ago, Jimmy Leeds said:
I'm the only one with empathy for this guy it seems. He gave it his all, but that heel hurt him bad.
Good luck to a good guy
I don't think he's cut out to be a #1. But he could be a competent backup. I wish him well.
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1 hour ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
No one's signing him for eight years. Maybe three tops.
At least it sounds like the Devils will get something in return...still don't see it being much, but somethin is better than nothin.
Making room for Hellebuyck.
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18 hours ago, DevilMinder said:
So it was the usual cringe fest I guess? Coming in second in the entire league isn't something to be dismissive over, a few years ago no Devils names were on these.
Well, we did have a Hart Trophy winner five years ago in one of the greatest seasons a Devil has ever had.
How far Taylor Hall has fallen. From Hart winner to salary dump in 5 years. He's only 31. Thank god we traded him.
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Hedging his bet? If he was really concerned, he might have let McLeod walk.