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The lack of veterans on D and bad coaching led to the demise of this team. It's sends a real bad message when you move Dougie off PP1 to start the year despite the early success. Not much of that was Luke either. That success early on was due to Jack's hot start. The defense was just plain garbage which puts pressure on the forwards and the goaltending. Despite what all the numbers say psychology plays a huge roll in hockey. Chemistry is what make teams play well. You can see the results of chemistry in data but it doesn't work the other way around. You can't build chemistry off data.
Lindy Ruff was absolutely abhorrent in his tenure here. Fitz talked about a guy losing his job because of players play on the ice. I would argue the players in spite of Lindy earned him some extra cash in his pocket. He owes them not the other way around.
I have absolutely no faith in Fitz to turn this team around due to his inability to manage his coaches and make adjustments to the team on the fly by filling holes with the right fills. Lazar was a great pick up but even he was mishandled last year.
I would like to see Fitz fired sooner rather than later. The owners can't make the same mistake themselves that they let him make.
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8 hours ago, Lateralous said:
Not to miss @ButlerBulldog point but didn't Lou let his kid run multiple minor league affiliates of ours into the ground with no repercussions?
Edit: You know I'm frustrated with this franchise when I'm bringing up Chris Lamoriello's management flaws. 😂
Minor league GMs don't have very much authority.
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21 hours ago, ButlerBulldog said:
It’s a shame the Devils have never had a GM with the balls to… oh, wait.
Lou may be out of touch with today’s NHL, but he’d never have tolerated Lindy’s ineptitude anywhere near as long as Fitz did.
Lou would can his kid in a minute.
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I like their masks
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I believe this team is very broken and they're too reliant on Jack Hughes. Jack is an uber talented player with the puck but he lacks pretty much everywhere else, including attitude. He's not really replaceable but it's time for him to take the next step. Hopefully, next year he can stay on the ice and do that.
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Just now, ButlerBulldog said:
They’ll have one next season. The rest of this one is about getting the youngsters as much experience as possible and eliminating some of the bad habits that took hold under Lindy.
They do need seasoning but they need grit on every line and on D. They are too soft and they don't grind at all. They got grilled by Carolina last year because they refused to get the puck deep and grind it out. They just kept trying to skate through them. Just like today.
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Just now, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Were you saying all of this last season? Doubtful.
Yes, of course. We could have Kahkonen for free at the beginning of last year instead he gave assets for VV. Fitz hasn't been good overall. He threw bags at Hamilton and Palat that's why they came here. Both got way too much money and too many years.
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2 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Not gonna happen, and I don’t think it should.
He’s set himself up to land a goalie and be able to pay him, and he’ll get a new coach.
He’s had a bad season overall, but has begun the necessary course correction.
He landed Hamilton and made the deal to bring in Meier. Not like he hasn’t shown the ability to reel in big fish before.
I feel like he was handed about as good as a bag as anyone could be handed. He hired his buddies and refused to fire them. He fvcked up with Bratt and had to eat crow and ended up costing him $2 mil a year x8. He's fvcked up Holtz. They attempted to do the same thing with Nemec. The goalie situation. I would argue that Hamilton and Palat were bad signings. The only move I like is the Meier trade.
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5 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
The team obviously needs better coaching. That wasn’t Lindy and we know it’s not Interim Guy either.
Fitz needs to go too.
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Just now, capo said:
If he stays on his feet there's no goal. Schmid and Daws are both broken.
Aho beats him over the shoulder again.
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If he stays on his feet there's no goal. Schmid and Daws are both broken.
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6 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said:
He’s been pretty close to that guy this year and in the playoffs last year.
IDK, I think if he's on the Devils he's balls. That Florida team is super legit. I realize he's 35 now but didn't he lose the job to Knight at one point? And he wasn't great last year. He ended up back in the starter role in the playoffs but he was shaky at times. I think Florida is definitely going back to the SCF but it's not because of him.
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10 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said:
Bobrovsky comes to mind
Yeah, but he hasn't been the Columbus guy.
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I'm just curious... When was the last time a star goalie went somewhere else and continued to be a star goalie? Goalies are usually homegrown.
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What a stupid trade. This is such a d!ck trade. Fitz is a douche.
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2 minutes ago, RizzMB30 said:
We don't need the assets in the same way that we did 2-3 years ago. These assets are going to be used for the bigger fish. Would a first be nice? yeah, but it's not always on the table and it's what makes Toffs an interesting add.
Doesn't mean you settle. He apparently didn't want to trade him to the east either.
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Yegor is a very very good two-way player. His stick in the neutral zone and d-zone on the PK are very missed. Not a good trade but people loved it because they didn't like that he had down year scoring wise.
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2 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said:
If we want to fix the goalie problem for good, we may not have a choice.
Markstrom doesn't do that.
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Can't trade Mercer
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4 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said:
Autographed though, preferably
Let's not get greedy, but we should ask.
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4 minutes ago, smelly said:
Oilers want Miller. Fitz not impressed with offer so far.
A pair of McDavid's gloves should do
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5 minutes ago, ButlerBulldog said:
Which makes his treatment all the more perplexing. If he were a jerk, I could understand Green wanting to reign him in, but he seems to have a top-notch attitude to go with his on-ice skills.
Other than he whose name shall not be uttered, I can’t think of anyone on the current roster for whom a label like douche fits.
I'm not going to elaborate but the evidence is out there. There are also some really good dudes on the roster as well.
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5 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said:
Nemec just seems like one of those guys who’s going to be hard to ever say a bad word about.
Unlike some of the douches on his team.
GDT: The 'It Barely Matters" Edition - 3/14/24 Devils @ Stars 8:00pm MSGN2
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It's absolutely comical they are only 4 pts out.