Antiquated Colorado Rockie

I like Nico but he doesn't have the ceiling MacKinnon did. A better comp is Ryan Nugent Hopkins, hopefully better than RNH

Yeah, I had some hope over the summer and into the fall but at this point that ship has sailed and by now is half way across the atlantic. At this point I just want a trade done before he can get hurt

I don't think anybody is trying to sound like a philanthropist. In sports you generally cheer for the laundry. Yes, I want the Devils to win and their players are a means to an end to do that. Fans are how the players make millions so they come out of it better than we do.

These firings should make for a good pool of available coaches in the offseason (other than Peters of course)

I can't imagine they are going to change coaches again in season. They are going to trade their best player and probably then their best defenseman. The management course is to tank. I heard that Shero the other day, in a Freudian slip, accidentally called "Nasreddine" "Lafreniere".

That is kind of how I feel. When we got him I was excited about adding the big shot on the pp but I think we've done a poor job of utilizing it. I think our coaching has been such crap that I am holding off on calling him an albetross. Coaching is the single biggest problem with the team imo

Well to clarify I do agree that our coaching sucks and that it is one of if not the biggest problems on this miserable team. I'm just saying that isn't what ruined Schneider, he didn't forget how to play net, injuries broke him. Blackwood is actually coming along fairly well. Ray does have to do better with his coaching going forward, no doubt about that.

Ya, he was an athletic goalie and clearly injuries have ruined him.

That was a good first period, keep it going for a full 60 for a change

I actually totally agree and would cut Shero some slack because of it (as of now I don't want Shero gone). In a weird way 2015-16 was bad luck, that year they had no hope of being good and everything came up aces and the team was much higher in the standings than they should have been.

I don't think it's another rebuild either but at some point you do have to win. It's year 5. I'm a Shero guy and I don't want him fired as of now but at some point you have to win and not just say, 'well we were really bad x years ago when I started' , 'well we were really bad x+1 years ago when I started'. 'Well, . . . . What has delayed the rebuild is that the first two first round picks were Zacha and McLeod and a very mediocre coach hire.

Devils nut sack is blue Kicked so many times Hynes, fvck you

LGD. I don't mind the line shuffle

he's breaking that record for sure and may be just getting warmed up

yup, if a GM insists on having a loser as a coach then he is a loser to. I wonder what the record is for most losses by a coach in a tenure ..

then he hasn't learned from Pittsburgh when it came to a point where they fired him and Bylsma a month later.

you're arguing my case better than I am lol. There was so much optimism during the offseason that the consensus was we would be a lot better and Shero probably thought Hall would resign, plus there was the injury situation in the mix. Other teams probably wanted to see a healthy Hall before trading a lot to get him.

Was thinking Crosby and Malkin, yeah you could say Staal qualifies, Hall would be ahead of him and behind Geno and Crosby. I guess it's just a different situation. After winning Stanley cups in Pittsburgh and still not wanting to stay, Staal probably had his mind made up no matter whereas Hall didn't. I think Hall wanted to see how the year in Jersey went and if the team was a winner he would stay but it's been a loser so he doesn't. Shero could have traded Hall this offseason but he felt the time had come where he was in position to soup up the roster and thought the team would do well and upon seeing that Hall would resign. Just a theory

It's the first top UFA he's had that didn't want to resign so now he has a high end UFA rental on his hands and will deal him at the deadline.

whatever he took before the game, keep taking it

went right through Blackwood, soft goal

Some real false advertising there. Probably Hall cancelled

as opposed to losing and being last place and . . Hynes job being safe

How ridiculous that Hynes is the fifth longest tenured coach. Clearly he has done nothing to warrant this top 5 distinction. Fire him yesterday. There are questions about Babcock but on his worst day he would be an upgrade over our loser of a head coach. And fire him whether Babcock wants to come here or not.

got dominated. Better give Hynes more time