Colorado Rockies 1976

Team loss. NE can count their luckies that they'll still win the division, but it ends there. Pretenders, fakes, frauds, you name it.

NE cementing their status as frauds tonight. They'll make the playoffs, but no SB run this year.

Yeah no argument on this one. Good signing. Guess this means Syndergaard will be staying. And that Realmuto was simply going to cost too much in assets.

Mets supposedly talking to Grandal now. It's kinda slim pickins at catcher...and Grandal has at least shown the ability to play in a lot of games (for a catcher) and stay relatively healthy. Also brings pop, and can get on base some (.335 OB% over the past five years). Not loving the low BA (.236 over the past five seasons)...sometimes I'd just rather see a player who can hit his way on. But it's impossible to argue that he wouldn't be an upgrade over TDA (should really be TTDL) and Plawecki. Realmuto is obviously still my first choice, but I get the feeling the Mets only get him if it costs too much. And there's just not enough depth in the system where they can afford to screw themselves somewhere else.

Heh heh, my first thought was "Damn, who here on njdevs.com was able to fake press credentials to sneak into Hynes' postgame conference?!" I don't expect Hynes to answer a question like that with either full disclosure or honesty (he and Shero would obviously have to discuss such a nuclear move with Cory before making it public), but at the same time, his answer was really the only thing that aggravated me last night (outside of falling behind 3-0 of course). His answer was the very definition of insanity...sorry, you can't keep Top Gunning Cory in pure "Send him back out there!" fashion, and praying for a different result. I also think it'd be nice (and possibly very helpful) if when KK's the backup, he can actually approach some of those games as a legit day off, mentally and physically. I get that the backup's always to supposed to be ready to jump into any given game at a moment's notice, but there are clearly games where it's supposed to be "Put the cap on, have a seat, just relax, you'll be out there next game." for backups. At this point, KK's gotta be thinking that there's always at least a 50-50 chance that any game that Cory starts, that KK will likely take over before the half-way mark of the game, with his team trailing by at least three goals. That could wear on a guy in time.

This one would work too (who am I kidding, just about any Erika pic would do): Pretty sure if I ever ran into her on the street and I was wearing a Devils jersey, the conversation would go something like this: Her: "Hey...nice jersey! Admittedly it's been an up-and-down season so far for the Devils...would be nice to see them start getting on some kind of a run, and for players like Cory Schneider and Miles Wood to turn their seasons around. Hopefully they can tighten up on defense too, but I think there's a chance they can still find a way to play well enough to try to make the playoffs. What do you think?" Me: (after a solid 10 seconds pass, in the most Butthead-like voice possible) "Uhhhhhhhh...I love you"

I wore my Palms HHOF GW (just got it today), but was so pissed after 3-0 that I took it off and hung it back up. So now I don't know what to do for the next game.

Maybe Hynes will get a cardboard standup of her wearing tonight's outfit, at which point he announces "Every time we win a game, we peel off a section..."

Oh for sure, but that wasn't predicted for him when he was drafted. Hell, Trevor Kidd was the #1 goalie on a lot of draft boards that year.

Funny how whenever Erika's on screen I don't hear a word any Devil says...

Thought the same thing...they easily could've croaked at 3-0 and 4-1, yet somehow didn't.

From Leatherface to Leatherclad...and it's one for one...

Yeah she is beyond lovely.

Wow, even the refs and Toronto couldn't fvck the Devils out of this one!

Oh man here comes the foot to the balls...

I'm buying you a beer!!! Ten of em!!

They get a point...feels like three...

You were saying? Heh heh. Seriously though it's nice to see all the hard work tonight getting rewarded...and getting a much-needed break.

If nothing else...this team has shown a TON of fight tonight.

Oh man I remember that Madden "ground ball" goal. That was hilarious. Palms!!!

I do definitely feel bad for him as a person...not like he doesn't care or want to suck like this...but tonight was my breaking point. He can't be out there again...not like this.

I hear ya completely, but at the same time I'm just completely fed up with him.

About time Miles!!!

Hockey gods decided that Zacha must remain without an assist this season...

Of course.