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Chimaira_Devil_#9

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  1. Eh the way I look at it is that it makes it all the more valuable of an asset. Who know,s if we keep sliding we could have an outside shot at Celebrini himself. Hughes, Hischier and Celebrini down the middle. Who says no? LOL
  2. I know this season has been bad, but come on. His first full pro season, hasn't missed a minute, 0.5ppg as D man in the NHL on a team that basically shat the bed. Have his performances declined? Yes, but it's not been a disaster. Better coaching and maybe some better support next season.
  3. I wasn't expecting to be interested in this draft until at least late May, so the fact I am having a good look in March just goes to show how awry this season has gone. The Devils currently hold the 9th overall pick, which is a very decent pick. Now I am not sure how much effort I am going to put into looking at the first round players, because I don't think the Devils keep this pick . It has to be our main asset in trying to address the goaltender situation. But in the unlikely event we do keep it , it's worth seeing what's around. Looking at the mock rankings the top 20 or so prospects are incredibly defense heavy. Which is clearly an area where we have depth. So to my mind that makes it even more likely we deal the pick. Outside Macklin Celibrini at 1st overall there doesn't seem to be much consensus on the rest of the top 10. Anyway looking at mock drafts the most common selections for the Devils have been Cole Eiserman , Sam Dickinson, Konsta Helenius and Zeeve Buium. The first three are forwards and Buium is a LD. Eiserman seems like the most logical fit on paper. He is a scoring LW playing for the USNTDP. He offensive skills are regularly compared to Cole Caufield. So given the previous fit between Jack and Caufiled, could this be a similar match. What seems to be regularly flaged as a weakness for Eiserman is his skating, which for me is a red flag in the modern NHL. In a way his profile sort of reads like Alex Holtz, great shot, not so great skating. Haven't had a chance to look at the others yet. But will update this as I go.
  4. I wouldn't bet on it....... Actually put money on Vegas, at least you will profit from the failure.
  5. Shame about the circumstances, but glad Hatakka is back with the big club. I liked what he brought in the games he was up. See what he has got for the rest of the year. Make sure Seigenthaller can recover fully.
  6. I am in the same boat. As much as I would like the team to win games, if they can't then at least it means Green shouldn't be around the team next year. I am really hoping for a full clear out, just go with a completely new perspective.
  7. Let's see what he can bring. There was lots of talk that the team that took Kahkonen would be making a smart deadline move. Let's hope it works. I wasn't impressed when we played the Sharks recently. Looks really small in the net. But playing for this Sharks team can't of helped.
  8. Everything has just come a month too late.
  9. Chimaira_Devil_#9

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    Dupe, please delete.
  10. What in god's name are the Sharks doing? Why are they sending Vegas two thirds to take Hertl? Absolute daylight robbery by Vegas. Markstrom for Jake Allen and Brendan Smith.
  11. I was referring more to the tax Situation than the place itself (although in this case its probably a double whammy). If I recall that ea shalf the reason everyone including Toffoli wanted out of Calgary? Although having said that isn't the tax in Jersey pretty high as well?
  12. Jeez some of you are in a doom spiral. It's not the return anyone hoped , but the market is the market. You can't force people to trade with you. At the end of the day they are assets for a player you have no guarantee will be with you in 3 months time. And give what has been rumoured about the desired term, that might not be a bad thing. And even with that there is still a chance Fitz can reach out an get something done in the summer. Toffoli is going to Winnipeg, there is little chance he wants to stay!!!
  13. Sorry if this has already been posted, but this really cracked me up. If he can't get a coaching job he probably has a role as a comedy side kick in a sitcom as a fallback option.
  14. Amazing to see Timo finding his rhythm and getting those goals from the dirty areas that this team so often struggles to do. I still don't think we make the playoffs, so my hope for the rest of the season is to see cohesion and a structures system forming, and people staying healthy.
  15. Erm, no thank you. Edit: Just seen this was in another thread, so I am very late to the game, but my post still stands.
  16. My take: 1) First off, the reporters on this really put Fitz on the spot with some pretty pointed questions. So we'll done to them , was refreshing to see. 2) Mixed messages on Holtz, early on in the conference Fitz said something about young players not learning anything with their arse glued to the bench. Which I read as maybe some criticism of Lindys handling of Holtz. But later on he kind of went in on him in quite a direct manner. Given he was jumping through hoops to cut the two goaltenders slack and not make it personal,I was pretty shocked. One thing I will say is that if Fitz is trying to package Holtz, probably best not to call out his work ethic in a press conference. 3) Fitz has clearly been working the phones, I think if anything it shows he was doing his best to get Lindy what he needed so he didn't have to pull the trigger now and fire him. I got a real sense of personal responsibility for the situation the team is in from Fitz. Think he has learned a big lesson from this experience. 4) I think Toffoli is traded before Friday. The fact that Fitz referenced there was a difference in term makes me think that Fitz will make sure he can get something back. He can circle back in the summer and he kind of hinted at that. To me he was trying to sound as non committal as possible, but it didn't really work. I think if Fits should take anything away from this it's that he needs to be more visible. There were three rounds of general housekeeping/injury update questions, literally because he isn't avaliable for such long stretches.
  17. Getting destroyed by the Flyers in what essentially was our home stadium series in NEVER an option.
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