Triumph Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Happy to say I got to see Jagr's last game as a Devil in person. He played well, too. Got one or two big chances. I think he'll fit in well in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaRay Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 In Lou we trust. He fleeced Tallon. I liked Jagr, but he is finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Last night Jagr looked better than he had in weeks...as if he could see the light at the end of the tunnel. Probably why he had his Oprah-like tell all yesterday too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefiestygoat Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Best of luck to him. Very happy with the return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils102 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I was watching the Florida Panthers/Blackhawks game and Jagr came up on the jumbo-tron wearing a Panthers jersey. So that's how I found out about this haha. Jagr looked good last night. Gonna be hard to sell the team on being in the playoff chase now. Although Jagr's days were clearly numbered. So does Boucher come up now? Or do we just see more Gionta/Tootoo/Bernier/Zubrus with some Sestito on the fourth line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 In fairness, a lot of fans didn't want to be sold on what they felt was a faulty premise to begin with...even more so after last night's loss. Enough of them were worried that Lou was going to leave the team intact (or add a small piece) and try to make the playoffs. I think fans are happy about what the trade represents...a realistic view on the state of the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 He played well, too. Got one or two big chances. I think he'll fit in well in Florida.Yeah he did. Ramo made a couple of nice saves on him. I hope he does well down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Too bad Jags is going to a loser, but great haul for Lou. I guess good teams don't buy high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Good return, 3 more trades gives us enough lottery picks to pick up some assets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Too bad Jags is going to a loser, but great haul for Lou. I guess good teams don't buy high. FLA still has a shot at a playoff spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmann422 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Good for Florida to go for it. I'll be rooting for them for sure. Best of luck to jägr, I still don't think he's finished, probably just frustrated with the situation here more than anything else. Nice job Lou as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Finally this site is up again! Jagr to Florida? Good. Good luck to him and I hope he misses the playoffs. I don't mean that in a disdainful way, I just mean to say that he is no longer a Devil, and is no longer my concern. Edited February 27, 2015 by Neb00rs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubie#8 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Maybe Lous agenda is to send Jagr to Florida on the premise of making sure that steam doesn't make any hay, maybe the next move is a Ryder and Havlat trade to the Bruins. Postseason here we come. But honestly that is a great return, couldn't be happier with that trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLL765 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Unwarranted? hahahaha look at our roster and our farm dude lol come on. It's a country club and no young forwards to take over. I may be hard on him but to say any criticism is unwarranted... thats ridiculousI was referring specifically to your insistence that Lou would decline to trade Jagr since he's the worst GM in the NHL according to you.That being said, this is pretty much what I expected the return to be for Jagr. With the way trades had been made over the past couple weeks, there was no way Jagr wouldn't garner at least a 2nd. I wouldn't call it a steal, but it's definitely a solid return. As for going Florida misses the postseason, I don't think it'll matter much since I don't think Florida is good enough to win a series, so the worst case would be that the pick ends up being #45. Edited February 27, 2015 by ATLL765 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonNala370 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Twice in one week I must give credit to Lou. The other day I gave him credit for getting our goalie Cory his best move in 10 years. I expected Jagr to go because he wasn't happy here anymore. He probably knew a trade was almost done the other night when he had 5 shots on goal to show the team he still had it. I thought we would get a 2nd for him I didn't think we wiuld get more like the 3rd as well, I must give crdit to Lou for the 3rd. I liked Jagr as a Devil and therefore I will follow him in Fla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonNala370 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Finally this site is up again! Jagr to Florida? Good. Good luck to him and I hope he misses the playoffs. I don't mean that in a disdainful way, I just mean to say that he is no longer a Devil, and is no longer my concern. You just keep proving my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Some Lou quotes in this article, for those who haven't read his comments on the situation...nothing you wouldn't really expect from him. A lot of GM-speak and him trying to make it sound like he's not waving the white towel (presumably so his team won't)...comes off like he's trying to be prepared for anything without sounding committed to any one thing. I'd give Ryder the next couple of games and hope he does enough that someone won't mind parting with a late-round pick for him (as opposed to Lou possibly not being able to give him away). Havlat's probably a lost cause. Lou can talk about his team still being in it, but I can't fathom that he really believes that, and I won't until I see him make moves that back that up. http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2015/02/two_reasons_why_jaromir_jagr_trade_was_a_shocker.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I love how the caption says 'two reasons why the Jagr trade was a shocker' then Chere's first sentence says 'It came as no surprise the Devils traded right-winger Jaromir Jagr Thursday' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLL765 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I love how the caption says 'two reasons why the Jagr trade was a shocker' then Chere's first sentence says 'It came as no surprise the Devils traded right-winger Jaromir Jagr Thursday' In addition to that, one of the surprises was that LL traded Jagr to a team above us in the standing. Did anyone expect one of Carolina, Buffalo, Toronto or Columbus to trade for Jagr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yeah, definitely wasn't supplying the link because of the awesomeness of the article (I used to like Chere a long time ago). Mostly it was because it had a lot of Lou quotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrthemike Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I loved Jags being here. Mostly because I hope the kids learned something from him in regards to motivation, dedication and commitment to the game. Those kind of lessons are huge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim777 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sad to see him go, as he is one of my all time favorite players. Good for him though, and good for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) I was referring specifically to your insistence that Lou would decline to trade Jagr since he's the worst GM in the NHL according to you. That being said, this is pretty much what I expected the return to be for Jagr. With the way trades had been made over the past couple weeks, there was no way Jagr wouldn't garner at least a 2nd. I wouldn't call it a steal, but it's definitely a solid return. As for going Florida misses the postseason, I don't think it'll matter much since I don't think Florida is good enough to win a series, so the worst case would be that the pick ends up being #45. Listen. Don't think or assume i blindly hate Lou for no reasons. Lou is a great mastermind and did great things and i'll always give him credits for that. He knows his sh!t. That been said i'll explain it to you one last time, he's incredibly stubborn and this gets in the way of his decision making ability a lot of times and he won't even consider adjusting to a new way and in today's NHL you have to adjust. That's the only thing i hate about him. He's putting himself in really tough situations by sticking to his guns too often. You may don't agree or support that mentality, it's totally fair, we all have opinions. But you can't say that i'm way off on this, it's a thing and we all know it deep inside, that were willing to admit it or not. Lou is NOT dealing and managing the same way the rest of the GMs are, it's a fact. We're the only team doing "a lot of things" in the NHL. The only team with the beards rules, the end of the stick tape thing rule, the no talking contracts during the season rule, the no interaction on twitter of wtv for players during the season rule, the no fans at practice and camp rule etc etc etc Again... you might not agree with me, but don't act like im making things up and blindly hating please. I said it before, I'm a huge Devils fan, Star Wars fan and Apple product fan. But Lou, George Lucas and Steve Jobs (RIP) were all the same, beyond stubborn and quite frankly that's what made them that successful but i still couldn't stand the way they were dealing with things cause it still fvcked them over a few times, fvcking love the product but couldn't stand their ways. They were all hell to work for apparently but you'd get a good product. I do and most fans have a love / hate relationship with all those 3 guys. It's literally the same thing. Honestly, do you really think what i just said is an unfair statement? Edited February 27, 2015 by SterioDesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasunow Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 ...the end of the stick tape thing rule... I've heard of all of these but that one. Couldn't find anything online about it. What's that one about? Inquiring minds want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'7' Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The beards thing is stupid, but I actually like the no twitter rule. Believe me it probably saves us from knowing a lot of things we don't want to know about Devils players. Also saves them from idiotic fan harrasment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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