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I guess either side winning was good but really wanted it to be in overtime... no idea what's going to happen this weekend. Don't see Edmonton losing to Vancouver and Arizona could easily not get a point out of Minnesota.

1 minute ago, Triumph said:

Insane to win 3 of 21 and still only be in 27th.  Vancouver sucks so much.

3 of 22 now I'm pretty sure... a remarkably bad slide and Vancouver is refusing to budge

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No, we clearly wanted Vancouver to win this.  It was so much less likely that the Devils could catch Arizona.  The Devils have a game in hand and are a point up on Arizona, which means the Devils have to lose out and Arizona has to win.  If the two are tied, the Devils would be placed ahead.

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7 hours ago, Triumph said:

No, we clearly wanted Vancouver to win this.  It was so much less likely that the Devils could catch Arizona.  The Devils have a game in hand and are a point up on Arizona, which means the Devils have to lose out and Arizona has to win.  If the two are tied, the Devils would be placed ahead.

One point for AZ and Devils losing out works too. Just have Van and AZ get one point and devils get zero. 

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At least the Islanders will be playing us at the same time Toronto is playing. So they'll be playing like their season is on the line (because it is)

what im REALLY worried about is we lose tomorrow then find a way to beat Detroit. That would be awful.

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35 years rooting for the Devs and this is the first time I've ever wanted them to lose.

Then I question myself after reading what all of you that follow prospects write and I feel like a traitor (lol) because there is no Crosby, Matthews, McDavid out there.

Plus, somehow, someway, don't we all know deep down the ping pong balls wouldn't fall our way anyway?

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30 minutes ago, Jimmy Leeds said:

35 years rooting for the Devs and this is the first time I've ever wanted them to lose.

Then I question myself after reading what all of you that follow prospects write and I feel like a traitor (lol) because there is no Crosby, Matthews, McDavid out there.

Plus, somehow, someway, don't we all know deep down the ping pong balls wouldn't fall our way anyway?

The Devils won the draft lottery in 2011, the first year they missed the playoffs in 15 years.  Let's not pretend the Devils are somehow cursed by the lottery process.

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49 minutes ago, Triumph said:

The Devils won the draft lottery in 2011, the first year they missed the playoffs in 15 years.  Let's not pretend the Devils are somehow cursed by the lottery process.

I was thinking that as I typed earlier. We moved up and got Larsson. But things have just been so against them recently I feel that bad mojo.

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On 4/7/2017 at 10:48 AM, Triumph said:

The Devils won the draft lottery in 2011, the first year they missed the playoffs in 15 years.  Let's not pretend the Devils are somehow cursed by the lottery process.

Won the lottery, still didn't get the first pick. Ain't that a b****.

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I fvcking hate Vancouver. Probably doesn't even matter if we somehow stumble into a win at Detroit because Vancouver is clearly incapable of acquiring points. They've had 69 for what feels like an eternity. So glad I can finally stop having to wake up and check the score of their game, lol 

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If the Devils stay in 27th place, they have an 8.5% chance of winning a given lottery pick and 25% overall of winning the lottery in general.  Then they have a 7.2% chance of picking 5th, 33% chance of picking 6th, 28.7% chance of picking 7th, and 5.2% chance of picking 8th.

It's all here.

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From what I am seeing following this years drafts I am starting to think its not going to matter too much where we pick. No one has seperated themselves, and while I believe there are no obviously elite talents like last years, 1-15 seem to all be relatively close to each other, and I am not as down on it as some. If we chose wisely there should be an impact player to be had regardless of where we pick, and there are alot of centers in there if we choose that route.

Having a higher pick last year was much more important than this year imo. I have also read on several sites that there are some good talents that should be available into the third round, and some amazing goalie prospects which is a good thing considering how many draft picks we have in rounds two and three.

Patrick had seemed to seperate himself but I am now hearing his work rate, defense, and injury history are becoming rather large concerns... 

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52 minutes ago, Toasterleavins said:

 

Patrick had seemed to seperate himself but I am now hearing his work rate, defense, and injury history are becoming rather large concerns... 

This talk always happens in spring. In the fall it's a clear cut #1, then you get the nitpicking and "well this guy ranked #2 is putting up a charge!"-talk.

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I think that I agree with it not mattering too much other than if we get #1 or 2. Other than that, everyone's boards seem to read differently. If we don't end up with Hischier or Patrick I am hoping we end up with one of the highly regarded defensemen like Makar or Heiskanen.

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