devlman Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 2 hours ago, mfitz804 said: Did you have grand expectations of a player pulled off the scrap heap? He’s on a pace for like 18 goals if he played all 82, you wouldn’t be thrilled to get that from a player signed off a PTO for pennies? He has as many goals as Hischier does, in fewer games, which is tied for 4th on the team. Be more concerned about guys like Zacha, who is supposed to be something, or Zajac, who can’t seem to do anything anymore. Not a guy who was almost out of hockey without a job. No, I did not have grand expectations for Stafford. Seeing him on the second line and be completely ineffective is why I am complaining about him. Expectations have nothing to do with it. If the Devils signed you tomorrow and you played on our second line I'd be screaming, too. The fact that expectations for you are low would factor nil into the equation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 2 hours ago, devlman said: No, I did not have grand expectations for Stafford. Seeing him on the second line and be completely ineffective is why I am complaining about him. Expectations have nothing to do with it. If the Devils signed you tomorrow and you played on our second line I'd be screaming, too. The fact that expectations for you are low would factor nil into the equation. You’re only saying that because you haven’t seen my slap shot. I’ll agree that he shouldn’t be on the second line. But 8 points in 23 games I’d have signed up for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 minute ago, Martyisth3b3st said: I’m bitching about Stafford because I hate seeing his dead weight in the lineup, not because I expected more out of an “800k player who couldn’t find a job” Tied for 4th on the team in goals, with our #1 draft pick, isn’t what I would call dead weight. YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 First four games for Stafford: 3 G, 1 A, -2 19 games since: 2 G, 2 A, -8 (no points in his last 9 games) 351 games since 2013: 74 G (about 17 per 82 GP). Yeah, he came very cheap, and sometimes these what-the-hell signings pay off better than expected, but it's looking more and more like the Stafford well is just about dry...he's only going to be able to live off those four games for so long. It's OK, at his salary, Shero can move on from him without issue if he doesn't justify his presence in the lineup soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 41 minutes ago, Martyisth3b3st said: You might be mentally disabled so I’m gonna go ahead and not pick on you any more. Good one loser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Can I just say that I'm happy we're back to arguing about how to make the team better... instead of like, arguing about the merits of tanking and all that boring sh!t. Good to be back to normal here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I want to say, at least in recent memory, the Devils tend to preform fairly badly against the Coyotes. It's nothing new. We never won out there in the glory days either. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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