NJDfan1711 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) I do feel bad for Cory, because he is indeed a nice guy, and by all accounts has never said anything bad about his teammates or the organization. He did play well for us for a few seasons too, but the sad truth however, is that his time simply seems to be up. I think Cory will/should be remembered as a Devil who had a couple good seasons, and then fell victim to a few different circumstances that ultimately led to his early demise. He had the hard task of being the next goalie to follow in the footsteps of not only the best goalie our team has ever seen, but quite possibly all time in the league itself, so in some ways he was set up to fail right out of the gate. There were people who were never going to like him, even if he had posted dozens of shutouts and had a .950+ save percentage year after year. He did enough to earn the respect and faith of most of us in his first year or two here, but unfortunately that was very short lived and basically his tenure here in New Jersey is 50-50, with him now having just about the same number of bad seasons as he has had good ones. The reasons for him being in this predicament notwithstanding, I have no ill will towards Cory and I thank him for his service to our team. While it would have been great if the last few seasons were as good as his first few years and we could look forward to a handful of more from him to carry us into the post-season, that's not the case and it seems to be in the best interest for all that we start to look towards our next long-term option in goal. I do wish him the best and I wouldn't blame him for trying to play elsewhere, but I really doubt he's going to find much, if any success. But hey, I could be wrong, sometimes all people need for a reboot is a change. Good luck Cory. Edited January 25, 2019 by NJDfan1711 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Forgot to post this the other day, but FWIW the 90's night bobblehead will be David Puddy themed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 minute ago, DevsMan84 said: Forgot to post this the other day, but FWIW the 90's night bobblehead will be David Puddy themed. Its better than a Ken Daneyko Ghostbuster I guess. When's Ric Flair bobblehead night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBallofHate Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Strange... a few of the Bing writers I follow on Twitter had been saying that Cory was going to get the start tonight. Jeff Ulmer @Ski931 Blackwood gets the start tonight vs Hartford. Cam backs up. Schneider not dressed. #BingDevil No word on Schneider. Played in 2 of the 3 games on conditioning stint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 11 minutes ago, LittleBallofHate said: Strange... a few of the Bing writers I follow on Twitter had been saying that Cory was going to get the start tonight. Jeff Ulmer @Ski931 Blackwood gets the start tonight vs Hartford. Cam backs up. Schneider not dressed. #BingDevil No word on Schneider. Played in 2 of the 3 games on conditioning stint. Maybe Cory is ‘injured’ again.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBallofHate Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Also from Jeff Ulmer: Schneider seen sitting in the stands, so he's here. JQ with an absolute rocket wins it in OT 3-2! #BingDevils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 18 minutes ago, LittleBallofHate said: JQ with an absolute rocket 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagknife Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 10 hours ago, MadDog2020 said: Maybe Cory is ‘injured’ again.... Man we can only hope... I liked Cory too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mfitz804 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Interesting, Blackwood apparently staying at Binghamton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: Interesting, Blackwood apparently staying at Binghamton. It’s because he’s in the AHL All-Star game. Edited January 27, 2019 by MadDog2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: It’s because he’s in the AHL All-Star game. Ahh, didn’t realize/pay attention to when it actually was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 27 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: Ahh, didn’t realize/pay attention to when it actually was. Yeah I think the skills competition is tonight, and the game is tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: Yeah I think the skills competition is tonight, and the game is tomorrow. Hard to believe anything better will happen than Heiskanen eating wall in the fastest skater comp. Dude must have been embarrassed. He did a Miles Wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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titans04 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 The tentative lineup is pretty scary. Blackwood stays in Bing hopefully just for the all star game. The return of Kurtis Gabriel seems to be a possibility. Lots of injury updates in the article. Call me nuts but I'm starting to wonder of Hall had some kind of minor surgery at this point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, titans04 said: The tentative lineup is pretty scary. Blackwood stays in Bing hopefully just for the all star game. The return of Kurtis Gabriel seems to be a possibility. Lots of injury updates in the article. Call me nuts but I'm starting to wonder of Hall had some kind of minor surgery at this point? I can't recall a single instance in the past ten years or more where a player had surgery during the season and the team did not make any announcement to that effect. At this point I"m wondering whether it's a concussion and the team is taking things really slowly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevils1214 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Daniel said: I can't recall a single instance in the past ten years or more where a player had surgery during the season and the team did not make any announcement to that effect. At this point I"m wondering whether it's a concussion and the team is taking things really slowly. Could be. Does anyone know if he is even skating on his own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBallofHate Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 24 minutes ago, NJDevils1214 said: Could be. Does anyone know if he is even skating on his own? Chris Ryan had an update a little while ago: https://www.nj.com/devils/2019/01/taylor-hall-still-absent-from-devils-practice-who-was-on-off-ice-after-bye-week.html Hall has not played in a game since Dec. 23 while recovering from a nagging lower body injury, which was aggravated in that game. He continued to work out off ice over the break and he did skate for the first time on Sunday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mfitz804 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 minute ago, MadDog2020 said: I just read that as “San Jose Sharts” and I now love that. I’d trade any of them, but i’d prefer it be to a more borderline team so the picks we get back are worth more. Except KK, I would take the Devil himself as a trade partner on that one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven M. Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Didn't see this posted yet but yesterday Schneider gave up a goal :46 seconds in to Joseph Blandisi (lol) en route to going down 4-1. Bing actually tied it, and then naturally lost in overtime because Cory is just incapable of ever winning again. Stopped 24/29 shots. in brighter news, looks like Mac is having fun tonight https://twitter.com/BingDevils/status/1089697522711433216 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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