MadDog2020 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: Blashill is a dope 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 4 hours ago, MB3 said: Well there was the time that LucifersDog sent me a photo of my wife that he had apparently saved from a post a few years back with the caption "this is the slut who only sleeps with you for your money". Joke's on him (or her?), I'm flat broooooooke. That’s not cool. I guess that goes without saying. It shows marked ignorance, everyone knows once you marry them, they no longer need to sleep with you to get your money. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 1 hour ago, NJDfan1711 said: So do I. I had forgotten that guy's name until now. Pretty sure that wasn't too long after I had joined here. Needless to say it had me wondering whether or not I wanted to stick around lol. I'm glad I did (well, on most days anyway). So THAT’s who we blame... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 59 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: Wow that's disappointing. Jack's been one of the better players in his limited ice time, or so I thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, Devilsfan118 said: Wow that's disappointing. Jack's been one of the better players in his limited ice time, or so I thought. Blashill has to make sure Luke Glendening gets enough ice, no room for a little twerp like Hughes. 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenwo2 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, MadDog2020 said: This is surprising yet not surprising, if that makes any sense. Surprising in that in the biggest game thus far involving an opponent that consists of all NHL players (which would've been good for his development), Jack is sitting (albeit for Gaudreau but still...). Unsurprising 'cause it's Blashill. sigh.... Edited May 21, 2019 by glenwo2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 1 hour ago, MadDog2020 said: I'm fine with it. Playing in more games at the Worlds won't make Hughes a better player than he's going to be and at least we know he's not going to get seriously injured. If it makes a difference as to Shero, then he probably shouldn't have anything to do with the draft and it probably shows he's not qualified to clean out the deep fryer in one of the concession stands. At most it's fodder for arguments with Kakko fanboys, which is something you're better off staying away from if you want to keep your sanity. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Daniel said: I'm fine with it. Playing in more games at the Worlds won't make Hughes a better player than he's going to be and at least we know he's not going to get seriously injured. If it makes a difference as to Shero, then he probably shouldn't have anything to do with the draft and it probably shows he's not qualified to clean out the deep fryer in one of the concession stands. At most it's fodder for arguments with Kakko fanboys, which is something you're better off staying away from if you want to keep your sanity. Yeah I mean it’s not a big deal, but I would’ve liked to see him play anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenwo2 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Blashill...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenwo2 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Daniel said: I'm fine with it. Playing in more games at the Worlds won't make Hughes a better player than he's going to be and at least we know he's not going to get seriously injured. If it makes a difference as to Shero, then he probably shouldn't have anything to do with the draft and it probably shows he's not qualified to clean out the deep fryer in one of the concession stands. At most it's fodder for arguments with Kakko fanboys, which is something you're better off staying away from if you want to keep your sanity. It won't make him a better player but it wouldn't hurt to have him experience a Playoff-type atmosphere in facing off against players he will no doubt encounter in the NHL. I think that would be good for his development but I'm not the Coach. That said, your second point is valid since the game could turn nasty so I can see why it's better Jack sit this one out. But I doubt protecting Jack from injury was what Blashill had in mind. He just seems like he doesn't know what he is doing as a Head Coach. Maybe Hynes should take over.....or not. "The blind leading the Blind" comes to mind when I think that. Edited May 21, 2019 by glenwo2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 1 hour ago, glenwo2 said: It won't make him a better player but it wouldn't hurt to have him experience a Playoff-type atmosphere in facing off against players he will no doubt encounter in the NHL. I think that would be good for his development but I'm not the Coach. That said, your second point is valid since the game could turn nasty so I can see why it's better Jack sit this one out. But I doubt protecting Jack from injury was what Blashill had in mind. He just seems like he doesn't know what he is doing as a Head Coach. Maybe Hynes should take over.....or not. "The blind leading the Blind" comes to mind when I think that. It makes no difference to his development, period. He will not score one more or less goal in his NHL career because of not playing in this game. He will not play better or worse in a single NHL game because of not playing in this game. There is nothing about this tournament that teaches someone how to play in a big game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 2 hours ago, MadDog2020 said: Yeah I mean it’s not a big deal, but I would’ve liked to see him play anyway. When you come down to it, he was pretty lucky to have been there at all. I see whatever time he got there as a bonus...and even better, he got through it healthy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenwo2 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Daniel said: It makes no difference to his development, period. He will not score one more or less goal in his NHL career because of not playing in this game. He will not play better or worse in a single NHL game because of not playing in this game. There is nothing about this tournament that teaches someone how to play in a big game. You're right but I was referring to him facing off against actual NHL Players from Canada which he'll encounter all the time in the NHL. Why not get some real-time action against a team that has all NHL'ers on it? And yes, I know other teams have NHL'ers on them but not the whole team like Canada does...at least I don't think those other teams do. (why do I get the feeling this was yet another "emotional post" from me? I'll never really fit in around here, apparently. lol ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, moustic said: My advice there... Will be to follow SD's advice. He is well known to be a pacifier on Njdevs : ) But seriously listen to him ! And here we love passion and all that... But we are old grumpy dudes that don't wanna be disturbed as well ; ) And let me be SAD about my fvckin'team being ridiculous in front of the whole world (ok .. Whole world doesn't care about hockey but still ! ) lol. I can be many things... but that i don't think i am haha Edited May 22, 2019 by SterioDesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 2 hours ago, glenwo2 said: You're right but I was referring to him facing off against actual NHL Players from Canada which he'll encounter all the time in the NHL. Why not get some real-time action against a team that has all NHL'ers on it? And yes, I know other teams have NHL'ers on them but not the whole team like Canada does...at least I don't think those other teams do. (why do I get the feeling this was yet another "emotional post" from me? I'll never really fit in around here, apparently. lol ) well it's 100% because the coach's job is to win a tournament here, not to develop Jack Hughes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenwo2 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 7 minutes ago, SterioDesign said: well it's 100% because the coach's job is to win a tournament here, not to develop Jack Hughes true. I guess the "fun" is over and it's try-to-win time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, SterioDesign said: well it's 100% because the coach's job is to win a tournament here, not to develop Jack Hughes Yup. Nobody is looking at this tournament as a Jack Hughes showcase. He barely belongs on the team as a 17 (now 18) year old, so he’s the last man on the bench. That’s how it works. It’s not about seeing what Jack can or cannot do. Obviously it’s natural for us as Devils fans to want an extended look because we’re holding the #1 pick, but that’s about it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenwo2 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 minute ago, mfitz804 said: Yup. Nobody is looking at this tournament as a Jack Hughes showcase. He barely belongs on the team as a 17 (now 18) year old, so he’s the last man on the bench. That’s how it works. It’s not about seeing what Jack can or cannot do. Obviously it’s natural for us as Devils fans to want an extended look because we’re holding the #1 pick, but that’s about it. Yeah I would have liked to have seen him with extended time but it is what it is. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) I’m just glad he didn’t look completely outmatched, and that he made it through healthy. I’m fairly sure Ray knew who he was picking the moment that card got turned around anyway. Edited May 22, 2019 by Nicomo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemarc1 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 11:29 AM, devlman said: I’m not trying to come at you specifically but I don’t even understand where this line of thought comes in. He’s better now based on what exactly? Are you basing that off the world championship games? Because you can’t be basing that off the last two years of scouting. Because before this tournament no one would have said Kakko is better now. Put Hughes on Finland’s first line and have him play Denmark and then see what happens. I guess I should have said the “more ready” nhl player? Kaako will make a bigger impact next year than Hughes will. That’s what I was going for. Hughes will be much more impactful down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenwo2 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, mikemarc1 said: I guess I should have said the “more ready” nhl player? Kaako will make a bigger impact next year than Hughes will. That’s what I was going for. Hughes will be much more impactful down the road. That's really the bottom line. While everyone in the NHL starts their "knee-jerk 2nd-guessing" of the Devils for picking Hughes when they see Kakko dominate, Devils will simply continue the rebuild while Hughes continues to grow as a player. Edited May 23, 2019 by glenwo2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 Damn Cory let one in already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 Good period for Jack Hughes. Finding a lot of open ice and creating some chances. Was one of USA best players. Neither goal Cory gave up were softies but Vasilevskiy has been better. He’s the difference so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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