Chimaira_Devil_#9 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 8 hours ago, MB3 said: how did i not know the all time PPG leader was dave andreychuk? fun fact and long story; at my first ever game, andreychuk was giving high-fives down the tunnel and his glove caught my tiny little grubby hand awkwardly and came off (he let it slide off so he didn’t rip my arm from the socket). He said “hey kid I need that” and I said something along the lines of “i promise it was an accident please don’t be mad at me” which made him laugh and then sign/throw me a puck. and THAT is why Jason Arnott is my favorite player! Andreychuk tossed it over to me, I asked my dad “who was that!?!?” and my dad, who didn’t watch hockey, said “i think it was number 25”, so I looked for #25 in my center ice catalog and saw the beautiful frosted tips of a man I would soon fall in love with. A full season later (and a Stanley Cup winning goal), I’ve got 2 arnie jerseys and 3 arnott posters on my wall. my uncle comes over the house and asks why I’m so in love with Arnott and I proudly display the puck he threw me. My uncle goes “this says number 23. not 25. I’m pretty sure it’s Andreychuk’s” and my world exploded in on itself like a dying star. I wound up throwing the puck into the woods because I’m nothing if not dramatic. But then for a christmas present my dad got me an autograph session with Arnott in the Edison mall. A week later he was traded. TLDR I have a complicated relationship with Dave Andreychuk. Amazing!! So is there a signed Dave Andreychuk puck kicking around in the woods somewhere? Or did you go back and get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 8 hours ago, MB3 said: how did i not know the all time PPG leader was dave andreychuk? fun fact and long story; at my first ever game, andreychuk was giving high-fives down the tunnel and his glove caught my tiny little grubby hand awkwardly and came off (he let it slide off so he didn’t rip my arm from the socket). He said “hey kid I need that” and I said something along the lines of “i promise it was an accident please don’t be mad at me” which made him laugh and then sign/throw me a puck. and THAT is why Jason Arnott is my favorite player! Andreychuk tossed it over to me, I asked my dad “who was that!?!?” and my dad, who didn’t watch hockey, said “i think it was number 25”, so I looked for #25 in my center ice catalog and saw the beautiful frosted tips of a man I would soon fall in love with. A full season later (and a Stanley Cup winning goal), I’ve got 2 arnie jerseys and 3 arnott posters on my wall. my uncle comes over the house and asks why I’m so in love with Arnott and I proudly display the puck he threw me. My uncle goes “this says number 23. not 25. I’m pretty sure it’s Andreychuk’s” and my world exploded in on itself like a dying star. I wound up throwing the puck into the woods because I’m nothing if not dramatic. But then for a christmas present my dad got me an autograph session with Arnott in the Edison mall. A week later he was traded. TLDR I have a complicated relationship with Dave Andreychuk. Even Antonio Brown read this and thought, "Damn, that MB3 dude is nuts!" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, MB3 said: it’s somewhere deep in the woods near franklin lake in NJ if anyone wants to look for it. I was 11. 11 year olds do stupid things haha. A friend of my wife's (who knows that me and my daughter are huge Devils fans) won a signed puck at some local charity auction (this was maybe 3 years ago)...she doesn't follow the sport at all, so all she told my wife was "Not sure who it is, can't really read it, but you guys can have it." The possibilities...maybe it's a Nico? Palms? Hall? Who did it turn out to be? Damon fvcking Severson. Maybe that Andrey-puck could use some company... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Even Antonio Brown read this and thought, "Damn, that MB3 dude is nuts!" You know he whipped his shirt off before he threw it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 30 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: A friend of my wife's (who knows that me and my daughter are huge Devils fans) won a signed puck at some local charity auction (this was maybe 3 years ago)...she doesn't follow the sport at all, so all she told my wife was "Not sure who it is, can't really read it, but you guys can have it." The possibilities...maybe it's a Nico? Palms? Hall? Who did it turn out to be? Damon fvcking Severson. Maybe that Andrey-puck could use some company... At least it was a long time Devil. Could've been a Seth Helgeson or Bobby Farnham. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaira_Devil_#9 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 3 hours ago, MB3 said: it’s somewhere deep in the woods near franklin lake in NJ if anyone wants to look for it. I was 11. 11 year olds do stupid things haha. That would be an awesome find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Chimaira_Devil_#9 said: That would be an awesome find. If you happen to see a Hannu Kamppuri, Sam St. Laurent, or Chad Erickson puck out there while you're looking, I have a home for it lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaira_Devil_#9 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: If you happen to see a Hannu Kamppuri, Sam St. Laurent, or Chad Erickson puck out there while you're looking, I have a home for it lol. Still three short. Damn so close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 15 minutes ago, Chimaira_Devil_#9 said: Still three short. Damn so close. Four if you count Akira Schmid as well. I'm just less worried that I won't be able to get that one (check your mail, Akira, there's one at the Rock waiting for your signature). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 McDavid tested positive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 55 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: McDavid tested positive Think that’s the 2nd time for him. Edited January 5, 2022 by Nicomo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 34 minutes ago, Nicomo said: Thick that’s the 2nd time for him. I believe so, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 55 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: McDavid tested positive He’s probably still a good hockey player though lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 Just now, mfitz804 said: He’s probably still a good hockey player though lol. Probably 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: Probably 🤣 He must have a different variant than Zacha then lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Sweet sassy molassy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) Heiskanen, Makar, Pettersson... what could've been. Could've been Patrick too, so it could be worse. Ah well. Edited January 5, 2022 by Devilsfan118 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 39 minutes ago, MB3 said: just came here to post that. *pokes nico with a stick* "do something" He was trying and then got a boo boo foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Devil Dan 56 said: Sweet sassy molassy That’s…. Insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: That’s…. Insane. Is Dach still looking for his jockstrap? Probably so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, MB3 said: one of the rare instances of winning the lottery hurting the devils. they were apparently in love with both makar and heiskanen but couldn’t take them over the consensus nico/nolan. i bet philly feels worse lmao If that was the case, they should have traded down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 This is why I give the devils sh!t. I know that Nico and Nolan were the consensus 1 and 2 that season on every experts list. However, if the devils were indeed interested in Makar (there is at least one article that indicated they were) then that’s a failure on the team. Why pay an entire scouting department if you can just print out Pronmam or Bob Mac’s rankings? Yeah it could have been worse with selecting Nolan, but it doesn’t exactly make me feel any better that we got the 4th best player out of the top 5 that year with the first overall pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, mfitz804 said: Is Dach still looking for his jockstrap? Probably so. He’ll be looking for it for the foreseeable future after that move. Sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 11 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: If that was the case, they should have traded down. Of course that's assuming someone would've been interested in trading up (and giving up assets to do it). Could very well be that the teams drafting #3 and #4 figured that they were going to get a good enough player no matter who was there for them, so why give up additional assets to move up? If there's any second-guessing to be done, I'd say if the Devils really loved one of those two defensemen THAT much, they should've just taken one of them with that #1 pick. But I do think that they did indeed felt strongly about Nico, and the Devils sure as hell desperately needed a center at the time...if taking Nico was partly a "play it safe" kind of move, I can understand it...it's easy to forget how starved for centers the Devils were when Nico was selected. And he has definitely shown signs of being a terrific all-around player, but these friggin' bad-luck injuries seem to keep derailing him from taking bigger steps. He put up 17 points in the 20 games leading up to this latest injury...I get the feeling if he can just stay healthy, we'll be pretty happy with his production. 9 minutes ago, DevsMan84 said: This is why I give the devils sh!t. I know that Nico and Nolan were the consensus 1 and 2 that season on every experts list. However, if the devils were indeed interested in Makar (there is at least one article that indicated they were) then that’s a failure on the team. Why pay an entire scouting department if you can just print out Pronmam or Bob Mac’s rankings? Yeah it could have been worse with selecting Nolan, but it doesn’t exactly make me feel any better that we got the 4th best player out of the top 5 that year with the first overall pick. This book hasn't been fully written yet. Take a look as Petterson's numbers since the start of last year...not as impressive as they were during his first two seasons. Right now sure, it most definitely looks like Makar could become the best player of his draft, but it's too early to say that Nico is the clear #4 out of the top 5. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, MB3 said: Wasn't the report at the time that nobody wanted to trade up? It takes two people to trade, and trading from 1-to-4 and just getting something stupid like a 3rd round pick in return is the kind of move that gets a lot of GMs/Scouts/Etc fired; especially if the player at 1 becomes a franchise guy for another team. It's silly to blame the Devils for that. Center was just as much an organizational position of need at the time as defense, maybe even moreso. I don't criticize them at all really. I'm one of the people who understands that #1 overall doesn't mean you get the best player in the draft, you get a chance to select the best projected player in the draft. Ask Edmonton about it lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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