Devil Dan 56 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 How come teams like Vegas never want our perfectly good future considerations? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Puckbuster said: Was it timing or no interest in giving up assets? I’m just upset that nothing was done to move the needle I didn’t realize the off-season was over yet….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrydevil Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, '7' said: It shouldn't be so easy for some teams and almost impossible for others to obtain players and improve. The deck is stacked way against us even when we have $ and try to improve. You just can't fight city hall. Some places are attractive places to play based on the city or the franchise. It used to be a badge of honor that the Devils had to build a winner differently than the Original 6 teams. That was even more true before the blasted salary cap, which I'll curse for the rest of my life. I hate it. The Devils can still build a winner without blue chip free agents. There's talent here. Not between the pipes, though! Hopefully this Vanacek dude will be adequate. Edited July 14, 2022 by Jerrydevil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: Which is exactly what happened to us last year. Yup. And our $9m free agent defenseman. Also our first replacements on offense when someone was out were Mason Geertsen and AJ Greer. Edited July 14, 2022 by mfitz804 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckbuster Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just now, MadDog2020 said: I didn’t realize the off-season was over yet….. I did say maybe it will, but I have my doubts. I can have my doubts, or can’t I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Devil Dan 56 said: That’s exactly what happened last season. Blackwood had problems recovering from surgery, Bernier got hurt, and Jack got hurt. The season was over 2 weeks in. Jiminy Christmas y'all need to read better. That's what I'm inferences. Heck, we just need one of these guys to go down again this season and we're fvcked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, CarpathianForest said: Jiminy Christmas y'all need to read better. That's what I'm inferences. Heck, we just need one of these guys to go down again this season and we're fvcked I know man, I’m agreeing with you. We haven’t added much depth yet. There’s still time for that I suppose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just now, Devil Dan 56 said: I know man, I’m agreeing with you. We haven’t added much depth yet. There’s still time for that I suppose Well we don’t have AJ Greer anymore. Maybe we’re worse off lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Puckbuster said: 8 years to build a team that won after he left. How long did it take Lou to turn a Mickey Mouse organization into a perennial playoff team for 28 years. Lou stepped in and had Kirk Muller, Shanahan, Pat Verbeek, John Mclean, Jim Dowd, Bruce Driver, Broten, Ken Daneyko.. etc etc They made the playoffs for the first time that year with very minimal moves from Lou bringing in new impact players, it was all the players that was already there. So tell me again how Lou singlehandedly turned that franchise in a playoffs team again? Shero stepped in and had Henrique, Cammalleri, Brunner, a 38 years old Elias, Ryan Clowe, Gelinas, Steve Bernier, Stephen Gionta, a 25 years old Gomez, Havlat, Greene, peter Harrold, Josefson, Larson, Salvador, Zidlicky, Zubrus, tootoo, Michael Ryder, Ruutu, Matteau.... You simply can't take away credits from Shero for already having Crosby and Malkin and then turn around and ignore everything Lou had when he got there. That's just hypocritical. He sure made good moves to build from that, i'm 100% giving him credits for that. But getting Stevens required having Shanahan. He picked Guerin and made a good trade to get Niedermayer. And he traded down for Brodeur. all good moves. But he had tons of VERY GOOD ASSETS to play with. Edited July 14, 2022 by SterioDesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just now, mfitz804 said: Well we don’t have AJ Greer anymore. Maybe we’re worse off lol. But we re-signed Geertsen and Tom Wotherspoon so that’s… something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, Devil Dan 56 said: But we re-signed Geertsen and Tom Wotherspoon so that’s… something. Wotherspoon is so supposed to be Witherspoon like Reese and it’s not, and that is triggering to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I believe this article sums up the frustration many of us have with Fitz https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/2022/7/13/23212201/day-1-free-agency-reviewed-new-jersey-devils-made-some-good-moves-marred-by-not-getting-gaudreau 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobilly45 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, ajsgolf said: Couldn’t agree more, lived many years in Central Jersey, went to school in South Jersey, also lived in Hoboken. Now I’m living in LI because of the wife. Absolutely despise LI and would do anything to live in NJ. Absolutely loved it there. So many places to visit. Never that far from the shore, can go to any one of many states within a couple hours. I constantly have this conversation with friends and it’s true, everything you need, any sporting event you want to attend, any outdoor activity you want to take part of you can. Not many places around the country you can say the same about. Would move back tonight if I could. It's ON LI. Don't sh!t talk the island. Not sure where on li you are, but it's beautiful here (minus the lie). Literally you can drive north or south and end up at a beach in under 20 mins (have much longer of a drive for those in inland jersey. Got fi, long beach, Hamptons, Montauk, shelter island. People on here rave about how good the Jersey beaches are... they're not anything special. Li has better. Li doesn't have a mountain, but who gives a damn...every other activity that dirty Jersey has to offer, we have on the Island, and Jones Beach is one of the best summer concert venues in the tri state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: Wotherspoon is so supposed to be Witherspoon like Reese and it’s not, and that is triggering to me. Yeah I had to look at that twice. Also it’s apparently Tyler and not Tom so I’m nailing it with the reading. Edited July 14, 2022 by Devil Dan 56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, CarpathianForest said: I believe this article sums up the frustration many of us have with Fitz https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/2022/7/13/23212201/day-1-free-agency-reviewed-new-jersey-devils-made-some-good-moves-marred-by-not-getting-gaudreau I guess, but I think the whole “he only focused on JG” thing probably isn’t true. We know he was bidding on Burakovsky, and I am sure there were other calls being made too. There’s a lot of teams, you don’t always get your man in free agency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, bobilly45 said: It's ON LI. Don't sh!t talk the island. Not sure where on li you are, but it's beautiful here (minus the lie). Literally you can drive north or south and end up at a beach in under 20 mins (have much longer of a drive for those in inland jersey. Got fi, long beach, Hamptons, Montauk, shelter island. People on here rave about how good the Jersey beaches are... they're not anything special. Li has better. Li doesn't have a mountain, but who gives a damn...every other activity that dirty Jersey has to offer, we have on the Island, and Jones Beach is one of the best summer concert venues in the tri state. The problem for most of us who dislike Long Island is it’s too far and too annoying to drive to. I have literally nothing else against Long Island lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, mfitz804 said: I guess, but I think the whole “he only focused on JG” thing probably isn’t true. We know he was bidding on Burakovsky, and I am sure there were other calls being made too. There’s a lot of teams, you don’t always get your man in free agency. The Burakovsky thing is hearsay. He was laser focused on Gaudreau. Guy can't seem to walk and chew gum at the same time. Not only are we still in the basement, we're now the laughingstock of the league right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just now, CarpathianForest said: The Burakovsky thing is hearsay. He was laser focused on Gaudreau. Guy can't seem to walk and chew gum at the same time. Not only are we still in the basement, we're now the laughingstock of the league right now Your entire premise is hearsay lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I've been on this board for a long time and I can say with 100% honesty the ideas that board members are coming up with to get players on this team are way better than anything Fitz is thinking right now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, CarpathianForest said: we're now the laughingstock of the league right now Yeah this is just overreacting to overreact. I need therapy reading some of the fvcking stupidity on here today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, mfitz804 said: Your entire premise is hearsay lol. There's more circumstantial evidence to support my claim though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 That being said. If the conversations with Woods are really not going well and that we can get Palat to replace him on the left side, i'd be down for that and trade Woods. I'm fine with Palat on the 3rd line. Well unless he's asking way too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just now, MadDog2020 said: Yeah this is just overreacting to overreact. I need therapy reading some of the fvcking stupidity on here today. You don't think folks believe we look kinda clowning right now considering every sports network, journo and Twitter report had us as the most likely destination for JG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, CarpathianForest said: There's more circumstantial evidence to support my claim though. No there isn’t. You are just making an assumption without any evidence at all. You are just making it up to serve your narrative lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just now, CarpathianForest said: You don't think folks believe we look kinda clowning right now considering every sports network, journo and Twitter report had us as the most likely destination for JG? If it’s because he cheaper out by a few hundred thousand, sure. But it we offered above $10m and he still turned it down, not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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