Nicomo Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, NJDevils1214 said: Nice W despite Haula's best efforts. Feels like Nov again. Vanecek could have easily had a shutout if not for Haula and Smith. Bums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Lol... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 I just can't get used to a ESPN broadcast team gushing over the Devils. It feels so weird. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeControl Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 We dominate , score 6 goals.. and poor haula has goose eggs with a minus 1. Only minus on the team 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, Satans Hockey said: @mfitz804did you hear Callihan say he "loves the big suckers" I did not, but I appreciate that you did and thought of me lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB3 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 pretty excellent game. weird to see 6 goals and no nico points 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonginator11 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 2 hours ago, jagknife said: The Mistake Line, AGAIN If they keep this up I may rename this line the Linguini line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbuff Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 5 hours ago, MB3 said: pretty excellent game. weird to see 6 goals and no nico points Just like the previous game…. 5 goals and no Hughes points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagknife Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 6 hours ago, Rock said: I just can't get used to a ESPN broadcast team gushing over the Devils. It feels so weird. My favorite part is it’s also a former Ranger. We’re so used to the dirty crybaby and Mr 30 NHL games in net talking the most sh!t, meanwhile a former captain who we knocked out of the finals can be an impartial broadcaster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralous Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 7 hours ago, Nicomo said: Nvm too many beers 😂 I didn’t make it through the second intermission for the same reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadvlfan Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 We scored on 3 breakaways last night. This must be a systems thing. Our D men always looking up. Maybe it's because we were playing the Dux. Going to be fun bus ride to Staples Car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 7 minutes ago, vadvlfan said: We scored on 3 breakaways last night. This must be a systems thing. Our D men always looking up. Maybe it's because we were playing the Dux. Going to be fun bus ride to Staples Car. Kinda hard to use anything done against the Ducks as any great measuring stick…that team is really bad…you wonder how the hell they ever won 12 games (though of course even the worst teams usually win at least 25 or so). All you ask is that your team beats them, either in convincing or ugly fashion…just get those two points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Lateralous said: 😂 I didn’t make it through the second intermission for the same reason. Must have been nice that they were happy beers instead of sad beers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrydevil Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 27 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Kinda hard to use anything done against the Ducks as any great measuring stick…that team is really bad…you wonder how the hell they ever won 12 games (though of course even the worst teams usually win at least 25 or so). All you ask is that your team beats them, either in convincing or ugly fashion…just get those two points. Their goal differential is minus-80. That’s mind blowingly awful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 23 minutes ago, Jerrydevil said: Their goal differential is minus-80. That’s mind blowingly awful! Yeah they’re brutal…pretty much off-the-spectrum bad. They have four regulation wins all season. FOUR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Yeah they’re brutal…pretty much off-the-spectrum bad. They have four regulation wins all season. FOUR! Imagine how THEIR fans melt down on a message board when ours do that while the team is in second (and, even when we were in first) place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Just now, mfitz804 said: Imagine how THEIR fans melt down on a message board when ours do that while the team is in second (and, even when we were in first) place. When you’re THAT bad I think you’re pretty much resigned to your fate. It’s about wondering what you can get for guys like Henrique and hoping you can land Bedard…and enjoying whatever moments Zegras can give you. You become indifferent to the on-ice product because there’s just no point in holding them to any particular standard nor investing too much emotion into them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 12 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: Imagine how THEIR fans melt down on a message board when ours do that while the team is in second (and, even when we were in first) place. Well we know those fans are just.... like that. They weirdly... enjoy... in a way being negative. So that the team is first in the league or last. Doesn't change much, it's just an opportunity for them to be negative and "vent". Hell we know a few here who use to be insanely negative constantly and anytime the team would do really well they just wouldnt post. Actually thinking about it i havent seen them in quite awhile... But seriously. Last year many fans here were saying ALL they wanted was 2 things 2 things... 1- Just get league average goaltending. That with that we could maybe be a bubble team 2- Just see the team taking a step forward in their development, not regress or stay the same We OBVIOUSLY get league average goaltending and we took a gigantic step forward. Yet..... those specific fans still lose their minds when we're not winning. So that's just what they do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 11 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: When you’re THAT bad I think you’re pretty much resigned to your fate. It’s about wondering what you can get for guys like Henrique and hoping you can land Bedard…and enjoying whatever moments Zegras can give you. You become indifferent to the on-ice product because there’s just no point in holding them to any particular standard nor investing too much emotion into them. Yeah, I have been here since 2013 and I can say with certainty that ain’t true lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 4 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: Yeah, I have been here since 2013 and I can say with certainty that ain’t true lol. I was speaking to this specific Ducks season. There‘s “on the spectrum” bad, and then there’s what the 2022-23 Ducks are. That team is going get outscored by well over 100 goals…sure, if you’re a fan of that team you hate to see that, and some will obviously vent plenty…but when your team is THAT god-awful (and didn’t really have many expectations to begin with), how pissed should you really get? Just hope your GM can do some serious selling and hope the lottery goes your way. At least the Ducks are in play for the 1OA at just the right time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 4 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: I was speaking to this specific Ducks season. There‘s “on the spectrum” bad, and then there’s what the 2022-23 Ducks are. That team is going get outscored by well over 100 goals…sure, if you’re a fan of that team you hate to see that, and some will obviously vent plenty…but when your team is THAT god-awful (and didn’t really have many expectations to begin with), how pissed should you really get? Just hope your GM can do some serious selling and hope the lottery goes your way. At least the Ducks are in play for the 1OA at just the right time. I recall plenty of people still being really pissed here on a game-day basis when that was us. And we still have people doing it now that we’re playing much better. That was the point I was making. We have had some pretty epic meltdowns during a season where we are playing well. Imagine we had 4 regulation wins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 15 minutes ago, SterioDesign said: Well we know those fans are just.... like that. They weirdly... enjoy... in a way being negative. So that the team is first in the league or last. Doesn't change much, it's just an opportunity for them to be negative and "vent". Hell we know a few here who use to be insanely negative constantly and anytime the team would do really well they just wouldnt post. Actually thinking about it i havent seen them in quite awhile... But seriously. Last year many fans here were saying ALL they wanted was 2 things 2 things... 1- Just get league average goaltending. That with that we could maybe be a bubble team 2- Just see the team taking a step forward in their development, not regress or stay the same We OBVIOUSLY get league average goaltending and we took a gigantic step forward. Yet..... those specific fans still lose their minds when we're not winning. So that's just what they do. Re: point 1, that’s why I don’t get why VV occasionally gets criticized…he was a mostly a hot-and-cold league average goalie prior to coming here who represented a clear upgrade over what the Devils had in house. He didn’t cost much to acquire and he didn’t cost much to sign. He’s been mostly terrific so far and has been EXTREMELY cost-effective, given his salary. I’d say he’s more exceeded expectations, than anything else. I mean, sh!t, imagine if Fitz decided to roll the dice with Blackwood as the 1A with a meh-ish, uber backup brought in. That would have been an absolute disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Just now, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Re: point 1, that’s why I don’t get why VV occasionally gets criticized…he was a mostly a hot-and-cold league average goalie prior to coming here who represented a clear upgrade over what the Devils had in house. He didn’t cost much to acquire and he didn’t cost much to sign. He’s been mostly terrific so far and has been EXTREMELY cost-effective, given his salary. I’d say he’s more exceeded expectations, than anything else. I mean, sh!t, imagine if Fitz decided to roll the dice with Blackwood as the 1A with a meh-ish, uber backup brought in. That would have been an absolute disaster. Dude cmon lol you've been here long enough. You know members here who are criticizing him. You know fully well deep down why he's criticized lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: I recall plenty of people still being really pissed here on a game-day basis when that was us. And we still have people doing it now that we’re playing much better. That was the point I was making. We have had some pretty epic meltdowns during a season where we are playing well. Imagine we had 4 regulation wins! That has NEVER been the Devils over the past 10 seasons, as far as being as bad as the 2022-23 Ducks go. Like I said, the 2022-23 Ducks are a whole higher level of rotten. This Ducks team might struggle to put up much more than 50 points. They’ve already been outscored by more goals than any of the 2013-and-beyond Devils teams were for a full season. As for this year, yeah, some of the rants are ridiculous and over the top, and the Devils are definitely held to an absurd standard in some circles where they better dare not slump or even lose a few games. Some of that comes with having a team that actually is playing for something and has something to lose…it’s emotion, but a different kind than continually losing your sh!t over teams that never had much going for them to begin with. The last 2-3 Devil seasons have been trickier because they teased with good starts, and there was some talent in house that it was easy to hope that the corner was being turned…when that didn’t happen (in spectacular fashion), it was plenty easy to lose our collective sh!t…I definitely did at times. I’m just glad that corner’s been turned. And that this season is back on track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 16 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: That has NEVER been the Devils over the past 10 seasons, as far as being as bad as the 2022-23 Ducks go. Ducks are 12-27-4. Basically on pace for 22-23 wins. Maybe we haven’t been EXACTLY that bad, but we had 28 and 27 win seasons. They could easily be in that same range by season’s end, as obviously they may not follow their pace exactly. If your argument is that an extra 4-5 wins means our teams were “better” than the Ducks are right now, and our fan base would have been less upset than theirs is right now, that’s not really a great argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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