Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 1 hour ago, jagknife said: He got Ruff'ed, badly. Calgary they gave him top line minutes. Ruff said "wow, this kid sucks, he cannot produce with the 4th line." There absolutely is some development that happened, but Ruff never gives rough talent time to mature nor took the time to foster that talent. Get that raw product away from an antiquated coaching staff and look what happens. I'm obviously as anti-Ruff as it gets, but Sharangovich basically had the same kind of season two years ago that he's having now (his average SOG per game are almost identical). The main difference is that he's enjoying some nice puck luck this year...he's shooting 17.9, as opposed to the 14.3 rate of 2021-22 (which also happens to be his career rate so far). I'm not a huge metrics guy, but his xGF and xGA this year are not impressive, considering his goal total. He also misses the net a LOT; less than half of his shot attempts have turned into SOG. Sharangovich can score some, especially on bad teams that have nothing to lose by giving him more minutes (we saw this in 2021-22), but compared to many of his teammates, he sees a LOT of goals go in against his team when he's on the ice. He's a classic bad-team Top 6er who gives that team's fans someone worth watching, from the standpoint of "Hey, in a good year, this guy might score 30 for us", but like I've pointed out in previous posts, right now as is, he's too flawed to stick on a contender. If he ever wants to be more than a guy who piles up some goals for also-rans, his needs to improve his overall game considerably. We'll see if he's able to do that in upcoming seasons...if not, I can see him being a guy who bounces around a lot, scoring 20+ here and there, but a guy who becomes expendable once his team is looking to become more relevant. He's kind of a like a home run hitter who strikes out a lot and doesn't get on base that much...he can bring a couple of things to the table, but not enough beyond that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Oh and Markstrom is really finishing this season on a whimper...he's put up an .869 save% over his last 9 starts, and his season save% is down to .906. Over his last four seasons he's put up a .907 save%, 7.8 GSAA, and .536 QS%. Basically this grades out to about average. So sorry Fitz, Markstrom can't be the guy who's tasked with solidifying the Devils' goaltending. He's been way too all over the place the past four years, and he ain't getting any younger...he's not an acceptable Plan B, and hopefully Fitz won't see him as such. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 They replaced Sharongovich, Wood, Tatar with guys like Toffoli, Nosek and Tierney. And it showed. The 2023 team was built on speed and transition, and the players Fitz brought in didn’t fit that at all. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunninWithTheDevil Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 9 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Oh and Markstrom is really finishing this season on a whimper...he's put up an .869 save% over his last 9 starts, and his season save% is down to .906. Over his last four seasons he's put up a .907 save%, 7.8 GSAA, and .536 QS%. Basically this grades out to about average. So sorry Fitz, Markstrom can't be the guy who's tasked with solidifying the Devils' goaltending. He's been way too all over the place the past four years, and he ain't getting any younger...he's not an acceptable Plan B, and hopefully Fitz won't see him as such. So essentially it's Soros or bust? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 22 minutes ago, RunninWithTheDevil said: So essentially it's Soros or bust? Yep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 30 minutes ago, RunninWithTheDevil said: So essentially it's Soros or bust? Soros or Ullmark. Also interested in Askarov. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 23 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Soros or Ullmark. Also interested in Askarov. Saros is the guy. Ullmark is not really a guy I’m interested in. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have Another Donut Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 2 hours ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: I'm obviously as anti-Ruff as it gets, but Sharangovich basically had the same kind of season two years ago that he's having now (his average SOG per game are almost identical). The main difference is that he's enjoying some nice puck luck this year...he's shooting 17.9, as opposed to the 14.3 rate of 2021-22 (which also happens to be his career rate so far). I'm not a huge metrics guy, but his xGF and xGA this year are not impressive, considering his goal total. He also misses the net a LOT; less than half of his shot attempts have turned into SOG. Sharangovich can score some, especially on bad teams that have nothing to lose by giving him more minutes (we saw this in 2021-22), but compared to many of his teammates, he sees a LOT of goals go in against his team when he's on the ice. He's a classic bad-team Top 6er who gives that team's fans someone worth watching, from the standpoint of "Hey, in a good year, this guy might score 30 for us", but like I've pointed out in previous posts, right now as is, he's too flawed to stick on a contender. If he ever wants to be more than a guy who piles up some goals for also-rans, his needs to improve his overall game considerably. We'll see if he's able to do that in upcoming seasons...if not, I can see him being a guy who bounces around a lot, scoring 20+ here and there, but a guy who becomes expendable once his team is looking to become more relevant. He's kind of a like a home run hitter who strikes out a lot and doesn't get on base that much...he can bring a couple of things to the table, but not enough beyond that. Fair points but he's still better than anyone on NJD bottom 6. W/C capable of playing (when needed) anywhere in the lineup- PP/PK (3shg), versatile, good shot & skater-does need to be better defensively but who on NJD doesn't? Water under the bridge now but we could use a guy like him on 3rd/4th line. Struggling defensively because Calgary has him as #1 center which is above where he should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 45 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: Saros is the guy. Ullmark is not really a guy I’m interested in. Saros is definitely my first choice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Saros is definitely my first choice. I think if you polled 10 Devils fans, I think 9 would say they want Saros. Edited April 15 by MadDog2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Seeing a guy who took over mid season on the list… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Killinger Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 On 4/13/2024 at 5:21 PM, jagknife said: “The Jazz moved to Utah, where they don’t allow music.” Made my day seeing a BASEketball reference. Kudos! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Might have to check it out. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerBulldog Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 18 minutes ago, Nicomo said: Might have to check it out. Especially since it’s likely that Jack and Luke will almost certainly appear or be referenced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 15 minutes ago, ButlerBulldog said: Especially since it’s likely that Jack and Luke will almost certainly appear or be referenced. Sounds like it just started so probably no Jack or Luke. Too bad they weren’t filming back in Dec and Jan when the Canucks played the Devils. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Nicomo said: Sounds like it just started so probably no Jack or Luke. Too bad they weren’t filming back in Dec and Jan when the Canucks played the Devils. Jack and Luke will probably be there in Vancouver supporting their brother during the playoffs. Since they aren’t busy this spring themselves 😡 Edited April 15 by MadDog2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevils1214 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Lets go Ottawa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevils1214 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 3 hours ago, NJDevils1214 said: Lets go Ottawa! Not sure why I expected a team that can't help themselves to help us out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 This Detroit team has heart. Something the Devils were clearly lacking all season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nessus Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 14 hours ago, Nicomo said: They replaced Sharongovich, Wood, Tatar with guys like Toffoli, Nosek and Tierney. And it showed. The 2023 team was built on speed and transition, and the players Fitz brought in didn’t fit that at all. I cannot agree with this any more. Fitz was so good at creating a team identity, but these replacement players were not sufficient to maintain what Fitz had built. It was absolutely one of the many reasons for the regression this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 President’s Trophy curse do your thing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Lindy is available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 7 minutes ago, Nicomo said: Hope we see a tweet like this about Groan sooner than later. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 53 minutes ago, Nicomo said: Lindy is available. And guess who we play to begin next season… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 What a sh!t take from Frank there. Should be a privilege to play professional sports for a living. Let this guy go do something else for a living instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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