nmigliore Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nor does our goalie............ everybody knows brodeur is great though, i think people just get too hard on him for some games. but mottau on the other hand is always the first guy people look to scratch out of the devils' lineup.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prucenterrules Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Greene and Halischuk better stay in the line-up. They were both very solid tonight, especially Greene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Greene and Halischuk better stay in the line-up. They were both very solid tonight, especially Greene. +1. Both played very well and need to stay in the line up for sure. Pandolfo played very well too. The defense still needs to work on their positioning because that second period was just awlful. Too many SOG (41) given up by the Devils tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 As long as we're bitching about the defense (something I'm fairly sure we'll be doing often this year), why the hell is Lemaire still using the same pairings Sutter used? Can we please put Martin with White and Mottau with Oduya or vice versa and get a puck-mover with a defensive guy please? I don't get it at all. in the 3rd period it was Martin/Salvador and Oduya/Greene it's a step at least..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilinLA Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 sigh pooooor poor Mike Mottau gets no respect or love on these boards. Now that Weekes is gone he's got to have a new whipping boy for the season.... Now everytime we win it will be because Andy Greene was in the lineup. Well, at least we start this ("battle of the mediocre defenseman") thing early this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) in the 3rd period it was Martin/Salvador and Oduya/Greene it's a step at least..... I noticed that... but still not enough balance on all the pairings. Edited October 9, 2009 by MadDog2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend_Hellh0und Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Murphy has been horrible this year, the more he sits out the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 sigh pooooor poor Mike Mottau gets no respect or love on these boards. I don't think it's disrespect. He's a perfect 7th defenseman. He can play with anyone on the team, cause he's willing to stay at home, but not horrific on offense. He doesn't need to play every day. He's predictable. Most importantly, though, he has a low upside -- you can live without him being in the lineup. I think he should get decent playing time, cause Martin, White and Sal are all injury prone, and Greene and Murphy are small, but I think we should set up 3 good pairings without Motts, then shuffle him in and out. I'd like to see Greene play for someone other than Sutter. I think Sutter fvcked with his head a lot and screwed up his development. The kid still shows flashes of upside. I don't know enough about Murphy, and if he's not good, we can always move Mottau back in, but I think he needs more games before we can just bench him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 everybody knows brodeur is great though, i think people just get too hard on him for some games. but mottau on the other hand is always the first guy people look to scratch out of the devils' lineup.. 40 saves and a win in a shootout and everybody just looks at the 3 goals. Apparently 82 shutouts is all that will please the masses. As for Mottau, I don't know why he can't get any respect. Game in and game out, you know what you're getting from him. He's solid and making near league minimum. Why someone would prefer to have BOTH Murphy and Greene in the lineup with Mottau scratched is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Anyone but Cory Murphy, please!!! Greene needs to stay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilinLA Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 40 saves and a win in a shootout and everybody just looks at the 3 goals. Apparently 82 shutouts is all that will please the masses. As for Mottau, I don't know why he can't get any respect. Game in and game out, you know what you're getting from him. He's solid and making near league minimum. Why someone would prefer to have BOTH Murphy and Greene in the lineup with Mottau scratched is beyond me. Agreed. I also agree that Andy should get a one last chance under a different coach than Sutter. However, there are people here that would put a chimpanzee in the lineup every night if the team won the last game with that same lineup of personnel. You have to laugh at the folks here that think that Mike Mottau, Rod Pelley, or Shannahan are the lynchpins on which the success or failure of this team lies upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Agreed. I also agree that Andy should get a one last chance under a different coach than Sutter. However, there are people here that would put a chimpanzee in the lineup every night if the team won the last game with that same lineup of personnel. You have to laugh at the folks here that think that Mike Mottau, Rod Pelley, or Shannahan are the lynchpins on which the success or failure of this team lies upon. Agreed. I just think Mottau is the perfect 7th d-man, and I don't mean that as an insult. I'd like to see us rotate 7 all season. If Fraser can do it, I'd rather have him than Murphy or Greene, but that's a huge if, and I'm trying not to get that far ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 (edited) I don't think it's disrespect. He's a perfect 7th defenseman. He can play with anyone on the team, cause he's willing to stay at home, but not horrific on offense. He doesn't need to play every day. He's predictable. Most importantly, though, he has a low upside -- you can live without him being in the lineup. Funny you pretty much described Greene to a tee instead of Mottau. Especially since Mottau's been an every-day player pretty much since he joined the Devils, I don't know if he can handle sitting for two weeks, then going into the lineup. I know Greene can, that's why I don't mind the current arrangement with him and Murphy. Mottau is better than a seventh defenseman, though he's probably a back-pairing d-man on a good D I still think he gets hurt by having an even slower slug with him (White). Put him with Oduya or Martin and he'd be valued a bit more highly I'd think. Edited October 10, 2009 by Hasan4978 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Funny you pretty much described Greene to a tee instead of Mottau. Especially since Mottau's been an every-day player pretty much since he joined the Devils, I don't know if he can handle sitting for two weeks, then going into the lineup. I know Greene can, that's why I don't mind the current arrangement with him and Murphy. Mottau is better than a seventh defenseman, though he's probably a back-pairing d-man on a good D I still think he gets hurt by having an even slower slug with him (White). Put him with Oduya or Martin and he'd be valued a bit more highly I'd think. Greene's got better speed and a better shot. He also played the best hockey of his career his rookie season (pre Sutter) when he didn't have to worry about his job. When he's been looking over his shoulder, he's been mediocre. I see more mediocrity if he's a 7th d, but those flashes of talent make me think there's more to him. I'd like to see him get the shot to develop it. Maybe I'm wrong, because he's sure never put it together for long, but I don't see us finding out if he doesn't get a spot in the lineup that he really doesn't have to worry about for a few weeks. Even when he was a full time player last year, Lou was looking for someone else. Mottau scares me because he's basically a finesse d-man with no speed. Fast, talented teams can burn him, as Carolina showed last year. If Greene/Murphy fail, then he's an all right back pairing guy, but best case scenario he's the first guy we sit. I'll admit pairing him with White is a disaster, but I'd still feel better with someone else in the lineup more often. Also, like I said, I don't want him sitting for weeks. I'd rather have him working his way through the line up to keep Martin, Sal and White especially fresh, since all of them have been hurt in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 mottau is much better than andy greene. andy greene is a prototypical 7th defenseman - he does some stuff well, but he also does a lot of stuff poorly. he is weak in front of the net and gets beat in the corners, which doesn't make up for his slightly above average offensive potential. why mottau is thought of a 7th D at this point is only because you can't 'see' defense, but he's probably better than salvador at this point. no one is going to find a hidden gem in andy greene. at best he's a back-pairing D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 (edited) Mottau scares me because he's basically a finesse d-man with no speed. Fast, talented teams can burn him, as Carolina showed last year. Again I think that's more because of the ill-fated pairing. And fwiw it was Greene and Havelid that got hemmed in their own end on the tying goal in Game 7. Yeah White and Mottau were on the ice for the winner but that was all MB30 coughing up a hairball. mottau is much better than andy greene. andy greene is a prototypical 7th defenseman - he does some stuff well, but he also does a lot of stuff poorly. he is weak in front of the net and gets beat in the corners, which doesn't make up for his slightly above average offensive potential. I don't even see above average offensive potential. People think Greene can be an offensive D because of one goal in the playoffs his rookie year and he's got an okay shot. But what among his actual production leads anyone to believe that Greene will ever be even a consistent 35-40 point defenseman? He had 9 points in 49 games last year, with zero on the PP. If anything, Murphy has the offensive potential that we haven't seen on the blueline in at least a couple years, which is why I want to get more of a look at him. Our offensive output from our d-men has been embarassing since Nieds and Raf walked out the door, and Greene's been here throughout that. Edited October 10, 2009 by Hasan4978 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilinLA Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I know I'm the guy always ringing this bell, ....but I do it because it amazes me how many here (despite the number of chances he's been given to produce for 2 years) think that this guy is just a howitzer of an offensive D man if only given the right situation. Like a flower that never seems to blossom. and there is the argument that "he had those 3 points in that stream of three games before.....". Fact is, he's never shown enough offensive upside to make up for a lack of a defensive game. Meanwhile, Mottau makes his fair share of mistakes, but people also quickly forget his outlet passes to Gio that tied some of those CAR playoff games, or his opening goal in the series. In addition to the fact that he's a cheap pieace that's managed to remain consistent for 2 seasons now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Mottau's still Ken Sutton to me -- no insult, but I don't love him in the top 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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