GDT: Animal House, Bruins @ Devils, 7:30 TNT

[Whaddagoal]

I don't think some of you realize how much ground they have lost this month.

Yup we have lost almost the entire 10.12 point lead we had on the 2nd place in diviion. And now we are in 2nd like multi wins behind.

Its unreal.

Yes those other teams played very very well to catch ip but we gave up/pissed all our f***ing points away. If we won at .500 we would still be OK.

 

[Devs3cups]

agreed.

The Metro has always been brutal.

Playing catch-up will always result in coming up short.

And this time it would be extremely painful 'cause of how we started and where we'll probably end up.

Adjusting expectations during the season based on a winning streak will always beak hearts.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

I’m not big fan of Lindy but what are you firing him for? Because a bunch of guys not known for being snipers can’t cash in on the gazillion opportunities they are getting?

Because you can’t fire the team and you have a great coach waiting in the wings.

 

[jkrdevil]

I don't think some of you realize how much ground they have lost this month.

I’ll put it this way. Right now they are behind the point they were at at this time in 2017-2018 (That team had 47 points on this date vs 46 this year) and that team barely made the playoffs. Of course that team went into th tank right after that, but this team is already playing at that 2nd half level.

 

[Rybo]

Who gives a shit? They just outplayed the best team in the league twice. You think they can’t beat a good team? Stop watching then.

if thats the case then it sounds like an issue with finishing. Cap makes that hard to address without moving guys

 

[vtdevils2k]

Hate this for all of us. Was fun when we won all those games and everyone was happy.

Devils gotta get a win here asap.

 

[Emperoreddy]

The goal post moving has been awful too. Last week it was "well we are only 2 points out of league lead"

Now it's "well if we fall out we will still get back in"

Whats it going to be next month?

 

[FooteBahl]

Because you can’t fire the team and you have a great coach waiting in the wings.

hey the Gronborg guy I wanted is available now

 

[Devs3cups]

Just because this team isn’t the juggernaut they fooled you into thinking they were early on, doesn’t not mean they are the opposite extreme. It’s like you guys want your doomsday takes to be proven right so badly.

At this point I truly believe some people enjoy it more than winning. Truly weird stuff.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

It's REALLY hard to regain ground in the NHL because of 3 point games, which the entire Metro almost exclusively plays in EXCEPT us.

We will end up 9th because the Atlantic isn't very good

We just gave up like a 17 point lead to a shitty Washington team in an eye blink. I can’t predict the future but I’m confident we won’t shoot 3% the rest of the year.

 

[Call Me Al]

we can talk about how much watching these guys has sucked lately without the declarative and condescending “they’re definitely out if it” or “they’re definitely turning it around” arguments - both sides are ridiculous you have no idea what will happen. but they suck now i don’t care if they “outplay” teams if they can’t score goals or prevent goals

 

[DerekDevils30]

Can’t wait until we win Friday and then the comments will be “Yeah but the Pens are softer than Boston so it doesn’t count.”

 

[johnny pierogi]

listen, the f***ing st louis blues were in LAST place on April 1st 2019 and STILL won the Stanley Cup.

You think I'm going to give up on this team? We will get our chances at empty nets

 

[Emperoreddy]

I’ll put it this way. Right now they are behind the point they were at at this time in 2017-2018 (That team had 47 points on this date vs 46 this year) and that team barely made the playoffs. Of course that team went into th tank right after that, but this team is already playing at that 2nd half level.

That's horrendous considering how they started.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

hey the Gronborg guy I wanted is available now

There's a reason for that.

 

[Unknown Caller]

Teams do not go from first to outside a playoff spot entirely and then still make the playoffs.

We fall out we aren't getting back in

Ya, because we’re gonna shoot 2% the rest of the season and the whole division is going to play .900 the rest of the way.

 

[MartyOwns]

It’s like you guys want your doomsday takes to be proven right so badly.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

The goal post moving has been awful too. Last week it was "well we are only 2 points out of league lead"

Now it's "well if we fall out we will still get back in"

Whats it going to be next month?

It’s going to be “man those guys were absolutely insufferable when we couldn’t buy a goal. Glad that rough patch is behind us. This is one of the best young teams in the league.”

 

[Call Me Al]

Can’t wait until we win Friday and then the comments will be “Yeah but the Pens are softer than Boston so it doesn’t count.”

everyone will be happy if they beat pittsburgh. fans don’t want to be pissy and unhappy with their team were desperate for any kind of win

 

[DerekDevils30]

listen, the f***ing st louis blues were in LAST place on April 1st 2019 and STILL won the Stanley Cup.

You think I'm going to give up on this team? We will get our chances at empty nets

Yeah but that doesn’t count

 

[Devils090]

listen, the f***ing st louis blues were in LAST place on April 1st 2019 and STILL won the Stanley Cup.

You think I'm going to give up on this team? We will get our chances at empty nets

Copium levels off the charts

 

[guitarguyvic]

I can assure you I’m sick and tired of watching this team fall apart every December and I can also assure you I don’t want them to fall apart again after being the toast of the league a month ago. It’s not about wanting to be right it’s about watching the all too familiar mistakes and bad breaks and loss after loss that have been non stop for a decade. We don’t want to be right but why would we think anything else right now?

Explain to me how you can assess losing a shit ton of really close, one goal games to the top teams in the league is “falling apart”?

It’s gonna be a lot tougher to maintain a playoff spot than we maybe thought a month ago, I will grant you that. But this is not last year’s team and they aren’t a bad team. Worst I could see them finishing is 9th, which would really really really f***ing suck given the streak and how pumped it made us all. But that still wouldn’t make them a crappy team that’s the same as last year. It would make them a bubble team which is actually still progress, as much as it would hurt to find out in this way.

 

[glenwo2]

I do have faith we will snap out of this soon,

When?

When we're out of the playoff spot and have to play catchup the rest of season?

We both know how THAT will end.

This is shaping up to be a monumental CHOKE JOB by this franchise.

 

[Emperoreddy]

It’s going to be “man those guys were absolutely insufferable when we couldn’t buy a goal. Glad that rough patch is behind us. This is one of the best young teams in the league.”

That would be amazing. It's hard to see where that happens with everyone shooting like shit. A third of our defense out long term, and tank commander Blackwood back

 

[JrFischer54]

It was very even. We can play with any team…we just can’t finish with every team.

Let me set the record straight if we CANT finish then who cares if we can play with any team?