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Twenty f*ckin years
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Miamipuck
Al Swearengen
Their teams average age is similar to Cemetery/Century Villages in Florida.
Kane One
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According to a Devil's fan in that trade board thread, They "don't need speed".
They also think they are better now than they were last year.
The Gloaming
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I read on the Devils forum that someone would take Scott Stevens over Gretzky, Mario, Jagr, and any defenseman you can name.
Like I said before, they were worse even before Kovalchuk left. Delusions of grandeur over there. Just can't handle the fact that magic man Lou is as senile as they come these days. Free agency, the draft, keeping their own players. Failures at every juncture.
Kane One
Registered User
If we had a GM we trusted for about 20 years, I'd like to see how quickly we'd lose faith in him.
We have the exact opposite, a GM no one here trusts, and would never trust even though he hasn't been bad recently, IMO.
It's like both GMs have been given a label of very good (Lou) and very bad (Sather) and it will never be removed from them.
aufheben
#Norris4Fox
But thank god we're the delusional losers that cling on to the memories of our last cup win
The Flames and Oilers got closer than either of them too. They certainly haven't been lighting the world on fire since their runs.
This is what confuses me the most. You essentially replace Kovy with Ryder/Jagr which is not in the same stratosphere and Clarkson with Clowe.
I understand where they are coming from hoping Clowe will bounce back to form, but the guy is not the same player he was in San Jose. He's not trash, but he's at best a third line player. As is Jagr at this point.
They have no superstars and honestly the only guy near a game breaker is Elias, but even he isn't very good.
Our defense and goaltending is better than theres. Stepan and Nash are light years ahead of anything they have offensively.
That team is going to suck. And if they thing there offensive leaders Jagr (41), Elias (37), Zubrus (35), Ryder (33), Clowe (32).
Then you have guys like Brodeur, Zidlicky, Salvador all pushing 40. I mean they are ****ing delusional if they think all these geezers are going to hold up over an 82 game season.
The only guys i'd have faith in are Henrique and Larsson and possibly Schneider to develop into something special.
Hire Sather
He Is Our Star
Only partially right; the delusional losers who cling on to the memories of 1994 all work for Mr. "Duh Ah" Dolan!
I feel like most Rangers fans are down and will be down until the buzzer sounds and we've one the cup. Myself included.
Devils fans are the hipsters of hockey fans. Always with a chip on their shoulder and they love something that nobody else likes.
scream_guy3
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Wrong. That would be be passion. There is nothing wrong with loving something nobody else likes (for the most part). A hipster would be someone who feigns a love in something to seem cool despite the fact nobody else likes it.
Wrong. That would be be passion. There is nothing wrong with loving something nobody else likes (for the most part). A hipster would be someone who feigns a love in something to seem cool despite the fact nobody else likes it.
Having passion for something nobody else likes is the same thing.
scream_guy3
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Hire Sather
He Is Our Star
I've always said I prefer the negative fan to the overly positive one.
That one fan that was in the GDT's during the playoffs last year. AMI or whatever. I almost feel like she was a troll with the overly positive ******** that would be posted.
Baemon Severson*
N1CO!!!
Kovalchuk was one of the worst puck possession players on the Devils. We got much better at ES.
CORSI Tied
Loktionov 63%
Elias 59.6%
Zajac 58.9%
Ryder 56.4%
Henrique 55.6%
Bernier 54.9%
Jagr 54.7%
Clowe 53.9%
Carter 53.7%
Zubrus 53.5%
Devils are going to continue to out possess and out chance the opposition. The difference is, the team shooting percentage will certainly progress towards the mean. Not sure how the team got worse from last year with the addition Schneider, Ryder, Clowe, Jagr and Olesz
Last two years Kovy and Clarkson had 93 goals
Clowe, Ryder and Jagr had 106
All of these players also got one year older. You don't automatically get past production from players going forward. Clowe had 3 goals last year. 3. Jagr no goals in the playoffs. Kovalchuk is a better player, and would produce more than all those guys combined.
You got older and you got slower. You lost a 2 guys who combined for a total of 27% of your goals over the last two years. That's how you got worse.
Baemon Severson*
N1CO!!!
Clowe shot 3% last year (unsustainable)
Jagr had 0 goals on 58 shots (also unsustainable)
It's not like Clarkson and Kovalchuk didn't get older either.
In Kovalchuk's NJ career he has averaged 32.8 goals per 82 games.
Looking up Ryder's stats of the past three years, his goal scoring numbers are comparable to IK.
Pretty sure Jagr and Clowe will outproduce Clarkson
Having a competent goalie who can actually stop a puck will be a nice bonus
aufheben
#Norris4Fox
Baemon Severson*
N1CO!!!
You haven't really addressed any of the points and only look at the names they lost
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