GDT: Canadians @ Devils, 7:00 PM

[JimEIV]

Severson speaking truth.

 

[My3Sons]

…with needs.

C’mon now. This is a family site.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I'm going to disagree with this a little bit. The reason they "controlled" the game a bit is BECAUSE the fell behind. At the time of the first Montreal goal Montreal was winning the shot attempts battle. Behind a bit the Devils came back, tied the game and played better the rest of the period. They had a very sloppy start of the 2nd where Montreal got 2 goals on 2 shots, that is when the Devils shot attempt advantage really kicked into gear as the urgency of the game kicked it. Goals change games, especially quick successive goals. It is one area where I think the models such as the "deserve-on-meter" struggle with. Teams ahead get a more conservative and more importantly teams behind get more urgency. The start of the third was sloppy as well.

Did they get goalie'd? Yes, in the sense that VV should have stopped 2 our of the 3 goals despite the sloppy defensive play and their goalie did make some big saves after Montreal took the lead. But had the Devils answered I don't think the shot disparity would have been the same as it was. It was a classic case of team piling up shots because they got down kind of early and couldn't get answers.

It wasn't a case though of them stepping on a team from the start and but still end up losing. On that front I think it is ok to not be happy about the performance overall. Slow starts are becoming a problem and you will run into a game like this as a result. Leading the league in come from behind wins is a blessing and a curse, it means you can come from behind, but it also means you are falling behind a lot. Start of game/start of period performance has to get better.

However overall it is one game of 82 and not that concerning. But I think it is fair to be critical of their play tonight. Again it wasn't as if the were hammering Montreal from the beginning and Montreal happened to score on the counter against the run of play (to use a soccer term).

Some of that falls on the coach because Montreal has not been bad the last few games, Sal mentioned it a ton during this game. Tell your dmen not to pinch at every god damn chance like every Ruff system is. Also they have nothing to lose, they're all playing for their careers for the most part on a lottery team. I don't want to say the Devils have free runway but with the Rangers loss last night, they probably thought they were going to trounce this Habs team and be 6 up on NYR. I think it'll be a good learning point for Kings coming in on Thursday.

 

[Devs3cups]

Recap:

CF%: 69.23%
SCF%: 65%
HDCF%: 69.7%
xGF%: 63.56%
xGF: 5.21
xGA: 2.98

Deserve-to-win’o metre: 86%

 

[MB3]

Severson speaking truth.

Did he say “I had fun watching montreal score while doing literally nothing to stop it. I also totally pranked you guys and passed the puck to nobody twice.”?

Otherwise who gives a single flippity flippity f*** what this loser said?

 

[JimEIV]

Nico says "we weren't ready from the beginning "

 

[Guttersniped]

hand up this loss is on me. I gotta clean it up

I blame the random dude who popped in to tell us he bet 10 large on this dumb game.

 

[Dylan9z9]

Recap:

CF%: 69.23%
SCF%: 65%
HDCF%: 69.7%
xGF%: 63.56%
xGF: 5.21
xGA: 2.98

Deserve-to-win’o metre: 86%

Yes we won this game according to the stats

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

this one is for @BostonDevil

 

[Dylan9z9]

The illness excuse really?

 

[NJDevils17]

Nico says "we weren't ready from the beginning "

He’s obviously not wrong. Although, after the first 10 minutes it was dominant

 

[Devs3cups]

Have a feeing the boys’ll be pissed off Thursday. It is what it is.

 

[Dylan9z9]

You need to make tomorrow a how to finish practice

 

[MasterofGrond]

Sometimes you get goalied, I don’t think we played that bad.

 

[Devs3cups]

this one is for @BostonDevil

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Might be our best meter of the year.

 

[HoliksGhost]

After hearing Ruff, I’m pretty sure Bahl and Bastion show up Thursday.

 

[NjdevilfanJim]

Nico says "we weren't ready from the beginning "

 

[JimEIV]

Ruff:

1st period low energy

Some guys are tired and we made a lot of mistakes.

Had lots of chances to change momentum.

They look fatigued. Team was flat in practice.

We need to treat rest as a weapon. (Wtf does that mean?)


Synopsis of Ruff presser:. Poor babies were tired

 

[HoliksGhost]

Sometimes you get goalied, I don’t think we played that bad.

Stop

 

[TF1970]

Judging by the coach’s quotes I’ve seen online, it seems like something might be making its way there the room and bunch of guys are battling through sickness? If there wasn’t steam coming out of his ears, clearly it’s something because he is all about effort.

 

[MadDevil]

this one is for @BostonDevil

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Oh, it was one of those games. Incoming 20 page argument about analytics.

 

[JimEIV]

He’s obviously not wrong. Although, after the first 10 minutes it was dominant

It was all half hearted.

 

[NJDevs26]

Judging by the coach’s quotes I’ve seen online, it seems like something might be making its way there the room and bunch of guys are battling through sickness? If there wasn’t steam coming out of his ears, clearly it’s something because he is all about effort.

If one of them is Vitek that would explain some things. Of course he had to play because Blackwood’s bionic parts are still defective though

And we know there’s an illness just from the Marino scare earlier

 

[Saugus]

Recap:

CF%: 69.23%
SCF%: 65%
HDCF%: 69.7%
xGF%: 63.56%
xGF: 5.21
xGA: 2.98

Deserve-to-win’o metre: 86%

Montembault deserves immense credit for essentially stealing 3 goals from us.

Yes, we played sloppy, but that's still getting goalied. Both can be true.

 

[jkrdevil]

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I would applaud the honesty if this wasn’t a consistent problem.

How many games have they given up the first goal and fell behind. I feel like a lot lately. That is something that will bite their ass in the playoffs.