I think in a perfect world the canes will try and ride this lineup out until close to the deadline and then try to acquire a winger to slot in roslovic’s spot. Roslovic is a bit of a tweener between second and third line but if you could add someone and bump him down to the 4th line that would be ideal. That second line is gonna need a added scoring threat imo
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Devils fan here.
Wondering if you Canes fans have any thoughts on how the Devils are now compared to last year and the 2nd round series back in 2022?
As a peace offering here is Noeson doing a crotch bump with Lazar.
Wondering if you Canes fans have any thoughts on how the Devils are now compared to last year and the 2nd round series back in 2022?
As a peace offering here is Noeson doing a crotch bump with Lazar.
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That's almost-certainly the plan of action from the Canes this season. They can deal with a bit of an offensive shortcoming until the trade deadline as long as their defense is humming like this. Once they have the reserved cap space, I expect another blockbuster February trade.
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Well, based on just this game, the Devils seemed to block a lot more shots than they have in the past. Seemed like every offensive chance the Canes had in the first ended up on someone's shin or leg.
Obviously, the development of Hughes and Bratt, as well as Dougie being healthy, also made them much more dangerous in transition, though for the most part, the Canes did a good job of stifling that.
And Markstrom is obviously a much better goalie than any of the ones you had in the past few years.
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I think the bottom six is great so far this year, really like how they’ve come out. Robinson made a good play on Blake’s goal, wish he could get an assist but that line was noticeable all game. Staal’s line was pretty dominant all night. Necas seemed to be getting it going but the top six doesn’t quite have chemistry going yet.
It’s a win. Moving on. Ghost and Walker had some great offensive moments.
It’s a win. Moving on. Ghost and Walker had some great offensive moments.
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Would love a deadline trade similar to the Nino/Trocheck deals where we can bring in a top 6 LW with term or their upcoming deal is RFA so that it’s not an issue that needs addressing in the summer. Moving on from and finding a quality replacement for KK (sorry kid) should be our number one priority this summer and not having to worry about multiple top 6 moves at once would prevent a major headache.
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Compared to last year: your D are a year older and learning how to defend the passing lanes better, but the big difference is Markstrom. Goaltending and injuries (and maybe Lindy's system?) kept you guys out of the playoffs last year, the former at least won't be an issue this time.
Compared to 2022? very different team last night even if it's a lot of the same players. I'd have to watch a few more games for you guys (and I plan to since it's a fun team) but they seemed a lot more structured and a lot less run n gun compared to that version.
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Didn't get to watch the game live and only was able to see the condensed game so I didn't get to see too much other than a bunch of saves by both goalies. The 3rd line looked dangerous from what I could tell and it was great to see how excited Blake was to get his first goal. He owes his teammates a beer for alerting him on that one play where a defenseman had him lined up at the blue line.
From the extended highlights, it looked like Pyotr was more calm in net than I've seen in the past, is that a fair statement for those that watched the whole game? He looked very calm and efficient in most of the saves I saw.
I didn't really like the first goal he gave up as it was rather soft and very stoppable and IMO, one he'd like to have back. It was almost as if he was expecting a pass or something as he didn't look ready for the shot. He left too much room on the short side on the 2nd goal, but I don't blame him. A skilled team moving the puck on a 5-3 is going to do that to any NHL goalie and NJ was moving the puck very well causing him to move. Hopefully he can grab the reigns this year and keep Freddie as the 1B for health reasons.
Once the Devil's get Pesce and L. Hughes back, they are going to be a force if Markstrom plays even halfway decent. They aren't a heavy team, but they have a lot of skill.
From the extended highlights, it looked like Pyotr was more calm in net than I've seen in the past, is that a fair statement for those that watched the whole game? He looked very calm and efficient in most of the saves I saw.
I didn't really like the first goal he gave up as it was rather soft and very stoppable and IMO, one he'd like to have back. It was almost as if he was expecting a pass or something as he didn't look ready for the shot. He left too much room on the short side on the 2nd goal, but I don't blame him. A skilled team moving the puck on a 5-3 is going to do that to any NHL goalie and NJ was moving the puck very well causing him to move. Hopefully he can grab the reigns this year and keep Freddie as the 1B for health reasons.
Once the Devil's get Pesce and L. Hughes back, they are going to be a force if Markstrom plays even halfway decent. They aren't a heavy team, but they have a lot of skill.
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Yeah, I think on the first goal, he was expecting Hughes to pass it Meier for the tap-in. Instead, Hughes used Burns as a screen and just slid it through both of them.
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It's hard to say off one game.
The Devils seems to have trouble transitioning out against a strong forecheck. That still looked to be a problem last night.
Once in the neutral zone they're very fast and dangerous in the ozone.
They don't seem overly physical. I think Meier was supposed to help with that but I'm not sure it came to fruition.
It does appear they improved at goaltending.
Versus recent history: much better organized on D & got in the way of both passing and shooting lanes. Goalie is of course much better too (presuming he stays healthy).
It's only one game seeing your team, but I wonder if Devils will have the same issues that Carolina may have against big, "heavy" very defensively oriented teams; ie, Tampa & Florida. Our "heavy" 3rd line was in your D zone all night with heavy pressure (to be fair they were great against Tampa too) and the Devils couldn't get out of the zone.
btw: Carolina may be one of the few clubs that has the team speed to keep up with you. Thus, I'd think that the Devils skillset will be a challenge for the balance of clubs.
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Re Blake
He's already generated a good number of scoring chances.
What stood out most to me is he's very slippery and makes subtle moves to protect the puck and maintain possession that are high iq. We saw a couple small chip plays to space already.
He's already a lot bigger than when drafted. Does anyone know exactly how much? There were a couple plays he tried to shield the puck but was knocked off it. Once he gets stronger he will probably become a possession monster.
I don't know how good his wrister is but that deflection really showed some nice hands.
Can't wait for the game to slow down a little for him.
He's already generated a good number of scoring chances.
What stood out most to me is he's very slippery and makes subtle moves to protect the puck and maintain possession that are high iq. We saw a couple small chip plays to space already.
He's already a lot bigger than when drafted. Does anyone know exactly how much? There were a couple plays he tried to shield the puck but was knocked off it. Once he gets stronger he will probably become a possession monster.
I don't know how good his wrister is but that deflection really showed some nice hands.
Can't wait for the game to slow down a little for him.
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I don’t remember the timing on signing Rosloviic, but he seems like bargain bin Necas. Playing them together is certainly a choice.
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Well 6-3 isn't really a "stomp" also since they have 3 times the payroll it shouldn't be close.
It ain't over go Guards!
Noticeable better effort than the first game. We were the better team for sure, winning lots of one on one battles, forechecking better and creating turnovers.
Love love love the addition of carrier to the staal line. If he can stay healthy that line is really going to help us this season. We still have hands of stone staal to not be able to finish many of the high danger chances created but net overall I think scoring will be higher on the line with carrier on it..
While there were lots of little individual moments or moments with 2 of the three forwards but not all three, and what could have been some really good chances, the top 6 is still not quite in synch.. something just off a bit. Need all 3 forwards to get going at the same time. Aho not quite his usual self. Necas not where he wants to be and falling at bad spots and turning over pucks.. but he did fight hard to try to recover from mistakes instead of quitting on a play or being left behind on the counter attack stemming from his turnovers…
PK is our number 1A now and should be seeded as such. Wish he had been given the opener instead of Freddie… Brindy trying to still show deference to the vet needs to be different in this situation and let the young one get more starts and get on a heater.. the first goal he gave up is as much about how we let Hughes get off a basically uncontested shot right in the slot…. He would have liked both goals back even with the other being an undeserved 5 on 3 power play for them…. But in between PK took care of all the must have saves that could have altered momentum. He was lightning quick with some tougher than they look reactionary saves. We give up so many high danger shots that pop up quickly from seemingly nowhere that are hard for goalies. PK has a faster reaction I think than Freddie at the moment. Freddie tends to use technique to cover net areas and block shots letting stuff hit him. PK seems to make more active saves and struggles sometimes to play calmer and let stuff just hit him…. Last night we needed more PK than a typical Freddie kind of night and PK was up to the challenge
We as a team weren’t trying to get to the slot.. when we did you had the Jarvis goal… while it worked and showed his skill when Blake was able to tip in his goal, it was frustratingly unsuccessful most of the night how we again and again went too deep and then smacked pucks into the pads of markstrom. It might have worked last year with the devils getting less than stellar goaltending. But Markstrom used his huge frame and pads to basically block the entire bottom of the net. We only had success when we finally got shots on net that were high.. so all the attempts to do things in super tight to markstrom practically in the crease weren’t working..
I think we played a good game plan against the devils. We used our scouting report well and covered in a different way to counter their typical play style. It was much more adjustments than us just doing the same things we always do and seeing if we can force the. To play our style. I think we defended the in open ice very well and didn’t give up any quick counters of them trying to sneak behind us. We kept them in front of us all night and covered their assignments well.
Happy happy with the win. Was a good night in the building. Always better to leave after a win at home
Love love love the addition of carrier to the staal line. If he can stay healthy that line is really going to help us this season. We still have hands of stone staal to not be able to finish many of the high danger chances created but net overall I think scoring will be higher on the line with carrier on it..
While there were lots of little individual moments or moments with 2 of the three forwards but not all three, and what could have been some really good chances, the top 6 is still not quite in synch.. something just off a bit. Need all 3 forwards to get going at the same time. Aho not quite his usual self. Necas not where he wants to be and falling at bad spots and turning over pucks.. but he did fight hard to try to recover from mistakes instead of quitting on a play or being left behind on the counter attack stemming from his turnovers…
PK is our number 1A now and should be seeded as such. Wish he had been given the opener instead of Freddie… Brindy trying to still show deference to the vet needs to be different in this situation and let the young one get more starts and get on a heater.. the first goal he gave up is as much about how we let Hughes get off a basically uncontested shot right in the slot…. He would have liked both goals back even with the other being an undeserved 5 on 3 power play for them…. But in between PK took care of all the must have saves that could have altered momentum. He was lightning quick with some tougher than they look reactionary saves. We give up so many high danger shots that pop up quickly from seemingly nowhere that are hard for goalies. PK has a faster reaction I think than Freddie at the moment. Freddie tends to use technique to cover net areas and block shots letting stuff hit him. PK seems to make more active saves and struggles sometimes to play calmer and let stuff just hit him…. Last night we needed more PK than a typical Freddie kind of night and PK was up to the challenge
We as a team weren’t trying to get to the slot.. when we did you had the Jarvis goal… while it worked and showed his skill when Blake was able to tip in his goal, it was frustratingly unsuccessful most of the night how we again and again went too deep and then smacked pucks into the pads of markstrom. It might have worked last year with the devils getting less than stellar goaltending. But Markstrom used his huge frame and pads to basically block the entire bottom of the net. We only had success when we finally got shots on net that were high.. so all the attempts to do things in super tight to markstrom practically in the crease weren’t working..
I think we played a good game plan against the devils. We used our scouting report well and covered in a different way to counter their typical play style. It was much more adjustments than us just doing the same things we always do and seeing if we can force the. To play our style. I think we defended the in open ice very well and didn’t give up any quick counters of them trying to sneak behind us. We kept them in front of us all night and covered their assignments well.
Happy happy with the win. Was a good night in the building. Always better to leave after a win at home
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Watching Hamilton continue to get smoked in his own end while making like 10M still gives me the lulz.
Svech aboslutely dog walked him which led to the one goal. In fact probably 2 goals were on him. One cane that I am so glad we lowballed and let walk. People like to talk about TDA's liabilities but damn dougie sure does some weak shit for that high price.
Svech aboslutely dog walked him which led to the one goal. In fact probably 2 goals were on him. One cane that I am so glad we lowballed and let walk. People like to talk about TDA's liabilities but damn dougie sure does some weak shit for that high price.
Devils fans were unhappy too suggesting he should drop down in pairings.
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