Devils 2019 offseason team discussion (news and notes) VII

[devilsblood]

nah would still rather beat a team in the standings than the prospect pool.

If we are talking 2 nonplayoff teams? I'll take the prospect pool.

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

Hows Minnesota doing with their continual playoff births and near misses?

Im real glad we sucked for the last four years, its a necessary evil in every sport (unless youre the Yankees, top-6 Premiere league teams, or any other major city in international soccer)

 

[Emperoreddy]

oh come on. we both know that is not true.

i stand by the claim that i would rather a better NHL team than future NHL team.

im glad it worked out for us this season but lets not wake up to play the slots.

Drafting better players does not make your team better? What?

Should we just forfeit the pick?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Hows Minnesota doing with their continual playoff births and near misses?

Im real glad we sucked for the last four years, its a necessary evil in every sport (unless youre the Yankees, top-6 Premiere league teams, or any other major city in international soccer)

Both your examples are Worlds with no salary cap so you can actually buy everything.

 

[Darkauron]

Seems like we are getting more delusion posters with each passing days. It is really depressing to see sadly.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Seems like we are getting more delusion posters with each passing days. It is really depressing to see sadly.

Somehow we are getting closer and closer to Hughes and people are acting the opposite of how you should.

What fanbase is miserable on the eve of drafting a franchise center?

 

[Nico the Draft Riser]

Both your examples are Worlds with no salary cap so you can actually buy everything.

Sort of was the point. But even then not every team in non-cap worlds can just continually compete without down-periods and injections of youth

Which damn well means every team goes through it in a cap world

 

[Emperoreddy]

Sort of was the point. But even then not every team in non-cap worlds can just continually compete without down-periods and injections of youth

Which damn well means every team goes through it in a cap world

I definitely prefer drafting the franchise center on Friday then the end of the Lou years of forcing an old shitty roster to try and compete when it literally couldn’t.

 

[devilsblood]

It’s an alternate reality machine to try and absolve Kinkaid of all the blame

And I was a Kink fan too, he was a decent backup for awhiles, and he was great in 17-18 when Schneid's went down. I was completely fine with giving him the oppurtunity to carry the team until Schneid's got back, and then we could see where it went from there.

Unfortuneatly he couldn't handle it. And that is the reality of it. After his great run in 17-18, he was awful in 18-19.

 

[glenwo2]

Somehow we are getting closer and closer to Hughes and people are acting the opposite of how you should.

What fanbase is miserable on the eve of drafting a franchise center?

In essence :

 

[Emperoreddy]

And I was a Kink fan too, he was a decent backup for awhiles, and he was great in 17-18 when Schneid's went down. I was completely fine with giving him the oppurtunity to carry the team until Schneid's got back, and then we could see where it went from there.

Unfortuneatly he couldn't handle it. And that is the reality of it. After his great run in 17-18, he was awful in 18-19.

Fact is that despite all the early goaltending issues they still had a long shot chance of climbing back into it. They were not that far out past Thanksgiving.

But injuries started to really pile up and that was that.

In the end it obviously worked out as we won the lotto. Jack Hughes is more worth it then staying near the bubble and finishing 5 or 6 points out and picking 8th or 9th

 

[haak84]

And I was a Kink fan too, he was a decent backup for awhiles, and he was great in 17-18 when Schneid's went down. I was completely fine with giving him the oppurtunity to carry the team until Schneid's got back, and then we could see where it went from there.

Unfortuneatly he couldn't handle it. And that is the reality of it. After his great run in 17-18, he was awful in 18-19.

yeah i mean all my posts even up to the point of the trade point to this but people still love to just assign me as unabashed kinkaid fan. im a f***ing devils fan and if kink has a good career great but if it comes at the detriment of this team. f*** him.

 

[haak84]

i just dont think those injuries were just all bad luck. precaution became really high once we were non-compete. which is cool. and might be for this season.

 

[Emperoreddy]

i just dont think those injuries were just all bad luck. precaution became really high once we were non-compete. which is cool. and might be for this season.

What? Bratt was in a walking boot until after the season. Hall needed knee surgery.

 

[haak84]

What? Bratt was in a walking boot until after the season. Hall needed knee surgery.

lol how many updates on halls injury did this fan base get? it was kinda a joke.

 

[Emperoreddy]

lol how many updates on halls injury did this fan base get? it was kinda a joke.

So he didn’t get knee surgery?

 

[haak84]

So he didn’t get knee surgery?

So the fanbase was generally informed with the severity of injury to their team’s superstar?

 

[Emperoreddy]

So the fanbase was generally informed with the severity of injury to their team’s superstar?

It became pretty damn clear when he had actual knee surgery.

 

[haak84]

It became pretty damn clear when he had actual knee surgery.

funny how that does and doesnt answer my question

 

[devilsblood]

funny how that does and doesnt answer my question

So no updates mean they were holding out a guy who could play?

 

[haak84]

So no updates mean they were holding out a guy who could play?

yeah no. no updates means something completely different. hall probably had a serious injury that his camp and the devils camp were both trying to downplay. the countless other injuries to other players and the lineup in march was more telling.

we released sebastian dea in the first couple months.

he would have been on our first line in march.

like thats not good management to hit KPI’s unless theyre completely different than fan expectations

 

[devilsblood]

yeah no. no updates means something completely different. hall probably had a serious injury that his camp and the devils camp were both trying to downplay. the countless other injuries to other players and the lineup in march was more telling.

So they faked Bastian's injury in order to tank?

 

[haak84]

So they faked Bastian's injury in order to tank?

they did more than that in order to tank.
they didnt care. it worked out. it was just as painful to watch than overpaid UFAs underperforming.

people need to get over themselves and their preferred strategies

 

[Devils731]

yeah no. no updates means something completely different. hall probably had a serious injury that his camp and the devils camp were both trying to downplay. the countless other injuries to other players and the lineup in march was more telling.

we released sebastian dea in the first couple months.

he would have been on our first line in march.

like thats not good management to hit KPI’s unless theyre completely different than fan expectations

They explained what happened after the season. Hall had discomfort in his knee. He saw 2 doctors who both recommended rest and when it didn’t heal up better on it’s own they eventually did surgery and found some loose bodies that explained the discomfort. The surgery was minor but they wanted to explore all non-surgical possibilities before opening him up, which is prudent.

There wasn’t a conspiracy to hide a serious injury.

Cause of Taylor Hall's knee injury evaded doctors for months

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

Everyone bitching about Ray Shero but at least he ain't out there giving a player like Kevin f***ing Hayes a 50 million dollar contract.

We can all breath now.