Devils 2020-21 team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - part XIV

[Puckclektr]

Sharomir Yegor

 

[Nubmer6]

No - Sharangovich played 2 seasons in Bingo prior to this season.

Hmm. I thought it was only 1.

BTW, how can his English still be so bad after spending 2 years here???

 

[beekay414]

BTW, how can his English still be so bad after spending 2 years here???

I ask that about most people that have grown up in this country. Just sayin'.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

My final Line-up wishes

Zacha - Hischier - Bratt
Sharangovich - Hughes - Palmeiri
Wood - Zajac - Boqvist
Johsson - Mcleod - Bastian

Sit - Gusev, Kuokkanen

LOL, zacha on 1st line? plz...

 

[TheFacePainter]

Slava (Vyachislav)
Pasha (Pavel)
Misha (Mikhail)
Sasha (Aleksander)

Unfortunately Belarusian doesn’t have a set variant to shorten Yegor. I propose we go with Iggy. Perhaps Yeggy to avoid Russification

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

I'll go with Shara. Which is what the Bing seemed to call him. Or yegor

So Iggy it is.

 

[beekay414]

This is what I roll with when Bratt/Nico are back.

Gusev-Hischier-Palmieri
Sharangovich-Hughes-Bratt
Zacha-Zajac-Wood
Johnsson-McLeod-Boqvist

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Unfortunately Belarusian doesn’t have a set variant to shorten Yegor. I propose we go with Iggy. Perhaps Yeggy to avoid Russification

Great minds. Posted before I saw your post.

Slava (Vyachislav) Fetsiov
Pasha (Pavel) Zacha
Misha (Mikhail) Maltsev
Sasha (Aleksander) Mogilny

 

[beekay414]

But Egor is so yucky compared to Yegor!

 

[TheFacePainter]

Great minds. Posted before I saw your post.

I like how the agent added the Y to create a buzz. It’s just going to create pronunciation confusion for broadcasters a la Jacob Josefson/Yakob Yosefson

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

 

[Patrik26]

Welp....that answers my earlier question.

So Bratt did get his Visa probably either late yesterday or early today and immediately took the earliest flight to the U.S. (and Newark).

I'm so f'n thrilled.

Now it's a matter of getting by this COVID Protocol and then getting some practice in.

Can't wait to see this again :

How about THIS?

 

[Nico Hischier]

My final Line-up wishes

Zacha - Hischier - Bratt
Sharangovich - Hughes - Palmeiri
Wood - Zajac - Boqvist
Johsson - Mcleod - Bastian

Sit - Gusev, Kuokkanen

I would love to see Zacha Hischier and bratt together on a line. I know Zacha gets a lot of crap on here and he hasn’t had a great start and many other players haven’t as well but I think those three together could be amazing and could see Zacha finally putting up some points

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

For me it's Jonsson, even if he's not getting waived. They have a chance to reassemble a line that was very successful last year and the other lines are working too well to take them apart.

kuokkanen and johnsson are my 2 choices to sit.

 

[glenwo2]

Rango sounds like a combination Ranger/Dallas Cowboy name
And do you really hate to be that guy!

Not really.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

Put him with Zacha - Gusev and move Johnsson down to the fourth line. Johnsson might earn himself a benching if he doesn’t show something too:

Sharangovich - Hughes - Palmieri
Bratt - Zacha - Gusev
Wood - Zajac - Boqvist
Johnsson - McLeod - Bastian

This is prob what will happen. If johnsson doesn't improve, he's next to go with zacha sliding to 4th line when nico gets back.

 

[glenwo2]

lol hockey players are the most bland, least creative bunch in the sports world.

They call Bratt....BRATTER.

yep. Very UNcreative.

 

[glenwo2]

Epic....if not a little Dangerous with Jack's skate blade on the unicorns side.

But if we pretend it's a Spur, then he really *is* riding the Unicorn.

 

[beekay414]

They call Bratt....BRATTER.

yep. Very UNcreative.

Funny, that's what I called my lunch.

 

[glenwo2]

How about THIS?

Old news.

We've already seen this SENSATIONAL, OUTSTANDING, EPIC, SPECTACULAR.....flubbed...SHOT already.

 

[njdevils1982]

what a perfectly timed video for here…..i thank you

 

[Hisch13r]

LOL, zacha on 1st line? plz...

Sitting Gusev so Zacha can play line 1 makes it even worse. I love the idea of sitting the guy who was 7th in 5v5 primary assists per 60 for the guy who is average at best at doing anything but killing penalties

 

[Hisch13r]

I would love to see Zacha Hischier and bratt together on a line. I know Zacha gets a lot of crap on here and he hasn’t had a great start and many other players haven’t as well but I think those three together could be amazing and could see Zacha finally putting up some points

He hasn't had a great start and has never been all that good anyway. Maybe he will produce but it will be nowhere near as much as Gusev would in that same position.

 

[Nico Hischier]

He hasn't had a great start and has never been all that good anyway. Maybe he will produce but it will be nowhere near as much as Gusev would in that same position.

You’re probably right but I still would like to see those three together for a game or even just a period and see if anything happens. They seem to have some chemistry together. Zacha did look good when he was centering bratt and goose

 

[Hisch13r]

You’re probably right but I still would like to see those three together for a game or even just a period and see if anything happens. They seem to have some chemistry together. Zacha did look good when he was centering bratt and goose

Just comparing Bratt-Zacha-Gusev to Zacha-Nico-Bratt then I think it makes more sense. If you go with Zacha-Nico-Bratt then Gusev is not going to produce and you're wasting a great offensive talent. On the whole though I don't think the lineup is optimized with either line

Johnsson-Nico-Boqvist?
Sharangovich-Hughes-Palms
Bratt-Zacha-Gusev
Wood-Zajac-McLeod

or

Zacha-Nico-Bratt
Sharangovich-Hughes-Palms
Wood-Zajac-Boqvist
Johnsson-McLeod-Bastian

are worse lineups to me than

Gusev-Nico-Bratt
Sharangovich-Hughes-Palms
Wood-Zajac-Boqvist
Zacha-McLeod-Johnsson

In reality the only way I can see Zacha-Nico-Bratt work is if a Gusev-Hughes-Palmieri line can prove to be effective. Then you slide Sharangovich down the lineup. I don't think a Bratt-Zacha-Gusev line can work with our current roster. If we had one more really good winger then I'd be for it