Devils 2020-21 team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - part XIV
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Billdo
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Whichever works, I really don't care who goes down and who stays. Dell is a quality backup and we got him for nothing but a waiver claim. He's an excellent choice to serve as backup.
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Wedgewood will should get through, no one is putting him on their roster. Better goalies than him have made it through waivers, he hasn’t played in the NHL since 2017-18. How desperate is Edmonton?
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I’m guessing Toronto wasn’t interested helping a divisional rival improve their goaltending and if we waive Dell the Leafs get him back on their taxi squad.
Yeah, I guess I didn't think of the division rival component of it.
I don't think there's any reasonable expectation of NJ waiving Dell this season though.
If I'm understanding things correctly though (based on what I've seen on the main boards, so not 100% sure about this) - the Devils can't trade Dell or Comrie if another team had put a waiver claim on either one without that team getting the chance to claim them first?
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no timetable for Nico to even resume skating lol
see him in March at this rate
see him in March at this rate
SteveCangialosi123
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I think Edmonton is fairly desperate right now as they have an emergency recall goalie as the backup.
I guess if Wedgewood is waived and claimed by Edmonton there's still a decent chance they waive him later in the season once Smith returns as they may not have the cap space and/or roster flexibility to carry 3 goalies this season. That might allow NJ to reclaim Wedgewood and pass him through to the AHL or have him as the taxi squad goalie and waive Comrie.
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"everything's been positive" but no timetable eh
that doesn't sound that positive to me.
that doesn't sound that positive to me.
Better Call Sal
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Some serious confidence boosting for Jack I'm sure as he mentioned above.
He was out there against the Bergeron line quite a bit during those two games.
And what about Zacha winning some really big face odds against both Bergeron and Krecji.
No, Jack was our most consistently visible player during those games. He was driving play. Sharangovich right behind him.
but that slap shot attempt lol - you can see why they are coaching him up.
but that slap shot attempt lol - you can see why they are coaching him up.
Yes, better goalies have passed through waivers, but that was before Edmonton lost Smith and have no other viable options.
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The one thing that’s nice about Ruff is he is fully investing in riding or dying by the young guys.
He looks like a coach that is going to try to reinforce confidence in the young players and challenge them to play roles most coaches would protect them from. It’s more of a here is what I expect of you, this is what I think your capable of, and go out and show me I’m right.
If I remember correctly there was one point in the first game that the first 4-on-4 unit he used was Sharangovich and Kuokkanen which was a surprise.
He looks like a coach that is going to try to reinforce confidence in the young players and challenge them to play roles most coaches would protect them from. It’s more of a here is what I expect of you, this is what I think your capable of, and go out and show me I’m right.
If I remember correctly there was one point in the first game that the first 4-on-4 unit he used was Sharangovich and Kuokkanen which was a surprise.
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What's funny is that Hynes was touted as being good with the kids, perhaps because he did well in the AHL. Maybe he does well with high school kids. I dunno.
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I see Ruff being far better than Hynes with the kids. Playing them in important times of the game and in different situations .
Ice time as well .
This is exactly what the kids needed. Learn to play as they go. Don't have them so scared to make a mistake vecause they know they will be benched or have their ice time reduced.
Set them up to succeed. If they do make a mistake ( it will happen) , then its not a big deal. Learn from your mistake and move on.
Still hold people accountable but at the same time , do not rip into a kid for making a mistake.
Confidence is a very huge part of the game adn its good to see Ruff putting the kids in a position to gain confidence and show them that he has confidence in his players too.
I think that was a huge part of Zacha's issues. He had such highs and lows and when he was not playing with confidence , he was garbage. You can see when he is more confident with the puck , his play greatly improves. You can see him making plays that are skilled plays and doe not seem scared to try different things. I can see Hynes telling players not to be too cute with the puck and do the simple play , keep things basic in order to play the style of game Hynes wanted.
Now it seems like Ruff is lettign the kids play more of a style they want and allowing them to do things that would normally be frowned upon .
Give the kids responsibility , confidence , and have fun playing vs. having an uptight strict gameplan where everyone is scared shitless to make a mistake.
I love it so far.
Ruff and the team knows that they are not cup contenders and there is not so much pressure on everyone to make the playoffs . Coaching staff included. Hynes was coaching to keep his job , RUff is coaching to develop the kids and improving every game but not put hughe amounts of pressure on the kids where if they make a mistake , they are made to feel like crap for it . That is not a good way to try to have players improve their game. OS scared to make a mistake where thats all they think about vs. just going out and playing hard.
Ice time as well .
This is exactly what the kids needed. Learn to play as they go. Don't have them so scared to make a mistake vecause they know they will be benched or have their ice time reduced.
Set them up to succeed. If they do make a mistake ( it will happen) , then its not a big deal. Learn from your mistake and move on.
Still hold people accountable but at the same time , do not rip into a kid for making a mistake.
Confidence is a very huge part of the game adn its good to see Ruff putting the kids in a position to gain confidence and show them that he has confidence in his players too.
I think that was a huge part of Zacha's issues. He had such highs and lows and when he was not playing with confidence , he was garbage. You can see when he is more confident with the puck , his play greatly improves. You can see him making plays that are skilled plays and doe not seem scared to try different things. I can see Hynes telling players not to be too cute with the puck and do the simple play , keep things basic in order to play the style of game Hynes wanted.
Now it seems like Ruff is lettign the kids play more of a style they want and allowing them to do things that would normally be frowned upon .
Give the kids responsibility , confidence , and have fun playing vs. having an uptight strict gameplan where everyone is scared shitless to make a mistake.
I love it so far.
Ruff and the team knows that they are not cup contenders and there is not so much pressure on everyone to make the playoffs . Coaching staff included. Hynes was coaching to keep his job , RUff is coaching to develop the kids and improving every game but not put hughe amounts of pressure on the kids where if they make a mistake , they are made to feel like crap for it . That is not a good way to try to have players improve their game. OS scared to make a mistake where thats all they think about vs. just going out and playing hard.
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Bergeron crushed everyone in first game, good for Zajac, who went 2-10 in face-offs against him in first game, to turn that around and go 6-5 against him in second.
I will say I was pumping McLeod’s tires after he went 6-2 in face-offs in the first game and he went 0-6 in the second. Way to screw up my narrative buddy! lol
Zacha was 2-11 in the first game and 7-8 in the second. That’s involves losing a lot to Bergeron, he went 1-8 against him in the first game and 0-4 in the the second. He did go 1-1 against Krajci in the first game and 3-2 the second but he isn’t a dominant face-off guy like Bergeron. (There’s a reason why Ratface takes so many of their face-offs.)
Jack was 5-4 in the first game and 3-11 in the second. After the promising, if limited success in the first game, seeing Hughes get dominated by randos like Chris Wagner (1-5) in the second is disappointing.
Sharagovich was 4-1 in the first game and 0-3 in the second.
Some of this may reflect the Bruins’ veteran players adjusting in the second game and our young players not expecting those adjustments.
Zacha has played over 250 NHL games though, he needs get to 50% at face-offs if he wants to be a effective center. There’s no excuses next game, no one on the Rangers is particularly good at face-offs.
Billdo
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Guys, Nico is adjusting to walking with his prosthetic. Skating will take a while. I'm just wondering if they make one with a skate attached to it or if they have one where the has to be put on the prosthetic.
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watch the backcheck at :36...I didnt even realize that was him
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a live look at nico's rehab
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