Devils 2021 team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - part XXVII

[Bleedred]

But wasn’t Blackwood just in the starters net at the morning skate? Now he’s not playing tonight because of an injury last game?

I guess he was supposed to start and just felt sore and couldn’t go. Wasn’t there one game he was supposed to start earlier this year that he left because he got hurt during warmups?

Maybe just a coincidence, but I feel like he’s been TERRIBLE since then, more particularly than since the covid break ended. He did have that 40 save shutout and a pretty good game in Pittsburgh right after that though, but he’s been lousy literally every game since other than those two. I think the game he got injured and left after warmups was against the Pens and it might be the only game Wedgewood won that wasn’t a shutout.

 

[Billdo]

NJ Devils inform Binghamton ownership AHL team will be relocated

Didnt see this mentioned anywhere in the past few days....apologies if I missed it.

Pretty shitty. Bingo fans are upset and rightfully so. Apparently Utica is a fantastic place for an AHL team though so that'll be cool.

 

[njdevils1982]

Pretty shitty. Bingo fans are upset and rightfully so. Apparently Utica is a fantastic place for an AHL team though so that'll be cool.

what happens to the comets?

 

[glenwo2]

Pretty shitty. Bingo fans are upset and rightfully so. Apparently Utica is a fantastic place for an AHL team though so that'll be cool.

Each time I see Utica, I mistake it for Attica.

 

[Blackjack]

Ooooooof

 

[Bleedred]

Ooooooof

I do think it was always too early to call him elite and way premature, but that’s pretty rich coming from that fan base.

This is the fanbase that constantly fellated Matt Murray for being the “Only goalie to ever win the Stanley Cup twice as a rookie” and ever since then Murray has been mediocre at the most generous.

Not to mention that he wasn’t even in net for the first two rounds of the second cup win.

Lucky for them they got a joke franchise to trade for him and give him the worst goalie contract post flat salary cap.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

NJ Devils inform Binghamton ownership AHL team will be relocated

Didnt see this mentioned anywhere in the past few days....apologies if I missed it.

More musical chairs with our minor league affiliates. Go back to the Albany River Rats.

 

[TheDuke93]

I do think it was always too early to call him elite and way premature, but that’s pretty rich coming from that fan base.

This is the fanbase that constantly fellated Matt Murray for being the “Only goalie to ever win the Stanley Cup twice as a rookie” and ever since then Murray has been mediocre at the most generous.

Not to mention that he wasn’t even in net for the first two rounds of the second cup win.

Lucky for them they got a joke franchise to trade for him and give him the worst goalie contract post flat salary cap.

I do trust your eye when it comes to goalies but I have a hard time the situation Mack is in as well as KNOWING he is going to get f***ed hasn't f***ed with his ability to see the puck and read plays.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

what happens to the comets?

Canucks: Vancouver's AHL team could wind up closer to home if it relocates from Utica | The Province

 

[Bleedred]

I do trust your eye when it comes to goalies but I have a hard time the situation Mack is in as well as KNOWING he is going to get f***ed hasn't f***ed with his ability to see the puck and read plays.

Like I said yesterday, I don’t think the plan was for Blackwood to play more than 60% of the games this year at the very most. I do think Crawford would have played 45% of the games and probably more if Blackwood had struggled, but then you gotta assume Crawford would have been healthy (which wasn’t a safe bet his past few years) and that he would have played well and didn’t start to show his years, which he might have.

But with Crawford suddenly retiring, we were reduced to using an AHL goalie (Wedgewood) that we signed to be the third stringer. A goalie with an expiring NHL shelf life (Dell) that was signed to be another team’s third stringer before they had to waive him and then another guy that might have been a fourth string goalie (Comrie) for his org before he hit waivers.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Should've claimed Nedelijkovic.

 

[Bleedred]

Should've claimed Nedelijkovic.

Ouch.

When we was he on waivers? At the start of the season? If he were waived since then, I’d have to believe a couple teams would have put in a claim.

He would definitely be an upgrade over Wedgewood and Dell. And he potentially could have a future here, as he’s 25 years old and Wedgewood and Dell are AHL fodder over the long term.

 

[Blender]

This insane schedule is destroying our players. Can't go one game without someone dropping off injured it seems.

 

[beekay414]

Ouch.

When we was he on waivers? At the start of the season? If he were waived since then, I’d have to believe a couple teams would have put in a claim.

He would definitely be an upgrade over Wedgewood and Dell. And he potentially could have a future here, as he’s 25 years old and Wedgewood and Dell are AHL fodder over the long term.

January 12th

 

[beekay414]

We claimed Comrie the day that Nedeljkovic went on waivers and then claimed Dell a week later. Made no sense that we didn't put in one on Nedeljkovic whatsoever.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Ouch.

When we was he on waivers? At the start of the season? If he were waived since then, I’d have to believe a couple teams would have put in a claim.

He would definitely be an upgrade over Wedgewood and Dell. And he potentially could have a future here, as he’s 25 years old and Wedgewood and Dell are AHL fodder over the long term.

1/11 Eric Comrie waived by Winnipeg, claimed by New Jersey on 1/12.
1/11 Anton Forsberg waived by Edmonton, claimed by Carolina on 1/12.
1/12 Alex Nedelijkovic waived by Carolina, cleared 1/13.
1/14 Anton Forsberg waived by Carolina, claimed by Winnipeg on 1/15.
1/17 Aaron Dell waived by Toronto, claimed by New Jersey on 1/18.
2/17 Eric Comrie waived by New Jersey, claimed by Winnipeg on 2/18.
3/17 Anton Forsberg waived by Winnipeg, claimed by Ottawa on 3/18.

Troy Grosenick went from LA to Edmonton and back via waivers in there too.

Edmonton also claimed Stalock from Minnesota.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

We claimed Comrie the day that Nedeljkovic went on waivers and then claimed Dell a week later. Made no sense that we didn't put in one on Nedeljkovic whatsoever.

No one did.

 

[beekay414]

No one did.

I'm well aware. Made no sense from anyone for that matter!

 

[AfroThunder396]

Kinda crazy in retrospect how excited everyone was that we claimed Dell when he's ended up playing like 4 very mediocre games for us

 

[Emperoreddy]

Not concerned about Mac's play. Dude is most likely worn down, might still have Covid related issues, and wouldn't be shocked to hear he hasn't been 100% healthy for a while either.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

1/11 was when all the teams put players on waivers en masse before the roster compliance deadline to start the season.

Here are all the G that cleared waivers this season:

1/8
Bibeau
Stolarz

1/9
Hutchinson
Kasikuo

1/10
Lagace
Lindgren
Hammond
Desrosiers
Domingue
Tokarski

1/11
Fucale
Copley
Dansk
Martin
Gibson
Gillies
Lyon
Kinkaid
Pickard
Boyle
Johnson
Tomkins

1/12
Nedelikjovic

1/13
Anderson

3/19
Houser

4/9
Appleby

 

[TheDuke93]

Like I said yesterday, I don’t think the plan was for Blackwood to play more than 60% of the games this year at the very most. I do think Crawford would have played 45% of the games and probably more if Blackwood had struggled, but then you gotta assume Crawford would have been healthy (which wasn’t a safe bet his past few years) and that he would have played well and didn’t start to show his years, which he might have.

But with Crawford suddenly retiring, we were reduced to using an AHL goalie (Wedgewood) that we signed to be the third stringer. A goalie with an expiring NHL shelf life (Dell) that was signed to be another team’s third stringer before they had to waive him and then another guy that might have been a fourth string goalie (Comrie) for his org before he hit waivers.

Agreed with all of this. Which leads me to believe he was doomed to preform poorly when you factor in all the variables. That's why I am not hard on him this season.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

If I were the owners, I’d seriously consider a partnership with Rutgers to develop a rink that can serve both the college team(s) and the Devils’ AHL team.

 

[njdevils1982]

Canucks: Vancouver's AHL team could wind up closer to home if it relocates from Utica | The Province

thanks.


it makes sense…..that affiliation was idiocy for travel


time to dust of the old logo….beautiful….utica did it best


bing's is terrible

lowell and albany were a reach…the devil fork didnt help for lowell

the rats were pure minor league and very 90's ….but it does hold the nostalgia of them winning the calder cup the same year as the first devils cup…got to go back to the late 70's habs to pull that off (they did it twice in a row)

edit: changing my view on lowell logo …….. it wasnt a reach for the letter logo…..it makes sense but the uppers might have thought it would look too much like a reverse marty mask logo and added the pitchfork devil ….

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

so uh, PK was added to the Covid list lol

who teh hell do we even have to play tonight