Devils 2021 training camp thread (news, notes and speculation)

[MartyOwns]

hey gang how bout Ruff’s first stab at a roster

shara - hughes - tatar
Johnsson - Hischier - Bratt
Wood - Zacha - Kuokkanen
Vesey - Mcleod - Thompson

Graves - Hamilton
Smith - Severson
Siegenthaler - Subban

Pulled from the lines in the three different practice groups so far. I feel like someone obvious is missing but my brain is fried and i’m still at work.

i like it, but that second line would get smacked around

 

[Billdo]

I get wanting to see Mercer but I'm not in a rush to pencil him into the opening night line up. I'd still prefer Zacha on Nicos wing but he'll probably wind up there at some point.

 

[Ripshot 43]

AHHHHHHHHHHH

This sounds amazing until we realize it was Severson who got coned and then Ty who lost his coverage in front of the net

 

[Hisch13r]

i like it, but that second line would get smacked around

People said the same thing about Johnsson-Hughes-Bratt and then they were controlling 2/3rds of the shot attempts

 

[Azathoth]

Elite players don't need people recording them for their highlights to be seen.

The fact Jack didn't astral project the play to everyone's subconscious is pathetic

It’s true. His APPG (astral projections per game) are pretty pathetic for a 1OA.

 

[Triumph]

Training camp or not Johnsson has absolutely NO reason being anywhere the top line when he is the worst player on the team. Even if the entire top line got injured at once, Johnsson still shouldn't be in our top 6. Even though it's training camp it's just an absolute waste of everyone's time. It's the equivalent of a try out player like Vesey on Hughes wing. It just shouldn't even be a thought. Johnsson shouldn't even be on this team he serves us no purpose. I would rather bring in a rookie like Foote & play him over Johnsson. Johnsson only had 1 good season & it's because he rode the coattails of Matthews & Nylander. Of course your gonna produce with them (he didn't even produce that much) But outside of that 1 time he has shown 0. The fact is we finally found chemistry in the lines & now Ruff is changing everything around for no reason. Zacha has a career year & now he's demoted to 3rd line center. We will never win if we don't let players build chemistry. We finally found a groove last season & it worked so why change it? I feel like the only reason we're even attempting to play Johnsson on the top line is because he gets paid alot & there hoping for a bounce back season that never even existed in the 1st place. The only time someone new should play on the top line is if they straight up outplay someone else. There's no excuse for trying to force production out of players just cause they take up some salary. That's how you continue to be a losing franchise.

The Devils didn't find a groove last season - they got a few bounces with the Zacha-Hischier-Bratt line. It remains to be seen whether or not that line was really any good. They didn't do anything so special that it makes me think they found some amazing chemistry, people on here just like it because they seem to be friends off the ice, and all 3 guys have been part of the organization for 4+ years but hadn't really played together before.

 

[Bad Goalie]

This.

That's why I was hoping we would trade for Tarasenko

All reports from St. Louis are that he is looking good and the shoulder is no problem. Looks like taking a chance on that shoulder would have been well worth the gamble. I know I pushed for it and so did some others. Hindsight, huh?

 

[Stephen Gionta]

All reports from St. Louis are that he is looking good and the shoulder is no problem. Looks like taking a chance on that shoulder would have been well worth the gamble. I know I pushed for it and so did some others. Hindsight, huh?

Let's see how he plays in the beginning of the season before making this judgement.

There is almost never any negative news during training camp. No beat reporter or team employee is going to come out and say "Player X looks horrible out there" ... Similar to all of Amanda Stein's posts today, all reports are usually positive things during training camp.

 

[Stephen Gionta]

The Devils didn't find a groove last season - they got a few bounces with the Zacha-Hischier-Bratt line. It remains to be seen whether or not that line was really any good. They didn't do anything so special that it makes me think they found some amazing chemistry, people on here just like it because they seem to be friends off the ice, and all 3 guys have been part of the organization for 4+ years but hadn't really played together before.

That line dominated essentially every shift when they were on the ice together.

 

[Hisch13r]

That line dominated essentially every shift when they were on the ice together.

48.64% CF. 51.47% xGF. 48.98% SCF. 53.85% HDCF. So no they actually didn't

 

[SKNJD9]

 

[Bad Goalie]

Let's see how he plays in the beginning of the season before making this judgement.

There is almost never any negative news during training camp. No beat reporter or team employee is going to come out and say "Player X looks horrible out there" ... Similar to all of Amanda Stein's posts today, all reports are usually positive things during training camp.

Right now I'm taking O'Reilly's word for it.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

That line dominated essentially every shift when they were on the ice together.

they most certainly did not.

 

[Hisch13r]

they most certainly did not.

No line with Zacha has ever dominated the flow of play. It just doesn’t happen

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I also don't even like Johnsson at all, but I feel like some of the takes about him are kind of ridiculous

 

[njdevil26]

Sooo who the hell is the unvaxxed player? I'm so confused.

 

[Stephen Gionta]

Like^

 

[Hisch13r]

Sooo who the hell is the unvaxxed player? I'm so confused.

It was reported like a week ago the active roster was 100% so probably some nobody or a PTO. Fitz said it’d be obvious but it certainly hasn’t been

 

[NJDevs26]

It was reported like a week ago the active roster was 100% so probably some nobody or a PTO. Fitz said it’d be obvious but it certainly hasn’t been

Obvious to the media perhaps, but word certainly hasn't gotten out to the public and it's probably a good thing judging by the reactions here to the ones the internet sleuths assumed it 'could' be. It's not even worth trying to figure out definitively assuming the Athletic report was correct that it's not a member of the active roster.

 

[LeedsMonster]

then who's shara lol

Sharangovich isnt all that wholesome if you pay attention lol

 

[Cheddabombs]

Maybe because he thought Dougie was just some nerd

 

[LeedsMonster]

All reports from St. Louis are that he is looking good and the shoulder is no problem. Looks like taking a chance on that shoulder would have been well worth the gamble. I know I pushed for it and so did some others. Hindsight, huh?

Sigh....

 

[GameSeven]

I may have overlooked it here, but it looks like Mac has a new mask?

 

[NJDevs26]

Let's see how he plays in the beginning of the season before making this judgement.

There is almost never any negative news during training camp. No beat reporter or team employee is going to come out and say "Player X looks horrible out there" ... Similar to all of Amanda Stein's posts today, all reports are usually positive things during training camp.

Especially when it comes to a player a team is still trying to peddle. Unless it's Buffalo and their dumpster fire with Eichel.

It sounds like Tarasenko wasn't coming 'cheap' by any means so it's hardly worth lamenting, we would have had to pay full price and HOPE he bounces back to be worth it. Everyone assumed he could be had for cheap but there's a reason he wasn't moved this offseason - the Blues weren't selling for cheap. And not that I'm a huge Tatar fan but they probably don't bother signing him if they traded for Tarasenko.

 

[Clam Jensen]

I may have overlooked it here, but it looks like Mac has a new mask?

wow I love it.