Let’s please not judge a 20 year old’s hockey sense from 10 minutes of ice time in an 11am pond hockey scrimmage in July?
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I don’t know about you guys but I’m calling Nemec “the professor” from now on.
He's not a play driver or facilitator (although he has shown excellent passing touch to me in the past season). I think if he gets to play with a consistent center and only has limited obligations he can score. I won't ask him to self create beyond the circles and I won't expect him to carry the puck much above the circles either. If he just concentrates on getting into scoring position when Jack/Nico/Bratt/Palat/Mercer/Hamilton/Severson/Nemec have the puck in the offensive zone he should be ok if he remembers to skate back on defense.
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I promise I won't say anything about Holtz until preseason.
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I can already see Holtz is taking Zacha's role as the #1 punching bag in forums, I'm definitely staying out of this one 
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JimEIV
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I see myself more as the head cannibal
Dude has ice in his veins, no way he was nervous.
Clearly head and shoulders above everyone out there.
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It would be interesting to know if this was Nemec playing at his hardest and he’s just a super calm player or if this was Nemec taking it easy and he was still able to calmly control much of the play.
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I think he was coasting but he’s always really calm. Normally he’s more aggressively trying to push up ice and even carry it himself. Only saw him do that once at the end with goalie pulled. And they scored off it with him getting an assist.
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Took a big shitz for Nemec
Either ice or THC, whatever it is-keep it up!
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He’ll obviously need to work on his play in the dzone, but I can see him being a nice partner for Luke eventually. A calm partner that makes the correct play so Luke can go nuts.
This is exactly how I see it shaking out.
Both could make the roster for 23-24 as a really solid bottom pairing.
Went to the scrimmage and was impressed with Nemec. Probably has the best hockey IQ out of anyone we have drafted in the last 20 years and he plays so calm/composed. I also really liked Thompson, I think he has a good shot to make the 4th line out of camp. Holtz wasn’t very noticeable until he ripped a hard and accurate one timer from his off wing. Looked like an elite level one timer to me. I think if he gets PP time and plays top 6 he’ll have decent production
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I was there. It's hard to watch every player individually especially the new ones. Nemec looked great under pressure with the puck. Made some nifty plays , you can deff see why he went 2nd overall. I winded up staying after and getting his autograph too , really nice guy.
I want a Nemec shirsey and I'm going to wear it every day.
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I just read through this whole thread…
How in the world was Devlin mentioned a million times and no one referenced the Adam Sandler movie Just Go With It?!?!
How in the world was Devlin mentioned a million times and no one referenced the Adam Sandler movie Just Go With It?!?!
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Well when you get taken in the top ten of the draft and aren't immediately setting the world on fire (or at least being Dawson Mercer) it's low-hanging fruitI can already see Holtz is taking Zacha's role as the #1 punching bag in forums, I'm definitely staying out of this one
I think the difference is that no one is questioning Holtz's effort (at least so far). If Zacha was a try hard that just turned out to be less talented than expected I think he'd still be here.
One more year of McCarthy in the NCAA could be beneficial. His progression has been very strong so far, he's getting better with the puck and his defensive play is already at an AHL level. One more NCAA season, one AHL season and McCarthy should be a nice 3rd pairing D in the big show.
I'm worried Holtz is going to receive the post-Zacha backlash of being drafted above players better than him. Holtz will score a lot of goals in the NHL, which is why the Devils drafted him. It's unfair to him to compare him to superior players drafted later like Lundell, Jarvis and Mercer.
Nemec was just a top 10 defenseman in the 6th best men's league in the world as a teenager. He's exceptional.
I've probably written 500 pages own the Stillman pick since its been made. Sure, it hurts that the Devils passed on Scott Morrow and Aatu Raty for a player they could have traded down for.
But Stillman was also arguable the best player taken in the last 5 picks of the 2021 first round. Zachary Dean and Oskar Olausson are both maybe 3rd-line types lacking Stillman's intangibles. Nolan looks like a 3rd pairing D. And let's not even get into Logan Mailloux.
Stillman is what he is, not what some people want him to be. He's a physical, high energy bottom 6 forward with scoring pop. His NHL floor is quite high. Good player.
I love your enthusiasm, but these are not the statements I would want remembered after a 3-on-3 game. I can say with full confidence that both of these kids will be outstanding NHLers, and the incredible emergence of Slovakian hockey is something we should all be excited about.
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