GDT: Devils @ Blue Jackets - Jingle All the Way - 7:00 PM - MSG

njdevils1982

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Sep 8, 2006
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Inspiration sometimes comes from the oddest of places. Cybertruck to me is like DeLorean and Hummer decided to make a baby.

what did this breed?

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Eggtimers

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Time to get in Elvis’ face this period . Bump him a little. Get in his face . If he is playing like this, if he can see the puck he stops it
 
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Emperoreddy

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Apr 13, 2010
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A lot of people have talked getting rid of Palat and Dougie. I say they may settle for freeing up a little bit by getting rid of Haula instead; who makes roughly half of what Palat makes and only has a year left to Palat’s 2 and Dougie’s 3?

But I’m not sure how much that will free up. It’s hardly anything.

He frees zero money as he has to be replaced most likely by a player making his salary or probably higher.
 

Guttersniped

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Yeah, but the Jackets have scored all their goals with traffic in front. Rebounds, tips, screens.

While Merzlikins has been very good, he's able to see all the pucks.

Devils need to stop trying for the pretty play. Deflections and rebounds. It's good practice for the playoffs.

Yeah, I thought they were pretty tepid in the 1st, it’s not surprising we didn’t score. I thought they were trying to not make mistakes, rather than push offensely, and then something really dumb happened.

We definitely did more in the 2nd, and there were some nice saves, so that was frustrating.

We just spacey and not very physical.

And Allen is coming back from an injury and sucks tonight. So there’s that.
 

NJDevilsFan21

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I'm not expecting much in the 3rd. I'd be pretty deflated if I were on that team. Wish we could swap a Mercer+ for a Zetterlund, and maybe roll the dice on an Askarov while we're at it.
 
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Eggtimers

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Granlund would be a nice addition at the TDL . I have no idea how long he is signed for though and I’m guessing the Sharks value him highly and wouldn’t want to move him. He makes 4 mil
 

Bleedred

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I think I’m being irrational in turning the game off after one 3-0 score after the 2nd period to a cream of the cream loser suck humpty team. So I’ll watch at least the start of the 3rd. But at 4-0 I’m not sure there’s much point if it gets to that.
 

Better Call Sal

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Nov 24, 2011
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I don’t know, this is one where it feels right to say we’ve been unlucky. We’ve had the better (or majority of) chances at even strength. Columbus has gotten away with some things that look like they could have been called. To their credit, they’ve capitalized on our defensive errors and taken advantage of second opportunities.

I didn’t like the call on Timo, but understand how it could be viewed as goalie interference in real time. They score on that and put us further behind the 8 ball.

I don’t think Allen has been great, but his defense hasn’t been as supportive as they’ve been of late.
 

Emperoreddy

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Every L is this kind of indication of the team. There’s always something deeper, something fundamentally wrong with the team.

They’re playing a solid game tonight. L’s happen, obviously. I’d much rather they played well when they lose.

Washington just lost to the worst team in the league two nights ago.

It legit just sometimes happens. It's annoying for sure, but it isnt anything earth shattering
 

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