GDT: Devils @ Blues - A Charlie Brown Christmas! - 8:00 PM - MSG

[DerekDevils30]

Highest ice time was Luke Hughes at 21:01. Lowest was Lazar at 11:41. That’s a great spread and where you can really keep guys fresh moving forward. Helps having a comfortable lead for much of the game

 

[Emperoreddy]

So being in 1st a week before christmas feels like a good place to be i imagine?

 

[TheUnseenHand]

I think the funniest thing post game is how the only thing that everyone always agrees on is that their team got screwed by the refs

St. Louis got away with murder early in the game. Late in the game we got away with a few. The St. Louis board seems to think the refs are on the Devils payroll

 

[JimEIV]

Yes. Multiple fights. Noesen Kovacevic targeting Blues players as retribution. Blues players being clowned and punked.

Mushy pea hockey as you coined it

Oh the guys who didn't show up against Toronto, after the most important player on team was needlessly ran showed up against tonight you mean?

I suppose better late than never?

 

[NjDevsRR]

Highest ice time was Luke Hughes at 21:01. Lowest was Lazar at 11:41. That’s a great spread and where you can really keep guys fresh moving forward. Helps having a comfortable lead for much of the game

Lazar was good in those mins too, what a recovery

 

[Devils731]

Devils were able to out slog St Louis, which was nice.

Devils have really done a 180, last year any game with structure was hard and the wide open games were easy while this year it’s the opposite.

The more important games are usually against teams also playing with structure, so this way is better.

 

[Hisch13r]

 

[NjDevsRR]

Oh the guys who didn't show up against Toronto, after the most important player on team was needlessly ran showed up against tonight you mean?

I suppose better late than never?

Sleep troll sleep. Productive night as always

 

[RSeen]

Cotter is a 4th liner to me in an ideal situation. A line with him Lazar and Bastian could be a decent playoff 4th line.

Would like to see us add a winger to push Palat down. Or also wouldn't mind us adding someone like Gourde potentially, though I think we look for a top 6 winger.

 

[Hisch13r]

Sleep troll sleep. Productive night as always

We sure that isn't James Nichols burner? I mean Jim/James

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Devils were able to out slog St Louis, which was nice.

Devils have really done a 180, last year any game with structure was hard and the wide open games were easy while this year it’s the opposite.

The more important games are usually against teams also playing with structure, so this way is better.

I wouldn't say the wide open games have been hard. Actually, I wouldn't say the defense has allowed many other teams to play wide open. The are a few examples, but games like that will always happen over the course of a season.

The defensive turnaround from a structure perspective has been borderline miraculous. It's not incredible how much better the team is defensively without Lindy.

 

[Emperoreddy]

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Those are my boys. Those are my stars

 

[NjDevsRR]

We sure that isn't James Nichols burner? I mean Jim/James

Its utterly bizarre. Jim has been dying for this sort of team, and he complains

I do wish him well in his health, and I hope that isn’t the reason for the random trolling in such a high time for Devils fans

 

[Emperoreddy]

I wouldn't say the wide open games have been hard. Actually, I wouldn't say the defense has allowed many other teams to play wide open. The are a few examples, but games like that will always happen over the course of a season.

The defensive turnaround from a structure perspective has been borderline miraculous. It's not incredible how much better the team is defensively without Lindy.

This team didn't know what a stick check was under Lindy, and now we got sticks breaking everything up every night.

 

[devilsblood]

Love Noesen

Agree, he's been great, the teams #1 watchdog.

I'm more surprised by his goal scoring, and I knew he was a pretty tough guy, but he's a level above what I was expecting in that department as well.

 

[DerekDevils30]

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Love seeing Nico there. He’s constantly locking down top lines and has a heavy burden defensively. Jack and Bratt are our main engines offensively but Nico is our overall conscience. So glad he’s got the C

 

[OmNomNom]

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Man, Sam Reinhart at #2. I know Levi is young and goalies are weird (he's def an A+ AHLer), but boy would buffalo love him right now

 

[Emperoreddy]

Man, Sam Reinhart at #2. I know Levi is young and goalies are weird (he's def an A+ AHLer), but boy would buffalo love him right now

Really hard to see Reinhart and Eichel look so good and not use that as an indictment on management in Buffalo

 

[Hisch13r]

Love seeing Nico there. He’s constantly locking down top lines and has a heavy burden defensively. Jack and Bratt are our main engines offensively but Nico is our overall conscience. So glad he’s got the C

He's tied for 3rd right now in defensive rating. Jack's also 93rd percentile

Man, Sam Reinhart at #2. I know Levi is young and goalies are weird (he's def an A+ AHLer), but boy would buffalo love him right now

Really hard to see Reinhart and Eichel look so good and not use that and an indictment on management in Buffalo

They moved out Cup winning core in RoR, Eichel, Reinhart. They broke RoR's spirit. Wouldn't let Eichel get his surgery. I don't remember the Reinhart reason.

 

[devilsblood]

This team didn't know what a stick check was under Lindy, and now we got sticks breaking everything up every night.

Also simple things like just chipping the puck out of the D-zone. How often did we hear that from Dano in previous seasons?

 

[Saugus]

Love seeing Nico there. He’s constantly locking down top lines and has a heavy burden defensively. Jack and Bratt are our main engines offensively but Nico is our overall conscience. So glad he’s got the C

Nico is a quintessential Devils forward straight out of an earlier era. He would not have looked at all out of place in the top 6 of one of the Cup winning squads.

I can think of no higher compliment for the way he plays the game.

 

[DerekDevils30]

He's tied for 3rd right now in defensive rating. Jack's also 93rd percentile




They moved out Cup winning core in RoR, Eichel, Reinhart. They broke RoR's spirit. Wouldn't let Eichel get his surgery. I don't remember the Reinhart reason.

You mind posting the defensive ratings?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Also simple things like just chipping the puck out of the D-zone. How often did we hear that from Dano in previous seasons?

It's legitmately night and day. They make boo boos from time to time, but the overall commitment to a sound structure is extremely noticeable and obviously the stats and results back it up

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

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[Hisch13r]

You mind posting the defensive ratings?

This is overall

This is just forwards. Jack, Mercer, and Timo have all been top 10 for forwards at various points of the season. Nico's generally been in there the whole time but has slid in and out at points.