Devils discussion (news, notes and speculation) - part III

[Bleedred]

I wouldnt be surprised if he just kept coming back on 1 year deals.

I've never closed the door on bringing him back on a one year deal around what we're giving him with Montreal's retention. Even when I've been pretty down on him.

I'm just not at all sold on Daws. He'd need an audition at the NHL level this year for me to be convinced of that.

I'm still annoyed by his brutal wraparound goal. One of only two in the NHL so far this month. Elvis the kind of softies Merzlikins has the other. If his AHL play weren't so miserable this year I would have cut that a break.

He's probably our best performing shootout goalie over the last 4 years, so there is that.

Back to Allen - one thing I've been saying is that if we really wanted him back, it probably means he had a really good season and will get a raise on what he's getting this year. Not a raise on what he's getting both teams combined, just a raise from the Devils part in it.

 

[glenwo2]

But Luke's D looks fantastic to my eyes. A good amount of that is his skating ability, a good amount of it is his stick work, and a good amount of it is his ability to anticipate what puck carriers are going to do. But maybe an underrated aspect of Luke's defensive game is his effort level. Sure his skating ability allows him to make up space on a hard back check, but there is a want that is necessary to make that back check possible. And I think it's seen in small space plays as well where yes a quick first step allows him to get to a puck, but there is still that quick twitch thinking which ques the physical ability. Luke has that.

I kind of question if Nemec has that. Truthfully I think his game looks a little lazy. Yes there is a polish to his game, there seems to be an intelligence to his game, but is he attacking the play in a way that we expect a big time defender to attack the play? I dunno. Maybe what I'm seeing is a guy who is not a great athlete? Maybe what I'm seeing is a guy not in great shape. Maybe these things all go hand in hand?

PAUSE.

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Woah 4 girls but only 3 guys? What's going on here???

There's a hand coming out on the bottom left hitting the table.

 

[devilsblood]

you should've added a mute advisory to your post

Had mine on mute. Now I want to hear what's going on.

Well SOMEONE is filming this.

Another chick maybe???

 

[Billdo]

Nied's chafed against the conservative style of play the Devils asked him to play as well. So I don't think it's accurate to say Luke is developing on a path that is unlike Nied's path. Very similar actually imo. You kind of insinuate Luke is playing some freewheeling style of D, I'm not seeing that at all. I think Luke's D this year has been excellent.

Is Luke allowed more leeway carrying the puck? I think that is fair to say, but the game has also changed a ton since Nied's era when he was more an anomaly. Nowadays D-men carrying the puck is much more common, thus we should expect Luke to carry the puck more then Nied's did even if they are vey similar players when adjusted for era.

But Luke's D looks fantastic to my eyes. A good amount of that is his skating ability, a good amount of it is his stick work, and a good amount of it is his ability to anticipate what puck carriers are going to do. But maybe an underrated aspect of Luke's defensive game is his effort level. Sure his skating ability allows him to make up space on a hard back check, but there is a want that is necessary to make that back check possible. And I think it's seen in small space plays as well where yes a quick first step allows him to get to a puck, but there is still that quick twitch thinking which ques the physical ability. Luke has that.

I kind of question if Nemec has that. Truthfully I think his game looks a little lazy. Yes there is a polish to his game, there seems to be an intelligence to his game, but is he attacking the play in a way that we expect a big time defender to attack the play? I dunno. Maybe what I'm seeing is a guy who is not a great athlete? Maybe what I'm seeing is a guy not in great shape. Maybe these things all go hand in hand?

 

[devilsblood]

PAUSE.

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Oh I get it.