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

[None Shall Pass]

No the last 2 Beatles were

 

[BostonDevil]

Heard the Donato rumblings about a month ago. I'm sure a 2nd makes it happen immediately but I wouldn't be shocked if Tom is still playing hardball on price. OR keeping him as options C/D

Zero interest in this. Waiver pickup at most.

 

[Devil X]

Zero interest in this. Waiver pickup at most.

He would be 6th on this team in goals and tied for 6 in points. He would be a good addition to the bottom 6.

 

[dgibb10]

You can't have six regulars combine for barely 100 points in a season. Pretty simple and very correctable.

What Dougie does offensively is great but it's easy to trade those 50+ points for 120-150 points elsewhere.

Where the hell are you going to find 150 points lmao

 

[Billdo]

What Dougie does offensively is great but it's easy to trade those 50+ points for 120-150 points elsewhere.

lol what?

 

[Billdo]

look at this garbage lol

Been saying it for a while now but Sid deserves better.

 

[devilsblood]

I think my biggest beef that I have is with those who have already written how this season will end in their minds. There is plenty of hockey to go, and while January has been a difficult month, this last stretch has been more challenging in missing two guys who make a massive difference (along with Haula to a lesser extent, who does bolster our forward depth).

This sport is incredibly fluky in so many ways. The most important thing is to find yourself in the playoff picture at the end. There are enough instances of teams making runs even if they weren't the top team in the conference or even their division. Some will chalk that up as clinging to hope, but it's the reality of the sport. There is a good team here, I laid out all of the statistics that we are in the top third and top quarter of the league in last week ahead of the Buffalo game. One game hasn't changed that. But if the top players do not come to play, such as Jack's line in that last game where they got scored on 3 times, you'll certainly struggle to win more of those games than you'll lose.

I have confidence in Keefe seeing how he has navigated regular seasons in Toronto. He has had enough success that I have faith he can get things tightened up. We need our reinforcements first, and that will come with the 4 Nations break too.

Haula being out in itself is not the biggest deal, but his absence becomes a much bigger deal with Nico out. Faceoffs, defensive responsibility and center responsibilities in general.

Still hoping that Haula comes back healthy and significantly more effective then he had been before going out.