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

[Forge]

Lol

 

[R8Devs]

lol from that same article for coach who'd you like least to play for:
Lindy Ruff got a handful of votes, too.

"I just think he's too old,” a player said. “I don't think he understands the game anymore. That's what I hear from the guys that play for him, that he just doesn't know what's going on most of the time."

Wonder which guys on the Devils spread that hahah

NHL player poll: Best/worst facilities? NBA-style tournament? Season too long? Should Bettman retire?

The Athletic polled 111 players on eight questions covering a variety of topics, granting them anonymity so they could speak freely.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Devils731]

lol from that same article for coach who'd you like least to play for:
Lindy Ruff got a handful of votes, too.

"I just think he's too old,” a player said. “I don't think he understands the game anymore. That's what I hear from the guys that play for him, that he just doesn't know what's going on most of the time."

Wonder which guys on the Devils spread that hahah

NHL player poll: Best/worst facilities? NBA-style tournament? Season too long? Should Bettman retire?

The Athletic polled 111 players on eight questions covering a variety of topics, granting them anonymity so they could speak freely.

www.nytimes.com

Oof.

Visually that looked true on the ice.

 

[TheBeerNerd]

lol from that same article for coach who'd you like least to play for:
Lindy Ruff got a handful of votes, too.

"I just think he's too old,” a player said. “I don't think he understands the game anymore. That's what I hear from the guys that play for him, that he just doesn't know what's going on most of the time."

Wonder which guys on the Devils spread that hahah

NHL player poll: Best/worst facilities? NBA-style tournament? Season too long? Should Bettman retire?

The Athletic polled 111 players on eight questions covering a variety of topics, granting them anonymity so they could speak freely.

www.nytimes.com

Sharangovich would be one of them for sure. I think he liked an IG post announcing his firing on a hockey news account.

 

[My3Sons]

lol from that same article for coach who'd you like least to play for:
Lindy Ruff got a handful of votes, too.

"I just think he's too old,” a player, who would neither confirm nor deny that he is a 26 year old Swiss third line center, said. “I don't think he understands the game anymore. That's what I hear from the guys that play for him, that he just doesn't know what's going on most of the time."

Wonder which guys on the Devils spread that hahah

NHL player poll: Best/worst facilities? NBA-style tournament? Season too long? Should Bettman retire?

The Athletic polled 111 players on eight questions covering a variety of topics, granting them anonymity so they could speak freely.

www.nytimes.com

I corrected the quote for you.

 

[BostonDevil]

Lol

This thing is great!

 

[JrFischer54]

Lol

i'm cheap i dont pay for online media

 

[MasterofGrond]

Dillon's been predominantly with Pesce the past couple games. Hamilton with Sieg's. Obviously the injury last night screwed that up.

Meh results for Sieg's-Hams.

Serves me right for not watching the last couple, appreciate the correction.

 

[NjDevsRR]

3rd in GAA and 10th in GFA. Thats good considering their slump. Get healthy after the break and I can see this team finding their groove again.

Edit: Weird, that website didn’t have Winnipeg listed. Devils actually 4th and 11th in those respective categories

 

[longislanddevil]

Lol

That does sound like something Gauthier could say lol….quote is laced with piss and vinegar. Love it. He could have been a Devil if we didn’t hold the 2OA pick. Seems like exactly the type of young player we could use, too.

 

[McDuffz88]

Dillon's been predominantly with Pesce the past couple games. Hamilton with Sieg's. Obviously the injury last night screwed that up.

Meh results for Sieg's-Hams.

If it was me we definitely call up Nemec as he is begging to be called up & is the best player available we can bring up. Perhaps he regains his form from last year & becomes a beast. If it was me I would try
Hughes-Kovy
Pecse-Hamilton
Dillon-Nemec
Pesce has no issues playing on his off wing & maybe reignites Hamilton, we also get to evaluate Kovy to see if he can handle those type of minutes (if he can, then we offer him a contract & try to shed dougie). Dillon/Nemec was the original pair supposed to play together that never happened so would be nice to see it.

 

[Satans Hockey]

Huzzah for the devils!

Winnipeg being #1 doesn't surprise me. I've been to a lot of cities and I can't imagine living there. I like the cold but I don't want to have to walk underground because it's that cold. It's gloomy and gray. It's a dump and there was nothing redeeming about any of it. I'd never go back.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Lazar, what a goof.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Winnipeg being #1 doesn't surprise me. I've been to a lot of cities and I can't imagine living there. I like the cold but I don't want to have to walk underground because it's that cold. It's gloomy and gray. It's a dump and there was nothing redeeming about any of it. I'd never go back.

I hear the concierge scene is pretty popping though!

 

[Satans Hockey]

I hear the concierge scene is pretty popping though!

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Well there's nothing else to do so yeah lol

 

[MasterofGrond]

 

[guitarguyvic]

Any way to get that article without having to pay??

 

[Clam Jensen]

Any way to get that article without having to pay??

Archive.ph

 

[Zippy316]

Looking at the trade market I can’t help but think Fitzgerald is likely going to be going off the board with his trade targets.

The rental market looks bleak. The prices are a bit crazy and the Devils don’t have cap space or assets to be in on some of these guys.

Fitzgerald loves his cheap depth guys with term (Cotter, Lazar) so I wonder if he’s scouring that market again. I feel like the forward addition is also going to be someone with some term (McCann, O’Reilly, Rakell, Bjorkstrand).

Tatar being a part of a deal for cap reasons just seems like a given at this point. I also wonder if Bastian gets moved in a lateral deal for a similar player. It seems like both he and Lazar have fallen off hard but Lazar at least provides faceoff utility.

 

[Barry Tallackson]

Can’t wait for Colton White to get the call instead of Nemec

 

[Devils731]

Can’t wait for Colton White to get the call instead of Nemec

Gotta save cap space.

Welcome Big Mac the 6th defenseman for the lineup tomorrow

 

[Bleedred]

Can’t wait for Colton White to get the call instead of Nemec

I’d like to say this probably won’t be the case because it’s an every night player that got hurt and not Nick DeSimone, who had been in the scratchbox or AHL all year.

And yes, I know he was claimed on waivers a while back (I don’t even remember who claimed him) but he was up with the NHL team for quite some time and never got into a game.

Come to think of it, I think Colton White was also up for a bit.

And I’m not sure who the extra defenseman we’ve been carrying is right now. They mentioned that we’ve had the same 6 defensemen play every game since game 9 of the season when Luke Pesce came back.

 

[bossram]

Looking at the trade market I can’t help but think Fitzgerald is likely going to be going off the board with his trade targets.

The rental market looks bleak. The prices are a bit crazy and the Devils don’t have cap space or assets to be in on some of these guys.

Fitzgerald loves his cheap depth guys with term (Cotter, Lazar) so I wonder if he’s scouring that market again. I feel like the forward addition is also going to be someone with some term (McCann, O’Reilly, Rakell, Bjorkstrand).

Tatar being a part of a deal for cap reasons just seems like a given at this point. I also wonder if Bastian gets moved in a lateral deal for a similar player. It seems like both he and Lazar have fallen off hard but Lazar at least provides faceoff utility.

Bjorkstrand is a really interesting target to me. I think Trotz has basically said he doesn't want to trade ROR.

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Keefe is such a dramatically better systems coach than Ruff, it's not even funny. That quote from the Athletic article is hilarious. I've been maybe the top Ruff hater since he was hired, so I'll take shamelessly take some vindication.

 

[None Shall Pass]

Siegs being out should inform us what Kovacevic really is.

I think CJ tweeted the other day how Kovacevic's numbers took a bigger dip than Sieg's did when they were broken up. Wonder how that will end up looking. Could inform a lot about Dougie and Nemec's future as well.