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

[Better Call Sal]

Should bringing Mercer with Jack be considered? If I remember correctly, he had good results with Jack.

I'm surprised it hasn't happened much this season under Keefe. From what I can see, when Jack played briefly with Timo and Mercer, they dominated possession in the mere 21 minutes they played together. 4 GF, 0 GA, 20-8 shots for/against, 64.8% CF%

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Should bringing Mercer with Jack be considered? If I remember correctly, he had good results with Jack.

I think they’d have to break up Jack and Bratt to do that, which I wouldn’t mind trying. I just want the deadline to be here already so we have an idea what the lineup will look like down the stretch. I’ve seen enough 3C Dowling. And even Haula to be honest.

 

[Monsieur Verdoux]

Matias Maccelli, a buy low option for the Devils? He has been a healthy scratch lately, and Friedman speculated he might be available. Maccelli is soft but skilled player, and he had 57 points last season but only 18 points this season.

I know the Devils need a scorer and a 3C, but I think they could use a skill in their third or even second line.

Puckpedia only has them slated to have 1.7 at the deadline, so I wouldn't expect them to be heavy buyers anyway

I'm not sure if it is right sum. The number seems to change daily. A week or two ago the Devils' deadline cap space was about $5 million.

 

[devsfan8]

They have at least 3 players in who should not be starting playoff games. I don’t know you can remake that in a deadline while pushing others down the lineup.

If we can replace 2 of them I'll be happy. Concern over guys playing in a playoff game here or there is not a cause for worry.. Heck Dowling played in a cup game for Dallas. Actually in 13 playoff games for them. But we need an upgrade at 3C desperately. Especially for a playoff run.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Any news if we see Markstrom this weekend?

 

[Bleedred]

Any news if we see Markstrom this weekend?

50/50 if I had to guess.

But I'd bet he'll almost definitely be back in by next Friday against Winnipeg. It is always possible he starts one of the back to back this weekend or in Dallas after that.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

You know who needs to score more besides timo? Bratt. 2 goals in 16 games is shit. And if you dive back further he only has 3 goals in 27 games.

he literally just set the franchise record for games in a row with an assist and is top 10 in the league in scoring.

hockey is not all just GOALZ = GOOD. Open up your mind a little bit.

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

 

[Better Call Sal]

At least the new season of Shoresy dropped yesterday.

 

[Better Call Sal]

 

[Bone Density]

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

another ridiculous stretch of schedule coming up.

5 games in the next 8 days including tons of travel.

 

[None Shall Pass]

We should definitely spend all of our assets on good wingers. Get all of them. Then line them up next to Haula and Dowling, and continue to wonder why it's not working.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

You know who needs to score more besides timo? Bratt. 2 goals in 16 games is shit. And if you dive back further he only has 3 goals in 27 games.

If the Devils won the Cup in 17 games instead of 16 games, you'd find some way to bitch about it. Bratt is least of our f***ing worries.

 

[Better Call Sal]

We should definitely spend all of our assets on good wingers. Get all of them. Then line them up next to Haula and Dowling, and continue to wonder why it's not working.

A winger and a center, please.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

We should definitely spend all of our assets on good wingers. Get all of them. Then line them up next to Haula and Dowling, and continue to wonder why it's not working.

The risk with Haula was always there, he was a journeyman for his entire career. There's a clear reason for that, he's a decent PKer and when he actually shows up 5v5, he's good. But when he's off, he's below replacement. Vegas went through the same stretch with him where his first year there was really good and then he tapered off into oblivion.

 

[Better Call Sal]

I would really like to see if Bratt is on for just as many since they're on a line together so often.

I think it might make sense to revisit those two being on separate lines given their creativity with the puck and needing to kickstart the offense up and down the lineup.

 

[NJDevils17]

Complaining about Jack and Bratt while they’re on pace for 90+ points is ridiculous.

It’s literally anyone but those two.

 

[None Shall Pass]

Per Moneypuck, as a team, we have, 5v5, 130.81 expected goals this season. 6th in the league! Per 60, we're 8th in the league!

Same situation, we have 114 ACTUAL goals; 19th in the league. Per 60, 5v5, we average 2.32 ACTUAL goals. That's 20th in the league.

So someone tell me, whether:
-We're good offensively 5v5, as indicated by the expected goals.
-We're bad offensively 5v5, which explains the lack of actual goals.
-Expected goals is a stupid stat.

And then apply the same logic to Timo Meier to be consistent.

 

[MB3]

Per Moneypuck, as a team, we have, 5v5, 130.81 expected goals this season. 6th in the league! Per 60, we're 8th in the league!

Same situation, we have 114 ACTUAL goals; 19th in the league. Per 60, 5v5, we average 2.32 ACTUAL goals. That's 20th in the league.

So someone tell me, whether:
-We're good offensively 5v5, as indicated by the expected goals.
-We're bad offensively 5v5, which explains the lack of actual goals.
-Expected goals is a stupid stat.

And then apply the same logic to Timo Meier to be consistent.

I'd also like them to apply the same logic to Ondrej Palat to be uber consistent.

 

[Nubmer6]

another ridiculous stretch of schedule coming up.

5 games in the next 8 days including tons of travel.

I'm going to be in Grenada for that stretch.

You guys better hold down the fort or I'll be cracking skulls when I get back.

 

[MadDevil]

another ridiculous stretch of schedule coming up.

5 games in the next 8 days including tons of travel.

I may have picked a bad time to see them play in Vegas.

 

[Andre Palot]

I'm going to be in Grenada for that stretch.

You guys better hold down the fort or I'll be cracking skulls when I get back.

Camp Grenada?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Per Moneypuck, as a team, we have, 5v5, 130.81 expected goals this season. 6th in the league! Per 60, we're 8th in the league!

Same situation, we have 114 ACTUAL goals; 19th in the league. Per 60, 5v5, we average 2.32 ACTUAL goals. That's 20th in the league.

So someone tell me, whether:
-We're good offensively 5v5, as indicated by the expected goals.
-We're bad offensively 5v5, which explains the lack of actual goals.
-Expected goals is a stupid stat.

And then apply the same logic to Timo Meier to be consistent.

The top 6 is really good at generating offense but is dealing with poor finishing luck. Also probably missing one more winger.

When you divr deeper though you see it's all the top 6 driving offense. The bottom 6 is doing legit nothing. It's not just a finishing problem there.

We need more effective depth scoring to help weather some top guys being in shooting funks.

Fitz properly works the phones and we should be fine. We have the high end talent and the team is very sound defensively and in net

 

[Emperoreddy]

I think they’d have to break up Jack and Bratt to do that, which I wouldn’t mind trying. I just want the deadline to be here already so we have an idea what the lineup will look like down the stretch. I’ve seen enough 3C Dowling. And even Haula to be honest.

I'll give Dowling credit that he has been pretty sound defensively but be brings nothing on offense on a team that badly need bottom 6 offense. Haula is playing exactly the same way, which is a big part of the issue.

Pretty sound defensively hut falls off a damn cliff once it's time to cross the blue line.