Devils discussion (news, notes and speculation) - part V
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For some reason I thought they were older. Regardless, Marks is 35 with a lot of miles on him, that’s not young at all especially for a goalie. Every new injury is going to make him a riskier bet for being reliable going forward.
Markstrom has looked bad post injury, but looked good prior to the injury.
Allen has looked good of late and his season numbers are good.
Daws looked good in his handful of games. As per his Utica numbers, his save % has gone down every year he's been there, from a very promising .916 his first year as a pro, to a now dreadful .892(at 2nd glance it's slightly better then last years but I'll stick with the narrative) but I lay this much more on the team in front of him then on Daws himself. He's 24, turns 25 in Dec.
Not that I love this trio, but I'm not hating it. Especially since the group has posted good numbers aside from this stretch from Markstrom post injury.
I’ll wait to see if Keefe makes the decision to start Markstrom on Monday. If he does then I’ll join in on shredding him.
I suspect he WON’T start him, but I remember being quite shocked a few times over the years at goalie starts, when it seemed a given that they wouldn’t start that game based on the last game.
I’m pretty sure it’s Allen on Monday.
This is one of those takes that frustrates me because yes it sucks to have old goalies but the alternative to old goalies at that price point is UFAs (bad) or unreliable or injury-prone goalies (also bad). Logan Thompson would've been nice. They've tried to draft and develop but Blackwood fell apart, Daws is what he is and Schmid is presently a backup on the Vegas AHL team.
You can’t ride Markstrom indefinitely hoping he works out of the funk.
However, barring a real collapse, this team is playoff bound even as a WC but man we need him and Allen both going if we get there.
However, barring a real collapse, this team is playoff bound even as a WC but man we need him and Allen both going if we get there.
A win tomorrow goes a long way. 4 pts at minimum this week please
Markstrom doesn’t have as many miles as you think. Only 526 games played in his career. He didn’t become an NHL starter until age 28.
Obviously he is coming off an injury which is impacting his play now, but he should be fine next year.
Obviously he is coming off an injury which is impacting his play now, but he should be fine next year.
I mentioned it in the other thread, but Markstrom is just coming back from an injury. He was very good prior to that injury.
Hughes entered the league the same time as big bois Kakko and Dach. Guess who's been best at staying in the lineup.
My3Sons
Nobody told me there'd be days like these...
Once he’s 40 he’s more than likely to have died from old age. I cannot imagine how awful he must feel at 34. Does he need a walker to get on and off the ice?
McKenzie Blackwood is top 10 in just about every goaltending category this season.
He Is top 10 in Games played, Wins, Saves, Save%.
He's just outside of the top 10 in shutouts with 3... a whole bunch of guys have 3 and 12 goalies have 4 or more.
He fell apart to the tune of a 5 year 5.25 million dollar contract with the Avalanche.
I’ll be 46 in a few months…should I start preparing my kids for the grand finale?
Surely you must appreciate Devil players that rank in the top 10 of other major categories.
Blackwood fell apart in New Jersey, both from injury and terrible play. The Devils were lucky to get a 6th round pick for him and they traded him to the worst team in the league. He's having a star season now, his first one in 5 years. He was not the answer here.
Yeah but if you are top 10 in one category and literally 99th in another....it just doesn't mean as much to me.
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Championing Mackenzie Blackwood and shitting on Jesper Bratt
very odd stuff.
very odd stuff.
genuine question....how many goals would Bratt have to have for you to stop this nonsense? 25? 30? 40?
if he had 29 goals and 50 assists instead of 19 and 60 would that be a huge difference? Now, keep in mind that Bratt is not just racking up meaningless secondary assists. The only players in the league with more primary assists than Bratt this year are Mackinnon, Kucherov, McDavid, Marner, and Pastrnak.
My3Sons
Nobody told me there'd be days like these...
To me it’s the clutch element or timeliness of the scoring. If the team scored a total of 164 goals but won every game 2-0 or 2-1 and nobody on thr team had more than say 20 goals at the end of the year that would be an amazing season. Less about the gross number without context. Just my view. I understand your point even if I see it differently.
My point was really no goalie at that time would've been the answer here while we played "look out" defense...you know , the defense just yelling to the goalie "look out here they come"
My3Sons
Nobody told me there'd be days like these...
Oh my goodness! Did you say buyout?! No way! Just let those guys play 4th line! Oh the horror of a buyout!
But seriously, I don’t think we’ll be lucky enough to buyout Palat, but that’s probably coming after next year. At the very least we can’t have another year of his corpse getting regular time in the top 6 or with Hughes and Bratt. We just can’t. Maybe we can cap dump him? There is some hope I have.
Haula is a definite buyout, unless you think we can cap dump him. Giving him the third year was a mistake. It had been several years before we got a hold of him that he had lasted two whole seasons with the same team.
It's not necessarily just gross numbers it's more what you are doing in relationship to the rest of the league in my opinion. Looking at it from a team perspective this team has been very mediocre offensively.... And really the difference isn't much...very little is separating us from mediocre to maybe 7th or 8th in offense as opposed to 14th.
Carolina is currently in 8th with 217 goals we are in 14th with 204....5 or 6 goal shortfall from 2 key players is literally the difference in mediocre or being among upper echelon.
I blame Meier and Bratt mostly for this
My3Sons
Nobody told me there'd be days like these...
Yes. It’s been frustrating but at least they haven’t lost the playoff spot and if they pick it up for this last stretch they can salvage what seemed pretty hopeless when they first lost Hughes. Fingers crossed. Glass has helped. Losing Hamilton hurts more than many might want to admit because it’s why Nemec is playing.
