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

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Again, the frequent chirping that the team is just being held back by the bottom 6 is lazy nonsense. Does it need to be better? Of course. But the top 6 didn't produce enough at ES all season.

Fact: the Devs have 1 player in the top 65 forwards in ES p/60 (500 min+). And it wasn't alleged elite superstar man of glass Jack Hughes.

If the Devils need every top 6 player to show up yearly and everything to go their way a la 22-23, they're never winning a Cup btw. You need to be a good team some years when guys in your top 6 don't show or have off years because of the depth of the roster. You don't have depth in this sport and you're done as a team. This isn't the NBA where you make it on star power alone
 
I have to say that the loss against Dallas last week - when we fought back to tie it on Pesce’s goal with 4 minutes left and then lost the game with 5 seconds left - was as painful and depressing an experience as I’ve ever had watching sports. I’m not saying it was more than any other - just that I don’t remember being as depressed and sad after a game any time in recent years - like going back to maybe 2010. I couldn’t sleep afterwards and just kept lying there unable to shut off an emotional feedback loop. Having just seen Jack Hughes get hurt again the prior game was definitely part of it too. Just so sad.

It’s not healthy. It’s not fun. I’ve been wondering why have I spent so much time on this message board? But certainly it’s been until recently a resource from surfing my phone surveying horrible political news and current events.

I disagree that we aren’t necessarily making the playoffs and still have hope, but I’m not going to watch the games for a while except to check in for a few minutes periodically . Trying to find an acceptable level of engagement.
I was like you where I couldn’t sleep after that game . It ruins my evening and even the next day after a Devils loss ( since Christmas ) That’s not good / healthy . What really sucks is that now it’s wait another 7 months to next season to see if we are contenders or not . That’s what’s really getting me down as after the TDL , I have zero faith that we are making the playoffs and if we do , we are going to get destroyed in the first round .
 



Crashing out.

Gained 0.1% today

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What argument. Bratt has been useless this season and you're point to a pile of assist provided by Jack.

How the hell Jack became our best goal scorer is beyond me but that's the case.

"Bratt has been useless this season" lmao

my god man. The season goes off the rails and you decide to show up with your takes.

Never change.
 

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