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

[devilsblood]

Dumolin has been very good with Kovacevic, yea he got notably burned twice and they both ended up in the net. You like a save on one of those. He has a 70% xGF. He has been a fine Siegenthaler replacement, which we desperately needed.

Agree we needed that type of player.

But I don't want to hear to "except for getting notably burned twice he has good stats". Nor "make a save".

 

[Devils731]

Dumolin has been very good with Kovacevic, yea he got notably burned twice and they both ended up in the net. You like a save on one of those. He has a 70% xGF. He has been a fine Siegenthaler replacement, which we desperately needed.

I think he’s been pretty fine.

He’s brought the veteran calming presence that the team knew they need with both Siegs and Hamilton out. He’s move the puck and support the offense a little more than I thought he would.

Team has to play composed and tight hockey right now. I still see Casey and Nemec both as NHL guys but they both lean more dynamic than composed in what they bring right now.

 

[Clam Jensen]

It is wild that I feel much more confident with Allen in net.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

It is wild that I feel much more confident with Allen in net.

I think we need to accept that this is the nature of goalies. There are maybe 4 or 5 in the league that you are always confident in. The rest are like Markstrom or Allen. They are fine behind competent defense, but some nights will look great and other nights will look like they never played goal before.

 

[Bleedred]

It is wild that I feel much more confident with Allen in net.

Since Markstrom returned, yes.

But there was like a 5-7 game in a row stretch where Allen was even worse than this between November-January. Allen hardly played at all in this stretch. It was literally from about Thanksgiving through the last week of January when Markstrom got injured where Allen was pretty weak in just about every game played. And I don’t think we won a single game he started, despite winning nearly all of them with Markstrom in the same stretch.

So I’m hoping that’s what’s happening with Markstrom right now and that it’s just random and not the injury still affecting him.

 

[devilsblood]

It is wild that I feel much more confident with Allen in net.

Obviously Markstrom is still trying to find his sea legs, but Allen was very good at the end of last year as well.

 

[NJDevils17]

Both Markstrom and Allen have played excellent the majority of the year. Marky has first shot jitters (like a lot, going back years) and Allen has been inconsistent the last few years but this season specifically, both are delivering more than asked.

 

[Devs3cups]

Not sure I’d pin any goal on Markstrom yesterday. You’d like a save on the 2nd one I think though.

First one was a great deflection and the third one was an absolute fluke goal.

 

[CalamityX23]

It is wild that I feel much more confident with Allen in net.

I was thinking late last night after the game, like Allen and Daws were keeping the goals against wayyy down than Markstrom has been since he got back.

To be fair, Markstrom first game back was really good, we just had no offense to help. But since that, he's been human.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Now Casey in for Cholowski is 100% something I would try as it's a righty spot and one you can shelter and even throw PP minutes to, Cholowski getting PP minutes is pretty ridiculous. But as you say Keefe has not shown trust in Casey at all.

Yeah I would prefer Casey there as well, but Cholo is actually a pretty skilled offensive player. I think he could work out for us as a stop gap.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Dumoulin has largely been steady back there so far. Was happy to see him get rewarded with an assist on Timo's goal.

His most egregious mistakes (2) have ended up in the back of the net, but given he's been dropped into a new system just 3 games ago, I think he's been very good alongside Kovy.

I would have flipped out if he finished that chance he got to walk in on in the 2nd period last night.

 

[Better Call Sal]

 

[theoptimist]

Sean Kuraly could have been had for pennies earlier this season. Remember? Back when Dowling was our 3C?

Fire Fitz.

 

[BostonDevil]

We can't keep playing Haula, right? Right??

 

[Bleedred]

We can't keep playing Haula, right? Right??

On pace for 82 points and 41 goals over his last two games.

 

[theoptimist]

We can't keep playing Haula, right? Right??

His media personality is atrocious. Guy sucks and is mad there’s data to prove it.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Remember the trade deadline? That was a fun day.

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[Triumph]

Sean Kuraly could have been had for pennies earlier this season. Remember? Back when Dowling was our 3C?

Fire Fitz.

The Devils wouldn't've had cap space for that even if they waived MacDermid.

 

[dgibb10]

Brady, at 25 years old, is 3 goals away from 4 straight 30 goal seasons. Timo has three 30 goal seasons in his career.

And maybe the Four Nations is not representative of every game life in the NHL but Brady, against the highest level of competition, was a physical goal scoring beast. As noticeable a player as anyone in that tournament. Saying "he fought someone" as you do, suggests you may not have watched the tournament.

I also don't see them as very similar in terms of style. I mean, yeah big strong goal scoring wingers, but I feel Timo is more a guy who pushes the puck up ice and gets a large portion of his chances on the rush while Brady is more in zone, and in general much more physical.

The entire bolded claim falls apart when you realize that timo had 28 in 69 games last year.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Timo still has more 5 on 5 goals and points than Brady. He also been out there 38 goals to 23 against while Brady is getting outscored by 3 on a playoff team.

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[JimEIV]

The entire bolded claim falls apart when you realize that timo had 28 in 69 games last year.

Which is another plus for Brady....the kid has missed about 15 games his entire career.