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

[HugeInTheShire]

Just unbelievable that Shero passed away, I didn't hear anything about him being sick or anything.

 

[MartyOwns]

wow, that's horrible. RIP shero, thanks for all you did

 

[Bleedred]

What the f***…this guy couldn’t have been older than late 50’s, early 60’s?

His old man died of cancer just a little over two years older than Ray was now.

I’m not sure if his health was in decline and he was ill, and it was just kept private outside of family or if this really was sudden. I wonder if he was still making regular appearances around the Wild’s day to day operations.

 

[Ekiru]

Rest in Peace, Ray Shero

 

[Guadana]

Rest in peace, Ray Shero. Very sad news, he wasnt old.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Truly awful news to hear. Ray seemed like quite a personality, and it seems that many in the hockey media are sharing that sentiment. He did a lot of good things in his tenure here, and will certainly be remembered for the lottery wins. I hope we still have that gif of him cackling before we found out we won the Jack lottery. It was priceless.

RIP Ray, thanks for your time here in Nj.

 

[theoptimist]

RIP RAY

 

[Satans Hockey]

Holy shit that's absolutely awful, was shocked to see this posted here.

 

[Bleedred]

Holy shit that's absolutely awful, was shocked to see this posted here.

I was so thrown for a loop when I saw it in the around the league thread.

I totally did not expect to see that name when I started reading the post and it became clear it was the announcement of someone’s passing.

 

[Patrik26]

In a sad turn of news and insanely sudden - RIP to Ray Shero who passed

Oh my. Think what you may, but the couple times I ran into him, he couldn't have been nicer. Here's a link to a post I wrote from 3 years ago. You need to click on the link to read my reply -->

GDT: Post in thread 'Devils @ Rangers - 7pm, MSGSN & NHLN'

Nov 29, 2022

I was at a game with my little guy before a game, and Ray and the staff walked past me and I said good luck tonight Ray or something like that and he just sneered at me and fortunately Terreri and I think it was Clowe both smiled and were nice.

I mean, the guy owes me nothing and I get that he's got a job to do, and who am I to grouse, but that did it for me.

Everyone I've ever encountered except him in the Devils org dating back to the 80s has been nice. I've seen Lou answer 'who do you want back?' folks who yelled out that he needed to trade some one and lemaire and Robinson...

• Patrik26

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And here's the picture from the concourse and also a signed puck from the Global Series in Sweden. Again, the man couldn't have been nicer.

RIP Ray.

 

[Bleedred]

And what today’s news, Lou Lamoriello is the only former Devils (Scouts and Rockies too) general manager still living.

And Lou and Tom are the only living people to serve as Devils GM.

 

[Bleedred]

Oh my. Think what you all want, but the couple times I ran into him, he couldn't have been nicer. Here's a post I wrote from 3 years ago -->

GDT: Post in thread 'Devils @ Rangers - 7pm, MSGSN & NHLN'

Nov 29, 2022

I was at a game with my little guy before a game, and Ray and the staff walked past me and I said good luck tonight Ray or something like that and he just sneered at me and fortunately Terreri and I think it was Clowe both smiled and were nice.

I mean, the guy owes me nothing and I get that he's got a job to do, and who am I to grouse, but that did it for me.

Everyone I've ever encountered except him in the Devils org dating back to the 80s has been nice. I've seen Lou answer 'who do you want back?' folks who yelled out that he needed to trade some one and lemaire and Robinson...

• Patrik26

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And here's the picture from the concourse and also a signed puck from the Global Series in Sweden.

RIP Ray.

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He strikes me as very genuinely happy to have taken that picture with you.

 

[Better Call Sal]

First page of our meme bank thread, glad to see it. Seemed like a gem of a guy.

 

[NJDevs26]

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First page of our meme bank thread, glad to see it. Seemed like a gem of a guy.

I like to think that was also his reaction to seeing the Zacha KHL rumors just before the Brampton quote

 

[jkrdevil]

He made the right picks with the #1s. RIP

 

[My3Sons]

He will always be fondly remembered as the GM who had the stones to add Ben Lovejoy. Rest in peace and I hope he didn’t suffer. He seemed like a genuinely nice person .

 

[Better Call Sal]

 

[Patrik26]

He strikes me as very genuinely happy to have taken that picture with you.

He was. We spoke for what seemed like 10-15 minutes ... it was probably more like 5. It was right after Palmieri had gotten hurt in practice. It was also the day Wedgewood was traded to Arizona but that was never discussed, so I guess I wasn't truly in the loop.

 

[britdevil]

Brutal news. Such a great guy.

RIP Ray.

 

[Desert Devil]

The posts whining about the negative posts are worse than the negative posts themselves. I know I am now whining about those whining about the negative posts lol but this is a discussion board. You don’t have to agree with every post on here and everyone has a right to voice their opinions and concerns no matter how much you may disagree with them. I enjoy hearing everyone’s opinions and not just listening to the collective groupthink. At the end of the day we are all Devils fans and want what’s best for the team. Who cares if someone is being negative on here? If it’s that big of a deal just ignore them on here or literally don’t engage with them. It’s a very simple approach.

 

[Ekiru]

He will always be fondly remembered as the GM who had the stones to add Ben Lovejoy. Rest in peace and I hope he didn’t suffer. He seemed like a genuinely nice person .

He also had me the moment he chose Nico over Nolan and it worked out; unfortunate Patrick had the migraine issues, but I thought hed be better by a mile

He was the start of our culture and identity shift and Ill always appreciate him for that. Very large shoes to fill and Id say he did just fine

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

so sad about Shero. Just from the tone of everyone's tweets/stories, I don't even think he was sick? Seems like it was unexpected.

 

[youryeah]

never gonna forget his quote about zacha f***ing off to the KHL or brampton during their contract negotiations

classic. RIP

 

[New Jersey Devils]

This is upsetting. RIP Ray. Thank you to helping building the foundation we have today.

 

[My3Sons]

He also had me the moment he chose Nico over Nolan and it worked out; unfortunate Patrick had the migraine issues, but I thought hed be better by a mile

He was the start of our culture and identity shift and Ill always appreciate him for that. Very large shoes to fill and Id say he did just fine

He didn’t know how to build a defense but he knew how to read people and he oversaw a very good drafting process. He avoided anchor contracts (can you imagine if he’d given Hall an 8 year $80 million dollar or more deal) and he didn’t get destroyed in any trades. A mixed bag of a GM but there have been far worse ones.