Devils discussion (news, notes and speculation) - playoff edition

[cris10]

Nico Hischier, Timo Meier and Jonas Siegenthaler will play for Switzerland at the World Championships.

 

[Hisch13r]

WHAT THE f*** IS UP WITH THIS TEAM AND SHOULDERS!?!?!?!?!?

 

[FooteBahl]

Nico Hischier, Timo Meier and Jonas Siegenthaler will play for Switzerland at the World Championships.

Every devils fan (probably): how are the Swiss shoulder surgeons?

 

[FooteBahl]

WHAT THE f*** IS UP WITH THIS TEAM AND SHOULDERS!?!?!?!?!?

They took “we need some new wings” waaaay to seriously

 

[Clam Jensen]

Maybe Bratt should tone down the checking lol

 

[JimEIV]

WHAT THE f*** IS UP WITH THIS TEAM AND SHOULDERS!?!?!?!?!?

Interestingly enough, we were top 10 in hits this season.

Maybe we're asking some guys do things that that their bodies weren't made for?

On the hand, tripping into the boards isn't really that kind of physical confrontation? So maybe just bad luck?

 

[Better Call Sal]

Timo Meier. Elite "Stuff per 60" player.

 

[Satans Hockey]

WHAT THE f*** IS UP WITH THIS TEAM AND SHOULDERS!?!?!?!?!?

This many shoulder injuries? Time to clear out the entire medical and training staff.

 

[cris10]

Lol. They only have a cheap general practitioner with them, not a shoulder surgeon. But the World Championship isn't as tough as the playoffs. This will go well.

 

[tailfins]

Timo Meier. Elite "Stuff per 60" player.

Interesting to see Chandler Stephenson, Erik Haula, Adam Henrique, and Ryan Strome on this list. Haula we already have, and the rest are names some people want to replace Haula.

 

[JimEIV]

Interesting to see Chandler Stephenson, Erik Haula, Adam Henrique, and Ryan Strome on this list. Haula we already have, and the rest are names some people want to replace Haula.

Stephenson 31 years old
Strome 31 turning 32 in July
Haula 34 years old
Henrique 35 years old


No coincidence here in my opinion.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Stephenson 31 years old
Strome 31 turning 32 in July
Haula 34 years old
Henrique 35 years old


No coincidence here in my opinion.

Eh I think that's a bit of a lazy takeaway for lack of a better word.

To be fair, I don't think this tells a ton of story so much as what these players tend to actively be doing at even strength. There's a reason that Kiefer Sherwood is topping this list, he throws a hit every 5 seconds when he's out there. You then have Matvei Mitchkov appearing on the list of guys who don't do a ton of stuff per 60 at 5 on 5, so I don't think it's just an age thing.

I like the idea Justin Bourne had commenting off this in that he's unsure what this truly tells but imagines that if you put a team together of players who do a lot of stuff per 60, they might be a very good team. Who really knows right?

Here's the whole forward list for what it's worth:

 

[NJDevs26]

Wonder what Bratt was battling through. Gotta figure it was something somewhat significant if he elected to have surgery after the season ended.

I’m wondering when exactly it happened

 

[FooteBahl]

I’m wondering when exactly it happened

Probably from carrying the team sometime after February 6th if my math is correct

 

[TrufleShufle]

Bratt getting shoulder surgery too???

I didn't even know he was sick.

 

[thebeernerd]

If anyone wants to question Bratt's toughness from now on, they will have to answer to my meaty fists

 

[Billdo]

Feel like some extra attention should be paid on that area of the body during the offseason for the boys moving forward.

 

[FooteBahl]

Feel like some extra attention should be paid on that area of the body during the offseason for the boys moving forward.

Or wear nfl-style shoulder pads

 

[Incharge1976]

Or wear nfl-style shoulder pads

 

[theoptimist]

Interesting to see Chandler Stephenson, Erik Haula, Adam Henrique, and Ryan Strome on this list. Haula we already have, and the rest are names some people want to replace Haula.

I stay away from analysis that categorically sums up a player’s contributions to “shots and passes.” J Fresh knows this and thus calling this data “Does Stuff” which carries a less authoritative tone.

Anyway, Chandler Stephenson is good and the Kraken were terrible. Both are facts.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

I stay away from analysis that categorically sums up a player’s contributions to “shots and passes.” J Fresh knows this and thus calling this data “Does Stuff” which carries a less authoritative tone.

Anyway, Chandler Stephenson is good and the Kraken were terrible. Both are facts.

I think Stephenson is closer to bad than good now

 

[NjDevsRR]

 

[theoptimist]

I think Stephenson is closer to bad than good now

This is one of the most difficult sports to isolate individual impact. Baseball is one of the cleanest. ‘Stuff per 60’ is for low brow executives. Don’t fall for it.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

It's absolutely wild how many injuries they were dealing with. Like, I know everyone is a injured in the playoffs but damn.

 

[AfroThunder396]

I just got a great deal on some synthetic shoulders but unfortunately I had to buy them in bulk, I'm talking like 20 shoulders. I'm just giving them out to my friends/guys who play for the team I like.