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

[Lou is God]

I am really curious how Fitzy and Keefe will respond to questions/a question about any possibility of Quinn being acquired this summer. You have to assume it will be asked.

I guess the easy answer is he could say it's not something we have discussed internally or given much thought to.

They can't talk about him, that could be considered tampering.

 

[devilsblood]

I know this probably won't be a popular take, but "injury prone" to me, indicates someone that misses tons of time with nagging groin or muscle injuries or stuff like that. Jack has had serious injuries where he has crashed basically head first into the boards. Now, does he need to learn to put himself in better position to avoid that type of stuff? Yeah, I think that is absolutely fair. But it isnt like he is missing weeks at a time with pulled muscles or stuff like that.

I guess its just semantics, but yeah.

Guys can be injury prone for different reasons, but a player getting himself hurt because he puts himself in certain situations is one way to be injury prone.

I'm also at the point where I believe there is a genetic thing regarding shoulders with Jack and Luke. It's like 6 shoulder injuries between the 2 in 3 years time? That's not just some bad injury luck.

 

[devsfan8]

They can't talk about him, that could be considered tampering.

Fair enough. Good point.

 

[devilsblood]

You know how it's hard to unlearn things that you learn as a kid the more time passes? Now apply that to being taught by a world-class hockey skater whose technique got you to the highest level of professional hockey in the world. Also, that skater happens to be your mom.

Like it or not, Jack ain't changing his technique. It is what it is at this point.

High level players are always changing and improving.

Jack is now at a spot where he has to be questioning where his career is heading. Real career risk. I'd think everything is on the table.

 

[thebeernerd]

I am really curious how Fitzy and Keefe will respond to questions/a question about any possibility of Quinn being acquired this summer. You have to assume it will be asked.

I guess the easy answer is he could say it's not something we have discussed internally or given much thought to.

If someone throws that grenade to them, the correct response is to throw it back. It's tampering to confirm that they want him and I don't think they want to have a pants-down moment like Rutherford had.

 

[devilsblood]

Bratt and Jack are both great skaters but they use their skating differently.

Bratt wants to bait you into losing to his skating. Bratt saunters up and asks, “I’m going slightly faster than you can keep up, do you want to try?” and then changes what he will do in reaction to the opponent.

Jack wants to beat you by overwhelming you. Jack skates up screaming, “You can’t keep up!” and dares you to try.

They both should learn from the other when to pick and choose between deception and outclassing. Bratt can sometimes just beat a guy but chooses to slow down to deceive when he doesn’t have to and Jack sometimes tries to overwhelm a guy with too good and angle and too good a skater for that situation.

How that relates to slipping, Jack is going at it near 100% of maximum much more often than Bratt and when you’re near your max, that’s when you’re most likely to spin out.

Kind of unrelated(maybe not?) but I always thought Jack's skating looked very effortless. Bratt looks like he is really digging in when he turns it on.

 

[thebeernerd]

The Hughes brothers all play hard, as well. They're not going to shrink away from a challenge even if they're not physically built for it.

 

[Nocashstyle]

Bratt is a great skater who pivots and cuts as well. Doesn't fall nearly as much as Jack.

My theory is Jack needs to bend deeper into his skating stride. He's too upright. Stronger legs would benefit him if this were true.

Stronger in general just sounds like a good idea.

Bratt has a stockier build and a lower center of gravity. It has nothing to do with stride.

 

[Bcap88]

Shoulders are tricky because no matter how much mass you put on there’s only so much you can do.

Dalvin Cook is 5’10 210 lbs of muscle and still had 6 shoulder injuries.

 

[JK3]