GDT: Devils @ Hurricanes - 7:00 PM - MSG

[Maine Fan]

Through six games we have mostly eliminated the Big Mistakes that dogged us last year. The absolutely blown coverages that repeated themselves sometimes five to six times a game and that had people all alone in front of our net with oodles of time.

That's a big difference. We seem to be in position and on the right side of the puck even when we do make mistakes, they aren't of the same catastrophic sort.

Hi, Camille the Eel, how are you doing? I agree with your post 100%. Totally different team, coaching and play than last season. .much more acceptable this season. Later

 

[BostonDevil]

I don’t consider Meier or Palat as heavy rugged players and Bastian isn’t very good.

They definitely aren't finesse guys.

 

[JimEIV]

I think they're making up for @JimEIV 's absence.

Having to deal some medical issues hopefully this will be resolved soon and I can get back to inflammatory post.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Having to deal some medical issues hopefully this will be resolved soon and I can get back to inflammatory post.

But seriously. Get well Soon

 

[devilsblood]

I don’t consider Meier or Palat as heavy rugged players and Bastian isn’t very good.

Meier is a pretty rugged player. Nico is too. Especially as top 6 players.

 

[Comparison Ford]

as much as i love Tatar, this is a kind of game where he is exposed. not sure he won one board battle tonight and was easily neutralized.

i wouldn’t mind trying

Bratt-Hughes-Noesen/Cotter
Meier-Nico-Mercer

as a top 6 and then figure out whatever the hell the bottom 6 is gonna do

i do think they are gonna give meier hughes bratt at least 10 games to sort their shit out and see if they can get used to playing together

 

[My3Sons]

as much as i love Tatar, this is a kind of game where he is exposed. not sure he won one board battle tonight and was easily neutralized.

i wouldn’t mind trying

Bratt-Hughes-Noesen/Cotter
Meier-Nico-Mercer

as a top 6 and then figure out whatever the hell the bottom 6 is gonna do

i do think they are gonna give meier hughes bratt at least 10 games to sort their shit out and see if they can get used to playing together

I think Cotter makes more sense as he skates much better than Noesen.

 

[glenwo2]

Having to deal some medical issues hopefully this will be resolved soon and I can get back to inflammatory post.

Please get well soon, Jim.

 

[ninetyeight]

I don't know if I believe this whole scheduling rested vs tired theory. I think this game looked a lot like every Devils Canes game in the past 5 years or so. Put Vanecek etc on goal and this is 7-2 blow out loss. They completely dominated us the whole game and it was painful to watch. I'm sure we get a lot better once the team gels together and learns the new coaching system, but to me this game showed that we are still far away from the top teams. And unlike the Leafs game the team didn't look off, I don't think they made huge mistakes, they just couldn't handle the Canes pressure.

 

[Nubmer6]

I think Cotter makes more sense as he skates much better than Noesen.

I'm not sure every player on that line has to be fast. There's plenty of speed between Jack and Jesper. Noeson could trail and be a netfront presence while digging picks out from the boards. It's a combo that may be worth trying at some point.