****. This. ****. You can analyze all the stats, critique the roster up and down 10 times over, this is just a bad team right now. They have found pretty much every conceivable way to lose over these last 3 weeks. That's what bad teams do. Sure, they have looked better at times during these last 3 losses, but that's nothing to be proud of. They're playing **** mediocre teams. If you're serious about winning and being a good team, Winnipeg, Buffalo, Toronto, well these are exactly the types of teams you don't want to be lumped with. Even as flawed as the Devils are right now, they still managed to outplay each of these teams, yet they lost every single game. This is a bad team.
Last year, I never got too down about this team during the season, especially the first half of the year when they were finding their way. They showed early on that they had a good plan in place and the right people playing for the team. All they needed was a few tweaks to get the most out of them and it nearly paid off. But this an entirely different animal this year.
I understand that they're is banged up, and it's hurting them big time. After what has gone down these last few weeks, I'm sure people will think twice about knocking Zubrus even if he isn't producing. His absence is huge in all of this because the dude just gets it. He's such a well rounded player and he's one of those guys that's doing all the right things that you never really see during the game when he doesn't have the puck. But here is the thing. Even with Zubrus being hurt, what we are seeing wouldn't be happening if this team wasn't flawed.
The defense and the goaltending is constantly getting called out here, however, the biggest issue with this team (and it's not even close) is how insanely thin they are at forward. This is essentially a 2 1/2 line team right now and to make matters worse, NONE of the top players are producing. None of them. 6 points for Zajac in 22 games? Kovy with a handful of even strength points 22 games in? In what world is this unacceptable?
Lou has his work cut out for him. That much is for sure, but only in the sense if this team wants to be a serious player during the post season. Right now they're not a legit threat to win anything, but they should certainly be able to get to the dance if they can get healthy and most importantly, their best players start performing like their best players. Until that happens, they'll continue to swim in this river of **** that they have found themselves in. It's getting ugly real fast.
Last year, I never got too down about this team during the season, especially the first half of the year when they were finding their way. They showed early on that they had a good plan in place and the right people playing for the team. All they needed was a few tweaks to get the most out of them and it nearly paid off. But this an entirely different animal this year.
I understand that they're is banged up, and it's hurting them big time. After what has gone down these last few weeks, I'm sure people will think twice about knocking Zubrus even if he isn't producing. His absence is huge in all of this because the dude just gets it. He's such a well rounded player and he's one of those guys that's doing all the right things that you never really see during the game when he doesn't have the puck. But here is the thing. Even with Zubrus being hurt, what we are seeing wouldn't be happening if this team wasn't flawed.
The defense and the goaltending is constantly getting called out here, however, the biggest issue with this team (and it's not even close) is how insanely thin they are at forward. This is essentially a 2 1/2 line team right now and to make matters worse, NONE of the top players are producing. None of them. 6 points for Zajac in 22 games? Kovy with a handful of even strength points 22 games in? In what world is this unacceptable?
Lou has his work cut out for him. That much is for sure, but only in the sense if this team wants to be a serious player during the post season. Right now they're not a legit threat to win anything, but they should certainly be able to get to the dance if they can get healthy and most importantly, their best players start performing like their best players. Until that happens, they'll continue to swim in this river of **** that they have found themselves in. It's getting ugly real fast.
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I was furious last night 
