GDT: Devils @ Predators - 8:00 PM - MSGSN

[New Jersey]

srs post

nashville’s style just smashes us true to their marketing. they own us, there’s always that team or two in the west that we can never beat for like a decade at a clip.

 

[Tundra]

Ask Lou for Parise and Mayfield. I wonder what the cost would be?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Ok should not play another minute for the big club again this season. He is so out of his depth.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

LOL the record against Pete isn't much better

2-5-1 against him with the Sharks
1-2 against him with Vegas
0-1 against him with Dallas

3-8-1 overall

The one win was f***ing Andrew Hammond stone walling them, last year made no god damn sense in the world lol

 

[Camille the Eel]

I’m nkt a Blackwood supporter but no way this game is on him …
How many breakaways and open chances did we gift them ? It was ugly.
We let the Preds play their hack style game .

6 clean breakaways was it ? And a bunch more partial break aways and odd man rushes. We let them get behind us all night long. Plus how many mishandled pucks, failed clears and blown coverages. Ugly game but we still had our chances.

 

[NJDevs26]

Nah, DeBoer tends to get teams on the cusp of breaking out. He always lands in great spots and we've been shit for the past decade. The Hynes one is way worse imo.

Well even the Hynes teams were way better than us the first three games in previous seasons, it's only this year where he's played spoiler with an inferior roster

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[jkrdevil]

Getting the bottom 6 playing better is going to be trickier. Hope the rest helps them, if not, some of the regulars in the bottom 6 need to start sitting

I think the rest will be big there. I don’t think Wood is healthy (and frankly if he isn’t then he shouldn’t be playing because he isn’t the type of player who can be effective even while hurt). Bastian will probably be healthier as well.

They should think about splitting Haula and Tatar. Both play to similar game without play making skills. Jack is good enough to overcome it between them (and it dragged it down, he was getting points away from them), but Mercer isn’t.

 

[New Jersey]

The one win was f***ing Andrew Hammond stone walling them, last year made no god damn sense in the world lol

Fifth row from the glass in Vegas with the fiancee and we cellyed like we had only 27 combined losses instead of 27 wins. I was perplexed lol.

 

[njdevils1982]

srs post

nashville’s style just smashes us true to their marketing. they own us, there’s always that team or two in the west that we can never beat for like a decade at a clip.

they market how they want.....in the end it results in a familiar way...... first and second round exits over and over and over and over..... save for the finals '17

c'mon, needs more smash!

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Fifth row from the glass in Vegas with the fiancee and we cellyed like we had only 27 combined losses instead of 27 wins. I was perplexed lol.

Been wanting to go to a Devils/Vegas game in Vegas, it's on the bucket list lol

 

[Emperoreddy]

I think the rest will be big there. I don’t think Wood is healthy (and frankly if he isn’t then he shouldn’t be playing because he isn’t the type of player who can be effective even while hurt). Bastian will probably be healthier as well.

They should think about splitting Haula and Tatar. Both play to similar game without play making skills. Jack is good enough to overcome it between them (and it dragged it down, he was getting points away from them), but Mercer isn’t.

Yeah I am definitely counting on the week off and Marino returning to hopefully turn around their level of play, as it hasn't been very good lately outside of maybe the Vegas game

 

[Better Call Sal]

Fifth row from the glass in Vegas with the fiancee and we cellyed like we had only 27 combined losses instead of 27 wins. I was perplexed lol.

To be fair, that game had that filthy Boqvist goal that wound up being the game winner if I’m not mistaken so your celebration was allowed.

 

[NJDevils17]

Horrendous effort from the D tonight. We’ve been skating on our last legs for what feels like two weeks now. Break is much needed and tomorrow might be another brutal showing.

Plus side: Sharangovich was really solid and felt that Nico, while fighting it, is on the cusp of a major breakout. Just too involved and playing at a high level not to cash in soon.

 

[New Jersey]

Been wanting to go to a Devils/Vegas game in Vegas, it's on the bucket list lol

The game was probably our most sober evening activity of the trip

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Well even the Hynes teams were way better than us the first three games in previous seasons, it's only this year where he's played spoiler with an inferior roster

I'll give him a little bit of credit because both of our games versus Nashville have looked pretty similar but I still think the Devils gave both games away. 10 seconds away from winning the first one + the breakaway parade on Blackwood tonight.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Mike Mottau would have looked like Scott Stevens on this squad tonight.

Utter crap.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Don’t give me this big boy hockey bullshit. The Central division is f***ing terrible. The guys who struggled tonight were the guys who are supposed to play big boy hockey.

Appreciate you like the Devils - and Arizona and Chicago certainly drag the division down - but the Central Division has by far been the toughest for the Devils.

While they haven't played the Jets or Wild yet, Dallas, Nashville (twice) and St. Louis have all beaten New Jersey and the Devils 1-0 win over Colorado was in the first month of the season with the Avalanche missing key players.

Throw in the two losses to the Flyers and it's clear the Devils have a "big man" hockey problem.

 

[Devilsgrl35]

I just hope the guys aren't looking ahead to the break. Just one solid effort tomorrow and enjoy the break.

 

[New Jersey]

To be fair, that game had that filthy Boqvist goal that wound up being the game winner if I’m not mistaken so your celebration was allowed.

That was the impetus. I rewatched myself in the corner of the frame of the replay popping out of my seat several times like a child, haha.

 

[Camille the Eel]

Maybe we respond with an A+ game tomorrow like we did after the loss to the Caps early in the season. It would be nice to go into the break with a win in regulation.

Also hope we see Boqvist on ice tomorrow night, for the sake of speed and cohesion. Someone else can sit.

 

[Tundra]

Is Dallas a good bet tomorrow? They can't possibly fix this in 24 hours?

 

[guitarguyvic]

One thing the Marino injury is making clear is that our defensive depth worse than I thought. When fully healthy it’s ok, but Smith stinks, and all remaining options beyond him are not NHL ready.

 

[njdevils1982]

Mike Mottau would have looked like Scott Stevens on this squad tonight.

Utter crap.

i need to know herf's opinion on this one

 

[Devilsfan992]

In other news, Hughes had 8 FOW tonight.