This. Good guy, storms the net and someone who doesn’t take a shift off. Could be a good weapon on the 4th line.
Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - 2022-23 season thread part III
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Both deserve it. Zetterlund especially has been a great addition this season.
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I think they want an extra forward up. They had to go one short because they had no other roster players when Wood fell Ill
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Doubt it. Ruff had some high praise after his game last night. Maybe precautionary more than anything.
It's on Fitz.
Bratt has done more than enough to prove what he's worth. Fitz committed to Jack very early and before he'd broken out. Bratt has shown what he can do. Put some faith in him and just give him the money.
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They sure have. These are also two players that some fans wrote off as they were late bloomers to a certain degree - something to certainly keep in mind in the future. If I recall correctly, many also wrote off McLeod and Bastian while they were still prospects.
I do love reading these type of articles.
I really like having Johnsson as a call-up for when injuries inevitably happen. I certainly think he'll be improved as well if/when he gets another chance with the Devils. It's quite a luxury to have a 28 year old with more than 250 NHL games available as an injury fill-in. Guy is not only fighting for another contract, but his NHL career at this point so it'll be interesting to see how he performs if given an opportunity.
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Not to mention if there’s a bug going around, want to make sure we have an extra forward around and hopefully don’t get caught having to ice 7 dmen again by surprise.
We have no clue the numbers being discussed. To blame one side either way is just ridiculous at this point.
Everyone here wants Bratt signed long-term, but you don't just hand him a blank check.
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A December to Remember?
Note: Let's make an early New Year's Resolution and move all the goalie debate into the separate thread so as not to overwhelm the general team thread with it, especially when you get fifty new posts after breakfast.
Blackwood/Vanecek/We Really Need to Move On/Goalie Thread
I personally don’t care about Blackwood’s politics or choice regarding the vaccine. I do care that he can’t seem to stay healthy and when he has been healthy he’s been a sub-average NHL goalie. I'd be lying if I said I didn't care what kind of person he was. But yeah, ultimately it's just...forums.hfboards.com
Everything aside from debating goalies that's team related should remain here.
cool, lets debate the goal song!
I don't see how it's ridiculous at all. Ultimately it's the GM's job to sign good players. If he doesn't accomplish that, it's on the GM.
And no. Fitz should hand him a blank cheque for anything under 8 figures x 8 years. Just pay him.
Nah, put him with either Bratt or Boqvist and Zetterlund.So put him on a line with Nico and Bratt then?
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If Wood was sick enough to miss the game last night maybe they just wan't to give him more time to feel better. Lord knows we don't have must win games any time soon. Several guys seem banged up.
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Zetterlund deserves it 100%, a bit surprised about Boqvist, who despite good skating, isn't good enough offensively and defensively to have a long NHL career. We will see though.
Regarding Johnsson, he has looked solid on a strong Toronto team so maybe he can be 0.5 ppg on this team in top six role (while pushing Haula to bottom six) or maybe he can look acceptable on the 4th line.
Of course every GM wants to get their good players signed, but you can't just will it to happen. There has to be some give and take. Otherwise you wind up with the situation we see in Toronto.
Bratt really only had a breakout season last year, though his underlying numbers were good. I can understand the discrepancy between Fitz and Bratt over his value coming off that.
Beyond that, as I type this out I realize that I've already had a bit too much to drink tonight so I'm gonna slow it down and leave it at that. I'm still optimistic a deal gets worked out - I think Bratt wants to stay here and I know Fitz wants him here long-term. LGD!
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So with respect to Zetterlund and Sharangovich, do we bridge them or try to get them to sign one of these 8 year 4 million deals or something?
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I would want to get Zetterlund with as much term as possible. He’s such a good complementary forward.
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Our 2017 draft class doesn't look too shabby.
1 - Nico
2 - Boqvist
3 - Big Z
Lost Studs to Dallas, but we can't keep everybody.
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He has signed a few good players and most to pretty good contracts, I trust he will do the same here if possible. And who's to say he's not asking for 10.5-11? That's why it's ridiculous, because no one here knows.
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no thanks, he's just an injury call up guy..... the countdown is on to 'see ya, dont let the door hit you on the way out'
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