“Okay, we’ll start with a nice urban landscape and then cut to that statue of a guy with a bayonet going through his chest”
Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - 2023-24 season part III
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“Okay, we’ll start with a nice urban landscape and then cut to that statue of a guy with a bayonet going through his chest”
That's a good offer depending upon where the Devils finish.
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Anyone here who watches Utica's AHL games? I am curious how Akira Schmid has looked compared to Poulter. His numbers are much worse. That being said, the time Schmid has been in Utica has also been while they lost Nemec and Cal Foote....who I would think are probably their 2 best defensemen?
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Was trying to be nice. It's obvious he doesn't handle being sent down well at all
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Meh Schmid is hit and miss up here too. The first time he got called up he gave up like 5 goals per game and had an .833 sv%. He had a decent stretch last year, and then he was not good again this year.
He may just be a streaky mediocre goalie.
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Seems to be a lot of Toffoli content lately. I wonder if there's a re-signing coming up...
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If it's Holtz fine, just free him - he's never gonna do shit with this coach anyway, and he does seem to be a bit of a dumbass who needs tough love.
Emperoreddy
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I don't think some people who say screw this, let's get Saros, are grasping just how much more expensive that trade would be.
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I'd rather wait and see how the goalies play under a sensible defensive system for a few weeks before sending a ton of assets to Calgary for an old guy and have to do this all over again in a year or two.
Early results are promising.
Early results are promising.
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IMO if they got to players agreed upon, one of the teams will cave and make the deal.
You don't get that far and just kill it. Either we or CGY will agree to get it done
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This actually looks way better than I thought it would lol
Disagree, retention is a big thing for some teams to completely destroy deals on. Also if that was the case and Holtz was one of the players, he wouldn't have played tonight
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^This.
I like the looks of the games coming out of the break much better.
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And yeah I agree, if they're going to play like this defensively then it'd be dumb to get a goalie right now. Make a run and then re-assess in the offseason
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I don't know what adjustments they made but it looks more like they're finally dialing back the ALL-OUT OFFENSE ALL-THE-TIME "system" considerably and are taking the conservative approach, focusing more on Defending their own end with a Counter-Attack type of scheme it seems.
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Which is basically what 'all of us' could have told them weeks and months ago. I mean really, it shouldn't take this long to figure out with greenhorn defensemen, a revolving door at forward due to injury and shaky goalies that you needed a simplified system but stubborn Mr. Magoo wouldn't budge until this week.
And will be covered in a foot of snow soon lmao
glenwo2
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So long as the current "tweaked" system keeps working, keep doing it.
The big test is when Vitek is in net.
Was what we saw in Carolina a result of the Defense or did Vitek have one rare moment (or night) of brilliance?
Should be interesting to see tomorrow.
The big test is when Vitek is in net.
Was what we saw in Carolina a result of the Defense or did Vitek have one rare moment (or night) of brilliance?
Should be interesting to see tomorrow.
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there was a follow up tweet saying Calgary wants a 1st but they’re only being offered 2nd rounders so far. I think Holtz and Casey are safe unless Markstrom isn’t the only player coming back
Though i guess it could be something like Holtz and a third?
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I mean the thing is too, the last 2 games have been their closest efforts to last season. If they're just general slow starters to the season/games then it's also a player issue then as well as a coaching one
Ya, then it'll actually look really nice come Saturday. It's a shame that MetLife is one of the most boring looking stadiums in general lol
Canes Seattle Preds Kings is an interesting four game stretch as they all try to play low event hockey
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