Billdo
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I still can't believe we let Jacob Macdonald leave.
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Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - camp edition
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can’t believe they couldn’t even get these games on ESPN+… i guess the league is still trying to make it’s crummy network a thing. Guess it’s gonna be blacked out for me
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For once, Devils twitter is a useful place today. There's fans in Prague that seem to be running into members of the team. 
One fan met Keefe at a restaurant and another looks like they ran into Bratt walking around.
One fan met Keefe at a restaurant and another looks like they ran into Bratt walking around.
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Bratt is in the central square (staro mesto)....that part is beautiful.For once, Devils twitter is a useful place today. There's fans in Prague that seem to be running into members of the team.
I dont know. In my opinion you should chonk some beer and have fun when you get the chance in your 20s. I don't think the stanley cup is lost because u weren't 100% in the first game of the season.
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For once, Devils twitter is a useful place today. There's fans in Prague that seem to be running into members of the team.
Idk what fighting Rempe is gunna do. Wait I do know, absolutely nothing. It's not gunna stop him from doing what he does. Only way to maybe stop him is to target their stars. Playing MacDermid to try to fight Rempe is dumb and pointless.
Exactly this. Screw the "no assholes" thing, we need one.
If he's still doing it after their star gets an injury as a retalation from his antics, I guarantee you he will lose that job
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Idk what fighting Rempe is gunna do. Wait I do know, absolutely nothing. It's not gunna stop him from doing what he does. Only way to maybe stop him is to target their stars. Playing MacDermid to try to fight Rempe is dumb and pointless.
Exactly this. Screw the "no assholes" thing, we need one.
If he's still doing it after their star gets an injury as a retalation from his antics, I guarantee you he will lose that job
I highly doubt it. They would cry to the league who will absolutely side with them and he will get even more preferential treatment like Matt Cooke did. Remember how he was "reformed"? It was only because he played for the leagues darling team at the time.
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Good primer on LTIR for the upcoming season...
For the Devils, they seem to think we avoid LTIR to start the season by just going with 21 healthy skaters:
The hiccup with this is that they don't seem to be including Hatakka into the equation.
Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but since he is injured I believe he needs to be accounted for one way or another (i.e. he cannot be waived before the final roster submission).
The good thing about playing in Prague this year is that for the first two games of the season we don't have to worry about being cap compliant and these issues. It also gives us an extra day or two versus many other teams as to when our season starts after final roster submissions.
Assuming Hatakka's full cap hit of $775K has to be accounted for one way or another, we can submit a 23-man roster that includes Foote/MacDermid as the 13th/14th forwards and the usual suspects on defense, but not Casey (paper transaction down to Utica) with Hatakka put on IR. That would leave us with $151,103 of cap space that we can at least start to accrue for a couple days before the the home opener. Would also mean that DeSimone would have to pass through waivers with much of the rest of the league's fringe players on the 7th.
By the time the 10th rolls around though, either Pesce steps into Casey's spot and Seamus stays in Utica or some additional moves need to be made. Waiving Foote ($825,000) on the 9th might allow him to pass through waivers a bit easier and would allow Casey ($950,000) to be put back on the roster while still having $26,103 in cap space. Devils could also LTIR Luke and Hatakka to open up the roster spot while not risking losing Foote (or Lebanc if they ultimately go with him) since they wouldn't be accumulating much cap space during that stretch anyway.
Of course, any injuries in Prague would change this. This also doesn't account for how rookie bonuses are accounted for when submitting final opening night rosters as quite frankly, I just don't understand all that. I recall Nemec originally being on the opening night roster in 2022 because of this - if someone can explain how this all works, I would love to see it. Not sure if that would apply to Casey or not.
For the Devils, they seem to think we avoid LTIR to start the season by just going with 21 healthy skaters:
The hiccup with this is that they don't seem to be including Hatakka into the equation.
Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but since he is injured I believe he needs to be accounted for one way or another (i.e. he cannot be waived before the final roster submission).
The good thing about playing in Prague this year is that for the first two games of the season we don't have to worry about being cap compliant and these issues. It also gives us an extra day or two versus many other teams as to when our season starts after final roster submissions.
Assuming Hatakka's full cap hit of $775K has to be accounted for one way or another, we can submit a 23-man roster that includes Foote/MacDermid as the 13th/14th forwards and the usual suspects on defense, but not Casey (paper transaction down to Utica) with Hatakka put on IR. That would leave us with $151,103 of cap space that we can at least start to accrue for a couple days before the the home opener. Would also mean that DeSimone would have to pass through waivers with much of the rest of the league's fringe players on the 7th.
By the time the 10th rolls around though, either Pesce steps into Casey's spot and Seamus stays in Utica or some additional moves need to be made. Waiving Foote ($825,000) on the 9th might allow him to pass through waivers a bit easier and would allow Casey ($950,000) to be put back on the roster while still having $26,103 in cap space. Devils could also LTIR Luke and Hatakka to open up the roster spot while not risking losing Foote (or Lebanc if they ultimately go with him) since they wouldn't be accumulating much cap space during that stretch anyway.
Of course, any injuries in Prague would change this. This also doesn't account for how rookie bonuses are accounted for when submitting final opening night rosters as quite frankly, I just don't understand all that. I recall Nemec originally being on the opening night roster in 2022 because of this - if someone can explain how this all works, I would love to see it. Not sure if that would apply to Casey or not.
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In Prague right now...been here since Tuesday night. Other than the Devils group I am with (19 people that grew to nearly 50 today), saw a few fans in the street walking around. Saw only 3 Sabres fans, and one was a little kid puffing out his Sabres shirt at us. Going to a dinner tonight with a ton of Devils fans.
wait there’s ANOTHER preseason game tonight? like 18 hours before a totally different Devils team kicks off the regular season? I can’t wait for this charade to be over.
Ya they clearly didn't think the scheduling through on this one. I guess it's good for the Utica guys to get more reps against nominally NHL competition, but it's still bizarre.
Fighting is just the means to get Rempe out of the game or did I not explain that well enough? If Rempe is thrown out he can’t hit anyone in the head.Idk what fighting Rempe is gunna do. Wait I do know, absolutely nothing. It's not gunna stop him from doing what he does. Only way to maybe stop him is to target their stars. Playing MacDermid to try to fight Rempe is dumb and pointless.
Exactly this. Screw the "no assholes" thing, we need one.
If he's still doing it after their star gets an injury as a retalation from his antics, I guarantee you he will lose that job
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Looks like the 53K/Month I spend on DirectTV Stream is going to pay off right away.
They have games on this stupid network yet it's not available on most streaming services. Perfect example of the NHL acting like the NHL.
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Mets playoff series decider or Utica preseason game #3…this is a tough one!
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