Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - camp edition

[HischierSeDgewOrk]

I could play on their wing and pick up like 55 points by osmosis

You'd be the second coming of rob brown

 

[JimEIV]

View attachment 908012

Wolves destroy everything until there is nothing left.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Jack looks leaner. Dropped weight to get faster?

 

[JimEIV]

What do you mean ? If willman is a regular in the lineup then there’s bigger issues

Willman goes down 775 added to 4.9 is is 5.675 you want a million dollar cushion you now have 4.675 to spend on Mercer with ur million dollar cushion

4.6 could work...

3.5, 4.25, 6 = 4.53 AAV. That could work for sure.

But I'm sure the Mercer camp would still prefer two years. Instead of taking the 3rd year, he could/ should bet himself.... isn't that what Fitz is fond of saying?

 

[NjDevsRR]

Markstrom: “me and Rogy will talk”

 

[JimEIV]

I always assumed that goaltender had a little bit of control in the goalie coach?

 

[Ripshot 43]

At least we got one training camp day in with him before his retirement.

 

[Goptor]

I've never understood the point of not showing up to training camp. Get a PTO signed with exclusions on media availability and physical activities. Hit the video room, work with coaches on schemes, etc. There's a bunch of stuff that can be done without risking injury.

 

[Saugus]

Timo-Nico-Tatar

The TNT line?



View attachment 908014

Let's not get so attached to training camp lines that we start prematurely naming them.

That's how we end up with such noted combos like the H2O line.

 

[JrFischer54]

.
.

are people still upset we traded holtz? stop!

 

[JrFischer54]

is that the helmet they teased over the summer?

 

[NjDevsRR]

is that the helmet they teased over the summer?

Negative

 

[Devs3cups]

 

[Billdo]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836818009190703507

Correct

A disgrace even.

 

[Bcap88]

Fitz says deal with Mercer is close

 

[Billdo]

He better get some new pads. He's always got nice ones and the mostly white is lame.

 

[Devs3cups]

Haula wasn’t on the ice because he’s sick. Should be food to go in a day or two.

Pesce had surgery at the end of the season, as was already known. He’s doing good, working on agility and comfort. Considered week to week, does appear he’ll be ready to go for the start of the season in a few weeks. He was there yesterday.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

They could have really used one more legit top six winger. I’d much rather have had Gritsyuk this season than Tatar.

you have to assume Meier and Mercer will get promoted off the third line at some point during the season

 

[JimEIV]

Fitz says deal with Mercer is close

Where did you see this? I have been scouting the web for news and I haven't seen anything.

 

[Billdo]

Where did you see this? I have been scouting the web for news and I haven't seen anything.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836849003583131776

 

[Better Call Sal]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836851049602167215

Always a sound philosophy.

 

[dgibb10]

I mean no way of telling yet. This is also a worry of mine. The hope would be that Keefe offering some actual structure can counteract it. Unlike last year where the team was slower and you can’t play Ruff hockey effectively unless you’re playing at a million miles an hour

Letting Boqvist, Wood go and losing Mcleod decimated the speed on the bottom 6 last year

 

[JimEIV]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836851049602167215

Always a sound philosophy.

Seems like something s dickhead would say doesn't it?

 

[NJDevs26]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836851049602167215

Always a sound philosophy.

Generally yes, but the great Devils teams always had a bit of nails on a chalkboard type of quality too - Stevens, Claude, etc...yes it's good to have as many talented guys who don't have an overinflated ego as possible, but as we saw last year you also kind of need someone to straighten these ****ers out when they start lollygagging and becoming more worried about the refs than the games. Sometimes rocking the boat is good.

And yes I know Keefe 'should' help in that area but you need peer pressure too. Nico is a lead by example guy. Jack is too passive-aggressive to really get in people's faces. Dougie is just a passive, loveable dork. Who's gonna do that here - maybe Haula and Palat? That's stretching it, especially since they didn't do enough of that last year.

 

[dgibb10]

4.6 could work...

3.5, 4.25, 6 = 4.53 AAV. That could work for sure.

But I'm sure the Mercer camp would still prefer two years. Instead of taking the 3rd year, he could/ should bet himself.... isn't that what Fitz is fond of saying?

4.6x3 for mercer would be a terrible negotiation job by fitzgerald.