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

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

what does depth have to do with top end talent?

they are two different things.

 

[Bcap88]

Must have been a nasty surgery for pesce

Morreale said he was 3 weeks post op when he signed in July (fractured fibula)

What’s it like 12 weeks lol

 

[Hisch13r]

what does depth have to do with top end talent?

they are two different things.

If Siegs is a top 4 guy again then you should easily be able to get away with running out a top 4 of Dougie, Siegs, Nemec, and Dillon with a bottom pair of Hatakka-Kovacevic for a couple of weeks. If that sinks your season then you had far bigger problems to worry about anyway.

 

[JimEIV]

If Siegs is a top 4 guy again then you should be able to get away with running out a top 4 of Dougie, Siegs, Nemec, and Dillon with a bottom pair of Hatakka-Kovacevic for a couple of weeks. If that sinks your season then you had far bigger problems to worry about anyway.

That backup defense is better than what we iced most of last year. Our defense can withstand injuries a lot better than our top 6 can.

 

[Hisch13r]

That backup defense is better than what we iced most of last year. Our defense can withstand injuries a lot better than our top 6 can.

Shit and I also might say our top 6 can maybe withstand injuries better than our bottom 6 can. The forward depth is THIN

 

[AfroThunder396]

Fitz did a really great job raising the floor of this team, even if all the wheels fall off like they did last year we should still comfortably in the bubble.

 

[MadDevil]

Surgery recovery???



This is where I get accused of being pessimistic.

Not sure I see a Stevens or Neidermayer in this group - let alone all the top notch defenders that were with those teams.

In fact, don't see a number one shut down guy in the bunch.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Not sure you see Hall of Famers who were among the best to play their position on defense? Wow. You got a point there.

 

[Xirik]

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The TNT line?



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[Billdo]

Got that dreaded week to week.... See him in November I guess.

Kinda concerning because he said he'd be ready for camp so how come he's not? Not too worried about it. We've got decent enough depth.

 

[My3Sons]

Kinda concerning because he said he'd be ready for camp so how come he's not? Not too worried about it. We've got decent enough depth.

My guess is he is still having residual inflammation and it’s causing pain when he puts on his skates. Maybe he’s got some scar tissue in there as well. He will work through it but it could take some time.

 

[ZYXWVUT]

So there’s a good chance Pesce isn’t ready for the start of the season either now it seems?