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I honestly didn’t realize Palat was missing when wondering how the hell Foote is on the 3rd line lol.
Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - camp edition
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So Pesce is close, at least.
I imagine like a handful of games missed and he’s back
It’s nice to see they are rewarding Casey but I didn’t see anything from White or DeSimone to choose them over Misyul who played well and still has some upside.
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The White-Desimone pair was a dumpster fire in both preseason games they played.
I also can’t believe Labanc didn’t get more of a look with our thin depth up front. They did him kind of dirty
I also can’t believe Labanc didn’t get more of a look with our thin depth up front. They did him kind of dirty
my hope is they just want them there as emergency / warm bodies.
in the case of labanc, do we even have cap space to sign him? i feel as tho our Mgmt might want to keep the space open to make some more moves by deadline. i think it would’ve taken a way better performance by him to have swayed their minds from that approach.
DerekDevils30
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That top 4 on D is not fleet of foot at all. Probably my biggest concern heading into the early portion of the season. Hamilton can move the puck nicely but not sure about the other 3. Luke and Pesce out really hurts our transition in the top 4. Hopefully we can do just enough to get by early while guys are working their way back towards playing.
Mgd31
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Oh bummer. Despite us living out of NJ my son is a huge Devils fan now. We watch the Canes but only causally. We go to every home opener together. Oddly he’s trying to become a Pirates baseball fan which is stupid but kids have to learn the hard way sometimes.
DerekDevils30
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It depends. For now I’m guessing he’s staying with a veteran in a nice house so probably 10 or 11 feet. If he ends up renting short term condo at some point it is more likely 9 feet
His ceiling if everything went right is like Quinn Hughes without the elite speed and acceleration but that’s obviously an unlikely outcome. More realistically I think he’ll end up being #2/3D two way that’ll be on our PP2 (but could be a PP1 guy) and chips in like 40ish pts. Could also be a bit better than that and be like a Spurgeon or Rafalski
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Props to Casey. Came in as a 1st year pro most likely headed to the AHL and apparently secured a spot on the opening night roster. Injuries contributed to that to some extent, but it's still impressive and awesome for the future or our D core. Super excited about him as I am with Luke, Nemec and Silayev.
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I imagine Nemec turns it around but if he doesn’t then Casey takes his spot. Probably would end up running 7D though instead if that happens. I don’t think they’d send Nemec back down or keep him scratched for long
Glad to see Casey making the most of his opportunity.
It was never going to be seamless with Luke and Pesce out to start the season, but having Casey as quality depth should make our defense look much more respectable than it would otherwise.
