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

[Bad Goalie]

actually hilarious

https://x.com/i/web/status/1840761698577211598

Bowers is in Prague. However, that is the center lineup for the Comets. Need I point out once again how weak the Comets are up the middle?

Get a chance to see if Utica can make the playoffs this year lol

That's a double LOL LOL.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Bowers is in Prague. However, that is the center lineup for the Comets. Need I point out once again how weak the Comets are up the middle?


That's a double LOL LOL.

On the plus side....never mind.

Where's the GDT?

 

[Bad Goalie]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1840756707275723254

Zzzzzz….

So Rangers management, at least for one night, does have a heart. Slaughtering lambs is even too much for the Rags.

After all they have to have Christians to slaughter for the amusement of the Garden masses.

 

[Patrik26]

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Fixed.

 

[Patrik26]

Depends how much of our fanbase are Mets fans and how much are Yankees fans that won’t give a shit…but yeah just with the lineups themselves and the baseball, this is going to be the lightest non COVID crowd in the history of the Rock and they’ll still announce 10-11,000 lol

 

[Better Call Sal]

On the plus side....never mind.

Where's the GDT?

Feel free to create one, you might be the only one watching.

 

[Cheddabombs]

On the plus side....never mind.

Where's the GDT?

If you watch this game you're certifiably insane

 

[Satans Hockey]

If you watch this game you're certifiably insane

So what does that make me if I'm going? Lol

 

[Cheddabombs]

So what does that make me if I'm going? Lol

Seek help

 

[Satans Hockey]

Missed opportunity not to call up the Utica mascot but I like Redd lol...

 

[Nocashstyle]

Lol

 

[Hisch13r]

Lol

NST has it at .832. Rocking the 3rd worst SV% and 4th worst SH%. 2nd worst PDO%. Only TB with a worse PDO and they’ve only played 2 games. Let’s get all the bad “luck” out of the way in preseason

 

[Devs3cups]

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Lol

 

[AfroThunder396]

1.) The pre-season doesn't matter.
2.) Small sample size.
3.) A new coach is installing a new system that the guys have to learn from scratch, there will be a learning curve.
4.) The defense is missing two top-4 guys.
5.) All that said, there is a legitimate chance that both goaltenders who are in their year 35 seasons are cooked and that we gave up a 1st + 3rd + Bahl for two lemons. Which is why a lot of people were hesitant to pony up the assets for such risky acquisitions.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Anytime Patty is present, it’s a welcome sight.

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

 

[britdevil]

So what does that make me if I'm going? Lol

 

[Bad Goalie]

It'll be interesting to see what they do at that point.

I figured it would be Dineen and the AHL coaching staff running things for the last 3 preseason games, which will more or less be played by the Utica guys anyway. Maybe a smaller Utica camp opens up on the 2nd with the last of the guys joining on the 4th given the final preseason game is on the 3rd.

There could be a change in plans. The post I saw yesterday is gone. Any look for Comets preseason camp schedule or roster is nonexistent. Have a feeling that's due to almost nobody to have a camp for including the coaches. I'll keep looking for info. They might not open up until the Comets are finished being mop ups for the Devils. That leaves almost no time at all.

There was some serious brain farting taking place when the scheduling to accommodate the Devils for their trip to Prague was created.
The last Devils preseason game is OCT. 3rd in Philly.
The Comets are scheduled to host the Syracuse Crunch in a preseason game on OCT. 4th!!!!!!!!!

That would give the Comets 6 days to run some kind of mini camp starting on the 5th with their main roster players. They have to get at least one day off after having played 3 games in 4 days for NJ with the last 2 on the road. Then get back to Jersey after the Philly game on the 3rd, pack up, and get to Utica where a game is scheduled for the 4th. I assume the 2nd Ranger game will see a few guys sent to Utica to join up with the Thunder to get ready for Syracuse. This goes beyond the absurd.

The Comets that play in the Syracuse game and those who played in Philly will be gassed on the 5th. Not much time will be left for an actual Comets camp since the 6th will be 5 days before they open the season. Ship the Thunder the Hell back to Adirondack and give Dineen and his coaches a short amount of time to get their lines and D-pairings set up while making sure Keefe's systems established in NJ are hammered out before they take to the ice vs the Crunch on the 11th. There has to be some time for a short break in there as well. These guys will have been going hard since
mid-September. They won't even have had time to estblish their homes away from home yet.

This Prague trip will turn out to have been FAR more detrimental to the Comets than it was for the Devils.