Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - offseason part I

[Emperoreddy]

Getting emails and calls about season tickets next year is something else.

 

[Devs3cups]

Luke is almost at 50 points and is second in rookie scoring and I wouldn't be surprised if the Calder finalists are Bedard, Cooley, Faber lmfao.

 

[britdevil]

Luke is almost at 50 points and is second in rookie scoring and I wouldn't be surprised if the Calder finalists are Bedard, Cooley, Faber lmfao.

Luke will be in there. The Hughes bros are NHL darlings....

 

[youryeah]

gotta say bratt has been one of the lone bright spots in an otherwise shit sandwich of a season. going to be at least a PPG player this year.. always in the lineup. can't ask for much more from him

 

[glenwo2]

And on a night where Bratt finally gets point number 80, he goes and gets 2 more goals in the 3rd for good measure, leading to an unlikely road victory.

Now I could care less what happens the rest of the way.


I'm ready for the offseason to begin.

 

[Camille the Eel]

Luke is almost at 50 points and is second in rookie scoring and I wouldn't be surprised if the Calder finalists are Bedard, Cooley, Faber lmfao.

With all the time he missed, no way Bedard should win the Calder. But I wager they will give it to him anyway.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

With all the time he missed, no way Bedard should win the Calder. But I wager they will give it to him anyway.

I was just thinkin the other day that the NHL firehose of Bedard news and coverage has really died down after his return from injury. It's been nice.

 

[ndkjr70]

gotta say bratt has been one of the lone bright spots in an otherwise shit sandwich of a season. going to be at least a PPG player this year.. always in the lineup. can't ask for much more from him

Nemec, Bratt, Meier in that order are my bright spots.

Marino, Siegenthaler, Palat in that order are my brown spots.

 

[Devs3cups]

Nemec, Bratt, Meier in that order are my bright spots.

Nico and Luke are in there for me as well.

Jack got his points and was always a threat, but post injury he hasn't been himself. Pre-injury he was insane though. The off-season will do wonders for him.

 

[BurntToast]

What’s really fudging wild is that this team has close to 5, 27 goal scorers (once you add in Toffoli’s 26 goals).

Mercer finally had his sophomore slump (year 3, late bloomer), but he still got 20 goals. Plus, they had Holts and Haula chipping in 15+ . I don’t see the offense being a major issue going into next year. Even if they trade Holtz, a full year of Dougie makes up for that.

I still hate Palat’s contract. Its obvious his “leadership” didn’t help the Devils this year. He occupied a spot on Nico’s line with little points to show for it and his injuries have taken their toll. Paying someone 6m for the playoffs is stupid.

You know who had 6m AVV contract for the past 5 years Jake Guentzel. Just for reference.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Biggest lesson of this year has to be not taking any team lightly, getting high on your own supply and thinking you run the league after 1 good year and can take sections of games of and still win. Also not giving up a year would be the next one, Pens and Isles coming from behind us and taking both spots is really bad optics but the bright spot is that Travis Green won't be the coach long term. Would've 100% gotten the job if they squeaked in

What’s really fudging wild is that this team has close to 5, 27 goal scorers (once you add in Toffoli’s 26 goals).

Mercer finally had his sophomore slump (year 3, late bloomer), but he still got 20 goals. Plus, they had Holts and Haula chipping in 15+ . I don’t see the offense being a major issue going into next year. Even if they trade Holtz, a full year of Dougie makes up for that.

I still hate Palat’s contract. Its obvious his “leadership” didn’t help the Devils this year. He occupied a spot on Nico’s line with little points to show for it and his injuries have taken their toll. Paying someone 6m for the playoffs is stupid.

You know who had 6m AVV contract for the past 5 years Jake Guentzel. Just for reference.

I despise Palat's contract but it's very unfair to compare an RFA v UFA deal

Getting emails and calls about season tickets next year is something else.

I used to tell them I would do game by game basis until the team made the playoffs and they'd usually understand or agree over the phone. My go to now is probably gonna be until they actually string consecutive playoff years lol

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

gotta say bratt has been one of the lone bright spots in an otherwise shit sandwich of a season. going to be at least a PPG player this year.. always in the lineup. can't ask for much more from him

If he wasn't so damn streaky that's all I could ask for. His game has gotten better this season and last. You can see he is a bit better defensively and his confidence in his skating abilitywith the puck is through the roof. Its also a plus that he can play with Nico and/or Jack and have chemsitry with both of them.

Glad he is locked up for 7 more seasons !

 

[swissexpert]

remember when timo had 11 goals on march first lmao

16 goals in 21 games since, that's #1 league-wide (tied with Kaprizov).
We don't know exactly what the issue was with injury, missing confidence or just false usage, but this dude we're seeing right now, could be fun to watch over a full season.

 

[swissexpert]

...and as I'm screening the monthly stats, our capitano is a top 10 scorer since late Jan, nice!

1. Connor McDavid C 32 12G 55A 67P
2. Nikita Kucherov R 30 11G 47A 58P
3. Artemi Panarin L 32 18G 36A 54P
4. Nathan MacKinnon C 30 20G 33A 53P
5. Leon Draisaitl C 33 19G 31A 50P
6. Auston Matthews C 33 29G 20A 49P
7. Kirill Kaprizov L 30 24G 22A 46P
8. Nico Hischier C 34 14G 26A 40P
9. Sidney Crosby C 34 14G 26A 40P
10. Filip Forsberg L 31 20G 19A 39P

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Jesper climbing the ranks of all time Devils leaders in single season points.

 

[JimEIV]

Imagine all the talent we've had over the years and Scott Stevens 1994 60 assist season is still the team high water mark.

 

[Blackjack]

Imagine all the talent we've had over the years and Scott Stevens 1994 60 assist season is still the team high water mark.

He was pretty good, I’d take him on my team.

 

[Blackjack]

Bratt hating Devils Twitter having a very normal one after last nights game

 

[Devils731]

Hating on Bratt getting to a point per game has similar vibes to being mad the players eat dinner.

Sorry the players didn’t commit seppuku to satisfy not meeting your expectations.

 

[forceten]

Luke has been fabulous and it's frustrating because Faber has also been great, and I think he also deserves the attention he's getting. But I don't agree with people leaving Luke out because Faber is at 25 min ATOI and Luke is at 21 ATOI. Luke has the highest ATOI on this team as a rookie, as does Faber. Because Luke doesn't have to play 25 mins shouldn't be a negative - he's still leading the team in ice time, and is outscoring everyone but Bedard as a rook. Hughes should be a finalist for sure. I think he deserves consideration for the award.

 

[TBF1972]

disappointing season. playoffs was the goal and the goal was missed.

i am aware of the injuries, i am aware of the goalie performances and i am aware of the firing of the coach. none of it changes anything. every team has some of the same issues over an 82 game season. the roster was simply not mature enough to overcome those obstacles.

hopefully management, coaching staff and every single player does all they can to get the devils back to the playoffs next season. now the lottery and the draft looms and i can't get myself interested in those events, even if i am against trading the pick.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Bratt hating Devils Twitter having a very normal one after last nights game

The anti-Bratt people on twitter are easily the dumbest segment of the fan base. Guy has done nothing but beat expectations at every turn, signs a long term team friendly deal, and still they want him traded.

 

[glenwo2]

Bratt hating Devils Twitter having a very normal one after last nights game

Why are you posting this garbage by a garbage person?

 

[tailfins]

Luke has been fabulous and it's frustrating because Faber has also been great, and I think he also deserves the attention he's getting. But I don't agree with people leaving Luke out because Faber is at 25 min ATOI and Luke is at 21 ATOI. Luke has the highest ATOI on this team as a rookie, as does Faber. Because Luke doesn't have to play 25 mins shouldn't be a negative - he's still leading the team in ice time, and is outscoring everyone but Bedard as a rook. Hughes should be a finalist for sure. I think he deserves consideration for the award.

The Calder is pretty irrelevant. Look at the history of who won it.

Much more important is that Luke figure out what he wants to be: a #1D or a mid pair offensive specialist.

Given how hard Jack and Quinn seem to work at their games, I'm not really worried about Luke's progression. But, it still is up to him. And that's the difference between a HoF type career and one that gets forgotten. That's a much more meaningful distinction than getting / not getting Calder consideration.

 

[ndkjr70]

Genuinely don't understand posting tweets from a random twitter user, unless your entire goal is to just rile up the forum.

I'm not going to post 6 pages of facebook comments that say Simon Nemec sucks.