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

[OmNomNom]

no mercer trade, sounds like long-termish deal coming up?

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

You want to watch how they are performing on the ice?

How about karts races?

Who’s the Anders, the Viking biker who got second place? Don’t see an Anders on the dev roster. Coach? Late ATO? Ringer?

 

[NJDevils17]

That was the nicest thing Fitz has said about Holtz the whole time.

 

[Nubmer6]

If Bratt and Jack are together then I also think a meat and potato guy is the type of player to put with them.

Obviously the more talented the guy the better but Jack is his most effective, imo, when he’s thinking shoot first. He can get himself to high scoring areas by himself and then shoots well enough to score. When they put a shooter like Toffoli with Jack then Jack started to defer to Toffoli and tried to set the shooter up; I don’t think that’s the most effective version of Jack.

I think the majority of people still think of Jack as a playmaker but I think he’s at his best as a medium to high quality volume scorer. I don’t need him adding an extra step to a play to try and have someone else score when he can score on the current step.

For me, having a meat and potato guy that wins pucks to get Hughes more touches but doesn’t require the puck fed back to them may be the best synergy for the line.

That's exactly what I've been saying, although I was thinking Palat as that guy.

You want to watch how they are performing on the ice?

How about karts races?

I feel like some of them aren't old enough to drive.

 

[Hisch13r]

If Bratt and Jack are together then I also think a meat and potato guy is the type of player to put with them.

Obviously the more talented the guy the better but Jack is his most effective, imo, when he’s thinking shoot first. He can get himself to high scoring areas by himself and then shoots well enough to score. When they put a shooter like Toffoli with Jack then Jack started to defer to Toffoli and tried to set the shooter up; I don’t think that’s the most effective version of Jack.

I think the majority of people still think of Jack as a playmaker but I think he’s at his best as a medium to high quality volume scorer. I don’t need him adding an extra step to a play to try and have someone else score when he can score on the current step.

For me, having a meat and potato guy that wins pucks to get Hughes more touches but doesn’t require the puck fed back to them may be the best synergy for the line.

Yeah I've been saying for 2 years now while he's obviously a dual threat he's better as a scorer first

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808510419935301740

He does seem like a rougher Miles Wood with not as much speed. Happily pay league minimum for that vs the deal he got.

 

[Satans Hockey]

 

[Goptor]

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How do these camps work with the NCAA guys now that they can start getting paid?

 

[OmNomNom]

fitz essentially confirmed we were in on helenius, but got convinced to pick up silayev

 

[R8Devs]

Based on what Fitz said they were picking between Silayev and Helenius

 

[Guadana]

It was obvious before the draft they will target Helenius. Great that team see more value in top-4 defeseman over third line center/top-6 winger.

But I started to be sure even more that Fitz is trying to draft for needs more.

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

How do these camps work with the NCAA guys now that they can start getting paid?

(modern rap beat)
“Um, yeah, um, yeah…
Went to camp before I started making millions…
Surprised my face when I saw Bahl in the building,
NIL got me feeling richy and I smell the vapors,
Making cash, in the bank before I put pen to paper”

 

[Better Call Sal]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808511398508433722

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808509442117308885

 

[Satans Hockey]

How do these camps work with the NCAA guys now that they can start getting paid?

I have no idea but that's an interesting question

 

[Hisch13r]

fitz essentially confirmed we were in on helenius, but got convinced to pick up silayev

Thank god Silayev was there

 

[Better Call Sal]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808509664356696387

 

[Nubmer6]

 

[Mgd31]

Short press conference. Didn't hear anyone confirm with Fitz if he is actually done or not, but I guess its implied. Was hoping someone would ask him if he was looking to bring in another depth center given the dearth of options we have.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

It was obvious before the draft they will target Helenius. Great that team see more value in top-4 defeseman over third line center/top-6 winger.

But I started to be sure even more that Fitz is trying to draft for needs more.

Yup. Still an absolutely terrible strategy.

 

[Bcap88]

I have no idea but that's an interesting question

I don’t think it changes anything

NCAA players can get endorsements with companies. I don’t think they get actual performance contracts

Edit: does anyone know how to disable the refresh because this website refreshes way to much for having such lackluster servers lol

 

[Better Call Sal]

Short press conference. Didn't hear anyone confirm with Fitz if he is actually done or not, but I guess its implied. Was hoping someone would ask him if he was looking to bring in another depth center given the dearth of options we have.

Someone did ask if he was done with the open market, and he said yes. He did mention he feels that with where they feel Dawson's contract will fall (and Foote also) that they will be left with flexibility to maybe make moves down the road.

 

[Lou is God]

fitz essentially confirmed we were in on helenius, but got convinced to pick up silayev

Got convinced?

 

[Guadana]

Yup. Still an absolutely terrible strategy.

Im not a fan of it. Still good they drafted their number 1 defenseman on their list.

This is how Holtz was drafted. As Stillman. I believe as Nemec. Great that Nemec was so talented. Intersting how Fitz would act if we would win 1OA that year.

 

[Mgd31]

Someone did ask if he was done with the open market, and he said yes. He did mention he feels that with where they feel Dawson's contract will fall (and Foote also) that they will be left with flexibility to maybe make moves down the road.

Oh okay, I must have missed that part. Thanks

 

[Better Call Sal]

Got convinced?

It was in jest, but he said he spoke with Dan Mackinnon and said what do you think, the big defenseman or the Finnish center? And he basically said "the defenseman is 6'7" and skates incredibly so we're taking him".