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

[devilsblood]

Shot of espresso? Timo, my guy.

On the other side of the coin, Sevy wtf?

How bout Haula? Black with whole milk? Dude's a walking contradiction.

 

[glenwo2]

Shot of espresso? Timo, my guy.

On the other side of the coin, Sevy wtf?

Notice who is missing from that (Bratt)... I guess he's not a coffee drinker. Only a Bratt-Trick maker.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Is blackwood even close on returning? Any news on that front?

One can only hope the answer is no.

 

[Better Call Sal]

How bout Haula? Black with whole milk? Dude's a walking contradiction.

He got the boring part right.

 

[Darkauron]

I hate coffee and tea. The world must hate me I bet

 

[Devilsgrl35]

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Great news - Blackwood is almost back!

That's a very polite way of saying 'No'

 

[jkrdevil]

I don’t care about Blackwood. He is going to get a couple of meaningless games by the time he is ready.

 

[Camille the Eel]

I don’t care about Blackwood. He is going to get a couple of meaningless games by the time he is ready.

Yes I agree after we’ve clinched like during the last ten days he will likely start two or three to see where he’s at.

 

[glenwo2]

Speaking of Haula :

 

[MartyOwns]

We've seen this entire cycle play out before. He comes back from injury one week, plays one excellent game and one dreadful stinker, then gets injured again and goes right back to IR by the end of the second week.

Lather, rinse, and repeat.

nothing a little ivermectin can’t fix

 

[MadDevil]

How bout Haula? Black with whole milk? Dude's a walking contradiction.

Well, he needs to stir something...

 

[Bleedred]

f*** Blackwood

How about that?

I have no idea what the teams plans are for Blackwood for the rest of this season.
Based off his play , inconsistency , injury history , I can see us not qualifying him and not part of our plans moving forward. A few reasons why . Salary , level of play , having VV / Schmid / Daws / Brennan waiting and we just don’t have the cap room to pay him to be a mediocre , oft injured , wildly inconsistent goalie.
But for the rest of this year? No idea. There are only a handful of games left for us to figure out who our goalies will be.
We can’t rely on using him in the playoffs , even as a backup. he is rusty PLUS is inconsistent at the best of times.
I really hope we go with VV as the game 1 starter , and use Schmid as the backup if VV falters or is injured. Too much to risk relying on Blackwood IMO. If he was like a Sorokin level goalie , then hell ya, use him even if just coming back from injury . But not Blackwood .


An crap. Just read this after I wrote about how I don’t think he should or would be given a start anymore .

f*** qualifying him. He’s not worth $3+ million. He’s worth maybe slightly more than $1 million a year.

We can have Schmid for even cheaper than that and almost definitely he won’t be worse than Blackwood.

Blackwood is one of the worst goalies in the NHL. That’s 3 straight mediocre to bad years now.

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

Wood stirs the drink.

Ok, I got Haula stirs, a Bastian stirs, a Wood stirs, a Tatar Stirs, a Hughes stirs, a Timothy stirs and I’ll be back with the Nico stirs, a Dougie stirs, a Bratt stirs…

 

[Devs3cups]

f*** Blackwood

How about that?

 

[Bleedred]

What's hilarious is this worthless shit bag is still even a thing because of THREE years ago and he ain't done shit since.

Vanecek's season this year is on par with with Blackwood's 19-20 season of .915% or not too much of a dropoff, considering 19-20 was a .910% league average, while 22-23 is a .904% league average. 47 games and 43 starts of .915% in 19-20 = 45 games and 43 starts of .909% in 22-23.

Maybe you give Blackwood's 19-20 a slight edge because his February of 2020 was arguably the best month of goaltending a Devils goalie has quite possibly ever had.

Other than that, just move the f*** on already. The guy that's replaced him has been MUCH better. It isn't even anywhere near close. This isn't like making a 4th line forward like Miles Wood sit for his 8 or 10 minute superior replacements while he was gone. We're talking about the most important position in the game and a guy that plays 60 minutes.

The fact that this guy is even potentially an option anymore is a joke. He's probably the worst player on this team, outside of maybe Wood, who was looking a little better before his recent injury. And he adds absolutely no value to the team when he's in and probably even costs us.

I have no idea how there’s any possibility that he hasn’t lost his spot to Schmid, both this year and going forward.

 

[Nhlpowerweek]

What's hilarious is this worthless shit bag is still even a thing because of THREE years ago and he ain't done shit since.

Vanecek's season this year is on par with with Blackwood's 19-20 season of .915% or not too much of a dropoff, considering 19-20 was a .910% league average, while 22-23 is a .904% league average. 47 games and 43 starts of .915% in 19-20 = 45 games and 43 starts of .909% in 22-23.

Maybe you give Blackwood's 19-20 a slight edge because his February of 2020 was arguably the best month of goaltending a Devils goalie has quite possibly ever had.

Other than that, just move the f*** on already. The guy that's replaced him has been MUCH better. It isn't even anywhere near close. This isn't like making a 4th line forward like Miles Wood sit for his 8 or 10 minute superior replacements while he was gone. We're talking about the most important position in the game and a guy that plays 60 minutes.

The fact that this guy is even potentially an option anymore is a joke. He's probably the worst player on this team, outside of maybe Wood, who was looking a little better before his recent injury. And he adds absolutely no value to the team when he's in and probably even costs us.

I have no idea how there’s any possibility that he hasn’t lost his spot to Schmid, both this year and going forward.

Damn mayne. I believe you, yall know your dirt. He should never be playing again clearly. Thank you again for all the answers.... I Will now be making my report bye

 

[TheUnseenHand]

I hate coffee and tea. The world must hate me I bet

Coffee is gross and I gave up tea many years ago. I'm there with ya buddy.

 

[glenwo2]

I only drink Coffee if I'm at home and do not have a work day.

It causes me to go to the restroom a lot which isn't conducive for me getting my work done at Work.

So....now that THAT interesting "visual" has been made......How about them Devils?

 

[Bleedred]

I don't like the taste of coffee at all.

Hot coffee is completely and utterly undrinkable for me.

I would take a sip or two out of a cold one though, but don't like it enough to drink an entire coffee.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Shot of espresso? Timo, my guy.

On the other side of the coin, Sevy wtf?

Before I watched this if you would've told me Siegs order was a double espresso black I would've 100% believed you. That's a handsome drink for a handsome man

 

[KovalchukFistPump]

Here I am back at work at an office job and going back to the old 3+ cups a day, constantly consuming habit.

 

[Clam Jensen]

I’ll do a Celsius before the gym and then put a pot on for my wife and I when I get home. I consume way too much caffeine.

 

[My3Sons]

Vanecek's season this year is on par with with Blackwood's 19-20 season of .915% or not too much of a dropoff, considering 19-20 was a .910% league average, while 22-23 is a .904% league average. 47 games and 43 starts of .915% in 19-20 = 45 games and 43 starts of .909% in 22-23.

Blackwood's the best goaltending a Devils goalie has quite possibly ever had.

The guy has been MUCH better. It isn't even anywhere near close. We're talking about the most important position in the game and a guy that plays 60 minutes.

this guy is an option. He's looking better. And he adds value to the team

I have no idea how there’s any possibility that he has lost his spot to Schmid, both this year and going forward.

I agree. Blackwood holds up in your comparison to Vanacek and Schmid. Hopefully NJ signs him to a long extension as you are suggesting.

 

[Nocashstyle]

I hate coffee and tea. The world must hate me I bet

Nah, just pity you

 

[Satans Hockey]

Shot of espresso? Timo, my guy.

On the other side of the coin, Sevy wtf?

I don't drink coffee either, guess I gotta get a Severson jersey if he stays here lol