Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - season begins!

[Whaddagoal]

I'm fine with Timo getting 1 game. We always say we don't like seeing our stars get pushed around so I'm fine with one of them standing up for themselves. It will keep others from fvcking with him.

Me too, however I'm not sure how different timos crosscheck was to Ross Colton's to Timos face last season. Colton only got fined. This league is wildly and intentionally uneven in their judgements

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Me too, however I'm not sure how different timos crosscheck was to Ross Colton's to Timos face last season. Colton only got fined. This league is wildly and intentionally uneven in their judgements

Their judgement criteria:

1. Do you play for an original 6 team? Yes - No hearing. No - go to 2.
2. Are you a star player? Yes - Go to 3. No - Spin the wheel and assign the random number of games the pointer lands on*
3. Was there a serious injury? Yes - Go to 4. No - Small fine.
4. Was the other player a star? Yes - spin the wheel and assign random number of games. No - Fine
* If the other player was a star, max suspension.

 

[Hisch13r]

Me too, however I'm not sure how different timos crosscheck was to Ross Colton's to Timos face last season. Colton only got fined. This league is wildly and intentionally uneven in their judgements

Their judgement criteria:

1. Do you play for an original 6 team? Yes - No hearing. No - go to 2.
2. Are you a star player? Yes - Go to 3. No - Spin the wheel and assign the random number of games the pointer lands on*
3. Was there a serious injury? Yes - Go to 4. No - Small fine.
4. Was the other player a star? Yes - spin the wheel and assign random number of games. No - Fine
* If the other player was a star, max suspension.

Matthews got 2 games for something similar too.

 

[My3Sons]

This one of my favorite stats of the season so far. Unfortunately for some reason JFresh didn't have this for last season but considering we did a great job of limiting quantity but a very poor job of limiting quality I can't imagine it'd look great lol

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so thr average shot against NJ is a bad one?

 

[Hisch13r]

so thr average shot against NJ is a bad one?

Yeah they have the best average xG against per shot attempt

 

[DerekDevils30]

Cotter's a closer Timo replacement than Tatar is and Tatar's an upgrade over Cotter on the 3rd line.

If Keefe wants to deploy Hischier as the usual matchup line I don’t know if he’ll trust Cotter in that role. I think Tatar is the safer play

 

[Hisch13r]

If Keefe wants to deploy Hischier as the usual matchup line I don’t know if he’ll trust Cotter in that role. I think Tatar is the safer play

I'd just give that role to Tatar-Haula-Mercer for the game instead. I've brought this up ad nauseam at this point but Cotter-Haula have been bad together. They were able to beat up on Nashville last game so maybe against another bad team they could keep it rolling

 

[Goptor]

Their judgement criteria:

1. Do you play for an original 6 team? Yes - No hearing. No - go to 2.
2. Are you a star player? Yes - Go to 3. No - Spin the wheel and assign the random number of games the pointer lands on*
3. Was there a serious injury? Yes - Go to 4. No - Small fine.
4. Was the other player a star? Yes - spin the wheel and assign random number of games. No - Fine
* If the other player was a star, max suspension.

You are overestimating the effort that DoPS puts into their work.

They make up new criteria each year. This year its:

Did you retaliate immediately after an incident and cause injury? Suspension and hearing where the only thing said is "Do no retaliate against other players, okay?"

 

[NjDevsRR]

This one of my favorite stats of the season so far. Unfortunately for some reason JFresh didn't have this for last season but considering we did a great job of limiting quantity but a very poor job of limiting quality I can't imagine it'd look great lol

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Detroit (confused Dano face)

 

[Hisch13r]

Detroit (confused Dano face)

Their offense on the other hand... Their offense has been insanely bad this year. TopDownHockey has them last in xGF/60 at 1.93. Chicago's the next worst at 2.12. That's a larger gap than Chicago at 31st and Vancouver at 22nd.

It is weird they're sandwiched where they are defensively with LA, Minny, us, and Vancouver. Those are the 4 best when it comes to xGA/60 while Detroit's 16th.

 

[Bcap88]

I knew this team wasn’t going to get pushed around when Jack dumped Lindell in the corner after a whistle in the Florida game for no apparent reason lol

 

[NJDfan86]

At this point I prefer Bowers over Foote. But the Meier suspension opens the door for both guys to get in the lineup and I'd like to see Foote play well. But I also want to see Bowers and Dowling and Tatar play well. I'm funny like that.

Edit: But yeah, Mac is clearly a non player, they protect the hell out of his minutes, and he still puts up terrible numbers. Foote is not that.

Bowers has done a good job, and I probably would have left Foote in the AHL due to his general lack of playing time the past few years so that he can get minutes. Foote has the type of profile that can pop after some middling years so I would have liked to see him get a chance to play big minutes.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Bowers has done a good job, and I probably would have left Foote in the AHL due to his general lack of playing time the past few years so that he can get minutes. Foote has the type of profile that can pop after some middling years so I would have liked to see him get a chance to play big minutes.

What profile is that? Slow as dirt with an overrated shot?

 

[NJDfan86]

What profile is that? Slow as dirt with an overrated shot?

leaving aside the shot part (it’s a good shot), yes? Big, slow skating forwards with decent offensive skill often take time to figure out how to play at an NHL pace. There’s not a great hit rate, but the upside is worth it should the player work out.

 

[dgibb10]

This one of my favorite stats of the season so far. Unfortunately for some reason JFresh didn't have this for last season but considering we did a great job of limiting quantity but a very poor job of limiting quality I can't imagine it'd look great lol

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Checks out

 

[Better Call Sal]

 

[Saugus]

PK still pumping our tires years after leaving the team.

You love to see it.