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

[Ripshot 43]

Not going to be easy since it’s still early in the season, but I think we really need to start looking into acquiring some depth pieces. Ideally we can hold out until teams start realizing they are sellers but the 4th line (which needing an upgrade anyways) injuries are starting to pile up between Lazar, Bastian and Tatar now.

3 2nd round and 3 3rd round picks in 2025 (one of those will be gone depending on Allen playing 40 games or not).

 

[dgibb10]

What level of competition is he playing? It’s still great even if he’s sheltered I’m just curious.

Similar to the dougie pairing.

None of the devils pairings play particularly "hard" minutes. They send Luke and Hamilton out more in need a goal situations, and Pesce and Dillon out to preserve leads. Here's everyone on NJD except casey (didn't make the minutes minimum)

Something to note is the pairing before Luke and Pesce got back did play quite sheltered minutes (2 20 year olds), which will slightly boost the difficulty of the other 2 pairings in those 10 or so games.

Here's what the NJD pairings look like since luke came back

All very similar usage. He's not getting ridiculous minutes, but there's no effort to shelter him either.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Need this years Lazar