Monsieur Verdoux
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They should have claimed Geertsen and play him with McDermid. Imagine McDermid-X-Geertsen line. That would have been magic!
Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - season begins!
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Poppy Whoa Sonnet
J'Accuse!
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Cause not all players are good fits in every organization and maybe he has skills the team could utilize? He's 23 and had 12 points in 18 AHL games last year fwiw.
I agree though that a center should be the priority if the goal is to improve the forward depth, just don't know what names that would be.
Our roster spots are pretty much spoken for. Claiming Pelletier would mean waiving somebody like Foote which seems like a lateral move. For better or worse, MacDermid has a spot to get dressed in certain games. Sounded like the Devils offered Labanc the same deal that he signed with Columbus, but Fitz indicated to Labanc that he would start the season in the AHL.
Not sure if you meant to claim Pelletier and then try to sneak him down to the AHL like Vegas did with Grigori Denisenko last year.
Edit: off the top of my head, waiver priority for October is based on last year’s standings. So the Devils would be 10th. After November it’s based on points percentage. Also it’s not like a fantasy league where if you put in a claim and then you’re now at the end of the line for priority.
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Just run 2 D. The D is now a massive strength of this team. That pp2 is crap outside of Casey.
Can't see the Devils claiming anyone. If we had a roster spot open or were willing to waive Foote, then they would've just handed it to Lebanc. Maybe Fitz could've offered a bit more than league minimum to entice him, but even then he would've had to clear through waivers to go to Utica and Columbus could've snagged him anyway.
Normally I'd agree, but Buffalo made it really easy. If it wasn't for Levi, and this team actually shot high more, it probably would've been a lot uglier.
They played super passively in the d-zone and on the breakout, they didn't have very good support. The same exact issues this team suffered last year
Oh ok, well that's a good reason to be out
Thanks! I assume Mac drew in and played like, no minutes?
Yea, didn't play much. I think he got like 2 or 3 shifts and did absolutely nothing except be 10 seconds behind the play
Zajacs Bowl Cut
Lets Go Baby
The Devils have announced several transactions on Sunday.
The following players have been waived with the intention to loan to the Utica Comets (AHL):
- Forward Shane Bowers
- Defenseman Nick DeSimone
- Forward Nolan Foote
- Defenseman Colton White.
Yup, last year in that 1st screen shot, you wouldn't even see 63, 86, and 28 on the screenshot because they were already out of the defensive zone. I really wish it was an exaggeration. Same crap is happening with Buffalo under Ruff.
AfroThunder396
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Keeping all of their D is the correct decision, but I really don't like putting Foote on waivers. It's not the end of the world if we lose him, but I rally hope we don't.
Darkauron
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If they were just gonna waive Foote anyway, I'm surprised they didn't give Lebanc a roster spot.
Guess they keep Casey around a bit longer, but if Pesce is ready to go on Thursday I'm not sure where they slot him in.
Submitting a 23-man roster with 13/8/2 plus Hatakka on IR would leave the Devils $26K under the cap.
Guess they keep Casey around a bit longer, but if Pesce is ready to go on Thursday I'm not sure where they slot him in.
Submitting a 23-man roster with 13/8/2 plus Hatakka on IR would leave the Devils $26K under the cap.
SteveCangialosi123
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I’d like to have Foote down there just in case, but I doubt there’s a whole lot of separation between him and someone like Halonen at this point.
Devil X
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They offered Labanc the same contract he got with Columbus supposedly. He choose Columbus.
theoptimist
Keep Siegenthaler
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I am very shocked the Siegs-Kovacevic pairing has looked this good. I'd like to see Siegs against other competition, but still pleased with his play during this Sabres series.
I think having Dillon helps him with ES and PK minutes.
Yes, but the speculation is that he chose Columbus in part because he was not offered a spot in NJ and would've been sent to Utica.
Foote missed a year to injury, if someone wants to take him that is perfectly fine with me. You can find Foote level players on waivers all the time.
Labanc has nothing to do with Foote.
Which is almost certainly true, and even if it isn't true, he would not have played on Friday even if he did make the roster. It's not even clear he would've played over MacDermid on Saturday because he's typically been an RW only in the NHL.
Labanc has nothing to do with Foote.
Which is almost certainly true, and even if it isn't true, he would not have played on Friday even if he did make the roster. It's not even clear he would've played over MacDermid on Saturday because he's typically been an RW only in the NHL.
Lebanc and Foote were theoretically competing for the same 14th forward spot.
Columbus was certainly a preferable option though, as he should get plenty of playing time there versus at the very least being a healthy scratch here and/or sent to Utica.
One other minor point is that I just thought of as well - with the Devils having already played 2 games, Lebanc also probably earns more on the same contract with Columbus as he (I believe, but could be wrong) would've gotten paid out a a pro-rated 80/82 rate here versus a full season in Columbus (not to mention probably more favorable taxes there as well).
And I think having Pesce back will reduce Siegenthaler's hard minutes further. They're not the same handedness, but having another top 4 level defenseman will help spread the burden around more.
Siegenthaler might end up with the situation that Severson had a couple seasons ago: a top 4 caliber defenseman feasting on lesser competition in third pairing minutes.
Lebanc was not competing with anybody because he is, to my knowledge, not an NHL player. Hockeydb doesn't have a listing for any Lebanc.
Players are not paid per game, they are paid for the length of the NHL season. That said, my guess is that in order to fudge things, the Devils were paid NHL salaries on Friday and Saturday, and those count as days 1 and 2 in their NHL season, and they will not be counted on Tuesday and Wednesday to make up for that.
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I was more surprised Foote was on the trip to Prague in the first place. I'm not at all surprised he's on waivers.
i would be shocked if Foote got claimed. he’s been in the league long enough for teams to know that he’s a big guy who plays Charmin soft and has an ok shot.
if he started playing more aggressively and actually used his frame, he could easily be a Noesen type player. tale as old as time.
if he started playing more aggressively and actually used his frame, he could easily be a Noesen type player. tale as old as time.
