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

[Call Me Al]

2 more seasons after this one then quinn is gonna kick him out

 

[Cheddabombs]

Completely forgot tomorrow is the battle of the Hugheses. Not enough to keep me up at that hour though.

Unless...

 

[MasterofGrond]

since the team obviously is missing a top-9 forward or two, anyone have a wish list? realistic targets, pie in the sky targets, “would not scream cry if we traded nemec/casey for him” type of targets, etc?

Peterka

 

[Guttersniped]

Peterka

I wish.

 

[glenwo2]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851279917138239786

*fart noises*

But seriously, I mean...Is this the first time Dowling has been up with the team?

I don't recall ANYTHING that Dowling has done here.

I do recall Willman scoring a couple of goals and bringing energy when he was here.

Strange how he gets the nod and Willman doesn't.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Buffalo is far more likely to move Cozens or Quinn, both of whom have fallen off a cliff. Jack Quinn does not look like an NHL player this year and Cozens only has 3 assists in 10 games.

Peterka is the better player but I think he only gets moved if Adams gets replaced mid-season and they decide to tear it down to the studs.

 

[OldCraig71]

So good he stole Nemec's roster spot

He isn't flashy but he is solid, an old school defenseman. That's great to hear, he is a good guy from all reports about him and has probably earned himself a nice contract when he hits free agency.

 

[My3Sons]

Buffalo is far more likely to move Cozens or Quinn, both of whom have fallen off a cliff. Jack Quinn does not look like an NHL player this year and Cozens only has 3 assists in 10 games.

Peterka is the better player but I think he only gets moved if Adams gets replaced mid-season and they decide to tear it down to the studs.

You can't start over again in Buffalo. How do you sell that to both of the season ticket holders?

 

[R8Devs]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851369845205479848

beating a dead horse lol but I really hope they go 11-7.

The fourth line with Nico/Hughes/Haula centering it at times could actually be pretty formidable and you know Hughes would be up for even more extra ice time against Vancouver

 

[SJinNewJersey]

You can't start over again in Buffalo. How do you sell that to both of the season ticket holders?

They just arrived.

 

[My3Sons]

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They just arrived.

I shouldn't be mean. Those fans have suffered and stay loyal. They deserve respect. But the joke wrote itself.

 

[theoptimist]

Guess what? We need a center

 

[Bleedred]

Yeah tons of old ones, it was just funny to hear it about Zacha of all players we had that were dicey.

I also notice a lot of really old ones. Obviously I always see a Stevens, but he was on all 3 cup teams and captain and played more with the Devils than the other two teams he played for before that.

But I still see a surprising amount of Claude Lemieux jerseys. They're almost always Reebok or Adidas jerseys and not CCM/Starter/etc from way back then, but they're still fairly popular.

 

[Emperoreddy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851369845205479848

beating a dead horse lol but I really hope they go 11-7.

The fourth line with Nico/Hughes/Haula centering it at times could actually be pretty formidable and you know Hughes would be up for even more extra ice time against Vancouver

We can't go 11-7 the rest of the year. Better to see if we have anyone internally that can at least hold the fort in that spot or we gotta go out and pick someone up

 

[Emperoreddy]

He isn't flashy but he is solid, an old school defenseman. That's great to hear, he is a good guy from all reports about him and has probably earned himself a nice contract when he hits free agency.

Absolutely been rock solid. Him and Siegs have been an excellent shut down pair all season.

 

[britdevil]

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

Time to dust off the 37 jersey and put a dowling nameplate..... Sigh

Reminds me of sometime last season some clown had made some noise about my 10 year old wearing a Zacha jersey, and that he wasn't still on the team. Really weird stuff. Like comon guy...

I need names, seats, section.

 

[Whaddagoal]

I need names, seats, section.
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Some interloper in 108 / 109.. lol that's all I got.

 

[Emperoreddy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851418706363990470

 

[Billdo]

Absolutely been rock solid. Him and Siegs have been an excellent shut down pair all season.

I'd almost want to put Pesce on his off side with Dillon on his offside with Luke. Dillon is NOT a top pairing defenseman. Don't touch Siegenthaler and Kovacevic though.

 

[dgibb10]

I'd almost want to put Pesce on his off side with Dillon on his offside with Luke. Dillon is NOT a top pairing defenseman. Don't touch Siegenthaler and Kovacevic though.

Why do they need to switch the pairings? The Nemec-Casey pairing was the one getting caved

Also, if you are going to switch a pairing, it should be towards a longer term option, not moving 2 guys to their off side.

So if you want to break up Hamilton-Dillon

Siegs-Hamilton (Proven to work)
Hughes-Pesce (Almost certainly the exact partner pesce was meant to come in for)
Dillon-Kovacevic (shutdown 3rd pairing)

Which makes it nice and easy to bring Nemec back in when/if Kovacevic's heater stops.

Don't make pairing decisions on the assumption that Kovacevic suddenly became an elite dman at age 27. If he actually has become one, he should be able to handle playing with Dillon just fine. If not, you want to get the long term pairings as much time as possible

 

[Emperoreddy]

Caps are 6-2. They just beat the piss out of the Rangers with an absurd xGF. They handed Dallas and Vegas both their first Ls.

We have gotten 3 out of 4 possible points against them this year.

Maybe we should be seeing that as more of a positive.