Other teams get those guys through free agency too and we do better there.
Yup. Take bigger swings than that.
Other teams get those guys through free agency too and we do better there.
Yup. Take bigger swings than that.
I love Zetterlund, but I make the Timo trade all day, every day. He's playing pretty well over the course of the season so far. Nico's line hit a skid for a bit there, but hopefully they'll pick it back up offensively. They had strong showings against Florida, didn't they?
Panarin’s only gotten better and has a game that will age well. The next 3 years are Trocheck’s 31-33 year old years. He’ll still be good. Zib and Kreider yeah kind of suck. I think Chytil’s really good and can be a top 6C if he can manage to stay healthy. I do not agree on Laf. I think he is a legit top line guy and Devils fans underrate him because they hate him.
One sentence long posts and you. Name a more iconic duo.I appreciate people politely ignoring how my non-proofread posts are just jumbled hot messes at times.
My original post was one sentence long and a lot went wrong lol.
Got a fantasy noti that Timo was day to day until I saw it was just rest, almost died on spot when I got it
We have traded a LOT of draft capital the past few years, and while it was definitely the right move to improve the NHL roster it's starting to bite us now.
for what it’s worth, and i know this is definitely a hot take, but our team would be incredible with a guy like Marchand.
put him in Palats spot and get Palat on the 4th line with Tatar and whoever else.
it would be awesome to see a Marchand-Hughes-Bratt line
We were in on him. We were the team he was most closely linked to until Nashville swooped in. We also would’ve been able to fit him. It would’ve meant no Noesen or Tatar instead
Yea even without the hot start with Nosen Id rather have him over March (id rather have march over tatar though). He's exactly what this team needed, march not so much
Are the Devils making a bowling team?
Just thinking about our future D-core again. Nemec, Luke, Silayev and Casey is just insane. Future is bright.
Was that picture taken from the Exorcist?
Now don’t get excited about analgesic. The pills go in your mouth.
Our lack of forward depth was a problem going into the season. Fitz made an error not addressing it more aggressively and sooner than giving LaBanc a PTO.
Something to improve on next off-season, the same with the trashfire that is Utica.
I'm the last person to be one of those "hurr durr muh eye test" but.... yeesh. This is where advanced stats lose me. If there's a stat out there that says Tomas Tatar is "a great playdriver" I think that stat should be reevaluated or thrown away.I mean in a vacuum sure Marchessault is better than Tatar but considering context it's a no brainer to me and I'd much rather not have Marchessault. Tatar's also gone under appreciated this year because his offense has dried up. The guy is still a great playdriver and one of the best on the team. Away from the 2 bums he's up 7-3 in goals with a 59% CF, 57% xG, 61% SCF, 56% HDCF. He needs to be moved back up the lineup. For 1.8 mil he's still a valuable piece and better than being saddled to Marchessault.
I'm the last person to be one of those "hurr durr muh eye test" but.... yeesh. This is where advanced stats lose me. If there's a stat out there that says Tomas Tatar is "a great playdriver" I think that stat should be reevaluated or thrown away.
You say: "away from the 2 bums he's up 7-3 in goals with a 59% CF, 57% xG, 61% SCF, 56% HDCF"
I read: "unless he's being stapled to analytics darling superstar Nico Hischier he's a useless hockey player." And that feels right to me. He just is what he is at this stage of his career, one of those dreaded non-physical, poor-defending former skill players who has lost most of his skill. He's not actively hurting us out there every night, mostly because he's not put in position to hurt us out there every night.