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

[MartyOwns]

I saw Jack Hughes at a grocery store in Jersey yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

classic pasta lmao

 

[TrufleShufle]

I read this exact story somewhere about someone else. I thought it was real the first time.

Now I wanna know where this story originates from. It was word for word, other than changing the name of the other person to Jack Hughes and this other story was taking place somewhere else. Not in Jersey.

"I Saw Flying Lotus in a Grocery Store..." Copypasta | Know Your Meme

“I Saw Flying Lotus at a Grocery Store…” refers to a popular copypasta in which the poster tells a story of a famous person acting like a jerk in a grocery

knowyourmeme.com

 

[Deviled]

the best copypasta i know is

'I just smashed my TV in front of 30 guests at my party because of the game. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at a hotel. This team has ruined my life and my party. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye (_____). I am no longer a fan'

Always a classic

The newer material is Masood Boomgaard's motivational talk on sports teams



Lmfaoooo

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

i agree with you if its "off hours" then say F em dont sign be rude thats fine. but team events that have restrictions on what people can bring to sign and all that just act like you want to be there.

A season ticket holder can easily go to these events and decide they want to sell the signed merch at a higher price. Devils seasons aren't that expensive compared to most other sports teams as well.

 

[Saugus]

I saw Jack Hughes at a grocery store in Jersey yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

Took me a second to realize this was a copypasta. Well done.

 

[NJDevs26]

Took me a second to realize this was a copypasta. Well done.

I didn’t until I saw the subsequent posts…I just thought it was a poor attempt at humor. Which imo it was anyway

 

[My3Sons]

I didn’t until I saw the subsequent posts…I just thought it was a poor attempt at humor. Which imo it was anyway

Stand back and let me have a look. Nobody is better at poor humor than me.

 

[Bcap88]

If Grits doesn't sign until next year, I think he has to do the 1 year ELC thing.

If we burn his 1 year ELC this year like Vegas did with Gusev, I wouldn't be surprised if Grits gets a decent amount more than the 1.8 Tatar is getting right now next season. 2 years, 2.5 aav or something?

I want to say kaprisov was in the 2.2 range

 

[Deviled]

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[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Need one of Brock Nelson, Palmieri or Vatrano in a Devils jersey post deadline

 

[Emperoreddy]

Need one of Brock Nelson, Palmieri or Vatrano in a Devils jersey post deadline

Someone wants a deep playoff run

 

[My3Sons]

Need one of Brock Nelson, Palmieri or Vatrano in a Devils jersey post deadline

Sure all they have to do is trade Palat to make the cap space

 

[NjDevsRR]

 

[Guttersniped]

I saw the TSN Core 4 Teams list discussed here somewhere but I can’t find it.

Anyhoo, they released a list version and that’s way better (because of who’s on top lol).

Jumpin' Jack Flash: Hughes tops TSN's Top 50 Under-24 players | TSN

Twenty-three year-old Jack Hughes is No. 1 and 19-year-old sophomore Connor Bedard is No. 2 in our 2024-25 ranking of the Top 50 Under-24 players.

www.tsn.ca

Regardless, Hughes is deserving of the highest honour, completing a 3-2-1 reverse hat trick with his elevation to premier status. He has gone from No. 3 in 2022 to No. 2 in 2023 to No. 1 in 2024.

“We are trying to strike a balance between a player’s potential and what a player is,” Button says. “We know Jack Hughes is a superstar. He has established that unequivocally.”

So, Bedard falls to runner-up position on the list assembled by Button and FloSports Senior NHL Draft and Prospects Analyst Chris Peters.

Button and Peters assessed every NHL team’s group of assets 23 or younger (as of season’s start) – blending assessments of current development with projected further development to assign grades.

Here’s the Top 10 from the
TOP 50 U24 - TSN Core 4
(Previous rank in parentheses)

1/ Jack Hughes (3)
2/ Connor Bedard (1)
3/ Macklin Celebrini (New)
4/ Tim Stutzle (4)
5/ Owen Power (9)
6/ Brock Faber (36)
7/ Matvei Michkov (16)
8/ Cole Caufield (8)
9/ Moritz Seider (6)
10/ Ivan Demidov (New)

Devils have one other player in the Top 50: Luke Hughes 15 (13)

Team Breakdown
6: MTL
5: ANA
4: SJS
3: CBJ, DAL, DET, MIN, UTA
2: CGY, CAR, CHI, NJD, OTT, TOR, WSH
1: BUF, LAK, NYR, PHI, SEA, VAN
0: BOS, COL, EDM, FLA, NSH, NYI, PIT, STL, TBL, VGK, WPG




2023

Connor Bedard, Jack Hughes and Quinn Hughes headline TSN's Top 50 Under-24 players | TSN

Chicago's sensation is No. 1 on TSN’s annual list of the Top 50 NHL-affiliated players and prospects aged 23 or younger as of this season’s start.

www.tsn.ca

Graduated Players:
2/ Quinn Hughes
5/ Rasmus Dahlin
11/ Noah Dobson
12/ Andrei Svechnikov
28/ K’Andre Miller
32/ Evan Bouchard

2022

TSN's NHL Core 4 under-24 Top 50 Player Ranking from Craig Button | TSN

Cale Makar is the standard-bearer for the NHL’s younger generation. Makar is No. 1 in Craig Button’s ranking of the Top 50 U-24 NHL-affiliated players and prospects who were 23 or younger as of the start of the NHL season Oct. 11.

www.tsn.ca

 

[glenwo2]

Jesper Bratt is a good player.

 

[njdevils1982]

I saw the TSN Core 4 Teams list discussed here somewhere but I can’t find it.

Anyhoo, they released a list version and that’s way better (because of who’s on top lol).

Jumpin' Jack Flash: Hughes tops TSN's Top 50 Under-24 players | TSN

Twenty-three year-old Jack Hughes is No. 1 and 19-year-old sophomore Connor Bedard is No. 2 in our 2024-25 ranking of the Top 50 Under-24 players.

www.tsn.ca

Here’s the Top 10 from the
TOP 50 U24 - TSN Core 4
(Previous rank in parentheses)

1/ Jack Hughes (3)
2/ Connor Bedard (1)
3/ Macklin Celebrini (New)
4/ Tim Stutzle (4)
5/ Owen Power (9)
6/ Brock Faber (36)
7/ Matvei Michkov (16)
8/ Cole Caufield (8)
9/ Moritz Seider (6)
10/ Ivan Demidov (New)

Devils have one other player in the Top 50: Luke Hughes 15 (13)

Team Breakdown
6: MTL
5: ANA
4: SJS
3: CBJ, DAL, DET, MIN, UTA
2: CGY, CAR, CHI, NJD, OTT, TOR, WSH
1: BUF, LAK, NYR, PHI, SEA, VAN
0: BOS, COL, EDM, FLA, NSH, NYI, PIT, STL, TBL, VGK, WPG




2023

Connor Bedard, Jack Hughes and Quinn Hughes headline TSN's Top 50 Under-24 players | TSN

Chicago's sensation is No. 1 on TSN’s annual list of the Top 50 NHL-affiliated players and prospects aged 23 or younger as of this season’s start.

www.tsn.ca

Graduated Players:
2/ Quinn Hughes
5/ Rasmus Dahlin
11/ Noah Dobson
12/ Andrei Svechnikov
28/ K’Andre Miller
32/ Evan Bouchard

2022

TSN's NHL Core 4 under-24 Top 50 Player Ranking from Craig Button | TSN

Cale Makar is the standard-bearer for the NHL’s younger generation. Makar is No. 1 in Craig Button’s ranking of the Top 50 U-24 NHL-affiliated players and prospects who were 23 or younger as of the start of the NHL season Oct. 11.

www.tsn.ca

tsn had bedard ahead of hughes previously? oh ya....suuuure....no f***ing media and canadian bias there

gotta blow the horn of the next player to ram down our throats ad nauseum

 

[RSeen]

Need one of Brock Nelson, Palmieri or Vatrano in a Devils jersey post deadline

I'd like Nelson. Would be okay with Palmieri or Vatrano as well.

Think we need a top 6 and bottom 6 addition.

Outside of the big 4, 1 of Mercer or Noesen will likely be in the top 6, then you need an additional piece. Palat to the 4th line but you can push him up if you are changing the line combos and looking for more balance.

Lazar/Bastian are pretty injury prone so another depth piece would be helpful. Would love a player like Gourde but that would be expensive. Would likely push Haula to L4.

x-Jack-Bratt
Meier-Nico-Mercer/Noesen
Cotter-Haula-Noesen/Mercer
Palat-Lazar-Bastian

Defense and Goaltending are set.

 

[Oneiro]

I'm not sure I want to lose a 2026 1st or anything like that. Realistically, I can only see us making a bottom 6 add at the deadline. We are gonna need as many cheap reinforcements as possible in the back half of this decade as well. As myself and others have said, I think they want to replenish C in the pool on this next go around - it would be nice to be able to make another Mercer like pick.

 

[Triumph]

They don't have the cap space to make any of the moves people are suggesting. The Devils would have to be in a Vegas-like situation to do any of that stuff.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Sure all they have to do is trade Palat to make the cap space

Aging, declining vet on an albatross contract? Lou will give us a 2nd and a prospect.

 

[theoptimist]

Bring back kevin rooney

 

[Comparison Ford]

i forget what other poster mentioned it but i would be down to bring a Sean Kuraly type in for the deadline.

i think if we get us some depth pieces for bottom 6 that would go a long way.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Aging, declining vet on an albatross contract? Lou will give us a 2nd and a prospect.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Aging, declining vet on an albatross contract? Lou will give us a 2nd and a prospect.

If only he was a former player with Lou, that 2nd could've turned into a 1st

 

[longislanddevil]

If Jack maybe coming across as a little grumpy in signing events is the worst thing we have to deal with off the ice with him, I really couldn't give a shit less.

100%. It’s not as if Jack has Ray Rice’d anyone or channeled his inner evil Wayne Brady- “is Jack Hughes gonna have to choke a bi***?”

All kidding aside, unless the guy commits crimes off the ice, I couldn’t care less if he’s ornery with the media, etc. or not.