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Yeah I just love all the old archived stuff. It's like losing years and documents and history man!
Devils Team Discussion (team/player news and notes) 2015 offseason IX
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Yeah I just love all the old archived stuff. It's like losing years and documents and history man!
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Wingman77
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It was interesting to do every so often to look back on a topic to see how things transpired over time and see how really of base I was on some things said
njdevils1982
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I'm pretty sure I once said Zharkov was the next Brylin.
…and how many declared pelley the next madden
but we all know santini is the next stevens, right?
Zippy316
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I'm pretty sure I once said Zharkov was the next Brylin.
I thought Zharkov was gonna be a great bottom six forward for us.
njdevils1982
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i was exaggerating to prove the point that "you cant count your chickens...", thats all
AfroThunder396
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Rico is a gem.
It's pretty reassuring to know there's at least one young talented forward who chose to stay here when the walls were falling down.
It's pretty reassuring to know there's at least one young talented forward who chose to stay here when the walls were falling down.
Emperoreddy
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Agreed. And it was nice to look back at the better times. I read the GDT from Game Six against the Rangers a few months back. It was fun seeing everybody go *******.
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Pelley was so AWFUL. He was one player that thankfully DeBoer did push out and it worked out for the better. That guy makes Gionta look really good. He never even got another call up with us once he was brought back for the AHL team. I always knew he was pure ****. He was one of the worst non goon forwards (full time) that we had in the full time lineup on a regular basis. Not counting guys like Sestito, as he was just a call up.
I actually thought Bobby Butler was gonna be good for us, I thought Olesz was gonna be good too. I was also STOKED on the Damien Brunner signing, that thread is still archived.
NJDevs26
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I actually thought Bobby Butler was gonna be good for us, I thought Olesz was gonna be good too. I was also STOKED on the Damien Brunner signing, that thread is still archived.
lol I was one of the few that was right about Brunner. My contention was if Detroit (who knows talent as well as everyone) let him walk and nobody signed him at all during the summer, how good could he really be? But everyone's so starved for offense and flashy play they saw and wished things that weren't there. Then again we actually found a little something in Detroit's trash this year with Tootoo so it's not always a hard and fast rule. But Tootoo's only a third-fourth liner after all, they still don't let skilled players walk.
People wanted to give Brunner a 3-4 year deal in the offseason too haha...two was about the max I was willing to go and he didn't even last two
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I still think he could be. He was a good player that got screwed by not burying the chances he created himself. His linemates couldn't capitalize on any of his setups either. You look at all the chances a guy like Josefson gets to stick in the lineup and you have to wonder why Zharkov was given up on.
Devils Dominion
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Pelley was so AWFUL. He was one player that thankfully DeBoer did push out and it worked out for the better. That guy makes Gionta look really good. He never even got another call up with us once he was brought back for the AHL team. I always knew he was pure ****. He was one of the worst non goon forwards (full time) that we had in the full time lineup on a regular basis. Not counting guys like Sestito, as he was just a call up.
I actually thought Bobby Butler was gonna be good for us, I thought Olesz was gonna be good too. I was also STOKED on the Damien Brunner signing, that thread is still archived.
I always hated that "Next John Madden" label that was put on Pelley.
It was obvious early on that he would never live up to those lofty expectations.
Not sure if it's been posted, but today marks the 4 year anniversary of the plane crash that took Vasyunov and Rachuneck. RIP.
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Looks like the NJD follow him now. That's enough verification for me. Rico's a funny guy
Devils Dominion
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Zajacs Bowl Cut
Lets Go Baby
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I'm not that high on JJ and don't think his utilization with Pete is the reason why he's not a top 9 caliber right now.
I have him playing on the third line this season and the PK. I see him scoring roughly around 20 - 25 points. About 5-10 goals, 10-15 assists.
Also he'll be in our shootout lineup, which I find very valuable in itself.
njdevils1982
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faceoffs
…continuing from the "what excites you about this season thread"
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the team has only one good faceoff player in zajac at 53.4% but he's usually in the upper percent of the league, he's been solid for years and one of his positive traits …rico is 52% last season and still young so who knows if he can improve
jajo is doing ok and also young (586, 49.3)
it falls off a cliff after that.
elias took 673 last season and hit on 39.1% …thats 3rd worst in the league for guys that take 'regular' draws ….only granlund (524, 36.8) and hayes (681, 36.3) were worse
camm (282 42.2) and gio (394, 40.4) are ****ing jokes on the dot as well
and who is coming in this season to help? kalinin? i cant find his stats anywhere….. is there another steckel
out there?
the team was 4th worst in the league in FO% ….right now there is no light on the horizon.
……on a related note the team was dead last in the number of faceoffs taken which might be a good thing considering their skill at it…..
one thing they need to do with the play moving is create more shots on net which (hopefully) will cause more goals for ……the team is average in shooting % (8.8) but terrible in quantity.
im not taking in PP and PK into consideration with this as even more stats might melt my brain right now.
by the way…..holik's '09 with 506 taken and 59.3% looks awesome for 10 min of ice time/game
…continuing from the "what excites you about this season thread"
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the team has only one good faceoff player in zajac at 53.4% but he's usually in the upper percent of the league, he's been solid for years and one of his positive traits …rico is 52% last season and still young so who knows if he can improve
jajo is doing ok and also young (586, 49.3)
it falls off a cliff after that.
elias took 673 last season and hit on 39.1% …thats 3rd worst in the league for guys that take 'regular' draws ….only granlund (524, 36.8) and hayes (681, 36.3) were worse
camm (282 42.2) and gio (394, 40.4) are ****ing jokes on the dot as well
and who is coming in this season to help? kalinin? i cant find his stats anywhere….. is there another steckel
out there?the team was 4th worst in the league in FO% ….right now there is no light on the horizon.
……on a related note the team was dead last in the number of faceoffs taken which might be a good thing considering their skill at it…..
one thing they need to do with the play moving is create more shots on net which (hopefully) will cause more goals for ……the team is average in shooting % (8.8) but terrible in quantity.
im not taking in PP and PK into consideration with this as even more stats might melt my brain right now.
by the way…..holik's '09 with 506 taken and 59.3% looks awesome for 10 min of ice time/game
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…continuing from the "what excites you about this season thread"
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the team has only one good faceoff player in zajac at 53.4% but he's usually in the upper percent of the league, he's been solid for years and one of his positive traits …rico is 52% last season and still young so who knows if he can improve
jajo is doing ok and also young (586, 49.3)
it falls off a cliff after that.
elias took 673 last season and hit on 39.1% …thats 3rd worst in the league for guys that take 'regular' draws ….only granlund (524, 36.8) and hayes (681, 36.3) were worse
camm (282 42.2) and gio (394, 40.4) are ****ing jokes on the dot as well
and who is coming in this season to help? kalinin? i cant find his stats anywhere….. is there another steckel
the team was 4th worst in the league in FO% ….right now there is no light on the horizon.
……on a related note the team was dead last in the number of faceoffs taken which might be a good thing considering their skill at it…..
one thing they need to do with the play moving is create more shots on net which (hopefully) will cause more goals for ……the team is average in shooting % (8.8) but terrible in quantity.
im not taking in PP and PK into consideration with this as even more stats might melt my brain right now.
by the way…..holik's '09 with 506 taken and 59.3% looks awesome for 10 min of ice time/game
Jim O'Brien will be our 4th line center by the end of the season. In 491 career face-offs at the NHL level, he has won 229 of them for a 46.6% percentage. He also has career numbers of 25 takeaways to only 16 giveaways with a Corsi % of 51.2%. He is still fairly young at 26 and is listed at 6'2'' and 200lbs. In reviewing the roster and the numbers, he is the clear answer to take ahold of that spot.
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…continuing from the "what excites you about this season thread"
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the team has only one good faceoff player in zajac at 53.4% but he's usually in the upper percent of the league, he's been solid for years and one of his positive traits …rico is 52% last season and still young so who knows if he can improve
jajo is doing ok and also young (586, 49.3)
it falls off a cliff after that.
elias took 673 last season and hit on 39.1% …thats 3rd worst in the league for guys that take 'regular' draws ….only granlund (524, 36.8) and hayes (681, 36.3) were worse
camm (282 42.2) and gio (394, 40.4) are ****ing jokes on the dot as well
and who is coming in this season to help? kalinin? i cant find his stats anywhere….. is there another steckel
the team was 4th worst in the league in FO% ….right now there is no light on the horizon.
……on a related note the team was dead last in the number of faceoffs taken which might be a good thing considering their skill at it…..
one thing they need to do with the play moving is create more shots on net which (hopefully) will cause more goals for ……the team is average in shooting % (8.8) but terrible in quantity.
im not taking in PP and PK into consideration with this as even more stats might melt my brain right now.
by the way…..holik's '09 with 506 taken and 59.3% looks awesome for 10 min of ice time/game
From our prospects, I do know Coleman and Pietila was strong at faceoffs.
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