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Pre-Game Talk: Devils vs Rangers at MSG game 3 1/19/21

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Fitzy said:
Vince reporting that Buchnevich (Edit- may take) Strome's spot on PP1.

Very very good news, gives us dangerous shots from both sides of the ice now, and Buchnevich is just as good a passer.

Buch hasn't traditionally been a big scorer on the man advantage but I think this unit could really work.
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not my choice but all for this.
 
EdJovanovski said:
But we won in spite of that, not because of that. Sure ride the hot hand, no problem starting Georgiev over Shesty after the shutout. But going from Jack Johnson to the guy who was the 4th leading scorer among NHL dmen last season is a massive upgrade any way you slice it.
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Look, obviously ADA is a better player than Jack Johnson. I was against ADA sitting in game 2 to begin with but you have to reward the team that responded as perfectly as you can have imagined. Every single defender played better in game 2 than ADA played in game 1. And yes, that statement would have generally applied across the board, but the fact remains those guys who played stepped up.

With a D that is running Johnson, Smith, and Miller (who I like a lot, but no doubt he is going to have stretches where a game off is going to happen) he will be back in the lineup much sooner rather than later.
 
Fitzy said:
Vince reporting that Buchnevich (Edit- may take) Strome's spot on PP1.

Very very good news, gives us dangerous shots from both sides of the ice now, and Buchnevich is just as good a passer.

Buch hasn't traditionally been a big scorer on the man advantage but I think this unit could really work.
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To me this makes a ton of sense. First because Strome has been awful so far, but second because you then keep the entire Zib line together which makes everyone synced up for line changes after the PP. A relatively minor thing, but an advantage nonetheless.
 
HatTrick Swayze said:
I mean, DeAngelo was a top 5 scorer in the league at his position last season.

A disciplinary scratch is one thing.

But to say you can’t work a player with that track record back into the lineup is patently absurd.
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Imagine if the Rangers go on a 8-game win-streak and DeAngelo sits for 8 games...
 
Fireonk said:
To me this makes a ton of sense. First because Strome has been awful so far, but second because you then keep the entire Zib line together which makes everyone synced up for line changes after the PP. A relatively minor thing, but an advantage nonetheless.
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Also gives you a left shot on the right side.
 
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True Blue said:
Why?
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MacKinnon was 5th in the league in points last year. Would it be ok to bench him 2 games in a row? Deangelo was 5th among defenseman and should not have been benched let alone twice. I can maybe accept the 1 game if the coach really needs to send a message but not 2x in a row.
 
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Sayba said:
MacKinnon was 5th in the league in points last year. Would it be ok to bench him 2 games in a row? Deangelo was 5th among defenseman and should not have been benched let alone twice. I can maybe accept the 1 game if the coach really needs to send a message but not 2x in a row.
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What you can accept and what is acceptable to an NHL coach are two different things. Can't preach accountability and then conveniently look the other way.
 
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True Blue said:
Does that mean he is excluded from accountability?
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No bench him for a period, maybe the 1 game. This is crazy, especially in a short season. He should bench himself the next time this team takes another too many men call. We know that's coming at some point.
 
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Sayba said:
Yes, he has proven himself as a top offensive defenseman in the league, not some fringe player or first year guy who is learning.
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Kevin Shattenkirk, Erik Gustaffsson, Shayne Ghostisbehere....plenty of recent examples of top offensive defensemen being scratched for games here and there.
 
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Fireonk said:
Look, obviously ADA is a better player than Jack Johnson. I was against ADA sitting in game 2 to begin with but you have to reward the team that responded as perfectly as you can have imagined. Every single defender played better in game 2 than ADA played in game 1. And yes, that statement would have generally applied across the board, but the fact remains those guys who played stepped up.

With a D that is running Johnson, Smith, and Miller (who I like a lot, but no doubt he is going to have stretches where a game off is going to happen) he will be back in the lineup much sooner rather than later.
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Sayba said:
MacKinnon was 5th in the league in points last year. Would it be ok to bench him 2 games in a row? Deangelo was 5th among defenseman and should not have been benched let alone twice. I can maybe accept the 1 game if the coach really needs to send a message but not 2x in a row.
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Tell me when you've seen Mac kinnon take an undisciplined unsportsmanlike penalty? I've watched him since he was a kid, never saw it.
 
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When you got from 0-5 to 5-0, you don't mess with the 'magic' that got you turned around, that's the logic and every coach in every league would do the same thing. 'don't mess with the mojo'
 
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