GDT: ECSF Game 3: Your New Jersey Devils vs. Carolina Hurricanes, 3:30 PM, TBS

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Pk fanboy at the game

 

[theoptimist]

9 million dollars per year for the next several years. It's about cost principles, not the salary cap. Game 3 OT goal was amazing. I'm waiting for another gear.

 

[Hisch13r]

The Sevo goal was Globetrotter shit all around.

 

[Bondurant]

So much firepower on display today. Keep it coming. I am on the Devils wagon. If things improve this week for my friend I am buying tickets for Game 6 on Saturday if it happens.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

9 million dollars per year for the next several years. It's about cost principles, not the salary cap. Game 3 OT goal was amazing. I'm waiting for another gear.

Dougie was fantastic in game 7 and had a very strong game today.

 

[NJDevs26]

VITEK was bad

But posts and crossbars aren’t goals. They’re just misses that feel worse.

Plus at least one of them was clearly the outside of the post, not an actual threat to score.

 

[Satans Hockey]

I drove down from ontario last night for my first devils game guys no way we lose this! Anyone know what time the gates open for devils game and also what bars near the arena do fans usually go

Appreciate it awesome day for that too!

You picked some game for your first game! Hope you enjoyed yourself!

 

[NJDevs26]

New Jersey will be no easy out. The Hurricanes will have to deal with this us and likely lose at this point. I am sincere, they are goi g to fold like cheap lawn chairs. Luke Hughes was a game changer they will have to deal with.

We are moving on to the Leafs folks.

I'd like to see us stop a puck first before I'm 'that' confident...five goals a game the first three games. We're gonna have to win three more track meets (which is hard to do) unless someone clamps down in net.

Goaltending questions is a two way street. Freddie wasn't good and got chased and this kid they put in there was even worse.

Then you got Raanta who also sucks and is sick

We can beat their goalies if we can get through their defense. We couldn't get through their defense with the line matching in Carolina, I don't think we can win a track meet there. Gonna need better goaltending at some point ourselves.

 

[Better Call Sal]

 

[Camille the Eel]

I think they gotta go back to Schmid for game 4.

Yep because Vitek looks shaky right now and Schmid has not seemed to feel the pressure as much. But that said, I can’t say that Schmid in games one and two was any better than Vanecek was today. Jarvis picks the same high glove side on both of them for one point of comparison.

One way or another, we aren’t winning this series unless our play in goal steadies. The Canes play in goal was abysmal today and we can’t rely on that continuing.

 

[NJDevs26]

Dougie was fantastic in game 7 and had a very strong game today.

Dougie's game would have felt a lot better (despite the utter lack of offense, and in an eight goal game no less) if the officials actually gave him credit for making a hockey play on that breakaway.

 

[NJDevs26]

The narrative of us shitpumping teams 5v5 and getting rocked on special teams is holding true.

If we actually scored on one of those PPs in the first period of game two it might have gone totally different.

Well at least it was only half our special teams that sucked today...the PK did it's job and at least got one shorty. It's the Brunette PP that was drunk on the ice.

I think we need to just come to grips that goaltending is a weakness for this team. Schmid had some hot games at the perfect time, but he let in some stoppable goals in games 1 and 2.

What’s weird is that in this edition of the NHL, you can make a run even with suspect goaltending.

True, nobody except maybe Dallas has potentially great goaltending at this point and we wouldn't have to worry about that for a month at least. But if we are going to have suspect goaltending, the D and PP need to do a better job protecting our goalies.

 

[Hisch13r]

True, nobody except maybe Dallas has potentially great goaltending at this point and we wouldn't have to worry about that for a month at least. But if we are going to have suspect goaltending, the D and PP need to do a better job protecting our goalies.

Bob is another one. You never know what Bob you're going to get but he's kicked it back up to Vezina Bob level.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

The line matching is a huge story in this series and I figure it will continue to be.

Jack being free of Staal and he just went off

I don't think Staal is even that good anymore, but having Haula and Palat on his line did nothing to help Jack.

 

[NJDevs26]

Bob is another one. You never know what Bob you're going to get but he's kicked it back up to Vezina Bob level.

True, he's a regular hockey zombie back from the dead

 

[Devs3cups]

Man, should I change my avatar for that Hughes shot? It looks awesome... A lot of good juju in my avatar though.

 

[Camille the Eel]

I'd like to see us stop a puck first before I'm 'that' confident...five goals a game the first three games. We're gonna have to win three more track meets (which is hard to do) unless someone clamps down in net.

and the Canes play in goal is bound to be better than it was today, really it couldn’t have been worse. Probably 4 of our goals were soft. Meier and Jack #2 for sure and the plays on the Macleod and Wood breakaways weren’t exactly world class.

 

[RSeen]

I'd go Schmid. He won game 7 for us and had two shutouts last round. Vitek has not played well enough for me to be confident in him if it is a low scoring game.

 

[Better Call Sal]

What an unbelievable play. McLeod has really stepped up in these playoffs.

Man, should I change my avatar for that Hughes shot? It looks awesome... A lot of good juju in my avatar though.

Keep what you've got as long as it works!

 

[NJDevs26]

and the Canes play in goal is bound to be better than it was today, really it couldn’t have been worse. Probably 4 of our goals were soft. Meier and Jack #2 for sure and the plays on the Macleod and Wood breakaways weren’t exactly world class.

Freddie might be better but that kid really didn't impress me at all when we got him at the Rock earlier this year, and Raanta well we know how shaky HE can be if he gets back in there (exhibit A last year against the Rangers).

 

[Forge]

I don't think Staal is even that good anymore, but having Haula and Palat on his line did nothing to help Jack.

I think Staal is still pretty good at hounding other players and keeping them down. He still did an outstanding job of outscoring, outshooting and out chancing his opposition this year and his primary linemates were Fast and Martinook. They played a lot of low event hockey, but they still came out on top.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

Tell that to Damon Severson since both actual short-handed goals were due to him not keeping pucks in front of him, because he spaced out twice while playing 2:06 on the PP.

Hamilton played 3:28 on the PP and the Penalty Shot wasn’t remotely his fault considering 1) Martinook read and intercepted a bad pass by Luke 2) Hamilton caught up to him and got a bizarrely terrible call on a stick lift.

Actually one of the goals was cuz Tatar is an idiot. And the other SH goal, Severson wasn't even on the ice....Not sure what game you were watching.

 

[Billdo]

Unless there's something I personally missed, Bahl only had 5:50 of ice time today.

He seems to be the one trending as the odd man out as things are currently going.

Ruff basically said it had nothing to do with going 11/7 and it was because he struggled.

Actually one of the goals was cuz Tatar is an idiot. And the other SH goal, Severson wasn't even on the ice....Not sure what game you were watching.

So many ppl shit on Severson and it's undeserved most of the time.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

I think we need to just come to grips that goaltending is a weakness for this team. Schmid had some hot games at the perfect time, but he let in some stoppable goals in games 1 and 2.

What’s weird is that in this edition of the NHL, you can make a run even with suspect goaltending.

No one left in this playoffs has good goaltending. That can't be an excuse going forward.

 

[NJDevs26]

Yeah it was both Hughes brothers who got beat on SH goal #2 by Martinook and Staal actually.