GDT: Game 34 - New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils, 1:00 pm ET , MSG

[Ruggs225]

We need more Lias. More Lias and Vitali actually.

Lias and Vitali sounds like a tenor singing group or jazz piano group

 

[mas0764]

I feel like the Devils' team building strategy is just "which of one these guys passes the best?" and then "which one of these guys skates the fastest?" and then they just take the best passer with above average speed.

Hockey is easy.

They also made it a point to suck long enough to get a ton of assets, including a legit 1C and a legit high end 2C.

We were bad for like 2 minutes and decided we had enough.

 

[Cusedog]

Laf has now become a.charter member of Meeka’s synchronized swimming gaggle. Implode this; no one should be safe outside of Cuylle.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Having hockey as your passion in life is like putting your nutsack into a spiked cage and then dipping it in hot oil until it’s golden brown and then enjoying it with some lemon and ranch dressing, celery on the side of course. What were we talking about again?

 

[will1066]

We're gonna be below NHL .500.

 

[mike14]

Maybe we want Hagens that badly. Otherwise, I have no idea how this is happening.

As Machinehead keeps telling us, we have 1.5 nhl defencemen (Fox and Schneider) plus quick in net. 3 goals against sounds about right.
Our inability to look like scoring is annoying though, we're basically relying solely on Panarin for some individual brilliance at this point

 

[BBKers]

That was cringeworthy. If my company ever had decided to quit on each other and just cash in, there would have been a massacre

 

[CasusBelli]

Lias and Vitali sounds like a tenor singing group or jazz piano group

Also known as The Two Busts.

 

[QJL]

I think I’m at the point where Shesterkin and Cuylle are the only players worth retaining on this team. Trade Fox, Lafreniere, Chytil, Schneider… yup.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

They also made it a point to suck long enough to get a ton of assets, including a legit 1C and a legit high end 2C.

We were bad for like 2 minutes and decided we had enough.

We were ranked as having the best prospect pool in the entire league, top 2 consecutive seasons.

 

[ReddestRum]

We got rid of Trouba... shit is still the same.
Miller is injured and hasn't been playing... shit is still the same.
Traded one of our kids Kakko for an amoeba... shit is still the same.
Benched CK over Mika for some reason... she is still the same.

Same low effort offense.
Same 'worst I have ever seen' defense.
Same undisciplined bench.
Just the same bullshit.

I don't think anything is going to fix this team, unfortunately. Nothing.

 

[mas0764]

This team sucks. Its hard watching at this point. They're completely inept.

Imagine how good we could have been if we drafted Hischier and Hughes? Instead, our high draft picks, we got stuck with Lafreniere who is a disappointment and Kakko who was a disaster that we traded.

Tuning out for 3rd. Not worth my time. Happy Holidays.

You have to be bad for longer than we were bad. There's no patience in this org or this fanbase.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

We're gonna be below NHL .500.

When was the last time we were below NHL .500 at Chrimmus?

 

[Captain Monglobster]

You have to be bad for longer than we were bad. There's no patience in this org or this fanbase.

Now is the time to tear it down to the studs.

 

[mas0764]

We were ranked as having the best prospect pool in the entire league, top 2 consecutive seasons.

Because we smartly acquired extra draft capital in the very short time we tore down.

Then we traded it all away, ran it off, or failed to develop it.

 

[94leetch]

Having hockey as your passion in life is like putting your nutsack into a spiked cage and then dipping it in hot oil until it’s golden brown and then enjoying it with some lemon and ranch dressing, celery on the side of course. What were we talking about again?

I don't know but now I'm hungry

 

[17futurecap]

Start trading the pending UFA’s as soon as the freeze is over.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

You have to be bad for longer than we were bad. There's no patience in this org or this fanbase.

Yeah like Buffalo.

It’s not just be bad for a long time = guaranteed contender.

As bad as NJ was for a decade, they still needed lottery luck

 

[zlev]

borgen makes me miss trouba

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Because we smartly acquired extra draft capital in the very short time we tore down.

Then we traded it all away, ran it off, or failed to develop it.

It’s the third one

 

[CasusBelli]

52 year old Jagr still playing pro hockey.

Just imagine playing the same day you have a colonoscopy. Though you could argue every NYR telecast these days is a telecast.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

This team could really use a shy Finnish winger with below average speed and a beta personality right now.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

As Machinehead keeps telling us, we have 1.5 nhl defencemen (Fox and Schneider) plus quick in net. 3 goals against sounds about right.
Our inability to look like scoring is annoying though, we're basically relying solely on Panarin for some individual brilliance at this point

I agree 100%, but still baffled how we are THIS bad. It's so f***ing bad. A high school hockey team would beat us right now. No one is even trying.

Even with shit defense we should be able to net 1 or 2 goals. We're not even getting shots. We're not even making passes. We're running into each other and falling down randomly. It's painful.

 

[effen]

Yeah like Buffalo.

It’s not just be bad for a long time = guaranteed contender.

As bad as NJ was for a decade, they still needed lottery luck

I'm not willing to trade a decade of suck for Jack Hughes. Life is short, and I need a colonoscopy already. f*** that.

 

[mas0764]

Yeah like Buffalo.

It’s not just be bad for a long time = guaranteed contender.

As bad as NJ was for a decade, they still needed lottery luck

Or like Pittsburgh, Colorado, or any of the other multi-time winners. Your "BUT BUFFALO" argument is thoroughly moot.

Buffalo is poorly run.

Well run teams tear down, get bad for long enough, then get good again. They don't do so on accident. They know what they are doing and execute the plan.

Throwing Buffalo or Arizona in everyone's face every time someone points out, CORRECTLY, that this team did not acquire and develop enough talent, is wrong. It was wrong during the last rebuilt. It's wrong now. It'll be wrong next time.

We aren't Buffalo. We never will be.

We needed to be worse for longer. This is now proven.