GDT: Hockey Club @ Devils - 1:00 PM - MSG

[SwissFan12]

Under PPG. Outscored at 5v5. Only a 1.65 5v5 P/60. If that's not awful for Jack Hughes then we have different standards for Jack Hughes.

Well, last year he started really hot and then everything went wrong

We still can hope the opposite will happen this year

 

[Nubmer6]

Noesen stays on the first power play, replacing Meier (who goes with unit 2) after this if I'm the coach. We looked lights out better with him on the first unit. It opened up the bumper and created screens. Hope to see it again tomorrow in Carolina. (In contrast, Meier losing the puck on power play one, with a cross ice pass to nowhere). Meier will juice the second unit playing with Casey.

I also like how Hughes is playing more of a team game within an overall structure, just doing his job. I'd rather win games than see him pad his stats. Doing both together would be nice too all the same.

Actually, I'd consider moving Meier to bumper and pushing Nico to 2PP, but that's kind of sacrilege.

 

[Devilsgrl35]

Tomorrow is game 6 for us and game 2 for Carolina

That is absurd. Even without the Europe games, it's our 4th game in North America.

 

[longislanddevil]

Look...MAYBE Casey makes some goofs, but he's too good to take out. You move him up and take out a forward if you have to. That's just sick stuff.

I would have no qualms about removing Bastian if it means keeping Casey in the lineup.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Finally!

ridiculous…he should have been benched and he absolutely was, and still generally is a net negative on the ice. He’s a gimmick offense only player who gives the puck away constantly and makes ill advised passes and brings nothing physical or defensively. He is light years away from being one of the best players in the league right now.
Keller looked way way better than him in this game. As do most of his higher end American peers.

Just stop with the baseless defending on this kid. He doesn’t even have a redeeming hard working personality.

Pump up Casey instead. Atleast he looks like a star player most of the time.

which one of us is having a stroke

 

[SansaStark]

Oh this is getting bookmarked.

Book mark it. If you’re watching him play and thinking something different you’re fooling yourself.

I know I’m not the only one who sees it

 

[Devilsgrl35]

Mets up next
Then Yankees
Jets tonight

What a local sports day

Win or lose, how lucky are we to get to watch all three of our teams (for the Devils, Mets/Yankees, Jets fans) on the same day in the middle of October. Incredibly fun sports day that is so rare.

 

[britdevil]

Book mark it. If you’re watching him play and thinking something different you’re fooling yourself.

I know I’m not the only one who sees it

Say hi to the chief for me

 

[Devils731]

Nice game for the Devils. Still struggling a bit at consistent 5 on 5 offense but the defense has been pretty good.

This was the opposite of last year philosophically, today the Devils dumped almost all the pucks to try and slow Utah down and make them traverse the whole ice, I think it worked fairly well.

Nemec and Casey had their best day communicating, multiple switches and coverage questions and they were pretty smooth all the time.

Meier and Hughes still aren’t meshing. If they both don’t have the puck then they often both game to the same open ice looking for the puck and when either of them has the puck they have no clue what the other is going to do. Neither is doing anything wrong, they’re just both too similar and then dissimilar at reading each other right now.

 

[Goptor]

That is absurd. Even without the Europe games, it's our 4th game in North America.

They lost the battle of the Hurricanes and had to postpone a game.

 

[Guadana]

That is absurd. Even without the Europe games, it's our 4th game in North America.

More games Devils will play in the beginning - less games they will play in march before the play off. I really dont like hard schedule in the final stretch.

 

[SansaStark]

You do know we won the game, right? ...Right?

We won’t be sniffing a cup if Jack doesn’t start playing better so yea I’m focused on the long term… as you should be if you truly give a f*** about this team

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Well, last year he started really hot and then everything went wrong

We still can hope the opposite will happen this year

I think the complaint (or at least mine) is he goes through too many really rough stretches where he doesn’t play close to his best. My best way of putting it is that his B/C game is horrible and shows up more often than you would like.

 

[SansaStark]

Say hi to the chief for me

Gif reminds me of a bunch of your moronic koolaid drinkers defending Jack even if he shot someone point blank on 5th Ave

 

[britdevil]

We won’t be sniffing a cup if Jack doesn’t start playing better so yea I’m focused on the long term… as you should be if you truly give a f*** about this team

Brother pump the brakes. It's game 5 not 75.

 

[Devilsgrl35]

They lost the battle of the Hurricanes and had to postpone a game.

Forgot about that.

 

[Devils731]

Book mark it. If you’re watching him play and thinking something different you’re fooling yourself.

I know I’m not the only one who sees it

Keefe praised him in the post game the last 2 games. Said Hughes’ off the puck game has been great and while it’s not showing up on the scoresheet he’s helping his teammates at both ends of the rink.

 

[Devs3cups]

Me too Sheldon, me too.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Let’s save the posts shitting on Jack for a game where we don’t thoroughly outplay the opponent and give up virtually nothing. He has to be better and he will be.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Noesen stays on the first power play, replacing Meier (who goes with unit 2) after this if I'm the coach. We looked lights out better with him on the first unit. It opened up the bumper and created screens. Hope to see it again tomorrow in Carolina. (In contrast, Meier losing the puck on power play one, with a cross ice pass to nowhere). Meier will juice the second unit playing with Casey.

I also like how Hughes is playing more of a team game within an overall structure, just doing his job. I'd rather win games than see him pad his stats. Doing both together would be nice too all the same.

The problem is that Meier can play out front but isn’t just a net front guy. He comes away from the net and wants the puck and wants to be using his shot. He was a flank guy in San Jose but understandably isn’t here. Maybe him and Casey can get something going on unit two. Wouldn’t be against throwing Nemec on that unit with them. None of our other forwards are really built for the powerplay.

 

[Devs3cups]

Let’s save the posts shitting on Jack for a game where we don’t thoroughly outplay the opponent and give up virtually nothing. He has to be better and he will be.

Also thought he wasn't nearly as bad tonight.

 

[Saugus]

We won’t be sniffing a cup if Jack doesn’t start playing better so yea I’m focused on the long term… as you should be if you truly give a f*** about this team

Oh, I'm terribly sorry for being insufficiently committed to this team. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, that's me told.

I'll try to do better in the next 100,000 posts.

 

[SansaStark]

Keefe praised him in the post game the last 2 games. Said Hughes’ off the puck game has been great and while it’s not showing up on the scoresheet he’s helping his teammates at both ends of the rink.

That is the biggest load of bullshit I’ve ever heard. Keefe just doesn’t want to shit on him in public but Jack played like absolute ass in both the Toronto and Caps game. He was basically adequate at best today.

 

[DerekDevils30]

Oh, I'm terribly sorry for being insufficiently committed to this team. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, that's me told.

I'll try to do better in the next 100,000 posts.

You have as many posts as Jack has turnovers this season!!!!

 

[Forge]

Actually, I'd consider moving Meier to bumper and pushing Nico to 2PP, but that's kind of sacrilege.

I don't think they will do this because I don't think they want to lose Nico's faceoff ability, tbh