GDT: HUGHES BROTHERS Devils @ Canucks 10pm MSGSN

[PKs Broken Stick]

He was giving up crazy rebounds on every shot in the first. That was ECHL goalie shit.

I thought he was better the rest of the game but certainly not good enough to make me forget.

Sure, but my expectations for him are not high (it's very low). 1st period was bad, 2nd was good. It evens out. "Average goalie".

 

[MB3]

A D trade honestly makes sense just to take pressure off Siegs and Marino who seem kind of overwhelmed with what's being asked of them.

Also easier to do because the goalie market is shit...but we still desperately need goalies.

who does the newly acquired defenseman replace?

 

[Cheddabombs]

60 pages for a Tuesday night game starting at 10. We're so back

 

[MadDevil]

The goalie solution is obvious...

 

[Guadana]

Even with bad play on the third goal, it was solid game from siegs. 27 min. Wow

11-4-1 when Jack, Nico and/or Timo on the ice

 

[Oneiro]

We have some winnable games coming up.

 

[Triumph]

Dunno why everyone thinks Siegenthaler made a mistake on the 3rd goal when Nemec is just floating around out there. He's supposed to receive that puck and he wasn't in the right spot for it.

 

[jkrdevil]

I’d like to see meier up on the nico line to try to get him going a little bit. obviously he hasn’t earned it but he’s in the first of an 8 year deal as the highest paid forward on the team and right now he looks like late career rob niedermayer

He’s not healthy. Leave him where he is and manage minutes.

 

[guitarguyvic]

There was also no reason to put Mercer at center on the third line. More galaxy brain shit.

 

[Blackjack]

Dunno why everyone thinks Siegenthaler made a mistake on the 3rd goal when Nemec is just floating around out there. He's supposed to receive that puck and he wasn't in the right spot for it.

Jack Han posted about that on Twitter, basically saying that in any other system Nemec is going to the front of the net and will be there to defend Miller's pass, but with the "swarm" system, he's fine just hanging there to try to add pressure.

So f***ing stupid it makes me want to tear my hair out.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Are you for real? Like really? Let me translate that for you. You want him to save every dangerous chance. He made big saves tonight, goodness.

Did he? I guess maybe that one chance where he made a pretty nice cross crease save. The rebound was just pushed back into his pad, after which Nico made the save of the game.

No, I don't want him to save every great chance. I just want him to look like the goalies I watch when I watch most other NHL teams. They generally make one or two great saves a game. We are so used to bad goaltending that we settle for too little in hoping to maybe get one great save and only have one or two softies.

That said, there has to be something said for being stuck behind this absolute gong show defense that doesn't cover players or passing lanes and makes the highest risk, lowest reward play every time they touch the puck. They are somehow always in the wrong spot. On shots from the point they are too close to the goalie with the forward in front unguarded in prime deflection position. On closer shots they are fronting the forwards who are again unguarded but this time in prime position to slam home rebounds. Even when they manage to get the puck they can't make a simple flip out of the zone. It either stays in or is an icing. Their futility at clearing is comical and impressively bad.

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[Bleedred]

Jim and Ellen were almost emotionless during this game when they panned to them.

At first I thought they were Mama Neids’ing when we scored, but they were also doing the same thing when they scored lol.

 

[Devils731]

Jack Han posted about that on Twitter, basically saying that in any other system Nemec is going to the front of the net and will be there to defend Miller's pass, but with the "swarm" system, he's fine just hanging there to try to add pressure.

So f***ing stupid it makes me want to tear my hair out.

The swarm sometimes leaves 1-3 players on the Devils unsure what to do so they end up hanging out in zones of the ice where they aren’t preventing passes, covering anyone, or helping the breakout. Its really inefficient at times.

 

[Guttersniped]

More Miller, no?

He was a bit of a mess tonight so he played less. Defensemen take while to figure out our system too.

 

[Bleedred]

We have some winnable games coming up.

I honestly think we can win the next two also.

Edmonton will be the toughest.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Ok yeah that 3rd goal was more Nemec getting lost.

Rookie mistake

 

[MB3]

what a bizarrely doctor seuss way to phrase that

 

[Blackjack]

Jim and Ellen were almost emotionless during this game when they panned to them.

At first I thought they were Mama Neids’ing when we scored, but they were also doing the same thing when they scored lol.

I'm guessing they don't want to show favor to either side,

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

He was a bit of a mess tonight so he played less. Defensemen take while to figure out our system too.

The swarm? Yep, yep, yep.

 

[Bcap88]

8 out of the last 10 points

Need to clean it up defensively

Not sure if they can consistently score 5 a night

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

Dunno why everyone thinks Siegenthaler made a mistake on the 3rd goal when Nemec is just floating around out there. He's supposed to receive that puck and he wasn't in the right spot for it.

Actually, he was doing what he was supposed to be doing in this dumb system.

 

[Blackjack]

what a bizarrely doctor seuss way to phrase that

Yeah, I had to read that a couple of times.

 

[Incharge1976]

Ok yeah that 3rd goal was more Nemec getting lost.

Rookie mistake

I don't really follow the AHL team too much, but what type of system do they play down there? Is it anything like Ruff's?

 

[guitarguyvic]

I mean it’s kind of astonishing that they have enough offensive talent to stay afloat giving up four goals almost every game. If they could stop playing absolutely dumb in every other facet they’d be a f***ing killer team.