GDT: Hurricanes @ Devils - 3:00 PM - MSGSN

[Bleedred]

What annoys me more than actually playing Blackwood is there’s clearly an organizational double standard with both guys. When Blackwood won three in a row he played until he lost, when Vanecek won three in a row he sat the next two until guess who got hurt

#MakingBlackwoodHappen

 

[Eggtimer]

I’m pumped that Graves is back but Blackwood starting is garbage. No way he should get another start u less both VV and Schmid are incapable .

 

[My3Sons]

I know

They were gonna play him in anyway on Wednesday or possibly Thursday.

This better be the last one if he shits his pants again and I hope he gets booed and I hope there's a Schmid chant or a Vitek chant or Fire Blackwood chant.

f*** this guy so much.

We have a chance to win 2 in a row and we play him? For no reason other than he's a goalie on our roster?

The Blackwood experiment can't end soon enough.

I'm rooting for a win like always, but if we lose I'm rooting for a BIG f***ING LOSS AND THE END OF THE BLACKWOOD ERA. I still think one more stinker (unless he has some good games in between) could be the end.

I want it to get really ugly with the fans too. Boo this guy as much as you can, let f***in management know you want him the f*** out. Just like the Fire Lindy chant during the home opener.
And the boos early in the Anaheim game we came back to win.

RAISE YOU f***IN VOICE!



@Its Always Sundstrom I swear I didn't do this on purpose, but I had to link the song after saying this lol. I really don't like this album either.

You should talk to that guy who tried to tell me last night that Blackwood is really a .920 goalie and not an .850 goalie. He was pretty convincing.

 

[Bleedred]

The Blackwood experiment will be the reason we miss the playoffs if we do. Especially if it's just by a few points.

He's punted a few of these already and I don't even think he's started 10 games yet?

 

[Devs3cups]

I’d love Ruff to be asked about this after the game. No logical reason for starting Mac. My excitement for this game has just dropped by 50%.

Watch him have the game of his life so he gets the majority of the starts in the next 2 weeks.

 

[longislanddevil]

Why in the world is Blackwood in the nets for this crucial statement game?! WTF is this organization’s obsession with this guy!!!!??? The newer regime has no ties to him. He wasn’t a Castron draft pick. This sucks!!

I’d love Ruff to be asked about this after the game. No logical reason for starting Mac. My excitement for this game has just dropped by 50%.

Watch him have the game of his life so he gets the majority of the starts in the next 2 weeks.

THIS!! I feel exactly the same way.

 

[Mgd31]

No interest in this game with Blackwood starting

 

[Devils090]

Absolutely no reason for Blackwood to be starting this game, ride Vitek

 

[Lou is God]

We're really going with Mac today? Oh fudge.

 

[Bleedred]

If he plays like shit again today then this would literally be his third straight home stinker.

You would like thing there would be a huge rebellion at that point.

What I don't understand, is Blackwood getting the start because the win bought Lindy breathing room and cooled his seat down?

Or does he legit think Blackwood is better than he is? His last presser certainly didn't seem to indicate such.

 

[longislanddevil]

Stunned to hear Graves is back. It looked like a BAD knee injury and he was supposedly week to week. I had zero expectation he’d be back this soon. Great news.

 

[Eggtimer]

It’s not like Blackwood has ti y things in his game to “iron out “ . He is fundamentally flawed . He can’t track and read the play correctly . He doesn’t get set soon enough , he camt track pucks and see around screens properly , he isn’t square to the shooter all the time .. He simply is just not good enough right now. Maybe he gets all that shit figured out one day but that’s not todsy nor any time soon at all.

 

[NJDevs26]

If he plays like shit again today then this would literally be his third straight home stinker.

You would like thing there would be a huge rebellion at that point.

What I don't understand, is Blackwood getting the start because the win bought Lindy breathing room and cooled his seat down?

Or does he legit think Blackwood is better than he is? His last presser certainly didn't seem to indicate such.

I think much like Cory-Marty, the goaltending decisions look like they’re above the head coach’s pay grade, doubly so with a lame duck head coach.

 

[Devils090]

Stunned to hear Graves is back. It looked like a BAD knee injury and he was supposedly week to week. I had zero expectation he’d be back this soon. Great news.

Hopefully Palat is right behind him

 

[Rhodes 81]

I usually don't care about giving Blackwood starts, but Vanecek has been decent his last few outings. Don't get going back to him now.

 

[Eggtimer]

It’s not like Blackwood has ti y things in his game to “iron out “ . He is fundamentally flawed . He can’t track and read the play correctly . He doesn’t get set soon enough , he camt track pucks and see around screens properly , he isn’t square to the shooter all the time .. He simply is just not good enough right now. Maybe he gets all that shit figured out one day but that’s not todsy nor any time soon at all. You can see it plain as day . He gives up huge parts of the net to shoot at due to him not eig able to read or anticipate plays and he loses his net. Then he sits even further back i. The net , almost on the frickin goal line so he can try to not lose his net and angles or ?? I don’t know why the F ack he plays so deep .

 

[Billdo]

Graves off IR, Thompson in for Holtz, and Blackwood getting the nod. Oof at the last one.

 

[Eggtimer]

You’d think the guys in the room would be let down somewhat too when they know Blackwood is starting . Sucks that they start him at home too where our record is crap at home . Maybe they think this is a sacrificial game and save VV for ones more winnable ? If so , that’s a loser mentality . I can’t see them think that .

 

[Bleedred]

This is the Marty/Cory year 2.0

Only Cory was significantly than Vitek and guess what else?

Brodeur's 41 year old skeleton was also SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER than 26 year old Blackwood.

That's a fact Jack,,,,, Or Lindy......Or Tom.

 

[Blackjack]

I’d love Ruff to be asked about this after the game. No logical reason for starting Mac. My excitement for this game has just dropped by 50%.

Watch him have the game of his life so he gets the majority of the starts in the next 2 weeks.

Yeah, that’s what particularly awful about him getting the start here. He’s either going to stink again or he’ll have a random good game that buys him more starts which will lead to even MORE stinkers.

 

[FinnishDevil]

You too VV no turds please. LFGD!

 

[Cheddabombs]

You’d think the guys in the room would be let down somewhat too when they know Blackwood is starting . Sucks that they start him at home too where our record is crap at home . Maybe they think this is a sacrificial game and save VV for ones more winnable ? If so , that’s a loser mentality . I can’t see them think that .

The players upset at Ruff for starting Blackwood

 

[SJinNewJersey]

This should be VV's game. No reason for Blackwood.

 

[Eggtimer]

The way Ruff somewhat trashed Blackwood after last game , I thought there was no way Blackwood would start. For at least a handful of games , but here we are.

 

[Louskoolaid89]

See what you did there.