GDT: Most Extreme Hockey Challenge - 7:00 PM - MSGSN

[Guttersniped]

I thought his dad was gonna crack a joke about him but he actually hyped him up pretty well

I enjoy how Smith doesn’t even try to look up with a straight face during the entire thing after about five seconds of Papa Mercer speaking straight from the Island.

 

[MadDevil]

I enjoy how Smith doesn’t even try to look up with a straight face during the entire thing after about five seconds of Papa Mercer speaking straight from the Island.

I thought it was Mercer hiding his face in shame until I looked at the jersey hanging behind him.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Starting to think Haula’s other contributions don’t outweigh the miscues. Wanted him back next season but not so sure now.

Then might I suggest an Intro to Hockey course? Devils basically shut.down Crosby, Malkin and the rest.of the Penguin scorers. That had a lot.more.to do with guys like Haula, McLeod, Brendan Smith, Mercer and some of the other frequent scapegoats.in here than with.the Jesper Bratts and Dougies.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Dougies got 30 points in 36 games, is on pace for the most goals he’s ever scored, and has actually scored above his season average since the rough streak started.

Not really sure what else anybody could want from him. Getting the real Dougie has been the second most important thing in our transformation, barely behind getting tolerable goaltending.

The position is called "defenseman". His numbers are great if you are playing fantasy hockey. At $9 million per he shouldn't be a liability. He should be the guy playing 30 minutes not Damon.

Also, Jesus Christ severson spent 12 minutes on the ice SH

What a moronic f***ing game

They don't really trust the two rookies on the PK and Dougie is an adventure in his own end.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

pretty sure lindy hates severson the dude just played 30 freaking minutes and when lindy was asked how he thought sevo was tonight he responded with "If he's playing 30, it's probably cuz he's not breaking out well". just very odd timing to say something like that

Heard the same comments and thought he was referring to the rest of the defensive group with the " executing well" comment.


Something else that I read into during his comments was the predictably part. That seemed to refer to Hamilton and if anyone's watched the WJC that is something the announcers have mentioned about Luke Hughes - his creativity can be unpredictable at times.

Could definitely be a point of contention at times if Lindy is still here when Luke arrives.

At a prospects tournament a few years ago I was talking to a long-time college coach about this. I asked him if when they.were.evaluating defensemen and they saw a player who was skilled but tries high risk plays is he someone you would recruit figuring you could refine the rough spots. I was surprised because he said they would rather recruit defenders who already knew when to take chances and when to make safe plays.

 

[Call Me Al]

what a weird game. it’s hard to take anything bigger from it as far as their momentum and breaking out of this funk but i’ll take it.

just wish our secondary scoring could help out and not have it all be hughes hamilton and hischier but 2 points is 2 points, woo

 

[Whaddagoal]

Anyone post this already?

No wonder Mercer is so even keel, chill!

His dad is totally easy going, even as a hype-mastah!!

 

[JrFischer54]

i didn't watch the game so cant comment but gutsy divisional road win when trailing is always clutch. have to get this next one for sure hopefully kids are learning

 

[CamarilloBrillo]

A bit off topic, and apologies if this has been done before, but I can't be the only one who pictures this when they see Nemec right?

 

[NjdevilfanJim]

Rewatched the game and feel while we could have been better at getting puck out and passes a bit more on point...Not a perfect game but I think we totally outplayed them all around and Vtek was solid against them and our guys who at times seemed like they wanted to score on him....Refs were brutal no doubt....To be down a whole top pair of dmen and give 9 pp opps they really stepped up as a team....

 

[NjdevilfanJim]

Ty Smith I thought played a good game for them maybe he was more motivated since it was NJ but good to see....

 

[MasterofGrond]

The position is called "defenseman". His numbers are great if you are playing fantasy hockey. At $9 million per he shouldn't be a liability. He should be the guy playing 30 minutes not Damon.



They don't really trust the two rookies on the PK and Dougie is an adventure in his own end.

Dougie is not a liability. He’s not perfect, because he’s not Makar or whatever and he makes the occasional mistake like every defenseman in the league, but he is a net positive at preventing pucks from going in our net. True defensive liabilities don’t run numbers like he does, sorry.

And it’s a lot easier to find a dude to PK than it is to find a dude to dominate every other game state, so who cares at ALL about pk time when talking about him.

 

[Louskoolaid89]

A bit off topic, and apologies if this has been done before, but I can't be the only one who pictures this when they see Nemec right?

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Still Jack Hughes to me.

 

[MartyOwns]

Then might I suggest an Intro to Hockey course? Devils basically shut.down Crosby, Malkin and the rest.of the Penguin scorers. That had a lot.more.to do with guys like Haula, McLeod, Brendan Smith, Mercer and some of the other frequent scapegoats.in here than with.the Jesper Bratts and Dougies.

does that intro to hockey course cover taking stupid double minor offensive zone penalties? clipping goalies to disallow goals? throwing your stick at other players?

haula was just kind of there when we were winning, which i was fine with. now, along with being a black hole of goal scoring, he’s actually a liability.

we need palat back asap to get this clown back where he belongs.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

The most notable thing to me this season is how much Jacks shot has improved. It went from a weakness to strength. That PP goal was a snipe.

 

[Camille the Eel]

No wonder Mercer is so even keel, chill!

His dad is totally easy going, even as a hype-mastah!!

got to love this. It also gives an insight into how young a team we have. Look at the kids in that room. Babies practically half of them.

Let me also (switching topics) say how good a game Ruff coached last night. He's quite without equal among NHL coaches now (or has few equals) in his in-game coaching decisions. Tough strange game with the unpredicted power plays, more than half the game played special teams one way or the other. He goes to 4 defensemen basically, rolls three lines, plus pre game elevates Mercer to the first line. All decisions that payed off last night.

 

[NjDevsRR]

The position is called "defenseman". His numbers are great if you are playing fantasy hockey. At $9 million per he shouldn't be a liability.

You lie

 

[Triumph]

got to love this. It also gives an insight into how young a team we have. Look at the kids in that room. Babies practically half of them.

Let me also (switching topics) say how good a game Ruff coached last night. He's quite without equal among NHL coaches now (or has few equals) in his in-game coaching decisions. Tough strange game with the unpredicted power plays, more than half the game played special teams one way or the other. He goes to 4 defensemen basically, rolls three lines, plus pre game elevates Mercer to the first line. All decisions that payed off last night.

Ruff did do a good job running the bench but someone's got to sit him down and make him watch goalie interference challenges. That call was absolutely never coming back, and it could've really cost the team.

 

[Blackjack]

Ruff did do a good job running the bench but someone's got to sit him down and make him watch goalie interference challenges. That call was absolutely never coming back, and it could've really cost the team.

They almost feel like frustration challenges. Like, the goal never should have been waived off to begin with as the contact was minimal and did not prevent Jarry from playing his position.

But as others have pointed out, once the call is made, they will not reverse it if there is any contact at all inside the crease.

 

[NJDevs26]

Dougie is not a liability. He’s not perfect, because he’s not Makar or whatever and he makes the occasional mistake like every defenseman in the league, but he is a net positive at preventing pucks from going in our net. True defensive liabilities don’t run numbers like he does, sorry.

And it’s a lot easier to find a dude to PK than it is to find a dude to dominate every other game state, so who cares at ALL about pk time when talking about him.

You also want a guy as good offensively as Dougie to play five on five and power play and not have to load him up with PK minutes as well. He can obviously play PK but they'd rather use Severson, Graves, Siegs and Brendan Smith cause none of them are as important offensively and they've been solid for the most part on the PK too (not to mention Marino when he was healthy). Dougie still leads the team in icetime, it's not like he's getting Gelinas treatment.

 

[NJDevs26]

does that intro to hockey course cover taking stupid double minor offensive zone penalties? clipping goalies to disallow goals? throwing your stick at other players?

haula was just kind of there when we were winning, which i was fine with. now, along with being a black hole of goal scoring, he’s actually a liability.

we need palat back asap to get this clown back where he belongs.

At this point I'm paranoid it'd be the other winger they boot off Hughes' line to make room for Palat and still handcuff Haula to Hughes and Palat

 

[PWiz30]

What a shame Severaon's dad got stranded and couldn't make the trip. That guy's a legend.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

I knew they wouldn’t overturn it, but wasn’t Haula guided into the goalie by the defender? Is that not part of the rule?

 

[JK3]

Did they even look at the Carter goal, looked like it was kicked?

I still can’t believe all the penalties called, kind of a shit product to watch when the refs are power tripping.

 

[VoidCreature]

I looked at the Carter goal again, it was definitely kicked by the standards they set against us multiple times earlier this year