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Sort of an odd game, seemed like the type we generally lose. Still can't figure out the reffing in this league (after some 30 years), we got the calls tonight. Metro is going to be tough for sure.
 
Letang's patience/toe drag/pass to setup the rush that lead to Crosby's goal was pretty sick.
 
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@AuroraBorealis Zucker at 21 points
Rushed back from injury to keep the points rolling...
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It is nice to see that team getting just good goaltending instead of the all-time great type play they got last year. It's a totally different game.
 
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Surprised they won after giving up the first goal in the first three and a half seconds. LOL but they persevered on and surprisingly somehow won this game. Let's see how we do Thursday against the canes, when we squander the game in Carolina couple nights back.
 
My week will be made if we can beat the Canes on Thursday. F them and their winning streak and their boring grindy hockey.

I hope we win that game
 
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Wow, NJD is slipping in the standings. They lost the last six games and the next games are against FLA, BOS 2x and the Pens. They might lose ten in a row.
 
MeinerEiner said:
Wow, NJD is slipping in the standings. They lost the last six games and the next games are against FLA, BOS 2x and the Pens. They might lose ten in a row.
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They're still outplaying a lot of their opponents. Just getting trash goaltending and bad finishing luck right now. Doubt that continues for too much longer.
 
Pancakes said:
They're still outplaying a lot of their opponents. Just getting trash goaltending and bad finishing luck right now. Doubt that continues for too much longer.
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Doubt it continues too but I sort of felt like their goaltending and finishing were both playing a little over their head. Probably not as nearly as good as before this losing streak but not as bad as during this losing streak.
 
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Pancakes said:
They're still outplaying a lot of their opponents. Just getting trash goaltending and bad finishing luck right now. Doubt that continues for too much longer.
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Yes, it will reverse as soon as they meet the Pens next week lol
 
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MeinerEiner said:
Wow, NJD is slipping in the standings. They lost the last six games and the next games are against FLA, BOS 2x and the Pens. They might lose ten in a row.
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Surprised they're not winning every game 8-0 because they have a generational stretch passer in Marino.

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They're still outplaying a lot of their opponents. Just getting trash goaltending and bad finishing luck right now. Doubt that continues for too much longer.
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I honestly don't think the Devils are that good. Their defense is awesome, but their forward group is really poorly built and their goaltending sucks.

People made fun of Spiro Agnew when he said that "you can't win with 6 Kris Letangs on defense", but he's kinda right in that you need to have a well balanced roster construction. When the Penguins ran with Guentzel-Crosby-Sheary, it had massive issues because both Sheary and Guentzel had similar issues and those similar issues intensified by them playing together.
 
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POJ had a terrible game.
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I don't really get all the POJ hype from the fanboys, but that's the nature of fanboys.

He's often OK in the O-zone, but has been a deer in the headlights in the D-zone most of the time in pretty much every game. If you watch him in his own end he looks lost A LOT and it wasn't only tonight. No, it's not just because of being paired out there with Chad Vanilla some of the time. He may eventually learn to think the game a little faster at both ends, which will be necessary for him to get the same kind of premature bridge contract we often hand out to young D (Petts, Marino) before they've truly earned it.
 
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Surprised they're not winning every game 8-0 because they have a generational stretch passer in Marino.



I honestly don't think the Devils are that good. Their defense is awesome, but their forward group is really poorly built and their goaltending sucks.

People made fun of Spiro Agnew when he said that "you can't win with 6 Kris Letangs on defense", but he's kinda right in that you need to have a well balanced roster construction. When the Penguins ran with Guentzel-Crosby-Sheary, it had massive issues because both Sheary and Guentzel had similar issues and those similar issues intensified by them playing together.
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We checked it. The Devils had the easiest schedule in the league up to the point the losses started coming.
 
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I don't really get all the POJ hype from the fanboys, but that's the nature of fanboys.

He's often OK in the O-zone, but has been a deer in the headlights in the D-zone most of the time in pretty much every game. If you watch him in his own end he looks lost A LOT and it wasn't only tonight. No, it's not just because of being paired out there with Chad Vanilla some of the time. He may eventually learn to think the game a little faster at both ends, which will be necessary for him to get the same kind of premature bridge contract we often hand out to young D (Petts, Marino) before they've truly earned it.
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He’s providing solid offensive production for nothing in terms of cost and is playing well enough to usurp a player like Ruh or Friedman.

I like POJ a lot this year.
 
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