GDT: PLAYOFFS: Canes game in Jersey? What exit?

[Bub]

Apparently I went to college with about 1/3 of the people in Jersey. Can't tell you how many times I heard versions of this joke.

Anyway, scheduling madness continues. I think game four is at 7:30am on Sunday, and if there's a game five it will be on May 19th.

 

[MinJaBen]

Apparently I went to college with about 1/3 of the people in Jersey. Can't tell you how many times I heard versions of this joke.

Anyway, scheduling madness continues. I think game four is at 7:30am on Sunday, and if there's a game five it will be on May 19th.

According to Triumph, not far from exit 12.

 

[Stickpucker]

Protect Gretzkynookson and you will prosper.

Get him a nice sauna -> sports massage -> ice bath.

When will his PJ line come on sale?

 

[MinJaBen]

Protect Gretzkynookson and you will prosper.

Get him a nice sauna -> sports massage -> ice bath.

When will his PJ line come on sale?

Marty beats the Devils so soundly, he should get a golden fiddle.

 

[Idiot Stick]

beat the piss out of the devils pls

 

[Tryamw]

We'll need Jordan Martinook to banish these devils

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Would be funny if every eastern conference series is a sweep. Do your part Canes

 

[Tryamw]

Potentially no Pesce

 

[the halleJOKEL]

5-1 loss

 

[HisIceness]

Oh god a playoff road game

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

Potentially no Pesce

Glad he’s okay.

Also, I don’t know if I expect a win tonight, but by gawd it sure would be swell.

 

[Nikishin al Gaib]

Glad he’s okay.

Also, I don’t know if I expect a win tonight, but by gawd it sure would be swell.

Quite frankly, if Pesce was out I genuinely don't know how NJ wins either of the games up there. Glad to hear its a maintenance day for him

 

[Summer Rose]

win game

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Glad Pesce is ok but I don’t really see him holding up well over a long playoff run with the workload he’s getting and how reliant they are on him to put his body on the line defensively. Not that I think they can go on a long run this year but over the course of that contract it would be a concern for me if I were a Devils fan

 

[Derailed75]

Wish Pesce was too hurt to play but nothing career related. Just as Rod would put it "he has a little thing, not quite game ready"

Perfectly healthy otherwise.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Pesce was doing superhero Conn Smythe shit in Game 2.

He rocks, we love Brett Pesce, what a guy. Trade for him in the offseason.

 

[Nikishin al Gaib]

 

[Chrispy]

Wish Pesce was too hurt to play but nothing career related. Just as Rod would put it "he has a little thing, not quite game ready"

Perfectly healthy otherwise.

I don’t believe “has a little thing, not quite game ready” is a playoff thing.

Landed in Switzerland this morning. I’m not ready to adopt the schedule of our Finish brethren so I think I’m missing a 2:30am puck drop.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I have no relevant info to add, so here's a video of good dogs:

 

[Stickpucker]

Potentially no Pesce

Pesce only saved like 3 goals last game.

No biggie, right?

But for real how funny would it be if Jarvis hobbit KO of Pesce in game 1 takes him out of the series?

 

[Discipline Daddy]

Glad Pesce is ok but I don’t really see him holding up well over a long playoff run with the workload he’s getting and how reliant they are on him to put his body on the line defensively. Not that I think they can go on a long run this year but over the course of that contract it would be a concern for me if I were a Devils fan

For sure. Dude looked beyond winded every time they showed him on the bench. He's an absolute warrior and will play great again tonight, without a doubt. He'll bring it in every game in this series. I could see him falling off if he makes rounds 3-4, but I don't worry about his athleticism yet. We're more likely to score goals by exploiting the non-Dumoulin/Pesce/Siegs defensemen.

I honestly think we're playing even better overall than the 2023 Devils series, but the Devils are being bolstered by Pesce's goal saves and better goaltending to keep the score from getting out of hand. That said, expect NJD to come out blazing tonight.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

MARCH INTO HELL FOR A HEAVENLY CAUSE

 

[Derailed75]

I don’t believe “has a little thing, not quite game ready” is a playoff thing.

Landed in Switzerland this morning. I’m not ready to adopt the schedule of our Finish brethren so I think I’m missing a 2:30am puck drop.

Yeah I was being sarcastic. I don't want Brett to be hurt but would be nice if he had to miss the rest of the series

 

[Ole Gil]

As crazy as Pesces goal saving antics have been, it also has felt like he's been coughing up the puck a ton in the first two games.

 

[LakeLivin]

Pesce looked fantastic in game 2. But his play in game 1 didn't leave me thinking "if only we still had him our chances would be so much greater!". And even if it's a just a maintenance day, it's still a reminder of the concerns about how he is going to hold up physically going forward. I like the guy and wish him the best, but one game doesn't change my thoughts about the Borg making the right long term decision to move on, painful as it is to lose a guy with his history with the Canes.

edit: above doesn't take into account "addition by subtraction" if a retained Pesce prompted Rod to move Burns down, but we all know that would have been unlikely to happen.