GDT: Preseason Game #3 - Your New Jersey Devils vs. Washington Capitals, 7 PM, NJDTV

[Hisch13r]

So who is the wonder teen franchise savior we're tanking for?

Well he’s practically a Jack Hughes clone. He’s even got a similar name, James Hagens

 

[Emperoreddy]

If Pesce is going to miss games, I feel like you got to let Casey get some looks and send him down when Pesce is ready to go

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

His game is much more suited to it. Casey’s that cowboy type QB that has incredible lateral movement and opens up passing lanes. Dougie’s better suited as a shooting threat than running things up top.

I said that when he got here (Dougie)

 

[Moist ReadOnly]

There is no better option

Uh

Maybe the best option is to split our four first line forwards into two pairs, not force Nico with two third liners?

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

White and Desimone suck

 

[Camille the Eel]

Hamilton is so unique lol. I'd say Luke, Nemec and Casey all look better because of their mobility, but Dougie has that bomb lol.

Hamilton after surgery and missing most of last season we have to expect it will take time for him to find his game again at the highest level. It’s not reasonable to expect otherwise and you could see in the third period tonight how gassed and rusty he was - and at the end of the second period when we gave up that goal - that his reactions and strength are not back where they need to be.

How could it be otherwise and really that’s the purpose of pre season. Though i think it will take him longer than that, given his general mileage and what he’s recently been through.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Is that so? Where was Tatar in the playoffs again, whos line?

The regular season was under a different coach with a different system that nobody in the league had seen before that season

Or are you suggesting the Devils will go another 30-game stretch with 40+ shots for and only sub-20 against

I can point to a thousand examples in sports of one-season of greatness from a tandem of players that never replicated

Tomas Tatar is a third liner who has not been trusted by any team in the playoffs since his sophomore season - hes not good

Excellent points, the duo that has a history of playing fantastic together must be separated because of a random preseason game.

 

[My3Sons]

If Pesce is going to miss games, I feel like you got to let Casey get some looks and send him down when Pesce is ready to go

Casey’s emergence is going to finally allow NJ to trade Nemec to MTL for Anderson

 

[Hisch13r]

I said that when he got here (Dougie)

I probably still think he’s better at doing it than you do even if it’s not ideal for him. I think he’s still really good up there because he’s just really good but guys like Luke and Casey’s games are much more suited to running PPs up top than Dougie and Nemec are. The latter 2 really lack the dynamic ability of the former 2.

The only issue with keeping Dougie is we don’t really have another shooting threat. We did however see how good our PP1 can be without him at the start of last year. Obviously clicking at 40% all year isn’t a sustainable thing but it wasn’t solely luck. The puck and player movement was f***ing impeccable to start the year

 

[Bad Goalie]

If you’re preaching handing out roster spots based on merit there’s literally no argument against Casey. Best player on the team both games he played.

So, when Pesce and Luke are included, which of Luke, Nemec, or Casey gets sent down since they will be the only 3 not having to clear waivers?

Hamilton
Dillon
Siegenthaler
Pesce
Luke
Nemec
Kovacevic
Casey

Carrying 8 D and 13 F would be outright ridiculous having to sit one of those kids when they need to play every night. Kovacevic was acquired to fill that backup role.

I see Casey to Utica as the 1st RHD to get a call.

 

[Hisch13r]

Seamus <3

 

[njdevils1982]

If Pesce is going to miss games, I feel like you got to let Casey get some looks and send him down when Pesce is ready to go

for sure.

not the first time injuries happened and someone stepped up to grab a full spot... nemec for hamilton last season

we got a good thing going here on the back end that most teams would be envious of.

 

[Better Call Sal]

 

[Emperoreddy]

Seamus <3

AHL line was booty-os

 

[Hisch13r]

So, when Pesce and Luke are included, which of Luke, Nemec, or Casey gets sent down since they will be the only 3 not having to clear waivers?

Hamilton
Dillon
Siegenthaler
Pesce
Luke
Nemec
Kovacevic
Casey

Carrying 8 D and 13 F would be outright ridiculous having to sit one of those kids when they need to play every night. Kovacevic was acquired to fill that backup role.

I see Casey to Utica as the 1st RHD to get a call.

I mean at that point yeah unless he’s just too good to keep out of the lineup. If he is then you figure shit out then

 

[njdevils1982]

White and Desimone suck

 

[NjDevsRR]

Palat had a good gm and is getting shit on in a preseason gdt…

Just a wild obsession.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

So, when Pesce and Luke are included, which of Luke, Nemec, or Casey gets sent down since they will be the only 3 not having to clear waivers?

Hamilton
Dillon
Siegenthaler
Pesce
Luke
Nemec
Kovacevic
Casey

Carrying 8 D and 13 F would be outright ridiculous having to sit one of those kids when they need to play every night. Kovacevic was acquired to fill that backup role.

I see Casey to Utica as the 1st RHD to get a call.

If Casey proves he's better than Nemec, he should make the team ahead of Nemec. From what we've seen so far, Nemec could use some AHL seasoning over Casey.

 

[Emperoreddy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839124001202778261

Jack sees the vision

 

[Devs3cups]

If Casey proves he's better than Nemec, he should make the team ahead of Nemec. From what we've seen so far, Nemec could use some AHL seasoning over Casey.

We all love Casey, but selling Nemec short isn’t necessary to prop up Casey. Nemec just played a stellar 60 games as a 19 year old rookie in the NHL. He was also scoring over 0.5 PPG playing pro hockey while Casey was in college. Based off what we’ve seen so far, aka one preseason game from Simon after being back from injury. Seems a bit disingenuous. I’m not trying to bring Casey down, he’s awesome and I’m excited about him as a prospect. He will most likely make the team, but I highly doubt it’ll be because Nemec didn’t.

 

[Emperoreddy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839125431305515169

We see the vision

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

We all love Casey, but selling Nemec short isn’t necessary to prop up Casey. Nemec just played a stellar 60 games as a 19 year old rookie in the NHL. Based off what we’ve seen so far, aka one preseason game from Simon after being back from injury. Seems a bit disingenuous. Casey will most likely make the team, but I highly doubt it’ll be because Nemec didn’t.

Nemec is great, but my point is that if he's recovering from injury and not 100%, he shouldn't make the team over someone who is playing better.

 

[Hisch13r]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839125431305515169

We see the vision

Yeah he really likes him

 

[Devs3cups]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839124001202778261

Jack sees the vision

He’s been very good, excited to see him make the team. You can never have too much mobility on the backend and his defending is pretty good.

We’re so stacked on young D prospects it’s not even funny.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839125431305515169

We see the vision

I don't know how Keefe talks like that if he's not intent on keeping him up.