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Ahhh I see your point, that’s fair!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.
Ahhh I see your point, that’s fair!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.
I don't know how Keefe talks like that if he's not intent on keeping him up.
Yeah he sounds absolutely enamoured with Seamus
That's a sound opinion, but I think you'd get a serious argument from management after the season Simon put up last year. Kovacevic is signed to a single season. He'll be gone next season and the Devils will have to decide out of the 7 that are left what happens next. Dougie, Pesce, Nemec, and Casey can't play at the same time and all are too valuable to sit.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.
Dougie’s probably the odd one out. Our future top 4 is going to be insane.That's a sound opinion, but I think you'd get a serious argument from management after the season Simon put up last year. Kovacevic is signed to a single season. He'll be gone next season and the Devils will have to decide out of the 7 that are left what happens next. Dougie, Pesce, Nemec, and Casey can't play at the same time and all are too valuable to sit.
What a super position to be put in and with Silayev's contract up at the end of '25-26. The riches continue to grow. Luke and Silayev while many overlook the fact that Misyul and Vilen are not chopped liver either. Sieg's days may be numbered as well as the talent on the left sides blossoms.
Fitz is going to be a put in a very difficult spot. Who does he use to acquirer a top 6 scoring wing and a really good 3rd center. He has D that can be huge in meeting needs, but he can't screw up and trade the wrong ones. There are no forwards as valuable as the baby RHD of whom I would not part with a single one. Glad I'm not Fitz!
So, what are we looking at?
Siegs - Dougie
Dillon - Nemec
Kovacevic - Casey
???
Dougie’s probably the odd one out. Our future top 4 is going to be insane.
Luke - Nemec
Silayev - Casey
The puck moving is still very shaky but the skating and defense is legitimately really really high end stuff that I think his floor is pretty easy top 4. Especially playing with Casey to cover some puck moving deficiencies. Silayev just swallows up everything and really doesn’t give up much of anything when he’s out thereI'm not sold on Silayev but it's very early
But yeah, lots to be excited about.
Silayev’s elite skating and defensive abilities will be great additions. I also think there’s some untapped offensive potential there. If he can be a 30-ish point D-man with those defensive skills and that skating, we’re going to be scary.I'm not sold on Silayev but it's very early
But yeah, lots to be excited about.
Dougie’s probably the odd one out. Our future top 4 is going to be insane.
Luke - Nemec
Silayev - Casey
Spot on. Even then I think the puck moving should get better with time. That’s a skill he can work on and that will improve with time and as he gains confidence.The puck moving is still very shaky but the skating and defense is legitimately really really high end stuff that I think his floor is pretty easy top 4. Especially playing with Casey to cover some puck moving deficiencies. Silayev just swallows up everything and really doesn’t give up much of anything when he’s out there
He's the "old" overpaid guy on a mostly younger team with multiple really good contracts, so he's going to be taking bullets as long as he's here, deserved or not. Personally I just don't give that much of a shit about his contract. He's kind of like latter years Zajac to me, although obviously without the history with the team. If he can be a solid vet and maybe have another big playoff moment or two, that's good enough for me.Palat had a good gm and is getting shit on in a preseason gdt…
Just a wild obsession.
You can launch MacDermid to the moon. He doesn't fit in anywhere and that includes the AHL. He was not a good signing if the intent was to have him for 5 or 6 games to fight. Who gets cut for him to stay on.Don’t forget MacDermid-Pesce to round out the top 6
You are just hoping you get to ogle more of Casey behind your wife’s back.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.
She's okay with it. Heck, sometimes she likes to watch.You are just hoping you get to ogle more of Casey behind your wife’s back.
You can launch MacDermid to the moon. He doesn't fit in anywhere and that includes the AHL. He was not a good signing if the intent was to have him for 5 or 6 games to fight. Who gets cut for him to stay on.
Softening the blow when he gets cutI don't know how Keefe talks like that if he's not intent on keeping him up.
Exactly, I mean there's literally no reason to rush Casey. An important thing to recognize is that Casey, Stillman, and Dowling were the only players on the ice tonight with serious career implications.Softening the blow when he gets cut
If he makes our team better, he should be on the team.Exactly, I mean there's literally no reason to rush Casey. An important thing to recognize is that Casey, Stillman, and Dowling were the only players on the ice tonight with serious career implications.
Casey's looked like a star through two preseason games, but if he were to make the team, he's gonna hit a wall somewhere around 40-50 games. The AHL is the right place for him to acclimate to a pro schedule and get all the minutes he could possibly ask for. If he crushes a whole season down there, he'll be a hell of a potential addition in the playoffs (if we make them ).
Lmao right, a 'history'Excellent points, the duo that has a history of playing fantastic together must be separated because of a random preseason game.