GDT: Ring of Honor Night: Welcome Home, Jacques Lemaire! Your New Jersey Devils (26-17-6, 58 Pts) vs. Boston Bruins (23-19-6, 52 Pts), 7 PM, MSGSN

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

do whatever you need to do to make Cotter-Haula-Lazar the 4th line.

 

[MadDevil]

This is just an opportunity for Poulter to have a 2022-23 Schmid run.

 

[Saugus]

I absolutely DESPISE Twitter doctors who look at a 5 second long clip and spout an opinion. Super unethical to speculate on the health of someone who isn't a patient and they haven't examined, and usually they're no more accurate than just Googling "ankle injury" and seeing what pops up.

The fact that a "journalist" took Twitter hearsay from a doctor he's never spoken to as evidence and put it in a news article is borderline firing-worthy. It's not that much different than saying you met a guy on the bus who says that the Devils are going to trade for Connor McDavid and treating it like a legitimate rumor.

But I thought my source on the McDavid rumor was totally legit!

@Cheddabombs , care to comment?

 

[Satans Hockey]

Anyone who went to the game see any merch for last night? I asked but they said they didn't make anything. Kinda surprising to leave money on the table like that but what do I know lol

 

[Zippy316]

The Meier needs to be the one driving the line stuff is so overblown. Since mid November at 5v5 the guy is 10th in shots/60, 1st by a wide margin in ixG/60, 1st by a wide margin in iCF/60, 2nd in iSCF/60, 14th in iHDCF/60. That is with the best xG% on the team at nearly 61% (18th in the league) and up nearly 2-1 in actual goals at 20-11.

Yeah obviously it f***ing sucks that the puck isn't going in for him but there's literally nothing more you could ask of the guy and he's not going to be any better than he has been if you put him on the 3rd line. I don't mind the idea to spread out talent and get 3 usable lines but the narrative people have made up about him is f***ing nonsense

I fully agree with you that was not my intent at all to say he’s useless when he’s not on his own line. He’s still really effective with Hischier (I’m not sold on the fit with Hughes tbh).

However, I think the Devils get far more utility out of this lineup with him and Hischier running their own line. He doesn’t need Hischier to be effective and Hischier doesn’t need him.

I’d rather see him take a guy like Mercer and elevate him on the third line rather than waste away some of his play driving skill with Hischier. Meier loves to have the puck, loves to drive the net, and loves to (sometimes annoyingly) throw it on net too much. With Hischier/Hughes, it sometimes kills plays but with Dowling, Haula, and Mercer, I’d rather that mentality.

 

[RNCDevil]

do whatever you need to do to make Cotter-Haula-Lazar the 4th line.

I'm a bit low on Lazar at present but maybe he's still working back from injury.

 

[Cheddabombs]

But I thought my source on the McDavid rumor was totally legit!

@Cheddabombs , care to comment?

 

[Better Call Sal]

Just got to catch up on the GDT and lmao at the reactions from the goal against and the first period as a whole. I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Didn't see these shared, apologize if they were. Great listening to all these legends. We really are lucky to have such prominent figures in our team's history.

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

Anyone who went to the game see any merch for last night? I asked but they said they didn't make anything. Kinda surprising to leave money on the table like that but what do I know lol

Only the pin. Saw nothing special at the team store.

 

[Satans Hockey]

Only the pin. Saw nothing special at the team store.

Thanks, I was looking for a puck since I got the Brylin one from last year but the team loves to leave money on the table, just like the stadium series jerseys.

 

[Brooklyndevil]

Big win last night. Hopefully, they can put several wins together.

 

[Brooklyndevil]

Meier-Hischier-Mercer
Palat-Hughes-Bratt
Gourde-Nelson-Noesen
Cotter-Haula-Lazar

???

Keep Meier and Mercer together for now, at least for another game or two.

 

[Mgd31]

After an okay first, they basically dominated the rest of the game. That shift in the 2nd where they hemmed the Bruins in the zone for 3 minutes was insane.

But Allen needed to be extra sharp when needed and he stepped up to the occasion. We should be fine riding him a few games

Good to see Mercer pot a couple. I was ready to ship him to Siberia. Maybe he can work with Meier. Thought Dowling had a particularly great game.

Was also good to see Luke and Pesce have a good game, since they have been pretty bad since the new year.

Great way to honor Jacques!

 

[devilsfan950003]

do whatever you need to do to make Cotter-Haula-Lazar the 4th line.

Makes sense. Lazar is a better winger than center.

 

[New Jersey Devils]

Not a doctor but if I had to guess maybe an MCL sprain

Should I skip med school and just become the team doctor??

 

[My3Sons]

Should I skip med school and just become the team doctor??

One of my brothers can’t read so he became a radiologist.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Should I skip med school and just become the team doctor??

Bang up job Doc!

 

[glenwo2]

Bang up job Doc!

 

[devilsfan950003]

I'm a bit low on Lazar at present but maybe he's still working back from injury.

He's a better winger than center. Make him the 4th line right wing. Better fit.

 

[Bleedred]

So apparently Swayman was pulled for injury.

I thought they were pulling him because they felt this game was lost and were simply gonna throw him right back out there the next night in an important game against Ottawa. But Michael DiPietro was listed as the dressed backup to Korpisalo and it's said that Swayman has an upper body injury.