GDT: Sabres @ Devils, 7 PM, MSG+

[Mgd31]

Zacha was good tonight

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Bahl should come out before him.

I wouldn’t mind that but Bahl has played 12 games now and been solid lately so it’s unlikely. Okhotiuk was probably better tonight but he wasn’t too bad. I’ve liked Okhotiuk better for some time now but have to to give it to Bahl that he’s been pretty solid. They probably both deserve to play more than smith.

 

[Bleedred]

I’d be pissed. I like Fitz and I feel like he has the right idea and vision about how to build this team. With that being said, I’ll understand it if it’s because he keeps the staff too long.

The easiest no-brainer move he can make (and it's basically ''Free'' outside of the fact that ownership are gonna have to pay him and not wipe their asses with his salary) is firing this staff. It's not gonna cost us any draft picks to fire this staff. We don't have to sign or trade anybody to fire this staff.

This is 1985-1986 levels of points percentage. Two years in a row.

We all know goaltending is the biggest problem, but I think we've seen enough of these guys than to go in there another year with them.

 

[Hisch13r]

So basically we’ve gotten HORRIBLE goaltending in like 33% of our games lol. Bad goaltending is probably way higher.

lol We just had one of our best 5 game goaltending stretches of the season. On MP it was -0.049, -0.118, and -0.323 saved above expected then our 2nd best game of the year with 2.312 saved above expected. Then -2.13 saved above expected tonight. Our best 5 game goaltending stretch of the season is 3 pretty average games, 1 well above average and 1 well below average with a combined -0.308 saved above expected...

Early March we had a better one with a 1.867 saved above expected. Before that we have to go back to mid November to find a better one than we just got.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Nikita went off

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Nikita went off

Damn. Love to see that. Just hoping they don’t take him out next game now.

 

[Devs3cups]

Nikita went off

Where are those stats from? Also… Hammond lol *puke*

 

[Blender]

Nikita went off

He had a really good game.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Where are those stats from? Also… Hammond lol *puke*

@hockeystatcards on twitter. It’s a bot that tweets them out after every game.

 

[Bleedred]

I just watched the Okposo goal again and it was horrible.

This would probably be a top-3 or top-4 softy of the year.

It was worse than when Buffalo scored from center ice on Schneider 3 years ago here at home.

That one at least went in way quicker and hopped a bunch.

 

[Devs3cups]

@hockeystatcards on twitter. It’s a bot that tweets them out after every game.

Nice! Thanks a lot!

 

[devilsblood]

Nikita went off

4 sog's, 7 icf's, 3 iscf's.

Has he been a guy who was getting a lot of shots off while in Utica? Or is this just some weird flukey NHL debut.

 

[Dylan9z9]

lol blaming the loss on Zacha

 

[HersheyBob27]

Nikita went off

Is that good when Bratt is -.25

 

[Eggtimer]

What’s super depressing is that we suffer through a frustrating / shitty season where we were out of the playoff race before Christmas , and odds are we finish just high enough in the standings to miss out drafting a player if massive massive need ( RHD ) in Jiricek and Nemec . Slafkovsky is going to be long gone before we pick . Man this sucks but maybe we get some good karma or something going and win the lotto . This blows

 

[devilsblood]

Missed the game but I saw Boq is still on it and Okhotiuk got his first one. Nice.

Boq had a really nice pass to Mercer in front that was robbed as well.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I just watched the Okposo goal again and it was horrible.

This would probably be a top-3 or top-4 softy of the year.

It was worse than when Buffalo scored from center ice on Schneider 3 years ago here at home.

That one at least went in way quicker and hopped a bunch.

Was there anything tricky about that? That looked like a muffin from before the blue line. No crazy speeds or bounces.

It's awful

 

[Captain3rdLine]

What’s super depressing is that we suffer through a frustrating / shitty season where we were out of the playoff race before Christmas , and odds are we finish just high enough in the standings to miss out drafting a player if massive massive need ( RHD ) in Jiricek and Nemec . Slafkovsky is going to be long gone before we pick . Man this sucks but maybe we get some good karma or something going and win the lotto . This blows

We could still get one of them if we finish where we are or Slafkovsky with a lucky lottery win. We could still also fall into 3rd last behind Philly and Seattle who are 2 and 3 points behind us.

 

[devilsblood]

What’s super depressing is that we suffer through a frustrating / shitty season where we were out of the playoff race before Christmas , and odds are we finish just high enough in the standings to miss out drafting a player if massive massive need ( RHD ) in Jiricek and Nemec . Slafkovsky is going to be long gone before we pick . Man this sucks but maybe we get some good karma or something going and win the lotto . This blows

We've had more than our fair share of lottery luck in recent years. I do really hope we land a RHD, but whoever we pick will be a good prospect.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Our goalie not making saves hurt us too

 

[Mgd31]

4 sog's, 7 icf's, 3 iscf's.

Has he been a guy who was getting a lot of shots off while in Utica? Or is this just some weird flukey NHL debut.

The shot totals were flukey. He averages less than a shot per game in the AHL.

 

[njdevils1982]

this season will be a success if i witness a goal where all 3 of boq!, kuok! and okh! get in on a goal together.


where are the fandouche odds on that shit?! c'mon!

 

[Devs3cups]

We've had more than our fair share of lottery luck in recent years. I do really hope we land a RHD, but whoever we pick will be a good prospect.

With average goaltending we’d draft between 12-14th O. Getting a top 6 pick is gravy at this point.

 

[sabremike]

Tonight was the perfect opportunity for the crowd to fire up another ''Fire Recchi'' chant like they did back in December.

Was there. They did.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

What’s super depressing is that we suffer through a frustrating / shitty season where we were out of the playoff race before Christmas , and odds are we finish just high enough in the standings to miss out drafting a player if massive massive need ( RHD ) in Jiricek and Nemec . Slafkovsky is going to be long gone before we pick . Man this sucks but maybe we get some good karma or something going and win the lotto . This blows

Depressing is being old and shitty without a draft pick like Chicago. This core really doesn’t need another blue chip prospect imo, but we’re likely getting one. As bad as this year is, I’m so hopeful for the future. It just feels different.