GDT: Senators @ Devils 7:00 PM MSGSN, MSGSN2, ESPN+

[Better Call Sal]

Here’s the clip from the presser, even better than I expected just reading the quote lol

 

[NJDevs26]

Harsh but fair lol

Another masterclass Fitz move, giving Kovacevic the bag too quickly

 

[glenwo2]

Call your boy and tell him we need another half dozen or so goals from him.

*ring* *ring*

Bratt : "Hello?"

glenwo2 : "Yeah it's me. JimEIV wants you to score more goals"

Bratt : "Who the fuk is JimEIV?"

*click*

 

[CalamityX23]

Harsh but fair lol

Mr new contract certainly needs to play better

He's been buyers remorse since the TDL

 

[Devs3cups]

Yeah, Keefe is pissed. Understandably so. We've seen what the team is capable of doing when they play the sound structure Keefe has brought in. They haven't done that in quite a while.

 

[Dylan9z9]

Here’s the clip from the presser, even better than I expected just reading the quote lol

I think Keefe is pissed

 

[NjDevsRR]

*ring* *ring*

Bratt : "Hello?"

glenwo2 : "Yeah it's me. JimEIV wants you to score more goals"

Bratt : "Who the fuk is JimEIV?"

*click*

 

[Devs3cups]

Don't really think Kovacevic has been bad at all lately?

 

[JimEIV]

I think we are counting our eggs before they hatch with the defense. Dillion is a strong candidate to be a shit contract within a year or two, Kova just got a big contract based on a partial season of good play, he’s a good candidate to become our new Marino. And so far we have no homegrown replacement for Dougie based on how they are handling Nemec and Casey. I think the improved defense has just as much to do with the coaching as it does the personnel.

Cotter and Noesen are fine additions. But how many of us saw that this team still lacked depth? I only partially agree with your take on the core. I don’t know how much I can blame them in the sense that realistically they are at this point clearly a tier below other contending cores, both in terms of their talent but also durability. The GM of this team needs to understand that this core is not like the oilers or lightning. There needs to be significant depth to make up for it.

Maybe...but my view is if this team "needs" significant depth...it can only be because the top end of the lineup isn't really top end

 

[glenwo2]

I'm officially f*cking dead.

Thanks.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Don't really think Kovacevic has been bad at all lately?

Me either, really weird from Keefe there. Maybe he's trying to light a fire to early season Kovy which he hasn't been for a while + he realizes most of these guys are has beens and AHL call ups

 

[JimEIV]

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He would know ...just say Slongdongski not Jim. He'll know

 

[glenwo2]

He would know ...just say Slongdongski not Jim. He'll know

Eww... TMI, man.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Don't really think Kovacevic has been bad at all lately?

Overall fine but some backbreaking mistakes by him

The Dallas fiasco
The Flames GWG
Bad penalties

 

[Killing Joke]

Any idiot could see before the season started that organization centre depth was horrible. Bad drafting will be the demise of fitz

It's gonna be why the team never wins a cup under this core.

 

[NJDevs26]

Overall fine but some backbreaking mistakes by him

The Dallas fiasco
The Flames GWG
Bad penalties

Sounds like at least one of the guys playing goal

 

[JimEIV]

Eww... TMI, man.

Did you think that was information

 

[jkrdevil]

Maybe...but my view is if this team "needs" significant depth...it can only be because the top end of the lineup isn't really top end

What’s your definition of top end? Do we have a McDavid or MacKinnon. No, we don’t. So you have to win through depth.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Don't really think Kovacevic has been bad at all lately?

I see him making panicky moves with the puck like most of the other defensemen. Don’t know that he’s been bad necessarily but he’s been part of the problem. He gave the puck away for the go ahead goal against Calgary, he took a delay of game penalty tonight.

I think Keefe is pissed with the defensive situation as a whole right now which I don’t blame him for.

 

[Marv4Life]

I'm really starting to get less impressed by Keefe. Under Ruff we had heaters. And even with last year's debacle he had a worse roster.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Overall fine but some backbreaking mistakes by him

The Dallas fiasco
The Flames GWG
Bad penalties

Ugh, I forgot about the Dallas icing. Now I’m pissed again.

 

[jkrdevil]

I'm really starting to get less impressed by Keefe. Under Ruff we had heaters. And even with last year's debacle he had a worse roster.

I like Keefe, but saying you need to see more before judging is fair. He just got here this year so I don’t think you can lay the issues at his feet.

 

[guitarguyvic]

Maybe...but my view is if this team "needs" significant depth...it can only be because the top end of the lineup isn't really top end

They are a tier below guys like Mack, Kuch, Drai, Matthews. And that’s ok, you can still win the cup it just requires acknowledging that these guys aren’t at that tier and it needs to be more of a committee approach. The construction is flawed. Where is the natural goal scorer or sniper? Nowhere to be found. We’ve been without one since Kovalchuk…twelve years ago.

 

[Devs3cups]

I'm really starting to get less impressed by Keefe. Under Ruff we had heaters. And even with last year's debacle he had a worse roster.

I honestly like what Keefe brings quite a lot. The team had quite a heater in December, and I think his bottom-6 this year isn't as good as what Ruff tbh. When they play the system correctly, they play extremely good hockey. The supporting cast isn't good enough. In 2022-2023, everyone was rolling. Keefe doesn't have the luxury of having 0.5PPG 3C Haula or 25+ goal scorer Mercer, as well as 25 points Lazar.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Lack of production from the blue line is also killing them