GDT: The Blue Note @ Your NJ Devils, 1/5/2023

[John Pedro]

20min for Haula including 1:20 pp time where he was the guy trying to gain the zone

Lindy must think he's a top line forward

shouldn't be getting more than 12 per night with no PP time

 

[Rhodes 81]

Man oh man this shit is comical at this point.

Idk why they don't play Holtz more down a goal late. What are you risking? Losing by more?

 

[Devils090]

another game where only Jack or Nico score

 

[NJDevs26]

Jack Hughes led the forwards in ice time

I'll give you one guess who was 2nd

LOL to be fair Haula actually had a few nice feeds that weren’t converted but yeah they gotta stop treating him as if he’s the prime level Zajac to Hughes’ Kovy

 

[njdevils1982]

Get ready for Saturday folks!!! Your New Jersey Bums starring in the Circus Night as clowns! Cant wait to pay $300 for a ticket to see this!!!!!!!!!!

i approve of this post

 

[SKNJD9]

Man oh man this shit is comical at this point.

Idk why they don't play Holtz more down a goal late. What are you risking? Losing by more?

He was one of the 6 at the end before the empty netter

 

[Tundra]

We played playoffs Binnington tonight.

 

[billingtons ghost]

Well I'm sold:

Blackwood and Severson for Binnington and 1/4 his salary retained?

 

[Normal Devil]

Teams with great away records don't miss the playoffs.

This team is going to break tradition.

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

Worst loss of the season. It was literally the most must win game so far and they find a way to blow a lead at home to a banged up team. No home win in a month. Goaltending was not good tonight either , wish Vanaceck started.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Man I'll go to bat for Haula but he really shouldn't be out there in that situation over Holtz or Mercer or Sharangovich

Rango for sure.

 

[longislanddevil]

ENOUGH with Lindy’s hard-on for Haula. This guy couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. What a completely inept offensive player.

 

[HBK27]

How much is Bratt looking to get paid? He was invisible tonight.

 

[SKNJD9]

Gotta go get a top 6 FWD to push out of one Haula/Tatar to the bottom 6. I think a lot of the issues will rectify themselves once/if that happens

 

[Devils090]

No ROR or Tarasenko and we still lose

 

[RememberTheName]

This team is filled with a whole bunch of losers who don't know how to play physically or score. Ruff has no idea how to work his line combos right now and is basically trying to win every game 3-1 or not at all with how much McLeod is playing. The fact that Hughes STILL has to play with Haula and now Tatar as well is frankly embarrassing. I don't care if he's been inconsistent or he's a rookie or whatever, if I don't f***ing see Alex Holtz out there next game next to Hughes I am going to be livid. Kid has been misused every single game this year and I guarantee he sits on Saturday for Z for some horseshit reason even though he's been playing awesome lately. Again, I also don't understand why we don't put Palat next to Hughes as well but what do I know.

 

[DerekDevils30]

Should have at least gotten a point out of that one. Incredibly frustrating not even getting games like this to extra time.

 

[Louskoolaid89]

it’s hard to even blame haula at this point, he’s being used all wrong. really think ruff needs to go

Exactly.

We played playoffs Binnington tonight.

And last year's Schmid a lethal combination.

 

[njdevils1982]

binnington gets his 105th win in blues history... (now 5th)

...and in other news blackwood needs 7 wins to tie chico for 4th on the devils (60, 67)

 

[Devs3cups]

Recap:

CF%: 68.75%
SCF%: 71.19%
HDCF%: 84%
xGF: 4.47
xGA: 2.4
xGF%: 65.03%
Shots: 38-19 NJ

I'm actually sick. This is ABSURD. One of our 3 best games ALL YEAR.

 

[SKNJD9]

This might be the worst one all yr

 

[John Pedro]

Tatar is another guy that can't buy a goal no matter what

he shouldn't be on the PP1 either

 

[Mgd31]

You have to at least get points out of these games

 

[BostonDevil]

We could actually drop to 4th on Saturday. Wow!

 

[Rhodes 81]

He was one of the 6 at the end before the empty netter

What I mean is replace Haula with Holtz on Hughes' line at even strength. Haula's purpose there is to keep that line from being too boom or bust, but that's exactly what you need when you're already down a goal. You shouldn't care as much about possession when you need to score.