In advance of what will be his 1000th game in a Devils uniform hopefully this weekend, I thought that our beloved Trav deserved a thread to be rightfully appreciated the way he should be.
I think there is likely only a select few Devils fans who have not neglected Trav in some capacity or taken him for granted. I can personally say that during the late DeBoer/Lou era, I certainly was leaning towards his contract not aging too well for us. Due to several circumstances of players leaving and others being bought out, that thankfully never turned out to be the case. But above all that, one player remained through it all and that was Trav.
Not only has his contract been completely fine for this team since he signed, his game has aged remarkably. I said it in one thread last week, but he has now become the guy to get wingers going. He won't be your top line C, but if you need to stabilize another line and get the best out of a couple of wingers who are struggling, put them with Trav. It is pretty surreal to see him still play effective hockey after all this time, when there are plenty of players who start to struggle at his age.
My favorite part of Trav's game, though? Nerding out after goals. Here's to an awesome Devil who will hopefully continue to be here until he decides to hang 'em up.
I think there is likely only a select few Devils fans who have not neglected Trav in some capacity or taken him for granted. I can personally say that during the late DeBoer/Lou era, I certainly was leaning towards his contract not aging too well for us. Due to several circumstances of players leaving and others being bought out, that thankfully never turned out to be the case. But above all that, one player remained through it all and that was Trav.
Not only has his contract been completely fine for this team since he signed, his game has aged remarkably. I said it in one thread last week, but he has now become the guy to get wingers going. He won't be your top line C, but if you need to stabilize another line and get the best out of a couple of wingers who are struggling, put them with Trav. It is pretty surreal to see him still play effective hockey after all this time, when there are plenty of players who start to struggle at his age.
My favorite part of Trav's game, though? Nerding out after goals. Here's to an awesome Devil who will hopefully continue to be here until he decides to hang 'em up.
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