What is wrong with Timo Meier?

[Team_Spirit]

 

[BallardEra]

3 goals and 1 assist tonight.

 

[CaptainShark]

3 goals and 1 assist tonight.

So the answer is „Lindy Ruff“?

 

[HugeInTheShire]

So the answer is „Lindy Ruff“?

Green put him at RW instead of LW. He also put him on PP1 and he immediately scored a PP goal. Ruff refused to do either of those things.

 

[McDuffz88]

So the answer is „Lindy Ruff“?

Correct. For some reason he was always in Lindys dog house. Played him on the 3rd line on LW and never saw PP time. It's actually criminal when you think about it. You trade and sign a 9 million dollar winger just to shaft him on the 3rd line with no PP time? How does that make any sense?

 

[Goptor]

He'll bounce back. He's just having a ruff year.

 

[MasterofGrond]

He's also finally looking healthy out there.

 

[the valiant effort]

Low stakes Timo back on the prowl

 

[Chainshot]

Had a Lindy-ectomy and seems to be recovering quickly.

 

[HBK27]

7 goals & 11 points in his last 7 games.

Emily Kaplan said on the ESPN intermission last night that he only started feeling 100% 10 days or so ago.

Finally looks like the Timo the Devils traded for out there.

 

[Mattb124]

Who would have thought that something as simple as an injury, and not something more speculative like changing teams or conferences or having a lack of chemistry with line-mates, could be a thing?

 

[HBK27]

 

[Nocashstyle]

I’d imagine finally being healthy for the first time all season and a coach actually correctly utilizing him definitely helps.

 

[MVP Zacha]

So just like every Devils fan was saying. Ruff was not deploying Timo correctly and he was playing injured. What a shocker.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Timo Meier leads then NHL in goals since Ruff was fired (March 4th).

Since Feb 24th, he's T-2nd in the NHL in goals (11 in 13 games) and T-11th in points.

 

[njdevil26]

I think Timo is now FINALLY the player we traded for.

He had an upper body injury when we acquired him last year... still played pretty well and was snakebitten in the playoffs. Battled through two injuries this year and horrible usage from a coach that got fired too late. Now he's a freaking beast.

 

[Louskoolaid89]

Timo time is here but, it's a little to late to matter as far as a playoff push is concerned. At least a neurotic Devils fan I know can stop with the buyout and let him play in the AHL for the next 8 years talk.

 

[karltonian]

earlier in this thread people were denying he was even a power forward

 

[sxvnert]

So just like every Devils fan was saying. Ruff was not deploying Timo correctly and he was playing injured. What a shocker.

Its 7gp for a non playoff team. Time to relax.

 

[Nocashstyle]

Its 7gp for a non playoff team. Time to relax.

What are you even trying to say? That Meier, who had 40+ goals last year, a long track record of production, was injured most of the season, and incorrectly utilized by Ruff, despite finally looking healthy now, is actually just suddenly bad?

 

[forever1922]

Massive sigh of relief for Devils fans already but like some others have pointed out: let's see how he does the rest of the season at least. For the sake of his contract, he should perform and keep it up to a high standard.

 

[tiburon12]

I saw some redditors saying it's less to do with Ruff and more to do with Toffoli leaving. But r/hockey has some idiots, so what do HFers think?

Aside, im glad he's finally playing well. He's fun to watch and is a great player to cheer for when the team is rolling.

 

[ninetyeight]

Toffoli leaving did open a guaranteed top6 spot for Meier, but I think he was already playing with Hischier & Bratt while Toff was here, might have been on pp2 unit though.

I think it's mostly just him not being 100% and being a very streaky scorer. Playing RW helps, but the way he's playing right now looks like he could play any position. Last season when he scored 40, majority of those were scored inside 3 month or so. I think he went scoreless for the first 10 games and had just 'decent' production after being traded to nj. Nothing like we're seeing now where he seems to score every night.

 

[njdevil26]

3 more points from Timo tonight. Dude is on fire.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

That was probably his best game as a devil.