Why are the Devils 21-4-1? insane easy schedule, makes perfect sense.
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They're a good young team... Good young teams improve.
Not that hard a concept to understand tbh.
EDIT: Its also far from "Pretty much the same team", Vanecek is a significant add that's played like an actual starting goalie this year(Which was one of New Jerseys biggest problems last year), and Marino is a legit Top 4D and a damn good one at that, especially so far this year for New Jersey.
Those two players have had significant impacts... Combined with basically all of the core forwards being 23 or under... Again, not hard to figure out why they're playing really well
Not that hard a concept to understand tbh.
EDIT: Its also far from "Pretty much the same team", Vanecek is a significant add that's played like an actual starting goalie this year(Which was one of New Jerseys biggest problems last year), and Marino is a legit Top 4D and a damn good one at that, especially so far this year for New Jersey.
Those two players have had significant impacts... Combined with basically all of the core forwards being 23 or under... Again, not hard to figure out why they're playing really well
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They have 2 first overall picks, not everyone is the Edmonton Oilers.
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if you paid attention youd know NJ was good last year and had seven goalies
Now Blackwood and Vanecek are both down. The Devils are top-3 Metro good and goaltending has been the only thing holding them back.
To say it isnt sustainable or doesnt make sense just means you dont know
Now Blackwood and Vanecek are both down. The Devils are top-3 Metro good and goaltending has been the only thing holding them back.
To say it isnt sustainable or doesnt make sense just means you dont know
The Devils outshoot their opponents 75-12 every games. If anything not being 14-0-0 over 14 games is unsustainable
that's probably your master piece.
I'm not a Devils fan but I have to say this isn't one of your better threads. The Devils would have been midpack last year if they had average goaltending. It's been a couple years since they were trash.
And they've really been wrecking teams this year. They could be 13-1. Young players stepping up, not that complicated.
And they've really been wrecking teams this year. They could be 13-1. Young players stepping up, not that complicated.
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Another morning when George wakes up, checks standings/stats and makes a thread asking stupid questions.
I suspect the Devils have that record because they have won 11 of their first 14 games, but I am not a hockey scientist or anything like that.
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They're a good team with a lot of young players developing into stars. They might not be as good as they are right now but they're easily a top 10 team.
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I have it on good authority that of the 14 games they have played, they have ended 11 of them with more goals than the opposing team, and this is why their record is 11-3-0
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This, they also are healthy at the moment. And they also added two new coaches that have brought some new ideas to the table with ruff. The way their offense plays is similar to Floridas when Brunnette was coaching them and he was brought in.
Last year they had solid metrics and could score. Their goaltending is what killed them. They went though 7 goalies last year as well.
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They are a true uptempo, speed team. Speed and transition. They played this style last year too to little success but maybe a year older, a year wiser for the young guys has led to this. Fun team.
way to small a forward group for my liking. see how they fare in months 5 and 6
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Cmon George. I’m a Rangers fan and even I can admit this isn’t surprising. The Devils have arrived.
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I wouldn't call them healthy lol, no Palat + Vanecek might be concussed + Blackwood. Although Blackwood might be an addition by subtraction at this point.
This isn't a team in its prime trying to win a cup, it's a team with a super young core trying to make the playoffs. I can assure you if this is the problem with them this year, it'll get looked at in the offseason.
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hold it, a team with a fantastic young core, who brought in a new goalie and a top 4 dman this offseason improving is shocking?
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Unsustainable? Yeah I think so, they likely won't be a 130 point team by the end of the year. But if their goaltending holds up and the key guys like Hischier and Bratt stay healthy then they should easily be a playoff team. The analytics suggest that if anything that 11-3 record is underselling what they're doing. Hockey is a complex game so anything can happen but yes, them being good makes all the sense if you look even a little bit beyond the raw numbers.
