GDT: Your New Jersey Devils (0-0-1) @ Buffalo Sabres (1-0), 7 PM, MSG+

[Tretyak 20]

He's like a Jay Pandolfo that can actually score haha. Maybe more like a John Madden.

I think he's very comparable to a modern-era Madden. Not quite as good defensively, but slightly more skilled.

 

[OmNomNom]

Wood doesn’t have the hands or the he’d to play with Hughes. I guess they want his size.

Woodll get a zone entry

 

[Triumph]

Do you have to make myopic points for the sake of being 110% literal? Obviously it doesn't, I was just saying he had a good debut last night and showed a lot more skill than general 'fourth liners' do.

He had an okay debut. He scored a goal and managed 4 shots but struggled defensively.

Clearly with this lineup the Devils are not going with a traditional 4th line - they can barely even make one if they're trying to.

 

[Hisch13r]

Woodll get a zone entry

With his patented zone entry to low danger shot

 

[Richer's Ghost]

I seem to recall going 4-0 last year

I seem to recall being 4-0 last night too...

 

[MartyOwns]

He had an okay debut. He scored a goal and managed 4 shots but struggled defensively.

Clearly with this lineup the Devils are not going with a traditional 4th line - they can barely even make one if they're trying to.

that was his nhl debut, with a new team in a new country...i’d say it was better than ‘okay’. and personally, i don’t really give a shit how a guy like gusev is defensively

 

[Ripshot 43]

I think Hughes has a rebound game today.

 

[RSeen]

I would've loved to have seen

Hall-Hischier-Palmieri
Coleman-Zajac-Simmonds
Wood-Zacha-Bratt
Gusev-Hughes-Boqvist

Zacha plays very well with Bratt, Hughes and Gusev showed a lot of chemistry, and the top 6 is the top 6.

I get the logic of playing Zacha with Gusev. Pavel is arguably our best defensive forward and could potentially make up for Gusev's defensive weaknesses.

I don't love Wood with Hughes and Bratt, but maybe it works.

 

[NikGusev97]

Woodll get a zone entry

For this line experiment, I'm just hoping Wood wins races to the puck, gets it to Hughes somehow then he and Bratt can do something creative.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Hynes' answer was Miles Wood? Really? When Blake Coleman is staring you right in the friggin' face?

This dude is as clueless as it gets.

Yesterday I said the only choice he could have made yesterday to "stabilize" the Hughes line that would be worse than Hayden is Wood I wonder if he is just trolling.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I think Hughes has a rebound game today.

I don’t think he was nearly as bad as some made it out to be.

He had a rough third, mostly that bad marathon shift.

 

[KovalchukFistPump]

Yankees just (hopefully) put their game away. Can focus 100% on this game now

 

[Better Call Sal]

I seem to recall being 4-0 last night too...

 

[Triumph]

that was his nhl debut, with a new team in a new country...i’d say it was better than ‘okay’. and personally, i don’t really give a **** how a guy like gusev is defensively

You're saying 'I don't care how good of a player Gusev is'. That's fine. We don't have anything to discuss.

 

[KovalchukFistPump]

You're saying 'I don't care how good of a player Gusev is'. That's fine. We don't have anything to discuss.

Well, we do need the offensive talent so I see what he's saying. It would affect line combinations though as it means you need to pair him wit players that are good defensively like Zacha as opposed to another defensive question in Hughes.

 

[BahlDeep]

Ironic how Severson is the one fishing the pucks out of the net during warm up.

 

[Ripshot 43]

I don’t think he was nearly as bad as some made it out to be.

He had a rough third, mostly that bad marathon shift.

Agreed but I think he will make his nhl scoreboard debut

 

[Hisch13r]

I get the logic of playing Zacha with Gusev. Pavel is arguably our best defensive forward and could potentially make up for Gusev's defensive weaknesses.

I don't love Wood with Hughes and Bratt, but maybe it works.

Not even close. Best PKer but not the best 5v5 defensive forward. 5th at best behind Zajac, Coleman, Palms and Nico. Hall's defensive impact is also better but for some reason people always act like he sucks defensively

 

[MartyOwns]

You're saying 'I don't care how good of a player Gusev is'. That's fine. We don't have anything to discuss.

that’s obviously not what i said, but good talk though

 

[Emperoreddy]

Yankees just (hopefully) put their game away. Can focus 100% on this game now

Yepp I can watch one game tonight. Yanks batting around and still going.

 

[Blender]

 

[Maine Fan]

In my opinion too much pressure is being Hughes by the Devils organization.

LGD

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

Idk why people keep saying Hughes will have a bounce back game....is it the same people who were predicting him to get 80 points this season? It was expected he would have some struggles early on, I'm not surprised at all and it wasn't really a "bad" game for him, just a "welcome to the nhl".

He's had some good plays and some bad plays....like a normal 18 yr old would do.

 

[Hisch13r]

Idk why people keep saying Hughes will have a bounce back game....is it the same people who were predicting him to get 80 points this season? It was expected he would have some struggles early on, I'm not surprised at all and it wasn't really a "bad" game for him, just a "welcome to the nhl".

He's had some good plays and some bad plays....like a normal 18 yr old would do.

Getting outshot 7-20 when you're on the ice is to put it lightly a bad game. I don't see how he doesn't have a bounce back game because that is putrid

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Idk why people keep saying Hughes will have a bounce back game....is it the same people who were predicting him to get 80 points this season? It was expected he would have some struggles early on, I'm not surprised at all and it wasn't really a "bad" game for him, just a "welcome to the nhl".

He's had some good plays and some bad plays....like a normal 18 yr old would do.

I mean you don’t have to expect him to be an all star to expect a bounce back effort. If he consistently plays like he did yesterday, he won’t be here.