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GDT: Your New Jersey Devils (23-17-3, 49 Pts) vs. Dallas Stars (26-13-5, 57 Pts), 7 PM, MSGSN - Honoring Sarge

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Whaddagoal said:
The fans booed the crap out of them by the 3rd and 4th goal. Sad state of affairs. Half the arena had emptied out for the last half of the 3rd.

There were fans going at it between Frank and anti-frank segments.

Lots of fire Lindy all over.

At some point I felt bad but I still booed that effort. It was shameful and the post game interviews were robotic except for Bahl. Bahl said the back to back record is killing this team. The points lost. They all know it and he said they have to flip it around.

It wasn't the loss that bothered me, just how they played for Sarge honor night and how they couldn't put together some goals.

The complete opposite of what Sarge was for this organization. The fight only came out after 3 or 4 down, and by that point Dallas closed up shop.
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I wonder how those season ticket holders in the sections near Frank survive. I can imagine a lot of them either asked their reps to move them or telling their reps that Frank needs to be moved. He's absolutely obnoxious whether the team is winning or losing.
 
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Satans Hockey said:
I wonder how those season ticket holders in the sections near Frank survive. I can imagine a lot of them either asked their reps to move them or telling their reps that Frank needs to be moved. He's absolutely obnoxious whether the team is winning or losing.
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Season holders a row ahead of me in 108 were screaming against Frank. So he clearly is bothering a lot of people. And we are two sections away or 3. But tonight it didn't matter. It's not like Frank was wrong tonight lol
 
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Whaddagoal said:
Season holders a row ahead of me in 108 were screaming against Frank. So he clearly is bothering a lot of people. And we are two sections away or 3. But tonight it didn't matter. It's not like Frank was wrong tonight lol
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Frank was the most entertaining part of the night besides Brylin
 
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Whaddagoal said:
Me too. Had nothing else to do and everyone left. Garage emptied out early.

But very sad state for the honor game. I felt for the team... but they deserved that shellacking by the fans. You got to do a better job on a night of organizational importance. For a guy who was heart and soul team guy.
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Embarrassing for the organization. This shouldn’t have happened. I wonder what the longer term effect is. This maybe isn’t a game you just forget and move on from without more. This really could spell the end for Lindy. Maybe not immediately, but it happened on his watch.
 
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Camille the Eel said:
Embarrassing for the organization. This shouldn’t have happened. I wonder what the longer term effect is. This maybe isn’t a game you just forget and move on from without more. This really could spell the end for Lindy. Maybe not immediately, but it happened on his watch.
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Yeah. I actually think this may end it for Ruff. And I'm a guy who is much more supportive of him than the wider fanbase. The tv replays don't give the feeling in the arena. It was very antagonistic by 4-0 but started at 3-0. You could feel and sense all the frustration and shame around. At least the fans could.

I really didn't like the post games. No mention about being better for the organization. Just the usual loss statements. Nothing even remotely meaningful about the significance of the loss like this at home on an honor night.

Bahl seemed genuinely frustrated at least. Maybe Nico was but the interview was so short.
 
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Whaddagoal said:
Me too. Had nothing else to do and everyone left. Garage emptied out early.

But very sad state for the honor game. I felt for the team... but they deserved that shellacking by the fans. You got to do a better job on a night of organizational importance. For a guy who was heart and soul team guy.
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The telling thing is, even before the game the atmosphere felt dead. For a near-sellout and an event night it was dead...the fans are just tired of this shit happening time after time at home and waiting for the other shoe to drop.

It's not even so much that they went belly-up for a franchise icon per se, most players wouldn't know a glue middle six guy a generation ago from a hole in the wall...except for the fact HE'S ALSO A COACH ON THE TEAM!
 
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NJDevs26 said:
The telling thing is, even before the game the atmosphere felt dead. For a near-sellout and an event night it was dead...the fans are just tired of this shit happening time after time at home and waiting for the other shoe to drop.

It's not even so much that they went belly-up for a franchise icon per se, most players wouldn't know a glue middle six guy a generation ago from a hole in the wall...except for the fact HE'S ALSO A COACH ON THE TEAM!
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That's the irony of it all. Your last point.
 
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Owners may push on Fitz to make a change sooner than later. Team made a lot of revenue last season, if this continues that momentum may take a while to get back

Resales tonight was $20. For a special game on a Saturday in January. Not good
 
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NjDevsRR said:
Owners may push on Fitz to make a change sooner than later. Team made a lot of revenue last season, if this continues that momentum may take a while to get back

Resales tonight was $20. For a special game on a Saturday in January. Not good
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LOL my friends were doing it all wrong then, they got tickets in 226 for like $50-60 apiece...probably was a few weeks ago though.

I didn't even look at the resale market once since I was planning on going regardless...but I'm really glad I got out of Monday's game, even if it was just trading it for a Kings game next month which I wasn't supposed to be able to make (and had previously used as a buyback) but now I can, oh joy.
 
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LOL my friends were doing it all wrong then, they got tickets in 226 for like $50-60 apiece...probably was a few weeks ago though.

I didn't even look at the resale market once since I was planning on going regardless...but I'm really glad I got out of Monday's game, even if it was just trading it for a Kings game next month which I wasn't supposed to be able to make (and had previously used as a buyback) but now I can, oh joy.
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Lots of $20 seats in the balconies all day today. Bad
 
Whaddagoal said:
Yeah. I actually think this may end it for Ruff. And I'm a guy who is much more supportive of him than the wider fanbase. The tv replays don't give the feeling in the arena. It was very antagonistic by 4-0 but started at 3-0. You could feel and sense all the frustration and shame around. At least the fans could.

I really didn't like the post games. No mention about being better for the organization. Just the usual loss statements. Nothing even remotely meaningful about the significance of the loss like this at home on an honor night.

Bahl seemed genuinely frustrated at least. Maybe Nico was but the interview was so short.
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NJDevs26 said:
The telling thing is, even before the game the atmosphere felt dead. For a near-sellout and an event night it was dead...the fans are just tired of this shit happening time after time at home and waiting for the other shoe to drop.

It's not even so much that they went belly-up for a franchise icon per se, most players wouldn't know a glue middle six guy a generation ago from a hole in the wall...except for the fact HE'S ALSO A COACH ON THE TEAM!
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NjDevsRR said:
Owners may push on Fitz to make a change sooner than later. Team made a lot of revenue last season, if this continues that momentum may take a while to get back

Resales tonight was $20. For a special game on a Saturday in January. Not good
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The fire Lindy chants are picking up more steam each game we play at home like absolute shit. With season ticket renewals coming out soon they might have their hands forced to do something, anything to change the outlook on how this season is going.

Injuries are an excuse, this team hasn't been playing well at home even when they had a healthy roster.
 
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Satans Hockey said:
The fire Lindy chants are picking up more steam each game we play at home like absolute shit. With season ticket renewals coming out soon they might have their hands forced to do something, anything to change the outlook on how this season is going.

Injuries are an excuse, this team hasn't been playing well at home even when they had a healthy roster.
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They were reliant on Jack and the power play early, I was called an alarmist when I pointed it out, well now look how bad we’ve been without Jack and with the PP regressing to Dark Ages level. And they still have supposedly good players that aren’t playing like it, so I don’t want to hear about injuries either.
 
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NJDevs26 said:
They were reliant on Jack and the power play early, I was called an alarmist when I pointed it out, well now look how bad we’ve been without Jack and with the PP regressing to Dark Ages level. And they still have supposedly good players that aren’t playing like it, so I don’t want to hear about injuries either.
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They had a good 20 game stretch before Jack went down. PP wasn’t in GOAT mode then, and they had a 110 pt pace in that span. Things were coming together, slowly, but they were. Then round 2 of catastrophic injuries occurred and here we are

No excuses though. This team still has enough talent to win. Its on Ruff to have them play simpler with Jack out and our top pairing out.


Entire season has been a shit sandwich. It’s just not meant to be. I still would like a new voice behind the bench for the rest of the season. Even if it’s just Green as interim and then reevaluate the job in the offseason. They are still a game out of WC2. A new voice can prop them up a bit and as they get healthier they may be able to start surging upwards again.
 
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Ownership is going to have the biggest worry coming up.

2024 Season Ticket Renewals and they wanted to raise the price and now with the team struggling, Im not sure it happens
 
Too bad that after one good season this team turned into a total shit show again. Once they meet any kind of resistance, they flip over like a turtle. There is no fight in this team whatsoever.
 
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NjDevsRR said:
Owners may push on Fitz to make a change sooner than later. Team made a lot of revenue last season, if this continues that momentum may take a while to get back

Resales tonight was $20. For a special game on a Saturday in January. Not good
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It's honestly why we shouldn't be rooting for things to go even further off the rails because that's when you get owners potentially doing stupid shit
 
NJ07102 said:
He said they didn't compete and that was exactly what happened. Again.
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My bad, someone on the post game radio show said that they played well that I didn't like the comments from, I believe it was Bratt. I was annoyed so I was half ass listening to it.
 
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