GDT: Your New Jersey Devils (30-19-6, 66 Pts, 3rd Met, W1, 4-4-2 in Last 10) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (31-17-6, 68 Pts, 2nd Pac, L2, 2-5-3 in Last 10)

[devilsblood]

It absolutely is not fine for your top paid forward to be performing this poorly.

Can't play with either of our top 2 centres and is on pace to barely squeak 20 goals, hell he might not even hit 20....

Thing with Timo is he is playing pretty well, just can't finish worth a damn. I thought he was one of our better fwd's tonight(low bar but).

 

[JimEIV]

You realize I'm going to quote this out of context for the next decade, right?

It probably won't be out of context though.

 

[Whaddagoal]

Justin f***ing Dowling has played 38 games for us so far and is now our 3C lol.

Also congrats to Luke to topping this chart:

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Luke was bad tonight from the in arena eyetest.

Own goal for goal 1 and was largely responsible for goal number 2 (bad puck management / breakout fail, and then the guy he was covering tipped the actual goal in, thought).

Gotta just throw the tape away, but hope he figures out how to not have a game like that again anytime soon

 

[JimEIV]

I can eat a pound bag of pistachios in 20 minutes no problem.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Luke was bad tonight from the in arena eyetest.

Own goal for goal 1 and was largely responsible for goal number 2 (bad puck management / breakout fail, and then the guy he was covering tipped the actual goal in, thought).

Gotta just throw the tape away, but hope he figures out how to not have a game like that again anytime soon

He was but it was probably because Nemec was a disaster.

 

[devilsblood]

Everyone is looking at them, it's weird they are in the spot they are in. A lot of teams you would think should be ahead of them aren't

I just picked up Fantilli in fantasy. He's been a beast in the last 30 days.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Justin f***ing Dowling has played 38 games for us so far and is now our 3C lol.

Also congrats to Luke to topping this chart:

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Thought that 10-22 game was the Detroit game we lost late but it was 8-5 v TB lmao

 

[devilsblood]

I can eat a pound bag of pistachios in 20 minutes no problem.

Shelled or beat feet.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I like Dowling but if he is in your top 9, it's going to be tough sledding. We need to get healthy and we need to make a move

 

[billingtons ghost]

I don't care about "wins since an arbitrary date". Just like I dont care about "The Isles won 7 in a row and we cant!" mind you they are still 10 points behind us. Like I said, were you in here crowning them the 2-3 weeks before that when they looked unbeatable? Probably not.

All that matters now is

1) get healthy
2) bring in reinforcements at the deadline

That is literally it.

Ridiculous.
Effort. Win pucks. Play consistent hockey, winning battles and completing passes.

The hand waving about 'getting healthy' is just stupid. It's possible that nobody is coming back, or if they do they could be less effective. And it wouldn't matter. This team played badly with Siegs, Markstrom, and Nico, and if they played the same it wouldn't matter if all those guys came back tomorrow.

This team should be able to play better than what we've seen for the last 17 games without any reinforcements too.

All that matters is:
Fixing what's currently broken in these players heads and getting them to play up to their potential. They're good enough THEN, with or without the injured players.

They're just not consistent.

 

[Forge]

I can eat a pound bag of pistachios in 20 minutes no problem.

More impressive than anything the devils did tonight

 

[HoliksGhost]

Luke was bad tonight from the in arena eyetest.

Own goal for goal 1 and was largely responsible for goal number 2 (bad puck management / breakout fail, and then the guy he was covering tipped the actual goal in, thought).

Gotta just throw the tape away, but hope he figures out how to not have a game like that again anytime soon

I saw it exactly that way in person.

 

[JimEIV]

Shelled or beat feet.

With the shell. In a pound bag there's usually only 3 or 4 stubborn ones that I end up breaking my finger nails trying open before I use pliers to crack them...the rest I fly through.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Ridiculous.
Effort. Win pucks. Play consistent hockey, winning battles and completing passes.

The hand waving about 'getting healthy' is just stupid. It's possible that nobody is coming back, or if they do they could be less effective. And it wouldn't matter. This team played badly with Siegs, Markstrom, and Nico, and if they played the same it wouldn't matter if all those guys came back tomorrow.

This team should be able to play better than what we've seen for the last 17 games without any reinforcements too.

All that matters is:
Fixing what's currently broken in these players heads and getting them to play up to their potential.

This game was nothing like the last month. Lumping it all together is nonsense.

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

We stink

 

[devilsblood]

I like Dowling but if he is in your top 9, it's going to be tough sledding. We need to get healthy and we need to make a move

Decent enough 13th fwd, but at 34 years old him playing 38 of 56 is a problem.

 

[JimEIV]

I believe hockey shouldn't even be a topic for conversation in this thread tonight's game was so bad

We should talk about nuts.

Deez

 

[Guttersniped]

I am not enjoying the fact that we are looking back at Columbus.

Rantanen could very well be Carolina's Meier.

Eh, I like the idea of new teams making the playoffs.

Some Metro team or teams are going to show a pulse at some point.

That said, they just lost Marchenko long term, that’s a big loss on top of Monahan being out. And both Werenski and Fabbri are banged up, though Werenski might already be back.

 

[billingtons ghost]

They ruined his night

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The hat seems nice and friendly tho. Awwww

 

[britdevil]

If he doesn't score 5 in the remaining 20-25 ish games then you just chalk it to an awful season production wise. He's shooting at 9.6% this year when his average has been 12-13%. Come on, dude. It doesn't take a math major to realize he's been a shitty finisher this year in a career where he's been tremendous at that aspect of his game.

I'm not so sure the GM will be happy to write off this season after paying him $10mil this year....

 

[Whaddagoal]

He was but it was probably because Nemec was a disaster.

Could be. I remember Nemec making some bad plays and also some unlucky stuff falling almost leading to a goal in the early game. Stick broke. I guess I was focusing on Luke a lot more with his shinpad shots and usual last season pattern of shot takes.

 

[Guttersniped]

I like all nuts and seeds. Sunflower are my favorites. I eat a ton of almonds and pumpkin seeds too.

But I really like that Teddie All Natural. It's just awesome.

All these philistines lack the sophistication to appreciate the superiority of smooth peanut butter.

 

[Whaddagoal]

I can eat a pound bag of pistachios in 20 minutes no problem.

That can cause a lot of temporary gastro issues lol.

I agree on your sunflower take.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I'm not so sure the GM will be happy to write off this season after paying him $10mil this year....

The GM is more on the hot seat than any discussion of Timo not being a Devil, beyond nonsense

 

[britdevil]

With the shell. In a pound bag there's usually only 3 or 4 stubborn ones that I end up breaking my finger nails trying open before I use pliers to crack them...the rest I fly through.

Bro is a chipmunk.