GDT: Your New Jersey Devils vs. Calgary Flames, 7 PM, MSGSN

[forceten]

I think I bitch about Vitek more than most .... but I blame Fitz and Ruff who have to know how bad he is but just keep rolling him out there.

The odd thing is he has a winning record.

 

[sddev]

“Unfortunate”. LOL

 

[My3Sons]

NJ is just going through the motions. They need to up the effort level. Its not like Calgary is playing particularly physically

 

[guitarguyvic]

Still think this is a coaching issue.

How much you want to split the blame between Lindy and the goalie coach...YMMV.

 

[Devs3cups]

That shot at the top of the circle was right in his f***ing chest.

So bad.

 

[njdevils1982]

this one draws itself

 

[MadDevil]

The odd thing is he has a winning record.

Imagine what it'd be if they didn't bail his leaky ass out as much as they have.

 

[jkrdevil]

The odd thing is he has a winning record.

Even with the injuries the team has the 6th best offense in the league (tied with Edmonton for GF/60).

 

[Guadana]

Nice first 30 min. But not for the first time after good effort and stupid goal against devils players losing their groove. I hope they will start next period on the right wheel.

 

[longislanddevil]

Teachable moment for young Hatakka, who hasn’t been here long enough to know. Never think VV has made the save until the whistle blows.

 

[forceten]

Still think this is a coaching issue.

How much you want to split the blame between Lindy and the goalie coach...YMMV.

It is. Look at VAN after the coaching change. Look at VGK with Cassidy. Montgomery in BOS. Brunette in NSH has a similar record with a worse roster.

 

[NjDevsRR]

The Muk and Zets for Hatakka trade is working out great.

He looks solid

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

Teachable moment for young Hatakka, who hasn’t been here long enough to know. Never think VV has made the save until the whistle blows.

I mean, you should never assume anything until whistle is blown. That's like basic hockey 101.

 

[guitarguyvic]

Scoring a goal would be kinda nice

The Devils are already fifth in GF per game.

I will never understand people who watch this team and complain about the offense.

 

[Killing Joke]

I might argue our horrible goaltending has broken a part of this fan base into thinking bad goalies are worth a first round pick +. Markstrom is not good. It wasn't long ago he could have been had for peanuts. There is a reason for that.

His stats are literally f***ing better than what ever the f*** we have what dont you grasp about that or did you f***ing miss the second shit goal the bum you think we shouldnt upgrade from gave up?

Hes literally one of the best goalies in the NHL this year.

 

[jkrdevil]

Teachable moment for young Hatakka, who hasn’t been here long enough to know. Never think VV has made the save until the whistle blows.

How about the goaltender HANG ONTO THE PUCK!

 

[Dylan9z9]

The odd thing is he has a winning record.

No thanks to him .... how many games has he given up more than 3 goals compared to under 3?

 

[JrFischer54]

People are delusional if you think teams will see Vitek play and think they will lower prices in the summer for a goalie lol. Just bite the bullet and tell markstrom after the game he isn’t leaving Newark. Like Sonny said “nows you can’t leave”

 

[Killing Joke]

We still got people blaming the f***ing defense on a dumb piece of shit goalie our stupid f*** of a gm cant stop trying to fix.

 

[BurntToast]

20 shots against in 2 periods with a “OK to Crappy” goalie isn’t a recipe for success.

Why dose it feel like the Devils haven’t played a full 60 all year?!

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

It's two different games. Meanwhile, CAR, NYI, PHI are winning and WSH is tied.

I think NYI winning is a good outcome. I’m most worried about Tampa and Pittsburgh.

 

[longislanddevil]

How about the goaltender HANG ONTO THE PUCK!

I know. I’m not blaming Hatakka….my comment was tongue and cheek, meant to be more of an indictment of VV.

 

[Guadana]

Nice stat

average sv% is ~90.3

Devils had only 19 games(48 games overall) with 90%+ sv%. They won 16 of them.

 

[jkrdevil]

People are delusional if you think teams will see Vitek play and think they will lower prices in the summer for a goalie lol. Just bite the bullet and tell markstrom after the game he isn’t leaving Newark. Like Sonny said “nows you can’t leave”

At a certain point teams selling goalies are going to be motivated to sell soon because they wait longer teams could drop out because it becomes too late to make a difference.

 

[MadDevil]

No thanks to him .... how many games has he given up more than 3 goals compared to under 3?

In 8 of his 17 wins he's given up 3 or more.