Our record with him, even after tonight, get's us in the playoffs if extrapolated out.
GDT: Your New Jersey Devils vs. Calgary Flames, 7 PM, MSGSN
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Whaddagoal
The Sheldon Keefe Era Begins
NJDevs26
Once upon a time...
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Didn’t even try to change the goaltending the way the Oilers and Leafs did by waiving their underperforming sacks of shit
Fitz has a lot to answer for now
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I would have laughed if Kadri punched this COWARD in his f***in face.
Because he IS a COWARD. He won't even face the media after a game like this. He'll let Nico and Jack answer questions about his abysmal play.
What are they gonna say? ''Yeah we f***in hate the guy as much as that Bleedred guy from HF Boards! We want him gone more than anybody!''.
How do you get the drive using Vanacek who you are suggesting to throw under the bus?
You know Blackwood was the starter and Vanacek was the backup. That failed because Blackwood never was. You know this Breedred
Mirka the Turka
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lmao. Yeah I agree bro, Ruff is the best coach in the NHL. He's just been unlucky to not win a cup.
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No doubt I'm overly pessimistic. But it's an incredible long shot to make the playoffs at this point. Truly.
The defense is trash. Not the players, but the concept. I don't know how you can watch guys wide open in the slot over and over and over and think otherwise. And yes, it is a country club. There is little accountability aside from a couple whipping boys. Hell, Ruff even openly defended Toff during one of his absolute worst stretches asking us to "consider the situations he's putting him in."
The team is good. The players are good. To take the next step we need to move on from young-player development to accountability and attention to detail. These are not Lindy's strong suits and it's been proven over and over again in his coaching career.
But it's just too late this season. It's clear Ruff is not going anywhere. There is no goalie out there to save us from all the injuries and the wild D scheme.
Billdo
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Lets Go Baby
Bratt and Nemec/Luke's development are basically the only positives from this season
maybe Hatakka continues being solid and can be what we thought Bahl was. Otherwise? Just a big ol' turd.
As would I but he won’t. He never comes down hard on him. What’s the worst that can happen, Lindy? Not like you need to worry about him having a mental breakdown…that haopened long ago. Enough with the coddling.
Difference is, Jet's had options, as evidenced by the guy traded from Arizona to Minny.
I don't know what options are out there. Or if he should have rushed to make a move in Dec instead of waiting for something better.
That said, I bet Kahk would not have been too costly.
Louskoolaid89
Let's Go!!!
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Billdo
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Nobody is taking that contract
Mgd31
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Starting Saturday, 5 games in the next 8 days. Buckle up.
glenwo2
JESPER BRATWURST
Again....I recall some here (before he was re-signed) stating the more important signing is Timo, not Bratt.
Man...imagine being stuck with him while Bratt is on another team tearing it up instead of here....(AND HE'D BE AN ALL-STAR FOR *THAT* TEAM, too)
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Honestly?
Do it
Tomorrow
Or fire Rogalski.
One of those two things is a MUST before we show up in Raleigh on Saturday night.
Shoot somebody for f***s sake.
And no, I'm not talking about literally shooting somebody if I really have to make that clear haha.
Pick somebody over there (I can't with these Sopranos quotes lol).
No one is gonna claim him. They didn't claim the other two that are on expiring deals and at a lower cap hit (at least Raanta is a lower cap hit).
Just make an example out of this guy. Bring him back next week, but f***ING PUNISH SOMEBODY! He (and Rogalski) are the most deserving of punishment.
NJDevils17
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A handful of things can be true:
1. Fitz bears responsibility for not acting sooner on Ruff / Goalie.
2. Fitz got us here and deserve a lot of rope given the young core.
3. 23-24 is probably a lost season and trying to double down on an outside playoff chance is a mismanagement of assets.
4. I’ll be in Raleigh cheering on this team Saturday.
1. Fitz bears responsibility for not acting sooner on Ruff / Goalie.
2. Fitz got us here and deserve a lot of rope given the young core.
3. 23-24 is probably a lost season and trying to double down on an outside playoff chance is a mismanagement of assets.
4. I’ll be in Raleigh cheering on this team Saturday.
njdevils1982
Hell Toupée!!!
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Any time you are down 2 or more with less than 10 minutes to play, imo. But that's just an opinion. It's impossible to actually quantify, like a lot of advanced stats are in games like hockey.
Sorry to say, it is never about the goalie it is about who hired him. We love Fitz but he hired Vanacek to back up Blackwood who Fitz inherited from Shero.
We need two goalies not one.
I’ll add one - It looks like Holtz is going to be a pretty good player once Lindy is gone. But yeah, not enough bright spots.
In Fitz's defense too I think we all hoped at least one of the Schmid, Vitek, Daws trio would have gotten hot at some point.
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It's a new year.
Blackwood is gone. He's not our problem anymore.
Vanecek is THE problem this year.
I hope the “window” will be open for awhile. Hard to see us competing or winning anything any time soon.
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