GDT: #3 || Devils @ Oilers || Monday 10/4/13, 9:30 EST || “CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT PART IIIâ€

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Jim's not wrong...if we can't beat Edmonton with a scrubby backup goalie then how many of these games are we going to win?

in an 82 game season you simply cannot say things like this. bad teams beat good teams all the time.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

omg the Back to School is killing me. Well done.

Prepare yourself for the low camera angle. I like it because their camera operators know how to frame it right and follow the action but some people hate it.

 

[NJDevs26]

in an 82 game season you simply cannot say things like this. bad teams beat good teams all the time.

When you're in Game 38 of the season in the dog days of January, little different than when you haven't won a game yet and the urgency's clearly going to be there. You simply can't let the season get away from you in October like three years ago.

 

[Ripshot 43]

omg the Back to School is killing me. Well done.

Prepare yourself for the low camera angle. I like it because their camera operators know how to frame it right and follow the action but some people hate it.

Can you mock up a photoshop of Mark Fayne kicking Deboer's puppy? It would explain everything and be amazing!

 

[Ripshot 43]

Jim's not wrong...if we can't beat Edmonton with a scrubby backup goalie then how many of these games are we supposed to win?

When you're in Game 38 of the season in the dog days of January, little different than when you haven't won a game yet and the urgency's clearly going to be there. You simply can't let the season get away from you in October like three years ago.

Or you let a team with a ton of forward turnover have some time to gel, learn the team system and each other.

 

[NJDevs26]

Or you let a team with a ton of forward turnover have some time to gel, learn the team system and each other.

It's not exactly impossible to win the 'occasional' game while you're gelling. They scored three goals the other night, that should be enough to win a fair number of games, but our defense which shouldn't need time to gel were the ones giving up two-on-ones and breakaways all over the place.

And the guy who's been here the least amount of time has been the main guy creating offense.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

i wouldn't call it a must-win but we should probably win this game if we want to stay with the pack considering the road trip won't be getting easier.

I'd rather stay as close to .500 or higher right now.

 

[Semak]

Can I add Josefson for Gionta as well.

Go Devils

Sure but is he Chekov or Scotty?

 

[Saugus]

You can't put yourself in a hole early in the season. None of these games are really must win games individually, but we must keep our record respectable.

 

[Ripshot 43]

It's not exactly impossible to win the 'occasional' game while you're gelling. They scored three goals the other night, that should be enough to win a fair number of games, but our defense which shouldn't need time to gel were the ones giving up two-on-ones and breakaways all over the place.

And the guy who's been here the least amount of time has been the main guy creating offense.

2 games.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Anyways... Positive GDT maybe?

 

[DEVILS ALL THE WAY*]

After two losses, one would think that DeBoer will try to mix things up a little by adding one of Fayne, Josefson or Olesz... right?

 

[Strong Island]

After two losses, one would think that DeBoer will try to mix things up a little by adding one of Fayne, Josefson or Olesz... right?

Why would he choose to play his 2nd best defenseman?

 

[Semak]

After two losses, one would think that DeBoer will try to mix things up a little by adding one of Fayne, Josefson or Olesz... right?

You would think, but Pete does Pete always. When was the last time he tweaked the lineup and gave us all our fix?

 

[njdevil26]

I would replace Gionta with Josefson immediately.

 

[Better Call Sal]

The Back to School stuff is fantastic. LET'S GO DEVILS!!!

 

[Mory Schneideur*]

When you're in Game 38 of the season in the dog days of January, little different than when you haven't won a game yet and the urgency's clearly going to be there. You simply can't let the season get away from you in October like three years ago.

So if we won the last 2 games would you be planning the Stanley Cup Parade route instead?

 

[Emperoreddy]

It's not exactly impossible to win the 'occasional' game while you're gelling. They scored three goals the other night, that should be enough to win a fair number of games, but our defense which shouldn't need time to gel were the ones giving up two-on-ones and breakaways all over the place.

And the guy who's been here the least amount of time has been the main guy creating offense.

A fair number of those break aways were the forwards fault for being out of position or making bad passes. Defense had its fair share of mistakes, and Marty let in some softies, but the forwards were not doing their share either.

 

[NJDevs26]

So if we won the last 2 games would you be planning the Stanley Cup Parade route instead?

The phrase 'you can't win a Cup in October and November but you can certainly lose one' applies.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

I would replace Gionta with Josefson immediately.

This. To be honest for all the talk about "chemistry" with CBGB, we forget how good that line, even how much better it was, with Josefson centering it before he was hurt.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

When you're in Game 38 of the season in the dog days of January, little different than when you haven't won a game yet and the urgency's clearly going to be there. You simply can't let the season get away from you in October like three years ago.

Or like 2 years ago when we went something like 3-5-1 and won the conference.

 

[MattEvan]

Mad respect for the Jonah GIF

 

[JimEIV]

The Oilers and the Flames are MUST WINS. They are the two weakest opponents we will probably play for the rest of the calendar year. Yes there are must wins in October.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

The Oilers and the Flames are MUST WINS. They are the two weakest opponents we will probably play for the rest of the calendar year. Yes there are must wins in October.

Well we can agree to disagree.

Let's just have an optimistic GDT, full of positive thoughts.

Even if Pete decides to scratch Brunner and Larsson tonight.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

i don't care how we do it, i want 5 points from this road trip.

We can't come out of the initial stretch is a massive hole.