Devils 2017-18 team discussion (player news and notes) - season begins!

[Blender]

Definitely true. But we certainly can tell who's better now from the same draft.


I understand that you left the 1st rounders out but they are still in the 6th spot in every round... that's what I meant by that. Essentially their average 2nd round pick those years was about 5 spots lower than our average first pick....and so on and so on. NJ was picking 15 to 25 spots after them in every round.

So? His evaluation was about the quantity of players who turned into NHLers from the later rounds. When evaluating a large number of draft picks of varying positions, our actual position matters very little. Once you get deep in the draft there is also very little consensus in rankings.

 

[goonybird]

I don't think anyone should be taking notes from anybody who would rather Merrill and Boucher to Larsson and Kovalchuk

Everyone's entitled to whatever opinion they want, but I wouldn't get worked up about it is what I'm saying.

 

[NJDevs26]

You're starting this conversation the week of the opening puckdrop and begging to have it the day before Nico Hischier's debut. That's all that needs to be said. You want to talk about it next August, fine, make sure to bring your strawmen and we can discuss it, but I've no inclination to talk about this now.

Here here. There was plenty of time in the offseason to argue about Castron's drafts ten years ago. You guys are taking the bait cause you're just bored with the long layoff. Let's bring this back around to talking about the team on the ice tomorrow.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Who said anything about reason? This is HF.

You sure as hell cant when you are basing your argument around two preseason games and a rookie tournament.

 

[Emperoreddy]

So the new scoreboard is officially the biggest in the league.

 

[NJDevs26]

So the new scoreboard is officially the biggest in the league.

Not according to Detroit lol...not that I care but it's just humorous every team has to be bigger and better till you have a Jerryworld scoreboard where it can be big enough so punts can hit off it.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Not according to Detroit lol

That was from July before we built ours. The team is claiming today it is the biggest in any arena in the world.

 

[NJDevs26]

Hah I didn't see the date but it got retweeted recently for some reason

Yeah ours is bigger at this point, still anxious to see how it looks tomorrow. Hopefully there won't be any bugs in it, or at least not as many as HF has had since the changeover

 

[Emperoreddy]

Hah I didn't see the date but it got retweeted recently for some reason

Yeah ours is bigger at this point, still anxious to see how it looks tomorrow. Hopefully there won't be any bugs in it, or at least not as many as HF has had since the changeover

I posted why. The team's social media is throwing shade at then lol

 

[MadDevil]

So the new scoreboard is officially the biggest in the league.

I read somewhere that it also puts out a lot of heat.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I read somewhere that it also puts out a lot of heat.

That was false. Ice was shit today because of a concert and it being so humid out.

 

[Tretyak 20]

I'm having a Shakespeare moment...

(From Much Ado About Nothing )

Emperoreddy: "Neighbor, you are tedious."

Aethon: "Truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all on your worship."

 

[Emperoreddy]

Nico says he expects a win out of his first NHL game.

 

[mtnet]

That's very Sun Tzu of him

Right attitude too

 

[Billdo]

I read somewhere that it also puts out a lot of heat.

Iirc it's SMD LEDlighting which puts out little heat (at least from what I've read). Now I would think if you're using 2.5 million LEDs or whatever it is then yeah their would be some heat but the ice conditions were just because it's unseasonably warm and there was a concert last night.

 

[JimEIV]

So the new scoreboard is officially the biggest in the league.

Does it obstruct any views?

 

[JimEIV]

I'm having a Shakespeare moment...

(From Much Ado About Nothing )

Emperoreddy: "Neighbor, you are tedious."

Aethon: "Truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all on your worship."

You forgot "Your Worship" in the address. I like that part.

 

[Billdo]

I wonder why Gross brings up Stafford wearing an A but not Johansson. Johansson wore the A in a couple of games and Stafford didn’t and Stafford is only here for a year. Trivial stuff because it seems a lot of players will wear letters this year lol but jw

Someone asked who would be in the group, he probably just forgot, like how he forgot Palmieri.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I would think if you're using 2.5 million LEDs or whatever it is then yeah their would be some heat

Almost 30 MILLION LED lights, per the Devils today.

 

[Billdo]

Almost 30 MILLION LED lights, per the Devils today.

Yeah I knew I was off with that. They threw a lot of numbers out there with that. Something like 2,500 55" TVs or some shit.

 

[None Shall Pass]

They should let season ticket owners play Mario Kart on the thing as a perk.

 

[Tretyak 20]

You forgot "Your Worship" in the address. I like that part.

Just quoting for effect. Apart from the names it's taken word for word from act 3 scene 5.

 

[My3Sons]

That's very Sun Tzu of him

Right attitude too[/QUOTE]

Maybe it’s Clausewitzian

 

[severian]

4 rookies on the opening night roster is the most I recall since Madden, Rafalski, White and Gomez in 1999-2000. Think Hischier, Bratt, Butcher and Santini can match those guys?

 

[JimEIV]

Last year we used Auvitu, Zacha, Speers Wood,