GDT: Devils vs Hurricanes

[Bleedred]

Agree. Giving up 30 shots to the Canes is not good. Cory played well. The D was ok. Hard to judge the D because Greene went out. After that, pairs were scrambled, ice time got out of hand. But against a stronger team, the Devils would not have fared well.

The Hurricanes average 29.9 shots on goal per game this year, so it's not really significantly above their average on the season.

That said, it wasn't a great defensive game by us but better than a majority of the last 6 weeks.

It's not nearly as bad as allowing 49 shots to the frickin Canadiens, that was beyond putrid. The last couple PK's were awful, I'd say they got a good amount of shots while on the PP. It wasn't too bad at even strength.

 

[R8Devs]

2 regulation road wins and both are over Carolina, that's putrid

carolina has been really good at home tho. they were 10-1-1 at home since the last time the Devils beat them there.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Giving up 30 shots to the Canes playing on a back to back when arguably your best defenseman plays 7 minutes? That is definitely good.

I think the canes have been playing well lately too

 

[Sir Fenwick Corsi]

I'm pretty surprised to see any negative comments about the game. Carolina is a pretty decent team that has been playing really well at home and the Devils managed to grind out what I thought was a real gutsy win. It wasn't always pretty but it's a real positive sign that they managed to win a game like this. Second half of a back to back with travel and playing with 5D for more than 2/3 of the game. This is the type of game they would normally give up 4+ goals with the way they were playing.

I really liked their compete level and attention to detail the last couple nights. Even if they don't always win, I'll be happy if they at least give themselves a chance.

Very impressed with Santini. He brings the physical presence that they were lacking on the blue line and you can tell that he has what it takes. He's going to be a good one.

 

[Maine Fan]

Great win back to back
Heading to the playoffs

 

[Emperoreddy]

Cory also bailed them out a bit with some big big time saves.

 

[Bleedred]

Cory also bailed them out a bit with some big big time saves.

I feel like he's been playing pretty well since our last game against the Rangers. The Nashville game was the only game in between where he didn't look great or gave up a weak goal.

I thought he was solid in each Pittsburgh game where he allowed 4 goals, puck just wasn't hitting him those games. Much like Kinkaid against the Caps the other day.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Have to go back to him Friday I think.

So weird that December he is usually crap and suddenly he turns it on in January.

 

[Bleedred]

Have to go back to him Friday I think.

So weird that December he is usually crap and suddenly he turns it on in January.

I don't see why we wouldn't go back to him on Friday, though I did forget it was a back to back.

I just can't see him finishing the season with a save percentage below 91% or even below a .915%, he's too good.

A bad season for guys like Rask and Schneider is still on par with a really good season for Cam Ward these days and maybe even Pekka Rinne too.

 

[Devils090]

carolina has been really good at home tho. they were 10-1-1 at home since the last time the Devils beat them there.

That's nice but that wasn't the point at all

 

[R8Devs]

That's nice but that wasn't the point at all

I mean it's not like most stats are going to look favorable for them, they basically just went on a month+ sucking streak.

 

[MadDevil]

Have to go back to him Friday I think.

So weird that December he is usually crap and suddenly he turns it on in January.

Cory does absolutely own the Oilers though, so maybe you give him Friday off and go back to him Saturday.

 

[GeNeXt]

We only allowed one even strength shot on goal in the first period.

 

[tailfins]

We only allowed one even strength shot on goal in the first period.

Yeah - this is fair.

I thought the team played well for the first half of the game.

Once Greene went out, it was basically hanging on for dear life.

The only reason they won was a fluke goal from Cammy. Without that, we might be talking about another lost lead.

On Hynes - I do think the powerplay highlights his stubbornness. It was atrocious once again. Why haven't they shifted to 2 D? Right now, they need to forget about scoring - they need the powerplay to not give momentum to the other team. The best scoring chances the Canes had in the first were short-handed. It's the same with the losing streak, or not pulling Cory. Hynes could have simplified the team's game way earlier. Instead, we had to sit through the past 6 weeks before changes were made.

 

[John Pedro]

I wonder if Zajac gonna try to challenge his epic goal drought of 27 games. He's already at 15 games without a goal. Not good for a guy who plays 20+min, I guess.

 

[Better Call Sal]

I wonder if Zajac gonna try to challenge his epic goal drought of 27 games. He's already at 15 games without a goal. Not good for a guy who plays 20+min, I guess.

Time to restart the **** on Zajac train.

 

[Spoiled Bratt]

Yeah - this is fair.

I thought the team played well for the first half of the game.

Once Greene went out, it was basically hanging on for dear life.

The only reason they won was a fluke goal from Cammy. Without that, we might be talking about another lost lead.

On Hynes - I do think the powerplay highlights his stubbornness. It was atrocious once again. Why haven't they shifted to 2 D? Right now, they need to forget about scoring - they need the powerplay to not give momentum to the other team. The best scoring chances the Canes had in the first were short-handed. It's the same with the losing streak, or not pulling Cory. Hynes could have simplified the team's game way earlier. Instead, we had to sit through the past 6 weeks before changes were made.

Who knew that playing with 5 defensemen, especially without your #1 guy, wasn't as easy as playing with 6

In regards to our PP, there's no way I want 2 D's per unit. We have one threat and that's Severson. Quincey can run our 2nd unit but Greene has a Mike Mottau shot and do you really want to see Lovejoy, Merrill or Santini there?

 

[Triumph]

2 D power plays are worse than 1 D power plays, and especially for the Devils who don't have the kind of D a team would use on the PP. They were already using Kyle Quincey there last night, and that was before Greene got hurt.

 

[NJDevs26]

Yeah I don't really get the whole two D men on the power play thing either, unless you're just convinced the PP won't ever do crap anyway and you're just trying to prevent SH goals. That's basically what they did last night up two with <10 minutes left.

 

[JimEIV]

Yeah I don't really get the whole two D men on the power play thing either, unless you're just convinced the PP won't ever do crap anyway and you're just trying to prevent SH goals. That's basically what they did last night up two with <10 minutes left.

Or unless you don't think the forwards are not very good at puck movement.

 

[Bleedred]

I wonder if Zajac gonna try to challenge his epic goal drought of 27 games. He's already at 15 games without a goal. Not good for a guy who plays 20+min, I guess.

Did you see who he was playing with last night? Kalinin had a 2 point game the night before, did you expect him to score two games in a row?

 

[Edmonton East]

Regarding the PP, just fired the coach and replace him with a tv monitor that plays the Blue Jackets PP on an endless loop.

 

[kiwidevil]

I wonder if Zajac gonna try to challenge his epic goal drought of 27 games. He's already at 15 games without a goal. Not good for a guy who plays 20+min, I guess.

Can just see you sitting there and cursing every time Zajac get's a point.