The offense is a problem but the Devils have lost points because they can’t even get to OT. The amount of times the other team scores the first goal is tiring too. Teams can get into their defensive shell faster because of that. 0-8-2 in someone’s last 10 starts is horrific. I don’t think even Blackwood would have a stretch like that in the NHL level. Now I don’t think Schneider is what we’ve seen in 2018 from him but it’s happened and if the Devils do miss the playoffs (still a decent chance to get in lot of games to make a turnaround for Cory) but its hard to look at anything else but a stretch where they got 2 points out of a possible 20 with their number 1 goalie in net allowing at least 3 goals in each of those.
I get that, I guess I just get tired of the constant finger pointing that goes on around here. It's like it can never be multiple reasons for the team struggling, it has to be Cory's fault, or Lovejoy's fault, or Hynes' fault.
Cory has not been good lately, I think we all agree on that. But outside of Hall, who else has been a factor offensively the last 9 games? If we need to rely on Hall creating multiple goals and our goalie only giving up 2 goals or less every night, we're probably not going to win a lot of games.