GDT: High Hopes: Your New Jersey Devils vs. Carolina Hurricanes, 12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN+

[Forge]

McLeod is going to jail and Mercer has been horrid

there is your forward depth right there

Also, not for nothing, but Foote being out all year does hurt a little, I think. I was kind of expecting him to have a solid bottom line role this year.

 

[jkrdevil]

Yeah, he clearly hasn’t been the same since returning from the second injury. Hopefully he can have a nice reset this offseason and get back to form.

I need to look at the numbers more in depth, but he to me has actually looked better or at least more dangerous offensively since coming back from the 2nd injury. He looked miserable between the 1st injury and 2nd injury. He basically has the big games against the Rangers and Canucks after coming back and then went quiet until the injury vs Chicago.

Of course that could be an eye test failure as some good chances (like today’s breakaway) that he had and flubbed.

 

[R8Devs]

Obviously injury related, but Jack has had an underwhelming/bad/unlucky year. His 5v5 CF% is alright, his xGF% is above water but probably needs to be higher for the team to have success, but his High Danger Chance % is below water, and his GF% is a miserable 43%.

We need him to be in Nico and Bratt territory of being above 55% in all those categories at 5 on 5.

I doubt Jack would willingly let himself get shut down for the season early when there's still an even minuscule chance at the playoffs but once the Devs are officially eliminated then he should just get shut down and go through whatever process he needs to be 100% asap for offseason training. He's not even taking faceoffs when the first guy gets kicked out of the dot so it must be decently bad still.

 

[glenwo2]

Both goals were horrible. First one was worse than the second, but the second was super deflating and momentum killing.

The first one was completely horrible. That would have been softy of the night last night and half of the nights last week.

Probably not today with 12 other games on.

The 2nd goal was just a lucky-ass-sh*t goal by the Canes.

If that shot was taken 20 more times, it would've missed 20 more times.

 

[Bleedred]

This game sucked

I ate too much

I feel like shit

Daylight savings blows. Just don't even touch it or turn the clocks back at all.

FML

 

[Camille the Eel]

The second one was bad .. how does he not get a piece of that one? I think Daws has some potential, but he's obviously not where he needs to be yet.

I’d like him to have stopped that but he only gave up 2 before the end. He certainly gave us a chance to win today and we didn’t generate a hell of a lot. We essentially scored once before garbage time with seconds left. That isn’t going to win you games.

 

[JimEIV]

This game sucked

I ate too much

I feel like shit

Daylight savings blows. Just don't even touch it or turn the clocks back at all.

FML

Ate too much? No such thing!

 

[Bleedred]

Ate too much? No such thing!

I wish

I was so bloated that I looked like a dead person.

I downed multiple cans of soda and a milkshake after eating a ton and then running to the store after the game while bloated. It was the first real nasty humid day we've had this year and I'm literally the only person in Florida driving around in a car with no working AC.

I will fix anything myself on my vehicles and I will fix the HVAC system in my home when I need to, but for some reason I refuse to fix the AC in my vehicles.

I see way older and shittier cars and trucks riding around with AC. I think the only other guy I see driving around without AC is a guy in a 73 Ford pickup.

My hat is starting to smell. It's that time of year again.

 

[NjDevsRR]

I wish

I was so bloated that I looked like a dead person.

I downed multiple cans of soda and a milkshake after eating a ton and then running to the store after the game while bloated. It was the first real nasty humid day we've had this year and I'm literally the only person in Florida driving around in a car with no working AC.

I will fix anything myself on my vehicles and I will fix the HVAC system in my home when I need to, but for some reason I refuse to fix the AC in my vehicles.

I see way older and shittier cars and trucks riding around with AC. I think the only other guy I see driving around without AC is a guy in a 73 Ford pickup.

My hat is starting to smell. It's that time of year again.

 

[theoptimist]

We need a couple of Randy McKay types. Not the biggest guy, but tough has nails, fearless and a pretty good player in his prime.

Jason Zucker

 

[Bleedred]

I'm contemplating opening up a couple of fun size Snickers, but I think I need to know when to stop. I felt like death only about 2-3 hours ago and it lasted for at least 2 hours.

And I don't throw up. Throwing up is the worst feeling in the world. I have thrown up maybe 10 times since I was 12 years old. Maybe a few more than that, because I was sick one of those times and threw up multiple times in a day.

I will not make myself throw up.

 

[NjDevsRR]

I'm contemplating opening up a couple of fun size Snickers, but I think I need to know when to stop. I felt like death only about 2-3 hours ago and it lasted for at least 2 hours.

And I don't throw up. Throwing up is the worst feeling in the world. I have thrown up maybe 10 times since I was 12 years old. Maybe a few more than that, because I was sick one of those times and threw up multiple times in a day.

I will not make myself throw up.

 

[JimEIV]

Devils hockey

 

[Satans Hockey]

Absolutely poured all game at the Red Bulls home opener tonight but they won 2-1 and was way more fun than watching this sh!t show.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Absolutely poured all game at the Red Bulls home opener tonight but they won 2-1 and was way more fun than watching this sh!t show.

Amazing what happens when the goalie didn’t give up two stinkers

 

[Bleedred]

At least Daws comes out and faces the media after losses and a poor game. Pretty sure Schmid has a few times this year too.

That idiot coward that just got sent to San Jose didn’t even come out and say boo after games.

He let everybody else answer about his poor play for him, from the skaters to Ruff.

That’s what really soured me on him this year, other than his actual play.

 

[Triumph]

I need to look at the numbers more in depth, but he to me has actually looked better or at least more dangerous offensively since coming back from the 2nd injury. He looked miserable between the 1st injury and 2nd injury. He basically has the big games against the Rangers and Canucks after coming back and then went quiet until the injury vs Chicago.

Of course that could be an eye test failure as some good chances (like today’s breakaway) that he had and flubbed.

He's definitely more dangerous offensively but his shot just isn't where it needs to be; he is blowing chances all the time. Whether that's injury or just frustration, it's hard to know, but he's got 6 goals on 83 shots since coming back. That's over 5 shots a game.

 

[NjDevsRR]

He's definitely more dangerous offensively but his shot just isn't where it needs to be; he is blowing chances all the time. Whether that's injury or just frustration, it's hard to know, but he's got 6 goals on 83 shots since coming back. That's over 5 shots a game.

Some bad luck as well, he pinged a good 4-5 posts (some of those should go in off the pipe), missed empty nets, Binnington made a crazy good save on him, etc

 

[Devs3cups]

Yeah, he clearly hasn’t been the same since returning from the second injury. Hopefully he can have a nice reset this offseason and get back to form.

The off-season will do him wonders.

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

Oh boy. Prime time hockey means Finnish studio. Cant wait for Nemo to analyze our game to the ground, are you with me @Capt Nico Poo

I was not! Atm in Dublin and Ireland played vs England in rugby last night at the same time. Impossible task to find a TV with hockey on

 

[HoliksGhost]

Another winnable game squandered ? How many is that ?

 

[My3Sons]

I was not! Atm in Dublin and Ireland played vs England in rugby last night at the same time. Impossible task to find a TV with hockey on

When you go abroad to someplace like Ireland where they expect you to eat the local cuisine and drink Guinness do you have to smuggle in bourbon and twinkies and bacon fat in your luggage so you are comfortable? How do you get a lifted Ford F-150 with a gun rack on the back through customs there?

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

When you go abroad to someplace like Ireland where they expect you to eat the local cuisine and drink Guinness do you have to smuggle in bourbon and twinkies and bacon fat in your luggage so you are comfortable? How do you get a lifted Ford F-150 with a gun rack on the back through customs there?

When in Rome, i had 12 Guinnesses last night

 

[Maine Fan]

Team is playing the same under Travis Green as they did with Ruff. Slow start seems normal for the Devils. Coaching mistakes added to the loss. Jack Hughes is having some bad games, is he trying to do too much, or back too early from injury.

Nothing matters because the Devils are not making the playoffs.

I don't see anything different as a result of the coaching change. I will say it again, I hope that Fitz doesn't think that Green is the answer if he can implement some game strategy changes next season.

I sat Travis Green is a loser, what do I know? The NHL fans in Vancouver sat that Travis Green is a loser, what do they know? The NHL history, records, and data shows Travis Green as a loser, can we accept this info? Please! He broke up Nico and Timo after they had a hat trick in the game before the Canes. He pulled Daws before the Devils had possession of the puck. What has changed?

Onto the Rangers. I don't care if the teams wins or loses at this point, (that's not true, I like winning and I like my teams to win) I don't want Travis Green to keep the Devil's HC job next season.

 

[Clam Jensen]

When in Rome, i had 12 Guinnesses last night

Holy shit that’s like 2500 cals of beer hahah