Out of Town Scoreboard 2017-18 season II: Playoff Push

[Tundra]

As it turned out, Devils came out with the more favorable matchup.

I don't care what anyone says. They were NOT beating Boston.

Boston was beatable, because their depth isn't amazing . Look at the lightning's bottom six vs. the bruins. Those are quality players. Tampa is scary deep on d and up front.

 

[glenwo2]

A major determining factor will be our secondary scoring vs. theirs. A grim prognosis. With that said, Keith could steal a game. He has the ability to do so.

Kinky is the KEY to this series. If he continues his strong play, Devils have an excellent shot at advancing.

 

[Emperoreddy]

uh. Yeah I know.

I was...making a point. The hell?

It isn't a good one. You keep acting like we were lucky and didn't earn it

 

[MadDevil]

Imagine if the Devils did NOT beat Toronto in regulation....

YIKES!

Or if Hall didn't score coming out of the box against Montreal?

 

[glenwo2]

It isn't a good one. You keep acting like we were lucky and didn't earn it

No I wasn't.

Where do you get this from?

I was saying that, based on how we saw Florida end the season via RUNNING THE TABLE(5 straight wins).

And I was thinking "Damn. It's a good thing the Devils took care of business against Toronto".

Why are you so combative against me all of a sudden?

 

[JimEIV]

Thank ya

On February 6th NJ played their 52 game.

These are the records on February 6th

Devils were 52 games 27-17-8 62 points. Nj finished with 44 wins and 97 points.

Columbus 53 games 27-22-4 58 points
Finished with 45 wins 97 points

Philly 53 games 25-19-9 59 points
Philly finished with 42 wins 98 points

Florida 51 games 23-22-6. 52 points
Finished with 44 wins 96 points.

 

[tr83]

A major determining factor will be our secondary scoring vs. theirs. A grim prognosis. With that said, Keith could steal a game. He has the ability to do so.

Why is our secondary scoring a grim prognosis? If Wood Zacha Maroon is as good as they were against the Caps, Tampa is going to have their hands full.

 

[JimEIV]

NJ got 17 wins in their final 30
Columbus 18 wins in their final 29
Philly 17 wins in their final 29
Florida 21 wins in their final 31

 

[Tundra]

Why is our secondary scoring a grim prognosis? If Wood Zacha Maroon is as good as they were against the Caps, Tampa is going to have their hands full.

Tampa led the league in goals & their offense goes far beyond their superstars. They can be carried by Johnson, Gourde and others if need be. We don't have the answers as of yet. We are an up and coming team. That's why I'm not optimistic.

 

[JimEIV]

Hall didn't score a goal against Tampa this season...but he did have 3 assits

 

[NJDevs26]

Tampa led the league in goals & their offense goes far beyond their superstars. They can be carried by Johnson, Gourde and others if need be. We don't have the answers as of yet. We are an up and coming team. That's why I'm not optimistic.

You're kind of underestimating OUR secondary scoring though. Tampa has nine forwards with double-digit goals (not including the traded Namestinkov, but including Miller who has 10), we have 10. The main difference between us goalscoringwise is they get more offense from the blueline and they have more high-end first-liners.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

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[njdevils1982]

one point short pretenders!

one point short!

chew on it.

 

[glenwo2]

one point short pretenders!

one point short!

chew on it.

So happy that they ended their season this way. And did us a favor in the process by beating Boston, thus giving us Tampa instead.

 

[Emperoreddy]

You're kind of underestimating OUR secondary scoring though. Tampa has nine forwards with double-digit goals (not including the traded Namestinkov, but including Miller who has 10), we have 10. The main difference between us goalscoringwise is they get more offense from the blueline and they have more high-end first-liners.

He is also ignoring that Vasy has not been good lately. If he shits the bed, Tampa is in a lot of trouble.

 

[nugg]

Apologies if this was discussed ad nauseum, but was the general consensus here cool with resting the last game or should we have gunned for better position, home ice and maybe more favorable matchup?

I wanted the highest seed possible, instead we're the eighth seed. Tampa is very powerful. I would have felt a little more confident against Boston. Pittsburgh would have been fun.

 

[billingtons ghost]

Apologies if this was discussed ad nauseum, but was the general consensus here cool with resting the last game or should we have gunned for better position, home ice and maybe more favorable matchup?

I think resting was fine. With the way teams are playing, I'm not sure who would be a good matchup.

 

[markog]

Hard to assume how the series plays out in this sense. I think it's fair to say it's going to be:

Hall's line against Point + Hedman.

Zajac's + Greene-Vatanen against Stamkos/Kucherov.

Zacha's line against Johnson's line.

How those match-ups and special teams play out is going to decide the series.

Then there will be not much ice time for Hall line lol

And lol at Boston, went all-in against florida and failed

 

[theoptimist]

It's really Hall vs. Everybody.

 

[glenwo2]

It's really Hall vs. Everybody.

Including his own teammates (Stafford, Severson, LoveJoy, Moore....)