BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
Devils manage to get two points in a game where they probably didn't deserve them.
HF Devils civil war continues unabated.
The Devils Team Corsi took an absolute beating last night.
Devils manage to get two points in a game where they probably didn't deserve them.
HF Devils civil war continues unabated.
9-0-1Great how we had the better legs in the third period and OT. We are a very well conditioned team, but also the young legs really show there. As Dano and Steve kept harping on, we've mostly won games when we take a lead into the third period.
Which one would you rather have?
I will take a high quantity of quality shots please.
Which one would you rather have?
Which one would you rather have?
Holy cow this thread. A few things.
Butcher - Has been getting more and more ice time. Last three games he's gotten almost 19 minutes a game. Hynes obviously used him less because of the physical style Minnesota was playing with. BTW, that's the same reason the Zacha-Zajac-Bratt line didn't play much.
Hynes - Hasn't developed young players? What about Santini? Wood? Coleman? Bratt, Butcher, and Hischier are near the top of the rookie scoring lists because they're getting major minutes and special teams time. This is just terrible, its literally taking one of the best things he's done as a coach and criticizing him for it.
Boyle - Is TEN ****ing games back from cancer. And no, Boyle and Zajac don't slow the team down. It's very common to play slower stronger guys with small and fast players. The faster guys establish possession in the zone and the stronger guys help maintain it and create space. That's what Zajac and Boyle will do once they've shaken the rust off.
Bratt - Is 19 years old and 5'10 175 and has never played this much hockey. The team we were playing against was big, physical, and playing dirty as hell. Limiting his ice time was very smart. He'll mature physically, and get used to playing these kinds of games, and eventually, he won't have be so limited in a game like this.
I think it's pretty funny that people have been using linemates as an excuse for Zacha, and Henrique gets dropped down with Coleman and Gibbons and gets 3 points. Now it's his ice time that's the issue. I don't think Hynes came in planning to play that line 10 minutes, it was in response to the way Minnesota was playing. So against Boston I think he'll probably get more ice time.
I thought Hynes did a great job managing this game. 2-1-1 on the road trip, 12-5-3 on the season, and exceeding all expectations.
Butcher is getting significant ice time? He barely averages 16 minutes a night. It'll be below that, after his 14 minute and 28 seconder tonight.
Hynes plays him like he's this massive liability.
I wouldn't want to overwhelm Butcher in his rookie year. Not unusual for D to be brought along slowly. I think we really need to be more excited about what we have with him, though. He's got the potential to be a true #1 defenseman in this league if we bring him along the right way.
I disagree. I think Butcher is going to be an awesome offensive defensemen but he doesn't have the snarl/size of a prototypical #1 defensemen leading teams on deep playoff runs. He simply just isen't built the same way as a Doughty or a Keith
I agree.
I see Zidlicky in him. I'm hoping he ends up being a good second-pairing PP specialist capable of putting up 40~ a year. He's ridiculously skilled for a defender and I feel like once he starts generating chemistry with the forwards, he's going to be putting up tons of points.
He weighs about the same as Keith, but he is 3 inches shorter than Keith. But yea, they do not really play the defensive side of the game the same. Keith has a really nasty dirty side to his game that for some reason is allowed to happen.I disagree. I think Butcher is going to be an awesome offensive defensemen but he doesn't have the snarl/size of a prototypical #1 defensemen leading teams on deep playoff runs. He simply just isen't built the same way as a Doughty or a Keith
are we still bottom 3 in shots for AND shots against?
Devils have the 2nd worst Corsi in the entire NHL, and tied for the 3rd best record in the entire NHL.
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The only team with a worse Corsi than the Devils is the Jets, who are tied with the Devils for the 3rd best record in entire NHL.
This is why absence of context when discussing stats like this (or any stats for that matter) is ridiculous.
I'd be willing to bet Devils/Jets lead games more than most teams which warps those numbers a lot. Devils being down the bottom of that list last years just shows that they were an awful team through and through, but this year it's different.