GDT: The Final Four: Devils @ Canadiens, 7 PM, MSG+

[Blackjack]

I think Nico turning it on in goal scoring (has 3 games to score a goal and hit 20 on the season) might have helped catapult those assist numbers a bit.

Nico had only 5 goals in his first 35 games this season. A lot of us thought he might just be a Scott Gomez-like low goal scorer, who didn't even hit 15 goals in a lot of his seasons.

Yeah, I didn't mean to criticize Nico, but if you look at the other high assist guys, they tend to play with high goal scoring line mates.

 

[Blackjack]

I was getting ready to bump the Taylor Hall for Larsson trade thread, but then I remembered it was locked and we had like 3-4 threads about it after that haha.

We should ask for it to be unlocked. The only reason it's locked is because it hit 1,000 replies back when that automatically locked a thread.

It's not to troll Edmonton fans, but bumping it is the equivalent to bumping the Nico draft pick thread when he has a good game, and we're not supposed to start random threads to talk about a player.

 

[sattar18]

Severson fanboy?

Must be.

Because much to the horror of the Severson Teen Beat club, both Lovejoy and Mueller played very well tonight.

LOL. Nowhere did I mention anything about Severson.

Habs hit the post in the first with Lovejoy chasing the puck and missing (as usual) and then partially screened Kinkaid on the 1st goal. Not to mention the absolutely idiotic cross check that could've cost them the game if the Habs weren't totally inept on the PP.

Lovejoy doesnt fit the uptempo & fast game the Devils would like to play which is why he shouldn't play. Severson, despite making some absolutely moronic plays, does provide puck movement and doesn't handle the puck like a grenade most of the time.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

we sure do. head over and tell @M.C.G. 31 hes a jobber.

k jabroni

 

[Devils Dominion]

A little Helter Skelter for stretches but a dominant 3rd, a big kill and a clutch winning block/pass by Trav and finish by Hall.

Reminded me of ZP's breakaway goal up there in 2012.

Huge win, Whatever it Takes

 

[Devils Dominion]

And Grabner , shoot the puck.

You don't have many assists for a reason.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Kink wasn't too busy but again he made big saves at key times.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Credit the staff for putting Hall in the box on the delay of game penalty.

 

[Darkauron]

4 DD posts in a row. Is that a new record?

 

[Bleedred]

We should ask for it to be unlocked. The only reason it's locked is because it hit 1,000 replies back when that automatically locked a thread.

It's not to troll Edmonton fans, but bumping it is the equivalent to bumping the Nico draft pick thread when he has a good game, and we're not supposed to start random threads to talk about a player.

We've had a couple threads bumped recently, but not that old. The Butcher thread was kind of bumped after a couple months of inactivity.

I kind of wanna troll Edmonton fans, but the only ones that tried to rationalize the trade as being good or ''Fair'' and that dude from last year (I think his name was big ape or some shit) who used to lurk in here and post when Hall had a bad game and laughed at how anyone would imply that we won the trade.

 

[Devils Dominion]

4 DD posts in a row. Is that a new record?

it was 5 but you squashed it...

 

[Bleedred]

A little Helter Skelter for stretches but a dominant 3rd, a big kill and a clutch winning block/pass by Trav and finish by Hall.

Reminded me of ZP's breakaway goal up there in 2012.

Huge win, Whatever it Takes

Definitely was like that Parise OT winner up there in 2010.

He had quite a while to decide what he wanted to do on that breakway, the last guy back was miles behind him. Probably back in Ottawa somewhere.

 

[Bleedred]

I really feel bad for Schneider poor guy

Nah, $6,000,000.

And he gets it no matter what, so I sympathize a little bit less with him or a fired coach, over a regular guy fired from their job.

But it is easy for me to feel a little bad for him.

I thought he should have gotten tonight's game and he could have done well, as it was of a bit of a rocking chair game for Keith, when compared to other games of late, but it's hard to say he definitely would have only allowed one goal, as the most harmless shot that we don't even remember might have beaten him, if he played like he did last game.

I think Hynes probably still has PTSD over the last game he played out in San Jose. The dead angle opener, the 5-hole special that got him yanked and that Pavelski backhander that went off the post are probably still giving Hynes nightmares.

And like I've said before and said in the other thread about Guy. Bad goaltending is gonna get Hynes (coaches in general) fired a lot faster than a poor player (Andy Greene) at one of the skating positions will. Not that I think Hynes would get fired if we missed the playoffs this year, but he probably would have been on probation, with playoffs being mandatory next year or a fairly short leash if we got off to a bad start.

 

[Nubmer6]

Just watched the replay of the 1st period. Not nearly as bad as everyone was making it out to be. People must have been freaked cause we went down by 1 and took the penalty late in the game.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

I really feel bad for Schneider poor guy

I hope we clinch with a game to do so Schneider can start the last game of the season. It allows Kinkaid some rest heading into the playoffs and gives Schneider some much needed game time.

I think the extra practice time working with Rollie will do Schneider some good. And his attitude has been good while sitting. Practice hard because we may still use you at some point in the season.

 

[Bleedred]

Mr 5 tools himself Alex Ochoa. And don't forget perennial home run king Butch Huskey.

Did you know Jason Isringhausen popped up on the HoF ballot? I remember when he came off surgery on his arm in 1996. He was making a rehab start to start the 1997 season when he broke his wrist punching a Gatorade cooler. Dumbass

Rey Ordonez. I was psyched on him early. Thought he was gonna be legendary. I remember him getting the nickname the Cuban missile crisis, which must have been given to any Cuban born player that could hit or throw. Only with Ordonez, that nickname was quite ironic and maybe that was the point. All 12 of his career (home runs) missiles.

Is Isringhausen really HOF caliber? I don’t see him getting in, but maybe I just wasn’t paying enough attention to him/MLB through the later half of his career?

 

[BenedictGomez]

Just watched the replay of the 1st period. Not nearly as bad as everyone was making it out to be.

There were some adults in the room attempting to point this out.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

If you want an argument. Try to figure the forward lines with Mojo back.

I sure as **** can’t.

MoJo for Bratt.

 

[Bleedred]

Just watched the replay of the 1st period. Not nearly as bad as everyone was making it out to be. People must have been freaked cause we went down by 1 and took the penalty late in the game.

The 1st period was fine, just lacked any scoring chances. It was the 2nd period where I felt like we were flat and just had nothing at all going.

 

[glenwo2]

And he gets it no matter what, so I sympathize a little bit less with him or a fired coach, over a regular guy fired from their job.

But it is easy for me to feel a little bad for him.

I thought he should have gotten tonight's game and he could have done well, as it was of a bit of a rocking chair game for Keith, when compared to other games of late, but it's hard to say he definitely would have only allowed one goal, as the most harmless shot that we don't even remember might have beaten him, if he played like he did last game.

I think Hynes probably still has PTSD over the last game he played out in San Jose. The dead angle opener, the 5-hole special that got him yanked and that Pavelski backhander that went off the post are probably still giving Hynes nightmares.

And like I've said before and said in the other thread about Guy. Bad goaltending is gonna get Hynes (coaches in general) fired a lot faster than a poor player (Andy Greene) at one of the skating positions will. Not that I think Hynes would get fired if we missed the playoffs this year, but he probably would have been on probation, with playoffs being mandatory next year or a fairly short leash if we got off to a bad start.

That save that Kinky made prior to the Hall goal when the Habs player was at the door step.....I do not believe that Cory would get it 'cause he's not the type of Goaltender that would sprawl for the save. That shot would've more than likely went past him. It was a smart move by Baldy to play Kinky instead.

 

[Bleedred]

That save that Kinky made prior to the Hall goal when the Habs player was at the door step.....I do not believe that Cory would get it 'cause he's not the type of Goaltender that would sprawl for the save. That shot would've more than likely went past him. It was a smart move by Baldy to play Kinky instead.

The goals you really have to worry about getting past Cory lately are some 5-hole special or some shot that gets through him on the short side when he isn’t covering his post.

 

[Nubmer6]

There were some adults in the room attempting to point this out.

The 1st period was fine, just lacked any scoring chances. It was the 2nd period where I felt like we were flat and just had nothing at all going.

Ya. What I read in my brief visit here after the 1st was all about how we already lost the game and theorizing about ways to get more points against the Panthers. I was shocked later when I actually checked the score that we were only down 1-0. The way people were talking I thought we were down like 4-0

 

[Nubmer6]

Wow... and there's the Lovejoy penalty at the end. What the hell was he thinking? It was a crosscheck to the face.

Also, on the Hall goal, I don't think I heard Price slapping his stick on the ice to tell his team the man was coming out of the box.

 

[Emperoreddy]

The 1st period was fine, just lacked any scoring chances. It was the 2nd period where I felt like we were flat and just had nothing at all going.

Habs were trying to bore us to death.

 

[markog]

Perfect scenario would be this:

Devils win their last 3 games
Blue Jackets beat Pitt in regulation and lose to Nashville
Philly loses one game

Devils would finish 2nd.

Pittsburgh isn't far out either and they play Columbus this week so somebody will drop points.