GDT: Your Albany Devils vs Toronto Marlies: Game-7

[timlap]

Thanks for your class and good luck, as much as I don't wanna wish a Leafs affiliate good luck.

Understood.

And good luck to you guys as well!

 

[oxman44]

After having a good time watching all the ngames in both series Ive come to some conclusions about our players both the ahl vets and prospects. So im going to make a list here Clearly just my opinions. Ill ommit the obvious guys like the PL3's Pelleys etc. because, well we should know that already lol.

Players that should never sniff nhl ice again:
MAG - (EVER)
O'neil - For his size not fast or skilled enough , No thanks
P. Thomson - (although he was great this game, garbage the other 10)
Sislo - (MAYBE as a fill in a few games here and there)

Guys that were OK and Might be able to play in a limited fill- in capacity at best:
Helgeson ( and hes close to being on the previous list IMO)
Black
Kujawinski
Lorito

Guys That Showed most promise or played well enough for a tryout:
Severson - thought hed be better, but was awesome at times and made some bad plays others
Mozik - Liked his game alot, needs to shoot more as hes got a good shot
Blender - needs to get his mental game in order but clearly has the skill
Boosh - was really snakebit this series, was dangerous first round
O'Brien - was he only "AHL'er" that impressed me. good in the circle, d and o zones
Lappin - Really liking his potential, good size, decent speed and skill. Clutch
Zacha - obviously
Pietila - Great physical game and speed, showed a little finish too

everyone else that was not mentioned was just an AHL lifer, too small of a sample size or just were to meh to mention, allthough I thought Mcpherson played well just couldnt put him in the second category but he could be.

 

[Devilsfan992]

After having a good time watching all the ngames in both series Ive come to some conclusions about our players both the ahl vets and prospects. So im going to make a list here Clearly just my opinions. Ill ommit the obvious guys like the PL3's Pelleys etc. because, well we should know that already lol.

Players that should never sniff nhl ice again:
MAG - (EVER)
O'neil - For his size not fast or skilled enough , No thanks
P. Thomson - (although he was great this game, garbage the other 10)
Sislo - (MAYBE as a fill in a few games here and there)

Guys that were OK and Might be able to play in a limited fill- in capacity at best:
Helgeson ( and hes close to being on the previous list IMO)
Black
Kujawinski
Lorito

Guys That Showed most promise or played well enough for a tryout:
Severson - thought hed be better, but was awesome at times and made some bad plays others
Mozik - Liked his game alot, needs to shoot more as hes got a good shot
Blender - needs to get his mental game in order but clearly has the skill
Boosh - was really snakebit this series, was dangerous first round
O'Brien - was he only "AHL'er" that impressed me. good in the circle, d and o zones
Lappin - Really liking his potential, good size, decent speed and skill. Clutch
Zacha - obviously

everyone else that was not mentioned was just an AHL lifer, too small of a sample size or just were to meh to mention, allthough I thought Mcpherson played well just couldnt put him in the second category but he could be.

No mention of Pietila?

 

[kevinchoi]

After having a good time watching all the ngames in both series Ive come to some conclusions about our players both the ahl vets and prospects. So im going to make a list here Clearly just my opinions. Ill ommit the obvious guys like the PL3's Pelleys etc. because, well we should know that already lol.

Players that should never sniff nhl ice again:
MAG - (EVER)
O'neil - For his size not fast or skilled enough , No thanks
P. Thomson - (although he was great this game, garbage the other 10)
Sislo - (MAYBE as a fill in a few games here and there)

Guys that were OK and Might be able to play in a limited fill- in capacity at best:
Helgeson ( and hes close to being on the previous list IMO)
Black
Kujawinski
Lorito

Guys That Showed most promise or played well enough for a tryout:
Severson - thought hed be better, but was awesome at times and made some bad plays others
Mozik - Liked his game alot, needs to shoot more as hes got a good shot
Blender - needs to get his mental game in order but clearly has the skill
Boosh - was really snakebit this series, was dangerous first round
O'Brien - was he only "AHL'er" that impressed me. good in the circle, d and o zones
Lappin - Really liking his potential, good size, decent speed and skill. Clutch
Zacha - obviously

everyone else that was not mentioned was just an AHL lifer, too small of a sample size or just were to meh to mention, allthough I thought Mcpherson played well just couldnt put him in the second category but he could be.

the fact u mentioned mcpherson makes me laugh and you forgot pietela! hes awesome

 

[kevinchoi]

Kelly?

he'll go else where unless they offer him big money and the C...6 years with the organization and not even a cup of tea the show! hes not an nhl but a recognition gmae for allt he years of service is worthy hell even the canadiens gave john scott! (nhl allstar lol) a recognition game...

 

[tr83]

Hulk is on a one way next year. Expect him to be the #7/#8

 

[kevinchoi]

War might be down there. I don't see Scarlett and Ramon Noodles being guaranteed to go.

hynes loves warsofsky i bet they resign him to a similar 2 way he had this year and use him like peter harold was used few seasons ago

 

[I Hate Tie DOMI]

Appleby is out

So yeah it's:

JQ - Brandon Wheat Kings -- Memorial Cup

Wood/Santini/Gavrus/Larsson -- IIHF World Hockey Championship

Can't think of anybody else.

Kinkaid?

 

[kevinchoi]

Hulk is on a one way next year. Expect him to be the #7/#8

doubtful! he wont get claimed theyll start him in albany not good enough to be claimed but him and warsofsky will be 8 - 9 d man in dpeth....

 

[Devilsfan992]

My thought on the goals against.

Connor Brown Goal - May 16, 2016



This one is all on Gragnani. No one else to blame.

Edit: I think I may be a bit too harsh on Gragnani. He was put in a tough spot, but he shouldn't have tried to force a play.

Kasperi Kapanen Goal - May 16, 2016



Scarlett could have done better to prevent the shot, but Wedgewood needs to save this one.

Connor Carrick Goal - May 16, 2016



I'm not sure what Blandisi is doing here. All five Devils on the right side of the ice and gives up the easy backside goal.

Rich Clune Goal - May 16, 2016

Severson's a bit out of position here. The forward covered up for him, but it wasn't a good matchup.

From the leafs board.

 

[Bleedred]

Understood.

And good luck to you guys as well!

Thanks!

use him like peter harold was used few seasons ago

So you're saying that Warsofsky will be played, while Severson is a healthy scratch or sent to Albany?

Kinkaid?

Kinkaid and Warsofsky. How the hell can any of you guys forget Warsofsky?

 

[Devils Dominion]

What an awful goal to let in to lose the series.

Just got done watching, still don't know where Scarlett & Severson were but Wedge was awful in the 3rd. Two horrendous goals against.

Obviously Sislo and JOB were nowhere near 100% which hurt.

I don't want to see Helgeson anywhere near NJ going forward.

A shame they just couldn't get to OT and had to let in such a weak goal to lose it.

Great season for the team, but I was not impressed at all with Blandisi who was awful away from the puck and didn't do much of anything offensively.

Carrick also showed much more than Severson from the blueline all series but Toronto has so much more speed and talent so the Devils deserve much praise for taking it to 7.

Felt like they gave it away late in the 3rd with that soft goal.

 

[oxman44]

No mention of Pietila?

Oh yea forgot him, Yes he'd def be on the last list like his game a lot too

 

[kevinchoi]

Thanks!

So you're saying that Warsofsky will be played, while Severson is a healthy scratch or sent to Albany?


no im saying warsosky will be 8th d...called up and down, like harold was.... severson will be top 4 hes a good player guys

 

[Bleedred]

Thanks!

So you're saying that Warsofsky will be played, while Severson is a healthy scratch or sent to Albany?


no im saying warsosky will be 8th d...called up and down, like harold was.... severson will be top 4 hes a good player guys

Harrold was never called up and down, nor the 8th D. Except for for the first 25 games of the lockout season, when he played only like one or two of the first 25 games and we had 8 D on the roster that year.

Little did I forget though, he was actually waived after camp in 14-15. Then promptly called back up when Salvador was injured for good?

 

[NJDevs26]

Now, I don't really care about pissing off some AHLers, Jacobs, White and Speers would've been huge additions.

At this point I'm glad they didn't play with the **** luck our prospects have been having with injuries

 

[Bleedred]

Wedgewood didn't have the greatest playoffs, a lot of bad goals I saw.

Which is why I wasn't sold on him after this pretty good season he had and the great 4 NHL games he had. Hopefully he continues what he did this season into next, but I'm a little worried this bad playoffs was just the numbers evening out and him regressing to the mean.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Wedgewood didn't have the greatest playoffs, a lot of bad goals I saw.

Which is why I wasn't sold on him after this pretty good season he had and the great 4 NHL games he had. Hopefully he continues what he did this season into next, but I'm a little worried this bad playoffs was just the numbers evening out and him regressing to the mean.

His was one of the key reasons this series went seven games. Hanging this on Wedge is extremely unfair and not true.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Wedge was very good on Game-1 & had an excellent Game-6.

I didn't like the 2nd goal tonight at all, nor his reaction time on the game losing goal.
But, yeah it's tough to point fingers at him as he had a tremendous season that was interrupted by injury too.

I am concerned with Blandisi's development though.
He hasn't been the same player since the diving incident.

Would have been nice to see how Zacha could have contributed tonight.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Not going to blame Wedge on the last goal. It was a broken play where the puck took a funky bounce off the boards.

9 times out of 10 that puck never ends up there.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Not going to blame Wedge on the last goal. It was a broken play where the puck took a funky bounce off the boards.

9 times out of 10 that puck never ends up there.

Especially when the shot from the point was deflected down with a high stick (uncalled) and Sevs & Scarlett were out of position.

 

[JK3]

Not impressed at all with Severson defensively, he just floats around with no urgency and often out of position, he needs to get his **** together.

 

[Bleedred]

His was one of the key reasons this series went seven games. Hanging this on Wedge is extremely unfair and not true.

Just from the highlights throughout the playoffs, I saw a decent amount of goals that he wasn't allowing earlier in the season. His save percentage was also quite a bit lower this playoffs than it was during the season.

Now 12 games doesn't mean anything, it's not a large enough sample size. It's just worrying to me because his play as a pro was not very good before this season.

But the game winner wasn't a bad one to me, that was some fluky goal. Right up there with that Bieksa series winner off the stanchion for the Canucks against the Sharks in the 2011 WCF.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Not impressed at all with Severson defensively, he just floats around with no urgency and often out of position, he needs to get his **** together.

He'll be fine. Expecting a big season.

 

[Bleedred]

I'm hoping Wedgewood did turn a corner this season, as I really want him to at least give Kinkaid a kick in the ass during preseason and camp.

The goaltending we got from Kinkaid wasn't cutting it this year, I'd certainly welcome Wedgewood if he was able to outplay him.