GDT: Your New Jersey Devils (23-36-5) @ Washington Capitals (36-20-10), 7 PM, MSG+

[Hollywood Nosebleed]

no no no......you got it all wrong......its "f*** crosby"

ovy is the man

Nah, great hockey player, but can't respect him backing a monster over and over again publicly.

 

[Devs3cups]

1.59 xGA tonight 5-on-5. 4 goals against, 3 5-on-5. It never ends.

 

[Guttersniped]

It's not on him, but the third goal was a bad one.

It's not about him playing poorly, it's about playing him too much.

This is way too much, at this point.

He shouldn't be playing in back to backs anymore.

If he plays tomorrow it’s definitely gotten ridiculous.

Maybe the plan is somehow to go from Daws to Hammond. (Which is would be a weird plan to have before seeing what Hammond can do.)

 

[Emperoreddy]

And yeah we don't get big saves. Running Husso/Bernier or Husso/Daws next season would be suicide.

 

[youryeah]

no no no......you got it all wrong......its "f*** crosby"

ovy is the man

this ain't it chief

 

[Devs3cups]

And yeah we don't get big saves. Running Husso/Bernier or Husso/Daws next season would be suicide.

Blackwood's getting another shot.

 

[MadDevil]

No team has lost more when scoring first then us.

Ruff has to GO

Yes, but it's probably not happening until the offseason so I'm not going to dwell on it now.

 

[Mgd31]

They played well tonight. Honestly it was probably their best game out of the last 7.

 

[Bleedred]

I'd fire Ruff before tomorrow's game if he starts Daws.

f*** him,

This is past Pete riding Hedberg every game when Marty was injured.

Let Nas coach the rest of the year and worry about it in the offseason.

If Gillies gets blown up tomorrow I doubt it's gonna be a contributing factor in Ruff getting fired after this year, if he is indeed fired. It's likely already been determined whether or not he stays or goes next year.

 

[Blender]

We didn't play that poorly, but some breakdowns and some not great goals allowed combined with their goalie playing well.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Blackwood's getting another shot.

He pretty much has to or we need to sell the farm for an actual number 1.

You can't win this way.

 

[Devs3cups]

It seems like our xGF always aligns with our actual number of goals scored, but our xGA is always way lower than our actual goals against. It's getting old, and the guys playing in front deserve better.

 

[Burner Account]

So how did the Devils not get a PP from the hit on McLeod? Are we now saying that instigating is on the same level as hits to the head?

 

[Bleedred]

No team has lost more when scoring first then us.

Ruff has to GO

Poor goaltending or not, you can't survive two straight seasons with this kind of point percentage

Unless you're in the first 2 years or maybe even first 3 years of a rebuild.

Or unless you're Jeff Blashill.

If we bring Ruff back, there's a better chance than not of him getting fired mid-season and then we're in a situation where we have to have Nas interim again or possibly Recchi (probably not him though) or Dineen.

No f***ing around, just sack him.

Let him pretend he's retiring like Jacques Lemaire in 1998.

 

[FinnishDevil]

They gotta overpay then or you got to hope Blackwood can get healthy. The UFA pool plus Daws and Bernier are not going to be good enough.

Feel like getting average goaltending like Daws provided early on should be the short term solution. If thats Blackwood or Husso or Bernier or Vanecek, all same to me. But getting star goalies is really hard. Vasi, Saros, Helly, Igor etc. have all been drafted by their teams.

Getting someone like Andersen when he was traded to Toronto cause Gibson was the clear #1 might be our best bet. Swayman/Knight type, but whether those guys would be available is a different question.

 

[Mgd31]

That was our best 6 on 5 performance in a while haha. We almost tied it up there

 

[Rydev]

Yes, but it's probably not happening until the offseason so I'm not going to dwell on it now.

This is the part that really sucks

Wish it didnt have to be this way. They should be fired when its necessary but.. whos gonna go stand on the bench, Fitz?

 

[Mgd31]

They need to fire Ruff in the off-season, that’s when the most coaches will be available. Can’t start the next season with him and then fire him.

 

[MasterofGrond]

If we're gonna lose, glad we at least gave one up to Ovy

 

[MauDevils]

I was pretty critical of the choice on the PP, but I think I would have used Damon at the end of the game there.

Didn't think Dougie was playing well at all.

 

[Rydev]

Feel like getting average goaltending like Daws provided early on should be the short term solution. If thats Blackwood or Husso or Bernier or Vanecek, all same to me. But getting star goalies is really hard. Vasi, Saros, Helly, Igor etc. have all been drafted by their teams.

Getting someone like Andersen when he was traded to Toronto cause Gibson was the clear #1 might be our best bet. Swayman/Knight type, but whether those guys would be available is a different question.

If Florida is all in you could eat some cap for them and get Knight, obv sending some nice value back.

Id feel much better running a Blackwod/Knight

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Bahl sent back to Utica.

Won't have to see him for the rest of the season.

 

[Dylan9z9]

I know the result sucks, but they haven't played badly at all.

I've never seen a team as bad as them on giving up goals because of stupid plays, give aways, not being able to clear the puck and just bad defense. I don't buy the they still played good narrative ... yes a very fast team in the O zone but they still give the game away when the score is close more times then not

 

[DeVols]

Just throwing things out there, but what if we made a significant move to get Knight from Florida? Not saying Florida would trade him and certainly not going to make some proposal because those always get roasted, but that intrigues me. Depending, of course, on what that'd take.

 

[MadDevil]

This is the part that really sucks

Wish it didnt have to be this way. They should be fired when its necessary but.. whos gonna go stand on the bench, Fitz?

If anything it'd probably be Nas running the bench for the last however many games we'd have left. But I don't know if there's any point in doing it now other than to just do something.