GDT: Your New Jersey Devils vs. Edmonton Oilers, 1 PM, MSG+: Another New Year Awaits

[John Pedro]

Sieg has been awful early on

 

[NJDevs26]

Leaving McDavid all alone at the side of the net?

BRILLIANT

 

[TheUnseenHand]

That line has absolutely and completely dominated every single second they have been on the ice. McJesus might get 10

 

[DerekDevils30]

I’d put Hischier out there against McDavid as much as possible

 

[The Wumpus]

NICAUX !!

 

[None Shall Pass]

McDavid is going to do McDavid thing.

BUT NICO!

 

[Emperoreddy]

NICO!!!

 

[MauDevils]

Nico!

 

[Darkauron]

Dang Mcleod! wait lmaoo?

 

[ScottyK]

What is this game lol

 

[Azathoth]

Oh boy

 

[Whaddagoal]

Nicoooo

 

[Blender]

NICO!!

 

[John Pedro]

Nico!! crazy start

 

[The Wumpus]

Battle of the First Overalls

 

[Cheddabombs]

Mikey will get em next time I'm sure

 

[VoidCreature]

Crazy start. Looks like we’re not going to see many saves today.

 

[Bleedred]

Mike Smith really NEEDS to go.

After this game. Who thinks that this is a reliable tandem?

Holland, Tippett, Smith, all shit bags.

You ain't winning a cup with ancient Smith and Mikko Kostin'em.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Nice tip by Pavel.

 

[NjDevsRR]

 

[Better Call Sal]

This is fun haha

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Really hope Ruff is OK. I imagine he is in a high risk category, even if vaccinated.

 

[MauDevils]

Holy f*** stop matching this shit line.

 

[Guttersniped]

The Oilers have been horrendously mismanaged for decades and it starts at the top with ownership. They've made horrendous trades and signings.

The cautionary tale with them is about depth. You can't win with two or three good players, you need an entire lineup. Edmonton got caught chasing the "We NeEd ToUgHnEsS" mindset and it didn't make a difference for them because they're a one line team. Chasing big guys only ruined their cap and prevented them from signing the scoring and defensive depth they actually needed to win games.

Which is why I get a laugh when people say "Hughes and Hischier aren't enough," because even if they were Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl it still wouldn't be enough. You need the other 16 skaters to pull their weight too. It's a team sport.

Yeah they tried to do team building and signed Lucic, other crap forwards and terrible defensemen and made terrible trades.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Smith looks awful. Need to pepper him.