TheDevilMadeMe
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Like why not try Ruutu in the shootout basically ever, considering he was so good at them before he became a Devil? I guess Ruutu just isn't one of Pete's "guys."
Like why not try Ruutu in the shootout basically ever, considering he was so good at them before he became a Devil? I guess Ruutu just isn't one of Pete's "guys."
Like why not try Ruutu in the shootout basically ever, considering he was so good at them before he became a Devil? I guess Ruutu just isn't one of Pete's "guys."
He'd rather go to Henrique (1 of 12). As stupid and silly as this sounds, I feel like myself and half the guys in good beer leagues could go 1 of friggin 12 in the NHL. Dead serious.
And 2 defensemen in OT.
Might take 12 more shootout losses to change that.
Cause god forbid we give up breakaways in OT.
According to tg jagr says there's not enough practices,good job pete making nothing mandertoy. He also doesn't believe in the 3 day break for christmas
The system is all about puck possession. We have no puck possession. Not sure what your issue is.
And it is on this very point Pete should get ankled. I have been in his camp all last season, because the system seemed to work and we had good buy in from the players.
We just were snakebit on the shootout.
But this year the very thing he hangs his hat on is second to last in the league...well you gots to go.
Seven players out, mumps, road schedule, tough buildings, bad puck luck...whatever...we aren't playing Devils hockey.
And it is on this very point Pete should get ankled. I have been in his camp all last season, because the system seemed to work and we had good buy in from the players.
We just were snakebit on the shootout.
But this year the very thing he hangs his hat on is second to last in the league...well you gots to go.
Seven players out, mumps, road schedule, tough buildings, bad puck luck...whatever...we aren't playing Devils hockey.
Jagr is the exception to the rule of a 'normal' hockey player. He wants to train and play all the time. Is he married and or have kids? The fathers on the team want the three day christmas break to spend with their families.
If there's anybody on the team who looks like they need a break, it's Jagr.
I'm not sure if he's hiding or nursing a minor injury because of our poor forwards situation, but he's looked increasingly worse the last few weeks, really since late November.
as you point out there was no bad puck luck we don't have the puck enough to use that excuse... and the key to any team anyway is depth injuries happen the devils did not and do not have quality depth and as soon as they starting getting hurt it was highlighted....to highest level. need to hit the reset button get some picks/prospects and start the slow road to recovery the foundation is in place on d and in net...good start
I actually thought we had good depth at the start of the year, at the NHL level at least.
Problem is, our roster is so fragile that the injuries have shot past the depth.
Also hasn't helped that Boucher and Matteau have started so slowly. Those would be the obvious AHL call ups.
Pete doesn't have to play Jagr for 25 minutes, he has plenty of say.
Playing Camm for 25-1/2 minutes is moronic too especially when the guy just came back from a groin injury.
thats a good point...Camm comes back and plays that much, but their excuse for not playing LArsson the other night was because they had to ease him back.
Ill make it short: Our goal this year was to be comptitive. We kept Pete, hired old geezers through UFA and kept youngsters in press box. Didnt work out.
Now we should aim for future. Means we get a good coach with the kids, trade old geezers for picks, anyone who is over 30 now. Aim to be contenders in 2018. If we try to hotfix the team again for next year and go try to contend again, im seriously going to consider starting to root for a western team.
Its ok to suck for a year or two during rebuild, it is not ok to suck while "contending".
28+ for Zids and the amount of time Harrold got was a complete disgrace.