We knew coming into the season that the Devils schedule was light early and that Schneider would be getting most if not all of the starts in October, which is exactly how things have played out. While it’s still likely that Cory starts the next 3 games (including tonight), Pete will have to consider giving Schneider some nights off after that as the schedule gets really busy.
Starting a week from tonight (Nov. 6th) the Devils play a stretch of 12 games in 24 nights, with 10 of those games part of back-to-backs and travel in between all but one pair of those games.
Here’s how the schedule looks:
Nov 6th - @ Blues
Nov 7th - @ Red Wings
Nov 10th – vs. Bruins
Nov 11th – vs. Wild
Nov 14th - @ Caps
Nov 15th – vs. Avs
Nov 18th – vs. Jets
Nov 21st - @ Oilers
Nov 22nd - @ Flames
Nov 25th - @ Canucks
Nov 28th – vs. Red Wings
Nov 29th - @ Islanders
When Kinkaid was sent down to Albany prior to the start of the season, Lou & Pete acknowledged the schedule played a role in that decision. Logically, it made sense to let him play in Albany vs. sitting on the bench for a month like Clemmensen has.
Here’s how the two have fared so far this season:
Kinkaid: 5GP 4-0-1 1.96GAA 0.934SV%
Clemmensen: 2GP 0-0-0 6.49GAA 0.765SV%
Stats greatly favor Kinkaid, though Wedgewood has been nearly as good in his 2 starts and Clemmensen has only played 37 minutes of mop-up duty in games the Devils as a team did not look good in.
My question is do you let Clemmensen get the 1st crack at a start or call up Kinkaid within the next week instead & how many games do you give the backup in November?
Starting a week from tonight (Nov. 6th) the Devils play a stretch of 12 games in 24 nights, with 10 of those games part of back-to-backs and travel in between all but one pair of those games.
Here’s how the schedule looks:
Nov 6th - @ Blues
Nov 7th - @ Red Wings
Nov 10th – vs. Bruins
Nov 11th – vs. Wild
Nov 14th - @ Caps
Nov 15th – vs. Avs
Nov 18th – vs. Jets
Nov 21st - @ Oilers
Nov 22nd - @ Flames
Nov 25th - @ Canucks
Nov 28th – vs. Red Wings
Nov 29th - @ Islanders
When Kinkaid was sent down to Albany prior to the start of the season, Lou & Pete acknowledged the schedule played a role in that decision. Logically, it made sense to let him play in Albany vs. sitting on the bench for a month like Clemmensen has.
Here’s how the two have fared so far this season:
Kinkaid: 5GP 4-0-1 1.96GAA 0.934SV%
Clemmensen: 2GP 0-0-0 6.49GAA 0.765SV%
Stats greatly favor Kinkaid, though Wedgewood has been nearly as good in his 2 starts and Clemmensen has only played 37 minutes of mop-up duty in games the Devils as a team did not look good in.
My question is do you let Clemmensen get the 1st crack at a start or call up Kinkaid within the next week instead & how many games do you give the backup in November?
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