Post-Game Talk: Bruins 3, Devils 2 (SO) - a wild ride indeed

[Blackjack]

I mean he sent the puck back to the point and they went D to D for a low danger chance and it resulted in one of the luckiest goals of all time. There's no reason to put any stock into that. It's not like it's anything he couldn't do last season which is my point. As a whole his game really wasn't good

I mean sure the points are nice but a 21% CF and 34% is super rough. I'm still super high on him.

A point shot with traffic in front is a low danger chance. Okay dude, have it your way.

 

[Unknown Caller]

I couldn't care less if he's making highlight reels plays all the time. My issue is that his underlying numbers were bad and for most of the game he looked very similar to last season. It is only one game and Palms was trash which couldn't have helped

Second on the team in expected goals behind Wood, but sure, his “underlying numbers” were bad. If you’re centering L1 against Boston, strong chance your CF% will not be great, so context matters.

 

[Emperoreddy]

The game was actually fun to watch, which how many times could you say that last year?

I'll take that.

 

[NJDevs26]

Mods/whoever should add this to postgame threads going forward. From the Rangers' board:

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I actually kinda like the idea but I don't think we need to put that many choices lol

Plus you can't really rank em in a poll either, it's just a flat three stars without being 1-2-3...although come to think of it the vote totals themselves will do that.

 

[Hisch13r]

Second on the team in expected goals behind Wood, but sure, his “underlying numbers” were bad. If you’re centering L1 against Boston, strong chance your CF% will not be great, so context matters.

Wood was at .83 ixG. Hughes was 2nd at .36. Most of that is from the OT breakaway which .23 of that is from the OT where I've admitted he looked good. Context matters.

 

[glenwo2]

The game was actually fun to watch, which how many times could you say that last year?

I'll take that.

Thank god Hynes is no longer anywhere near this franchise.

 

[Guttersniped]

Hughes really needs to be on a second scoring line against teams like this. When Petersson was starting they sheltered like baby bird and Horvat took hard minutes make that happen. When we have Nico we can do something similar.

I love Blackwood proving that he doesn’t belong on the lowest tier or the bottom a young goalie list, particularly since some of those young studs got lit up like Christmas trees.

 

[Hisch13r]

A point shot with traffic in front is a low danger chance. Okay dude, have it your way.

Yes... If the puck doesn't bounce around a dozen times then no one would be talking about that play. He picked up a lucky secondary assist there. He made a great play to force the turnover on the Wood play that he wouldn't have been able to make last season. He looked improved physically. He was generally not all that good at 5v5. He still looked like his usual great self at 3v3. I don't see how saying any of that is crazy

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Hughes really needs to be on a second scoring line against teams like this. When Petersson was starting they sheltered like baby bird and Horvat took hard minutes make that happen. When we have Nico we can do something similar.

I love Blackwood proving that he doesn’t belong on the lowest tier or the bottom a young goalie list, particularly since some of those young studs got lit up like Christmas trees.

I’m pretty sure they had Zajac matched up against the Bruins top line all game. I could be wrong.

 

[Blackjack]

Hughes really needs to be on a second scoring line against teams like this. When Petersson was starting they sheltered like baby bird and Horvat took hard minutes make that happen. When we have Nico we can do something similar.

I love Blackwood proving that he doesn’t belong on the lowest tier or the bottom a young goalie list, particularly since some of those young studs got lit up like Christmas trees.

That's the plan, man, bur our 1C looks like Lieutenant Dan.

 

[Hisch13r]

Hughes really needs to be on a second scoring line against teams like this. When Petersson was starting they sheltered like baby bird and Horvat took hard minutes make that happen. When we have Nico we can do something similar.

I love Blackwood proving that he doesn’t belong on the lowest tier or the bottom a young goalie list, particularly since some of those young studs got lit up like Christmas trees.

Ever since Hynes was fired he belongs on the highest tier

 

[TorontoMedia]

I’m cautiously excited to see what this team can do full strength with Hischier, Bratt, and Vatanen on the horizon.

Same boat... hard to asses after 1 game

a lot to like, some big decisions to be made. For example... you’d be insane to not play Jbo or McLeod over palms with how they looked tonight.
Palms can fill a bottom six role. Really just doesn’t have it, his coordination has gotten worse every year and he just looks lost. Every time the puck went to him tonight you knew it was a turnover. Last year it was the same.

was 1000% sure he was missing the OT bway.
Don’t get how people acknowledge zajac as stone hands when palmeri is the least coordinated player in the league

 

[NJDevs26]

Mods/whoever should add this to postgame threads going forward. From the Rangers' board:

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Okay gave it a try above...everyone can pick three. Everyone's vote shows so you only need to specify who you voted for in a post if you want to or you vote for an 'other'.

 

[Hisch13r]

The 3 stars were Blackwood, Mackenzie and Mackenzie Blackwood

 

[RememberTheName]

MackBlack, Hughes, and Zacha are my three stars of the night.

 

[Azathoth]

Last year they would have been up 2-0 going into the 3rd and ended up losing in OT. At least this game they worked through their issues in the first and managed to get a point. I think once Ruff’s system becomes more ingrained in their heads the sloppiness will hopefully go away but I think there was definitely a lot of things to be hopeful for.

 

[JimEIV]

I don't think it's a good idea to over analyze game 1. Especially this year.

Jack had 2 points tonight....It took Jack 8 games to get two points last year. I'm ok with a 2 point night.

 

[TorontoMedia]

Good to see McLeod being as active as he was...Hughes is young and needs time to develop but I thought he was more involved in all aspects of the game tonight and showed growth in his game.

He would never make the play he did on the first goal last year. That should be something that gets acknowledged. Used his skating to create a turnover/ breakaway, knew they would give him that assist. But yeah, jack Hughes defense leading to a goal is not something that would’ve happened last year.
He didn’t look awesome, but he looked good enough. He’s 19... all up hill from here

 

[Blackjack]

The 3 stars were Blackwood, Mackenzie and Mackenzie Blackwood

I also gave stars to the rooks for playing decent/well in their debuts.

 

[NjdevilfanJim]

Hughes is young you have to give him 3 years to get an idea of what's there...I think he played very good tonight.

 

[njdevils1982]

3 stars:

mac

sal

and all of us here

 

[glenwo2]

I don't think it's a good idea to over analyze game 1. Especially this year.

Jack had 2 points tonight....It took Jack 8 games to get two points last year. I'm ok with a 2 point night.

So what you're saying is that Jack did not suck tonight.

 

[Devils090]

Hughes’ lack of scoring touch concerns me, kid should have had at least one tonight, not to mention that putrid s/o attempt.

 

[glenwo2]

Hughes’ lack of scoring touch concerns me, kid should have had at least one tonight, not to mention that putrid s/o attempt.

Recchi has a ton of work to do.

 

[NJDevs26]

Baby steps, first we worry about him looking like an NHL player on a consistent basis and getting points, then we can handwring over goalscoring.