GDT: Buffalo Prospects Challenge

[Zippy316]

The Devils first practice is at 11:30 today I believe. Figured it would be best to create a centralized thread for everyone to talk about this and leave the Devils discussion thread for the NHL-team oriented news.

TG is not going to the tournament unfortunately so I'm not sure what news we are going to get from it, but at least we have a place for it.

Some important info from some of TG's threads:

ROSTER​

Goaltenders
No. Player HT WT C Birth Place DOB
55 APPLEBY, Ken (ATO) 6-4 210 L North Bay, ON 4/10/95
70 BLACKWOOD, Mackenzie (UDC) 6-4 215 L Thunder Bay, ON 12/9/96
Defensemen
No. Player HT WT S Birth Place DOB
34 HRABARENKA, Raman (NHL) 6-5 235 R Mogilev, Belarus. 8/24/92
42 SCARLETT, Reece (NHL) 6-1 185 R Edmonton, AB 3/31/93
53 MOZIK, Vojtech (NHL) 6-2 195 R Praha, Czech Rep. 12/26/92
57 REHILL, Ryan (UDC) 6-3 215 R Edmonton, AB 11/7/95
61 JACOBS, Joshua (UDC) 6-2 195 R Shelby Twp., MI 2/15/96
68 WHITE, Colton (UDC) 6-0 180 L London, ON 5/3/97
77 SWEENEY, Jacob (ATO) 6-4 215 L Quebec City, QC 3/1/95
Forwards
No. Player HT WT S Birth Place DOB
32 BOUCHER, Reid (NHL) 5-10 190 L Lansing, MI 9/8/93
37 ZACHA, Pavel (NHL) 6-3 210 L Brno, Czech Rep. 4/6/97
43 THOMSON, Ben (NHL) 6-4 210 L Brampton, ON 1/16/93
47 QUENNEVILLE, John (NHL) 6-1 200 L Edmonton, AB 4/16/96
48 BLANDISI, Joseph (NHL) 6-0 205 L Markham, ON 7/18/94
49 BLACK, Graham (NHL) 6-0 190 L Regina, SK 1/13/93
50 COLEMAN, Blake (NHL) 5-11 200 L Plano, TX 11/28/91
52 BADDOCK, Brandon (UDC) 6-4 210 L Vermilion, AB 3/29/95
54 KUJAWINSKI, Ryan (NHL) 6-2 200 L Kirkland Lk., ON 3/30/95
56 PIETILA, Blake (NHL) 6-0 195 L Milford, MI 2/20/93
58 LORITO, Matt (AHL) 5-9 170 L Oakville, ON 7/3/90
62 CHATHAM, Connor (UDC) 6-2 225 R Belleville, IL 10/30/95
66 NOVAK, Max (AHL) 5-11 185 R Oak Ridge, NJ 4/15/91
74 SPEERS, Blake (UDC) 5-11 185 R Sault Ste. Marie, ON 1/2/97
76 GOULET, Alexandre (ATO) 6-2 195 L Disraeli, QB 4/5/96

AHL: Signed to AHL Contract
ATO: Amateur Try-out
NHL: Signed to NHL Contract
UDC: Unsigned Draft Choice.

SCHEDULE​

Friday, Sept. 11
• Buffalo Practice: 9 – 11 a.m.
• New Jersey practice: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
• Boston practice: 3 – 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12
• Buffalo morning skate: 10 – 11 a.m.
• New Jersey morning skate: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
• Boston practice: 1 – 3 p.m.

• Buffalo vs. New Jersey, 7 p.m., First Niagara Center

Sunday, Sept. 13
• Buffalo practice: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Boston morning skate: 10 – 11 a.m. (at HARBORCENTER)
• New Jersey morning skate: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (at HARBORCENTER)

• Boston vs. New Jersey, 7 p.m., HARBORCENTER

Monday, Sept. 14
• Buffalo morning skate: 10 – 11 a.m.
• Boston morning skate: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

• Buffalo vs. Boston, 7 p.m., First Niagara Cente

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[Brooklyndevil]

Is Buffalo or New Jersey streaming the game tomorrow night?

 

[OmNomNom]

TG said buffalo might. we'll see

 

[Brooklyndevil]

TG said buffalo might. we'll see

Buffalo tweets no stream. Buffalo fans say check in anyway.

 

[Ben Matlock]

I just realized Zacha is born in 1997. Sweet lord.

 

[RSeen]

Any word on our lines?

 

[BJD]

from the devils youtube video there is a shot of the board. lineups are:
boucher-zacha-speers
coleman-quenneville-chatham
goulet-blandisi-pietila
baddock-kujawinski-thomson
lorito-black-novak

scarlett-mozik
sweeney-jacobs
white-rehill
hrabarenka-faust

blackwood
appleby

 

[AfroThunder396]

Trying to get tickets to the NJ vs. BOS scrimmage on Sunday.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

Trying to get tickets to the NJ vs. BOS scrimmage on Sunday.

I hope you can get tickets. If you do attend, I'd love it if you shared some observations.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

Devils posted some videos about the challenge.

Prospects at practice:



Zacha centering the top line:



JQ versus Blandisi in the face-off circle (or can a Devil win a face-off?) :



Baby Devils on the road trip to Buffao:

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

lol Blandisi just toying with JQ in faceoffs

 

[Wingman77]

Devils posted some videos about the challenge.


Baby Devils on the road trip to Buffao:

The scene 40 seconds in is about as tacky as it gets

 

[Beetlebum*]

The scene 40 seconds in is about as tacky as it gets

Unfortunately this is organization lost all its class when Lou left.

The Devils instagram is so bad I stopped following them

 

[AfroThunder396]

Got my tickets for tomorrow's scrimmage! I'll be taking my notebook and jotting down my thoughts while the game is going on.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

lol Blandisi just toying with JQ in faceoffs

That was pretty funny. JQ obviously needs to work on his face-off skills, like most members of the Devils organization.

The scene 40 seconds in is about as tacky as it gets

Yeah, that was probably my least favorite of the videos, to be honest, but I figured I'd share it with you all, and share the misery.

Got my tickets for tomorrow's scrimmage! I'll be taking my notebook and jotting down my thoughts while the game is going on.

Cool. I hope you have an awesome time!

 

[Tretyak 20]

Got my tickets for tomorrow's scrimmage! I'll be taking my notebook and jotting down my thoughts while the game is going on.

If you see any media types there, tell them you're a scout for some other team.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

TG with an article with comments from some of our prospects:

http://fireandice.northjersey.com/fire-ice-1.174987/devils-blandisi-looking-to-dominate-at-rookie-tourney-appleby-sweeney-goulet-out-to-earn-deals-1.1408521

 

[njdevils1982]

The scene 40 seconds in is about as tacky as it gets

what the ****?! and why is it still there?

might as well hand out participation ribbons to the players while they're at it

 

[Tretyak 20]

The scene 40 seconds in is about as tacky as it gets

I wouldn't give two squirts of piss for any team that didn't have something similar. It may be unrealistic, but the message is clear - you play to win, period.

Weren't you one of the anti-tanking crowd a few months back? If so, there's your anti-tanking statement from the team.

 

[Wingman77]

I wouldn't give two squirts of piss for any team that didn't have something similar. It may be unrealistic, but the message is clear - you play to win, period.

Weren't you one of the anti-tanking crowd a few months back? If so, there's your anti-tanking statement from the team.

Nah I'm not talking about tacky in the sense of what the expectations for this season are.

Doesn't matter whether you finished 1st or 30th last year, the same goal for every team in any sport, regardless of their expectations going into the season, is to improve on the year prior and make a run for a championship.

You said it yourself, you play to win. It's a tacky reminder of the end goal, which a reminder really shouldn't be needed for in the first place.

While they're at it why not just go put a blank banner up next to the other 3 we have hanging up.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

lol Blandisi just toying with JQ in faceoffs

I so want Blandisi to make the team. Or at least be a first call up from Albany

 

[DevilsJunkie]

From the Sabres Twitter feed

Coach Cunneyworth says Andrey Makarov will start in goal for the Sabres tonight.

 

[njdevils1982]

wgr will have the game on radio with the legendary andrew peters doing colour

http://www.wgr550.com

 

[BomaLightDevils]

When is the game?

 

[NJDevs26]

The 2015 blank space is what people are upset about in that? I mean it's probably not the right year (or the right time for that matter, this is basically still just an extension of development camp) to use that page in the motivation book but I'd prefer jumping the shark with that than the alternative. I was expecting something far worse like some grandiose speech about winning the tournament. Although maybe people see the real problem in the over the top way it's presented in the video which is fair...but I don't really get wrapped up in propaganda video content for the most part.

And that kind of cliche motivation worked for the 2010 Packers fwiw, they put up a blank team photo next to their Super Bowl photos.