Confirmed with Link: Crawford signs with Devils

[SteveCangialosi123]

Absolutely. Pay Cory Schneider, Buy him out. Waste the money. Buy another goalie that's almost 36. In 2 years get rid of him. Buy another one. Constant recycle. Since like 2012 95% all those players bought or drafted were worth 0, because none of them helped you get a cup. Attention spam of 5 minutes at management level. So afraid to have some balls, dump the stupid recycle idea, and build an actual team.

 

[MadDevil]

So we should have "built an actual team" by not trying to improve our goaltending?

 

[awegrzyn]

That's not the point. You miss the big picture. I think NHL and sports in general got so diluted and over parityed to the point teams focus went into trading/drafting/recycling as oppose to winning a cup. Maybe there is a reason why people prefer E-Sports these days. It's hard to root for a team if players change every year, and they and up on every other team the next season.

Meaningless if Schneider or Crawford is better. It wont' get you to the real destination.
We have been "improving" since 2012.

 

[MartyOwns]

Absolutely. Pay Cory Schneider, Buy him out. Waste the money. Buy another goalie that's almost 36. In 2 years get rid of him. Buy another one. Constant recycle. Since like 2012 95% all those players bought or drafted were worth 0, because none of them helped you get a cup. Attention spam of 5 minutes at management level. So afraid to have some balls, dump the stupid recycle idea, and build an actual team.

if you were talking about defensemen or forwards, i’d agree with you. but backup goalies can (and for the most part, should) be brought in every few years on short term deals

 

[TrufleShufle]

That's not the point. You miss the big picture. I think NHL and sports in general got so diluted and over parityed to the point teams focus went into trading/drafting/recycling as oppose to winning a cup. Maybe there is a reason why people prefer E-Sports these days. It's hard to root for a team if players change every year, and they and up on every other team the next season.

Meaningless if Schneider or Crawford is better. It wont' get you to the real destination.
We have been "improving" since 2012.

Big picture- If we drafted Askarov, signing Corey would still be a good call.... We are hoping Blackwood is our future, we drafted him. We drafted Daws, just in case. I'm not sure what you are ranting about other than not drafting Askarov.

You think we should have taken him at 7?

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

That's not the point. You miss the big picture. I think NHL and sports in general got so diluted and over parityed to the point teams focus went into trading/drafting/recycling as oppose to winning a cup. Maybe there is a reason why people prefer E-Sports these days. It's hard to root for a team if players change every year, and they and up on every other team the next season.

Meaningless if Schneider or Crawford is better. It wont' get you to the real destination.
We have been "improving" since 2012.

Literally what are you talking about?

 

[Cheddabombs]

That's not the point. You miss the big picture. I think NHL and sports in general got so diluted and over parityed to the point teams focus went into trading/drafting/recycling as oppose to winning a cup. Maybe there is a reason why people prefer E-Sports these days. It's hard to root for a team if players change every year, and they and up on every other team the next season.

Meaningless if Schneider or Crawford is better. It wont' get you to the real destination.
We have been "improving" since 2012.

Ah I get it

You don't want the team to trade/draft/sign guys that played on other teams to try to win the cup instead you just want to... win the cup. Like, why try building a team to win the cup when you can just win it right?

 

[Blackjack]

 

[glenwo2]

Why do I get the feeling that awegrzyn is upset that they bought out Cory?

 

[Guttersniped]

What is the point of signing a 35 year old average goaltender? This looks like Shero 2.0 with recycling of the same names. Should have drafted Askarov and have a goalie for 18 years.

Drafting goalies in this draft literally has no effect on the goalies in our line-up in the next two years. We could have drafted nine goalies and we would have still had to sign a UFA goalie or traded for one. Yes, his age isn’t ideal but that’s why we were able to sign a goalie that had a great year to short cheaper deal. It’s deal that allows the flexibility to move on with Blackwood and a younger goalie after using him as a stopgap measure. We needed a 1b goalie and Fitz was able to get a very good one, I’m curious who would have been a better choice. (I mean for next season, so not Askarov.)

“Recycling the same name”? Do you mean their first name or the fact that it’s a UFA that you’ve heard of?

 

[Alex NJD]

That's not the point. You miss the big picture. I think NHL and sports in general got so diluted and over parityed to the point teams focus went into trading/drafting/recycling as oppose to winning a cup. Maybe there is a reason why people prefer E-Sports these days. It's hard to root for a team if players change every year, and they and up on every other team the next season.

Meaningless if Schneider or Crawford is better. It wont' get you to the real destination.
We have been "improving" since 2012.

As a huge E-sports fan

1. This is definitely not true

2. Roster turnovers are much more common in most E-sports than professional sports

 

[Tretyak 20]

That's not the point. You miss the big picture. I think NHL and sports in general got so diluted and over parityed to the point teams focus went into trading/drafting/recycling as oppose to winning a cup. Maybe there is a reason why people prefer E-Sports these days. It's hard to root for a team if players change every year, and they and up on every other team the next season.

Meaningless if Schneider or Crawford is better. It wont' get you to the real destination.
We have been "improving" since 2012.

Kinda hard to win Cups when you don't make the playoffs.

...and we weren't making the playoffs with an .887 backup goaltender.

 

[JimEIV]

A GM whose first two moves are Defense then goaltending is starting to endear himself to me.

 

[Blackjack]

A GM whose first two moves are Defense then goaltending is starting to endear himself to me.

If the Devils can add another competent defender and Smith is ready to contribute we might have the makings of a watchable team.

 

[jkrdevil]

I’m pretty sure throughout Marty’s entire career we changed out the backup goalie at least every two years if not more frequently. It isn’t anything new.

 

[JimEIV]

If the Devils can add another competent defender and Smith is ready to contribute we might have the makings of a watchable team.

I think it's going to take more than just one defender...but hey, who knows? Maybe Ruff can make the most of this roster? He's going to have to spend the first half the season deprogramming them from the traumatic state Hynes left them in though.

 

[Blender]

Great signing.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

This is a one year deal if the expansion draft weren’t a thing. Hope he keeps it up in NJ cause he was apparently quite good last year. It’s a solid deal, unless Crawford falls off a cliff the AAV is tolerable.

 

[Normal Devil]

This should be a quality signing as long as he can stay healthy. He had a lot of concussion related issues the past few years. Missed a lot of time a couple years ago.

 

[Combat Koala]

Decent signing, should be a solid option to split games with Mac.

 

[Camille the Eel]

If the Devils can add another competent defender and Smith is ready to contribute we might have the makings of a watchable team.

A watchable and competitive team most nights, and one that has some of the parts in place to reasonably build into something more - I will take that happily this year.

 

[Brooklyndevil]

Good get by Fitz. Let’s see if he can continue improving the team with a couple of more adds.

 

[bobilly45]

Big picture- If we drafted Askarov, signing Corey would still be a good call.... We are hoping Blackwood is our future, we drafted him. We drafted Daws, just in case. I'm not sure what you are ranting about other than not drafting Askarov.

You think we should have taken him at 7?

I hope he can repeat, but bet against that happening and will regress big time. I think at some point Cory will be the #1, as I think he still has some gas left in him to be good again.

 

[The 29th Pick]

Oh great, another two years of people typing Cory and Corey because they can't remember his name.

can we just call him CC !

 

[BulletTheBlueSky]

I like the idea of Blackwood splitting time this season with someone but I thought Crawford looked atrocious in his final games. He was not fluid in the crease, he was slow and uncoordinated. It appeared to me his time is up and I was not surprised to see Chicago say goodbye. He also said he wants to to be the "the guy" which is another thing that perplexes me. What did Fitz tell him?


I want Pietrangelo.