Devils 2016-17 team discussion (player news and notes) - Part IX

[Zippy316]

Should've added a sarcasm thingy but I thought it was relatively obvious lol

But Appleby has been really good though

With the way this board has been of late, I wasn't too sure.

Yes, he has been good. He's a big body that moves well and is positionally and technically solid. Should be interesting to see him and Blackwood battle it out for the next couple years in the AHL.

 

[JimEIV]

I'm really looking forward to seeing Coleman get a shot and how they use him.

 

[Rhodes 81]

Isn't that what we said last year too?

Yes, and the year before that, and the year before that and pretty much ever since we had a lineup that included Kovalchuk, Parise, and Elias. Bottom sixes tend to look better when the top six is good. And by the time our top six is good, we should have some more of our prospects coming up. No point in blocking their way up.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I wonder if JQ being hurt is why Coleman was even brought up.

 

[VoidCreature]

I think the fact that they're trying a rookie with no NHL experience as the 1C in practice tells you how the organisation feels about our center situation.

Good to know they're aware how bad it is.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I think the fact that they're trying a rookie with no NHL experience as the 1C in practice tells you how the organisation feels about our center situation.

Good to know they're aware how bad it is.

or its Hynes just messing around with things in practice and it doesn't mean anything

 

[VoidCreature]

or its Hynes just messing around with things in practice and it doesn't mean anything

You don't do something in practice unless you're contemplating doing it in a game. If he's just messing around why don't you see stuff like

Josefson-DSP-Cammy
Zacha-Severson-Rico
Fiddler-Palmieri-Johnny Mac
Terreri-Hall-Kalinin

Schneider-Bennett
Lovejoy-Helgeson
Merrill-Deb Placey

Santini


I mean why not, right?

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

You don't do something in practice unless you're contemplating doing it in a game. If he's just messing around why don't you see stuff like

Josefson-DSP-Cammy
Zacha-Severson-Rico
Fiddler-Palmieri-Johnny Mac
Terreri-Hall-Kalinin

Schneider-Bennett
Lovejoy-Helgeson
Severson-Merrill

Santini


I mean why not, right?

I mean, except for the fact that he's done this before and explicitly said not to look into the line combos much, but yea sure!

 

[MadDevil]

The overanalysis of practice lines is always amusing.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Devil of a Conversation, guest is Miles Wood
https://soundcloud.com/user-697930105

**Miles was a Flyers fan growing up, his favorite player was Claude Giroux

 

[NjDevsRR]

The overanalysis of practice lines is always amusing.

It realy is embarassing.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Even if Coleman starts with Hall on the no. 1 line, there is a very good chance he gets demoted by 2nd period. It happen with Zacha as Zajac finished the game centering the Hall line.

 

[MadDevil]

Even if Coleman starts with Hall on the no. 1 line, there is a very good chance he gets demoted by 2nd period. It happen with Zacha as Zajac finished the game centering the Hall line.

They probably just wanted to put him with good players in practice to see what he's got. Coleman practicing with Kalinin and DSP isn't going to really showcase his abilities at all.

 

[njdevils1982]

Devil of a Conversation, guest is Miles Wood
https://soundcloud.com/user-697930105

**Miles was a Flyers fan growing up, his favorite player was Claude Giroux

i know horrible…..kid has it all wrong…..

"hi, im jaromir jagr from kladno czech republic….my favorite player growing up was... jaromir jagr"

 

[NJDevs26]

Even if Coleman starts with Hall on the no. 1 line, there is a very good chance he gets demoted by 2nd period. It happen with Zacha as Zajac finished the game centering the Hall line.

Yeah pretty much...like Matteau being on our (cough) first line a few years back, and playing there for two shifts on his way to getting 12 minutes a night.

 

[ScottyK]

i know horrible…..kid has it all wrong…..

"hi, im jaromir jagr from kladno czech republic….my favorite player growing up was... jaromir jagr"

Might be the best quote in the last 20 years

 

[None Shall Pass]

There aren't enough eye roll emoji in the world for the eyerolling I'm doing right now.

 

[Burner Account]

Citing practice lines as cause for firing a coach

 

[ScottyK]

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0611341480212042199-4

 

[mike30]

The New Jersey Devils are an intriguing team ahead of the March 1 trade deadline and beyond. They're one of the very few teams in the league with lots of salary cap space plus they've got 18 draft picks at their disposal over the next two years, including four second-rounders and four third-rounders. Between the cap space and the picks, I believe the Devils plan to use that as assets to try and pry a good player or two from teams that are cap-strung and may be having issues re-signing some guys. I'm not saying there's another Taylor Hall out there for the Devils but certainly, GM Ray Shero has some assets at his disposal whether it's before March 1 or in the off-season to try and upgrade his team.

per lebrun

 

[MadDevil]

So which Penguin are we trading for?

 

[Billdo]

So which Penguin are we trading for?

Geno...

 

[kiwidevil]

Derrick Pouillot. And every other marginal NHLer Shero drafted.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Where is he getting 18 draft picks over the next two years from? I only count 15.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Where is he getting 18 draft picks over the next two years from? I only count 15.

The picks we get for PAP, Fiddler and Josefson