Devils 2016-17 team discussion (players news & notes) Part III

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[Better Call Sal]

Wedge!

Glad he's still around.

 

[Bleedred]

I'm glad he's here too, only so we have him to fall back on if Kinkaid gets smashed if he continues his dreadful play from last season.

And we should waste no time with that if Kinkaid is sitting pretty with a save percentage of sub .900 after 5 games and 7 or 8 softies allowed.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I love Santini but I really think they're going to send him down and send Speers back and that will be that. They aren't going to carry 8 D IMO, and that doesn't even include Merrill when hes back from injury

Hall-Henrique-Parenteau
Cammalleri-Zajac-Palmieri
Boucher-Zacha-Bennett
Josefson-Fiddler-Smith-Pelly
Kalinin, Wood

Greene-Severson
Quincey-Lovejoy
Moore-Auvitu
Helgeson


or something of that variety.

 

[Cheddabombs]

So by claiming P.A I guess Speers is going to get sent to juniors?

 

[Zippy316]

So by claiming P.A I guess Speers is going to get sent to juniors?

Most likely.

They could always send down Wood, even if it's just a paper transaction, and keep Speers around for a bit.

 

[New Jersey Devils]

Hate how Speers isn't eligible for the Albany. Doesn't make any sense that you'd be able to play in the NHL but not the minor leagues.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Helgeson on waivers

so Santini made it.

 

[Zippy316]

Hate how Speers isn't eligible for the Albany. Doesn't make any sense that you'd be able to play in the NHL but not the minor leagues.

Stops NHL teams from hoarding 18-19 year olds in the minors and hurting the quality of CHL games. Also, the weaker the CHL is quality-wise also would likely weaken the talent pool coming out of it for the draft.

The worst part about Speers though is he misses the cut-off date to be eligible for Albany by two days. He was born on January 2nd, but if he was born just two days earlier in December, like Blackwood, he would be eligible for the AHL this year.

 

[None Shall Pass]

Helgeson on waivers

so Santini made it.

YES!!!!! woooooooo

 

[Zippy316]

Helgeson on waivers

so Santini made it.

Where?

Don't get my hopes up like this

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

where?

Don't get my hopes up like this

 

[Cheddabombs]

Helgeson on waivers

so Santini made it.

Nice! So the D shakes out how?

Greene-Severson
Moore-Lovejoy
Auvitu-Santini
Quincey

At least I hope that if they're keeping Santini up he'll play over Quincey.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Someone claim Hulk, he's a future Norris winner

 

[Bleedred]

I can get fired today and the day was already a success!

Enjoy your NHL salary while riding the busses, pin up boy!

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I think (I could be wrong) the roster deadline is today though, meaning Helgeson wouldn't clear in time to be "off" the roster by today.

 

[Ben Matlock]

Will be interesting to see which d-man gets scratched. Had they kept Helgeson it would have been a no-brainer. I'm guessing it's Quincey for the opener.

Greene - Severson
Moore - Lovejoy
Auvitu - Santini
Quincey

Merrill

 

[Zippy316]

I think (I could be wrong) the roster deadline is today though, meaning Helgeson wouldn't clear in time to be "off" the roster by today.

Someone will likely be sent down and called back up once Helgeson clears tomorrow, I would assume.

 

[VoidCreature]

I think (I could be wrong) the roster deadline is today though, meaning Helgeson wouldn't clear in time to be "off" the roster by today.

They might send someone down to Albany for a day and then bring him up tomorrow.

 

[Comparison Ford]

Helgeson on waivers

so Santini made it.

Awesome news! So what are the D pairs looking like?

Greene-Severson
Moore-Lovejoy
Auvitu-Santini
Quincey

I could also see us sitting Moore as well

Greene-Severson
Auvitu-Lovejoy
Quincey-Santini
Moore

At least we have options.

 

[Bleedred]

Someone claim Hulk, he's a future Norris winner

He'd probably the worst defenseman at offense in the league, which already disqualifies him.

Though I think he would win the Mark Fraser award for suckiest defenseman in the league. Mark Fraser no longer is eligible for that award, since he doesn't play in the NHL anymore.

 

[NJDevs26]

Nice! So the D shakes out how?

Greene-Severson
Moore-Lovejoy
Auvitu-Santini
Quincey

At least I hope that if they're keeping Santini up he'll play over Quincey.

You'd think so otherwise I don't get keeping both Auvitu and Santini. I actually figured Quincey would be an everyday player with our lack of vets though. Especially since he chose to come here over other options.

 

[OmNomNom]

crazy that santini made it, didn't he not play the last bunch of preseason games?

i'm def happy but sort of surprised bc it felt like he hardly played

 

[Nubmer6]

I think (I could be wrong) the roster deadline is today though, meaning Helgeson wouldn't clear in time to be "off" the roster by today.

We have to be down to 23 by 5PM today. It doesn't mean we have to go with our existing lineup for the opener. We can temporarialy send down a waiver-exempt player, put someone else on waivers, then bring the temp player back once the waivers clear.

Umm... I don't think I explained that clearly, but I hope you get the idea.

 

[Bleedred]

There's no chance that Helgeson gets called back up tomorrow, is there?

Doesn't seem like it would make sense at all, but would be quite a troll move on me.