Devils 2018-19 team discussion (news and notes)

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Stafford re-signed on 1 year deal. Good move imo. Let the likes of Anderson, McLeod, Seney develop in AHL.

 

[Billdo]

Ok, and Zacha is your scoring threat??That guy is huge and he plays like a little *****.

This is a big year for Zacha. He's going to score 20 goals this year, guaranteed.

 

[HenriquesJawLine]

Spin zone: we've been without Jesper Bratt since December/January anyway so it'll be like a trade acquisition in a month

 

[Lou is God]

Spin zone: we've been without Jesper Bratt since December/January anyway so it'll be like a trade acquisition in a month

You should change your name to "BrattsJawBroken".

But f***, this sucks.

 

[tr83]

They couldn't find anyone off the scrapheap better than Stafford?

Seriously?

 

[HenriquesJawLine]

They couldn't find anyone off the scrapheap better than Stafford?

Seriously?

They looked into Patric Someonesson out of Malmo but just decided to go with Stafford since he's been with the team

 

[Billdo]

They couldn't find anyone off the scrapheap better than Stafford?

Seriously?

Like who? You want a kid sitting? Stafford will be the extra forward. It's not like he's stepping into top 6 time.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Ok, and Zacha is your scoring threat??That guy is huge and he plays like a little *****.

thank you for this tremendous analysis

using +/- to decide who plays where in the lineup is one of the sillier suggestions I've seen.

+/- is basically a meaningless stat.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

They couldn't find anyone off the scrapheap better than Stafford?

Seriously?

they're 4,000 miles away and Stafford has been with the team this whole time. Who do you suggest?

 

[tr83]

They're not 4000 miles away for the next month

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

They're not 4000 miles away for the next month

A) from the sounds of it, Bratt is only going to miss a handful of games. He isn't out longterm.
B) do you think that it would be prudent to have one of the young guys from Bingo fly all the way over to Sweden for 1 day basically?

I don't like Stafford either but its the best and most realistic option at this point

 

[Patrik26]

Bratt on IR per team twitter fractured jaw sustained in practice by a puck off the cross bar.

We were at the practice session today, saw Bratt in street clothes and didn't know why. Now we do and THAT SUCKS for him.

 

[tr83]

A) from the sounds of it, Bratt is only going to miss a handful of games. He isn't out longterm.
B) do you think that it would be prudent to have one of the young guys from Bingo fly all the way over to Sweden for 1 day basically?

I don't like Stafford either but its the best and most realistic option at this point

11F 6D.

 

[DEVILS130]

Meh. Stafford will likely just act as the extra forward anyway....no big deal

 

[DEVILS130]

One thing I wonder....can Bratt play with a fractured jaw? I could've sworn guys have done it in the past but they wear a protective helmet

 

[Billdo]

11F 6D.

What?

 

[Call Me Al]

said 2-3 weeks for bratt so hopefully like 5 games only. can play once it's healed a little bit wbut with a full cage. hurts though, rough way to start the season when he's looked so good to start

 

[NJDevs26]

11F 6D.

How is that prudent exactly? Unless you meant 11-7, they could do that but honestly this is what I was talking about a while back with people treating fourth liners as net negatives and think thirteenth forwards have to be some kid, when it’s really a matter of either they fill their role or they’re overslotted.

 

[njdevils1982]

i was so wrong last year went i said over and over and over about stafford being a one year stop gap placeholder…….and here we are today.

what are the chances there are no injuries and he sits all 82 games?

 

[AfroThunder396]

lol. Poor Gene.

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

On board flight Helsinki-Gothenburg. Saw already 4 other passengers with devils merchandise on.

 

[devlzfan]

Ugh, I guarantee you Drew Stafford somehow winds up seeing significant power play time.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Horrible news. Bratt .

He will lose that weight and strength he worked so hard at putting on by not eating properly

Team will dearly miss him.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Horrible news. Bratt .

He will lose that weight and strength he worked so hard at putting on.

Team will dearly miss him.

He has a broken jaw, he's not in a full body cast.

 

[JimEIV]

The genesis of a goal against often happens in the opposite zone 3 or 4 steps/plays before the the actual goal is scored. Attributing a goal to individual is probably the most flawed concept I could possibly think of.

If Kovalchuk turns the puck over at the opponents blueline on the right wall and the defender quickly sends the puck to the left wall to a forward catching Andy Greene with his momentum going into the offensive zone and Severson has to slide over to cover for Greene and a goal is scored who is that on? I can show you a year's worth of these examples on tape.

And coming here for the last bunch of years for the GDT,that scenario is almost 100% of the time blamed on the defense from the watching fans. And it's purely not correct.