Devils 2019-20 preseason thread (team discussion, news and notes) II

[JimEIV]

if boqvist is on the team, it should mean someone will be traded away, probably for some defensive help. i’d be ok with that

Depends...hate to address one problem by making another worse.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I don't think Hynes cares about how much Simmonds was paid on a 1 year deal.

No but I imagine Hynes likes how Simmonds looked on Friday. I don’t see him on the 4th line

 

[Hisch13r]

I like those lines too. Probably use Zacha-Zajac-Coleman as a shutdown line if we have a lead late.

I'd have Palmieri there instead of Zacha

 

[britdevil]

I'd have Palmieri there instead of Zacha

Really? I feel Palms is a pretty poor defensive player...

 

[Billdo]

I think I like
Hall Nico Bratt
Gusev Hughes Palmieri
Coleman Zajac Simmonds
Wood Zacha and honestly I would like Bastian on this wing.

I think I like this and share the same notion with regard to Bastian being the RW on that line. That's a very heavy fourth line.

 

[Hisch13r]

Really? I feel Palms is a pretty poor defensive player...

Super underrated defensively. Kyle Palmieri’s Secret Weapon — his Two-Way Game

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

This is the essence of the problem as I see it....we have lots of guys who bring what Boqvist does who are better at it...we don't have any guys that bring what Wood does. If Boqvist should be in the lineup he should be replacing a player that he is better than for the job description....we have lots of scapels
and almost no hammers and most seem to want to add another scapels at the expense of a hammer.

This doesn't seem like a good plan to me.

You're creating a zero-sum game when there's no need for it. Boqvist and Wood can both handily fit into the bottom-6; it doesn't have to be one or the other.

Hall - Hischier - Palmieri
Gusev - Hughes - Simmonds
Boqvist - Zajac - Bratt
Coleman - Zacha - Wood

What's the issue?

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I really don't understand why so many people are hung up on "traditional" 4th lines

I want the best players playing. Period.

 

[BenedictGomez]

This is the essence of the problem as I see it....we have lots of guys who bring what Boqvist does who are better at it...we don't have any guys that bring what Wood does.

And what is it that Wood brings?

 

[The 29th Pick]

We should think of our lines as 1a/1b and 2a/2b

 

[glenwo2]

if boqvist is on the team, it should mean someone will be traded away, probably for some defensive help. i’d be ok with that

That someone will not be Jesper Bratt <---- Fearless Prediction

 

[britdevil]

Super underrated defensively. Kyle Palmieri’s Secret Weapon — his Two-Way Game

Very impressive.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Keep it on topic to team related discussion

 

[The 29th Pick]

I dont want to derail this thread but, is Lexey a girl from Canada that is a rags fan, and she went out with Jack Hughes a few years ago?

 

[Darkauron]

Tik tok the clock for Wood to step it up.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Wood hasn’t brought an element to this team since he got suspended.

 

[The 29th Pick]

I agree we need some "thumpers" on this team and Wood brings that, but he still takes bad penalties, I really liked him 2 seasons ago, thinking he'll improve his game but...

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Why is Zacha the only one who gets to have the “he finished strong” narrative? Wood’s last 28 games: 7 goals 9 assists 75 shots

 

[Cheddabombs]

when Wood's playing well he's a good bottom 6 forward that's disruptive and is able to generate good high scoring chances with his speed and tenacity/ability to crash the net. when he's off his game, offense dies on his stick. it seems like his brain thinks as fast as his feet do, and not in a good way, in that he's rushing to make decisions with the puck and often just resorts to trying to chip it past people to try and use his speed and win the battle.

I love the guy but he can be really frustrating to watch

 

[The 29th Pick]

Why is Zacha the only one who gets to have the “he finished strong” narrative? Wood’s last 28 games: 7 goals 9 assists 75 shots

that is a good way to end the season, he only had 10 goals total

 

[devilsblood]

Wood hasn’t brought an element to this team since he got suspended.

His hits per 60 actually improved pretty significantly last year from the year prior.

 

[Billdo]

Wood becoming this year's whipping boy this early is interesting.

 

[Classic Devil]

I'm looking at our roster with a projected $84M cap in 2020-2021, and we're going to be in trouble. Keeping Hall puts us in immediate cap trouble, and creates even more cap trouble a year beyond that; letting him go really hurts our team depth. A conundrum.

Losing Greene and Vatanen is going to eviscerate our defensive depth and I'm not sure how to handle it.

 

[Missionhockey]

You think Wood and Boqvist bring the same things to the table because they are both LW's?

I'm just responding to your analogy. I don't know how you got that out of what I said.

 

[MartyOwns]

Wood becoming this year's whipping boy this early is interesting.

somewhere, greene is sighing with relief