Devils 2021 offseason (news, notes and speculation) - part IX

[I Hate Tie DOMI]

Lmaooo everyone goes crawling back to Lou. That seems like a big demotion

Agreed on the perceived demotion, but it's not like he did anything in the past 3 years to warrant a promotion in my opinion.

 

[jkrdevil]

Has Lou made a signing/hiring/acquisition in the last two years that hasn’t had Devils connection?

 

[The 29th Pick]

Has Lou made a signing/hiring/acquisition in the last two years that hasn’t had Devils connection?

picked up Pageau off waivers ???

 

[OmNomNom]

Phil isn't very good anymore, if we're swapping him for PK or getting him for basically free there's no risk but I can't imagine the greedy Yotes are going to just give him away.

supporting evidence?

 

[Eggtimer]

Kessel would be ok on the PP but that’s about it . Unless he is deployed correctly he would bleed goals against and not be a net positive at all . I don’t have any stats supporting this and I’m going off what I have read about him lol . If true , I’d way rather have Tarasenko . Guy can shoot snd also scorers dirty goals ( or used to prior to injury )

 

[OmNomNom]

Lmaooo everyone goes crawling back to Lou. That seems like a big demotion

only thing i can think of is he wants to be a bit closer to home (which i assume is in NJ or something)?

 

[youryeah]

supporting evidence?

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[The 29th Pick]

only thing i can think of is he wants to be a bit closer to home (which i assume is in NJ or something)?

wasn't he player development coach for the Devils the last 2 years though?

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

supporting evidence?

He’s an empty calorie scorer anymore. He has a really negative impact on games defensively. I guess I’d take him for nothing but I doubt he helps us win many games.

 

[MartyOwns]

the fact that lou won GM of the Year invalidates that award entirely.

 

[The 29th Pick]

Kessel would be ok on the PP but that’s about it . Unless he is deployed correctly he would bleed goals against and not be a net positive at all . I don’t have any stats supporting this and I’m going off what I have read about him lol . If true , I’d way rather have Tarasenko . Guy can shoot snd also scorers dirty goals ( or used to prior to injury )

16 of his 2o goals were even strength
maybe his skating sucks by now? I havent seen him play for a while

 

[RangerDoggo]

The more startling news is that the Islanders renamed the Sound Tigers. Bring back weird minor league team names.

 

[Guttersniped]

French language interview with Nas he says more things are coming for the Devils, particularly on offense. Emphasized they have "a lot of room for acquisitions."

How about in assistant coaching department?

 

[Devil X]

First Tennyson. Now Kowalsky gone too. It's Christmas in July & August right now people.

I am thinking that his contract was up and the Devils wanted to go a different direction. I dont think he left an NHL job for an AHL job.

I liked him but Im fine with the change I wonder if they will being anyone in?

 

[aboriginal]

They would want futures.

 

[Guttersniped]

Lmaooo everyone goes crawling back to Lou. That seems like a big demotion

It might be a sign that he shouldn’t have been our assistant coach but he didn’t have a job last season. I guess he was with the team in some way because I don’t think they had the heart to full on fire people. (Which is genuinely nice of them, lots of teams had no problem doing that and Buffalo literally fired almost everyone.)

He’s going to be a huge step up from typical ACs in the AHL which are often just ex-players. It’s a job.

edit: Was he still an assistant coach last year? I thought they just shoved him to the side and gave him a fake job.

 

[Devil X]

It might be a sign that he shouldn’t have been our assistant coach but he didn’t have a job last season. I guess he was with the team in some way because I don’t think they had the heart to full on fire people. (Which is genuinely nice of them, lots of teams had no problem doing that and Buffalo literally fired almost everyone.)

He’s going to be a huge step up from typical ACs in the AHL which are often just ex-players. It’s a job.

edit: Was he still an assistant coach last year? I thought they just shoved him to the side and gave him a fake job.

Yes he was an assistant last season with the Devils. Along with Nas, Recci, and Taylor.

 

[RangerDoggo]

Yes he was an assistant last season with the Devils. Along with Nas, Recci, and Taylor.

Lou for the love of God take the first two off our hands as well

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

Jack is already better than Nico and this season will distance himself even more.

Nah man, you wish. Sure his potential is higher, but the current product on ice? Nico's still way ahead of him.

 

[Bleedred]

Who else sucks that lou can have.... wedge?. Cory 2.0?, suban? The coach

Lou already had Cory last year and he couldn’t even get into one measly game, outside of dressing as Sorokin’s backup when they wanted to rest Varlamov. Not even after they clinched a playoff spot. I’m expecting a retirement announcement, along with him joining one of the networks sometime soon. Maybe signing overseas for one year (though I doubt he wants to play in Europe for a year) or more than likely another Islanders deal and this time for the AHL. He played a few AHL games this year, but he’s 35 and hasn’t played more than 5 (if even that, too lazy to look up right now) pro games in the last 1.5 years.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Nah man, you wish. Sure his potential is higher, but the current product on ice? Nico's still way ahead of him.

Theres no way he is WAY ahead.

I'll even settle for they are equal now, even though I would disagree. Nico has never dominated games for stretches like Jack did this past year. He has also never put up the underlying defensive numbers that Jack has this past year.

I love Nico, but come on.

 

[Devils731]

Nah man, you wish. Sure his potential is higher, but the current product on ice? Nico's still way ahead of him.

I’m going to disagree. If I had to pick a healthy Jack or Nico for 1 game right now, I’d pick Jack.

His pre-Covid games this season were the most dominant we’ve seen any 1 player be since Hall’s MVP season.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

 

[AfroThunder396]

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EvolvingWild, actually. Kessel can still score decently well but he's horrific defensively. Like, Zacha as a center bad defensively. His xGF% was worse than teammate John Hayden.

 

[OmNomNom]

EvolvingWild, actually. Kessel can still score decently well but he's horrific defensively. Like, Zacha as a center bad defensively. His xGF% was worse than teammate John Hayden.

wonder if its dragged down by overall team performance though