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

[Hisch13r]

Adding Dougie completely transformed how I view where they're at. Without him I'm looking at at least one more development year where you just see how things go. We don't need to do that anymore

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

Pretty decent considering the current state of the forward group

This guy usually has good stuff, but several entries on this chart are utter horseshit.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

I love JFresh but in no world are the Rangers or Flyers a 100 point team as currently constructed

You’re not factoring in the impact Ryan Reaves will have on that club.

 

[Hisch13r]

He even said he played around with his model to see if there was something he should update and couldn’t find anything reasonable.

For the Rangers, they got rid of some bad players, had some injuries, and will have young player growth.

For Flyers it thinks the goaltending likely can’t be as bad.

So he agrees those look wrong and everyone is on the same page that the model is probably overrating them.

I assume he expects Hart to regress to the mean but he is going to have to carry a TON of weight this year when his partner is Martin f***ing Jones lol

 

[Buck Dancer]

Whaat so we get them Eichel and we get Tuch no thanks....That's overpay for tuch

Maybe so, but that’s a price I’d pay to have a big, fast very underrated winger alongside Jack Hughes for the next 5 years plus.

 

[Hisch13r]

They have the Kraken at 99 points and Buffalo with more points then 5 other teams. But it is interesting.

Seattle's not really unreasonable. The Pacific is dog shit, they have a good goaltending, good defense, offense isn't good but not completely terrible. Buffalo's a weird one. I wonder if he's still including Eichel for now. If he's not then yeah he needs to do some more tweaking

 

[Nubmer6]

Agree he would be good replacement for Nate...When he is active he's good

I"m sure this isn't popular opinion, but I wouldn't be completely surprised if Tyce Thompson ends up slotting into the 4RW spot.

I think he has the ability to play up and down the lineup, and has at least a tiny bit of scoring punch.

 

[NjdevilfanJim]

Maybe so, but that’s a price I’d pay to have a big, fast very underrated winger alongside Jack Hughes for the next 5 years plus.

But that's a strength in our system....Zacha just started to click and Holtz could be the sniper we have been looking for they match the timeline of the Devils much better than Tuch and with team control.

 

[NJDevs26]

If Cizikas weren’t looking for something unreasonable, Lou would’ve re-signed him already.

Who’s to say he hasn’t? Could be one of those Lou’s drawer contracts he won’t file till camp