Post-Game Talk: Devils beat Sabres 4-3 in OT! The Zacha Edition

[Ech0]

This gif..was Miles Wood ever scratched for a season opener? Because that seems like a big time travesty. (Probably a John Hynes special)

Yup. I think this was 2 or 3 years ago.

 

[NJDevs26]

This gif..was Miles Wood ever scratched for a season opener? Because that seems like a big time travesty. (Probably a John Hynes special)

How quickly we forget...and yes, two years ago

 

[Classic Devil]

This gif..was Miles Wood ever scratched for a season opener? Because that seems like a big time travesty. (Probably a John Hynes special)

Yes. That is what that gif is.

 

[NJDevs26]

@NJDevs26 uh, c'mon. Are you going to allow this?

LOL either this is extremely coincidental or he's just tweaking me...but whatever let's go nuts tonight.

If I really wanted to be a debbie downer I'd point out we barely managed to squeeze past the Sabres despite them missing their franchise center and losing their hot goalie due to injury. I do think it was important to get a win by hook or crook to stop the bleeding but as much as we should be getting pumped over individual players I'm not sure how much this can carry over from a team standpoint.

 

[The Devil In I]

Sean Couturier: 118 points in first 287 games
Pavel Zacha: 117 points in first 280 games​

Couturier led the Q in scoring in his 16-17 year old season.

Which was a more impressive showing than Zachas 18-19 year old year. But sure, Zachas gonna be one of the best 2 way centers in the game starting now because another player had a slow start playing as 3rd line center behind Giroux and Schenn

 

[Classic Devil]

Hughes needs to be getting more help from his linemates than he is.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

uh...no he wasn't. He was playing amazing all year and made Tennyson look decent.

 

[billingtons ghost]

new here.. what’s the background?

Welcome! I kinda casually pointed out on a couple of occasions that big centers sometimes take longer to mature within the context of defending 23 yr old Pav... ala couturier...

It's known as "the lazy couturier comparison.". .
Just happy you brought your stats page with ya...

 

[Hisch13r]

uh...no he wasn't. He was playing amazing all year and made Tennyson look decent.

Numbers wise they got caved because Tennyson. I wouldn’t say he looked “amazing” though. I thought Smith looked fine to start the year. Outside of the first Philly game where he was downright awful. He and Severson dominate every game now

 

[Whaddagoal]

Like Ruff's analysis in post-game, he's assertive and explaining his line combos rationale, and the gaffes.. It's not all buzz-jingo....

 

[Devils090]

Hughes needs to be getting more help from his linemates than he is.

Palms is too streaky and Mango isn’t a guy who’s going to put up points

 

[glenwo2]

No you do a good job of admitting when Zacha has a good game while telling us who else did too

Glad we understand each other.


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[NJDevs26]

new here.. what’s the background?

No issue, I was just railing against Zacha-Couturier comparisons earlier in the PGT (and in other instances) and you happened to post one after

 

[The Great Dame]

How quickly we forget...and yes, two years ago

Ah yes now I remember, I looked it up, that was the year they walloped the Avs in the opener and Butcher had like 3 pts. Of course Miles scored 19 goals that year but he was scratched in favor of studs like Brian Gibbons Drew Stafford and Jimmy Hayes.

 

[billingtons ghost]

LOL either this is extremely coincidental or he's just tweaking me...but whatever let's go nuts tonight.

If I really wanted to be a debbie downer I'd point out we barely managed to squeeze past the Sabres despite them missing their franchise center and losing their hot goalie due to injury. I do think it was important to get a win by hook or crook to stop the bleeding but as much as we should be getting pumped over individual players I'm not sure how much this can carry over from a team standpoint.

Love it. Is that you, Jacques Lemaire? Never too high, never too low.

 

[Woncka]

Couturier-like numbers without his defense is perfectly fine with me

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Palmieri hit at least one post today. Feels like 3 or 4 times in the last few games

 

[Hisch13r]

Ah yes now I remember, I looked it up, that was the year they walloped the Avs in the opener and Butcher had like 3 pts. Of course Miles scored 19 goals that year but he was scratched in favor of studs like Brian Gibbons Drew Stafford and Jimmy Hayes.

Hey Jimmy Hayes had the GWG that game and Brian Gibbons was our leading goal scorer for a while

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Sean Couturier: 118 points in first 287 games
Pavel Zacha: 117 points in first 280 games​

That's some advanced stats

 

[billingtons ghost]

Couturier led the Q in scoring in his 16-17 year old season.

Which was a more impressive showing than Zachas 18-19 year old year. But sure, Zachas gonna be one of the best 2 way centers in the game starting now because another player had a slow start playing as 3rd line center behind Giroux and Schenn

Aw c'mon man... Don't derail the hype train we are running tonight.

You have a point though. Zachas points were all garbage points, after all.

 

[Derps]

Palmieri hit at least one post today. Feels like 3 or 4 times in the last few games

Needs to aim better

 

[VoidCreature]

Hischier literally sounds exactly like Elias.

 

[Billdo]

Couturier led the Q in scoring in his 16-17 year old season.

Which was a more impressive showing than Zachas 18-19 year old year. But sure, Zachas gonna be one of the best 2 way centers in the game starting now because another player had a slow start playing as 3rd line center behind Giroux and Schenn

Have a Snickers

Glad we understand each other.


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Hahah.

 

[Whaddagoal]

Not sure if this was mentioned in GDT, but Sharanovich had a good spurt in 3rd period with Zajac down low, they seem to click better than whomever Zajac was paired with before . Still missing a bit of Kuokkanen though (he had a couple good bursts after he settled in...)

Goose is coming along........

 

[The Great Dame]

Hey Jimmy Hayes had the GWG that game and Brian Gibbons was our leading goal scorer for a while

Lol yeah I remember that, and then Jimmy Hayes was out of the league for good before the year was over. But hey that was the last year we went to the playoffs so I can’t hate Hynes too much for that.