GDT: Devils @ Canadiens - 7:00 PM - MSG

[The Marquis]

This goaltending situation is fine IMO.

Vanecek is the best goalie on the team/in the organization and Schmid/Daws probably isn't worse than the guy that's out injured right now.

On paper, of course. I agree that Vanecek is the best option and is way underrated, but I'd rate Blackwood as "bad" so Schmid/Daws... yep. pray/think for health of the Vitek.

 

[Guttersniped]

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Just do whatever you did the past decade after watching a Devils game.

 

[OmNomNom]

jackets won in OT! not a perfect turnout, but i'll take only giving the flyers 1pt

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Rupp was on NHL radio playing that line, e.g. "Nico, Hughes, Bratt, none of them are big enough!" or whatever.

I really don't care if the Devils are physical enough tbh. Their best game this year was against the Islanders who are supposedly the "deadliest team" come playoffs because of how heavy they play + veterans and the Devils made them look utterly foolish for 60 mins.

 

[Hisch13r]

doesn't every team? stupid af

Funny thing is we still have the best xGF/60 in the league even when winning. Sure it's not as high as when we're trailing but it's better than when we're tied and even when winning it's still the best

 

[The Marquis]

I absolutely should not have had an edible before looking at the second pic here. ughhhhh.. my braiiiin

 

[njdevils1982]

anyone claiming that doesn't even know what a trap is lol

we just aggressively forecheck in the neutral zone

carlin's "shell shock" comedy rant and the use of language to desensitize the masses, nice

 

[Hisch13r]

He's not a blind homer, and it's a criticism a lot of people had, that we'd get pushed around.

It was always a dumb criticism. Tampa won back to back Cups with their best forwards being small.

 

[njdevil26]

Comment from the Habs board

• "Devils sure play a different style once they get the lead."

They lost 5-1…. Did they want to lose 10-1? People just expose themselves as morons bringing up the trap

 

[Bleedred]

jackets won in OT! not a perfect turnout, but i'll take only giving the flyers 1pt

They've really cooled off the last week or two and are regressing to what they were supposed to be.

 

[FinnishDevil]

For all the trap talk, I really want us to make the playoffs and just go full on trap. Nothing but trap trap trap. 0-5 trap all the way. Trap even the powerplay.

 

[Blender]

Boring trap hockey where you [check notes] out-chance opponents with a lead better than any team in the league.

 

[Hisch13r]

jackets won in OT! not a perfect turnout, but i'll take only giving the flyers 1pt

I don't give a shit what the Flyers do. They're going to fall out and Torts/Hart is going to keep them out of the basement. I'm just happy the Jackets won because we need them to get all the pts they can so they can somehow stay out of the very bottom. Not sure how that's possible though with a dog shit roster to begin with and all their injuries on top of it.

 

[PWiz30]

At some point the narrative will shift to "Can they do in the playoffs? When the REAL hockey starts and the men come out."

Still not sure if Hughes can score against MEN.

 

[Saugus]

I feel bad that they took Nico's point away. That's a fun coincidence that we always win when he scores.

Oh well, they will just have to try to extend that again next game.

 

[jkrdevil]

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Boring trap hockey where you [check notes] out-chance opponents with a lead better than any team in the league.

In fairness, if advanced stats existed in the cup teams hey days they would likely show a similar thing (at least on a percentage basis). The hallmark of those teams was giving up absolutely nothing to the other teams.

 

[Hisch13r]

In fairness, if advanced stats existed in the cup teams hey days they would likely show a similar thing (at least on a percentage basis). The hallmark of those teams was giving up absolutely nothing to the other teams.

Well yeah that's the thing. Opposing teams are bored because they can't create anything. That doesn't mean the Devils play/played completely low event boring hockey

 

[Blender]

In fairness, if advanced stats existed in the cup teams hey days they would likely show a similar thing (at least on a percentage basis). The hallmark of those teams was giving up absolutely nothing to the other teams.

It would be fairly low event hockey though. Our shot differential actually accelerates when we get a lead.

 

[Cheddabombs]

I feel bad that they took Nico's point away. That's a fun coincidence that we always win when he scores.

Oh well, they will just have to try to extend that again next game.

Such a great goal too. That line is something else

 

[BostonDevil]

He's not a blind homer, and it's a criticism a lot of people had, that we'd get pushed around.

Yeah, for that he could be on to something - That was but i hear him a lot on NHL Network both TV and radio and wherever the Devils come up, there’s always some shade.

He’ll say that the Devils are too small then on the next topic he’ll say that size doesn’t matter in the league today when talking about a different team.

It’s things like that.

 

[Bleedred]

I wonder what happened with Rupp and NJ? Seems like it may have ended badly

He's just another dinosaur (Kind of weird for me to say that when he's several years younger than I am) that overrates physicality.

Then again, maybe I shouldn't say he's a dinosaur as much as he's got a bit of a bias because he's a very big guy and when he couldn't cut it as a skilled player (remember he was a high draft pick and didn't start out a goon) he had to adjust and become a fighter.

The story of how he turned into an enforcer was actually a very interesting one, but I forget a lot of it at this point. I think somebody that he played with (might have been Oliwa?) told him he's not gonna make it as a skilled player or any type of top-9 guy, so he's gonna have to become a face puncher if he wants to make it in this league.

I haven't heard the story in so long, but it was interesting and actually kind of sad. I felt a little bad for him when I read it.

 

[Blender]

Most defensemen would just play the pass. Marino took the shooter out and then picked off the pass.

 

[Bleedred]

The Pens would have been better off not getting Petry and keeping Marino, as if that isn't obvious.

Petry must have about 10 years on Marino.

 

[BostonDevil]

He's just another dinosaur (Kind of weird for me to say that when he's several years younger than I am) that overrates physicality.

Then again, maybe I shouldn't say he's a dinosaur as much as he's got a bit of a bias because he's a very big guy and when he couldn't cut it as a skilled player (remember he was a high draft pick and didn't start out a goon) he had to adjust and become a fighter.

The story of how he turned into an enforcer was actually a very interesting one, but I forget a lot of it at this point. I think somebody that he played with (might have been Oliwa?) told him he's not gonna make it as a skilled player or any type of top-9 guy, so he's gonna have to become a face puncher if he wants to make it in this league.

I haven't heard the story in so long, but it was interesting and actually kind of sad. I felt a little bad for him when I read it.

I’m thankful for his game 7 against the Ducks but he does have some weird thing with them like I mentioned in the last post