GDT: Devils @ Canes - Stanley Cup Playoffs - Rd 2, Gm 5 - 7:00 PM - TNT

[jkrdevil]

If Bruno is the successor as we all expect, I imagine it happens pretty quickly.

Yea, the calls for permission are going to come tonight.

 

[Whaddagoal]

also, am I crazy or should that last faceoff have been out of the zone?

Went into the middle media bench off our guy. I guess they felt it was deliberate (it looked like it)

 

[Cheddabombs]

Only up from here!

 

[Incharge1976]

Disappointed but proud of them. Young team who will be good for years to come.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

All goals on point shots.

Refusal to call high stick penalties made the difference too - we were robbed of 3 PPs on those alone. Should have been a PP for us at end and the delay of game never happens.

Great year - need some changes. Nemec and Luke gonna fill some holes next year.

Passengers up front can piss off

 

[HoliksGhost]

Hats off to Schmido for coming in and getting us to OT in an elimination game.

 

[DevilsHughes86]

Hamilton sucked in the playoffs. Period. Game winner in game 3 but otherwise he was atrocious.

You can see why teams moved him and let him go. I still think he can be a great player come playoff time, he just cant be the #1 go to guy. We need another top pairing D that can eat big minutes and let Graves go

 

[NJDevs26]

Kinda wish we had home ice and this game was at Game 5 so the Devils could have gotten the sendoff the season deserved, rather than the catcalls Game 4 deserved.

 

[Rebel Devil]

Hell of a season. Just lost to a better team. We’ll be back next year

Yep .. just the start for the Devils.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

oh hey, graves again defending no one. What a surprise.

 

[Omar Little]

Matches the eye test

 

[Emperoreddy]

All goals on point shots.

Refusal to call high stick penalties made the difference too - we were robbed of 3 PPs on those alone. Should have been a PP for us at end and the delay of game never happens.

Great year - need some changes. Nemec and Luke gonna fill some holes next year.

Passengers up front can piss off

I like Tatar, he had a good regular season for us, but that's an obvious roster spot to try and turn into a more playoff type player

 

[MadDevil]

Seriously though if that’s how good Luke is game 5 (in the playoffs)

Think how good he’ll be game 100 or game 300

Kid is going to be an absolute monster.

Add Nemec to the mix and we're going to be a nightmare to play. The future is bright.

 

[Patrik26]

Did anyone, back in October, believe this team would come away with 112 points, beat the Rags in 7 and go down in the second round of the playoffs? Please raise your hand. I'll wait. It was a tremendous season. LGD!

 

[Blender]

Hughes - Marino
Siegenthaler - Nemec

This in our future please.

 

[NJDevs26]

Seriously though if that’s how good Luke is game 5 (in the playoffs)

Think how good he’ll be game 100 or game 300

Kid is going to be an absolute monster.

Yeah no 'but the other team was on cruise control' excuse today, he stepped up in an elimination game and really stepped up to fill some of Jack's void.

 

[Devs3cups]

Alright folks. What a ride. What a team. What a FUTURE.

LET FITZ COOK
@Devs3cups

Amen my man.

Awesome season by the boys. Biggest turnaround in franchise history, Jack with the points record, most wins in franchise history. Won a round. And all that with like one of (if not the) youngest core in the league and more top prospects coming?

Sign me up.

LFGD

 

[DevilsHughes86]

also, am I crazy or should that last faceoff have been out of the zone?

Yes that's what I said as well, I'm surprised they didn't argue it more than that

 

[Bleedred]

Yeah, done with Tatar. Pretty easy no at this point. I thought maybe he'd be fine to bring back, but I was always skeptical he was coming back anyway. I never really did think he was gonna be re-signed. And if we give him another two year deal and he comes out and has a season like last year, people will be running him out of town and asking why the f*** did we re-sign a 33 year old that may have overachieved last year?

Done with Graves. Waste of cap space. Take the motherf***in training wheels off of Luke. They sure seemed like they did this game.

Probably done with Severson. I'd like him back, but he probably will get squeezed out due to cap reasons.

Blackwood is gone and I'm going to church, temple, mosque and every other place of worship to give thanks.

Don't really want Ruff back for more than one more year. Go season by season with him. Give him a multi-year deal, but just not exclusive to head coach. I don't wanna lose Brunette over a 63 year old head coach that probably won't coach again (Buffalo might like him back if Granato doesn't work out though) after this.

Haula can come back, though I'd hope it's for around the same as he got per year on the current contract.

Wood can go play somewhere else. He might have to take a paycut from the generous amount he got this year.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Kinda wish we had home ice and this game was at Game 5 so the Devils could have gotten the sendoff the season deserved, rather than the catcalls Game 4 deserved.

If we got home ice, it's very possible this wouldn't have been a stave game

 

[palek1019]

Great season. Hats off to Canes. One day the Devils will figure them out in the playoffs. Was nice to see a competitive loss at least, lol. Great season to build on.

 

[DevilsHughes86]

Seriously though if that’s how good Luke is game 5 (in the playoffs)

Think how good he’ll be game 100 or game 300

Kid is going to be an absolute monster.

He was our #1 tonight in his 3rd career playoff game!!!! What a future!!!!

 

[haak84]

Honestly thought if we kill that penalty we win it in OT. The vibe was good until it wasn’t.

That rule is second only to the trapezoid for being the most ludicrous in the NHL.

Disagree, it was awful to see defenders just lob it over the glass when it wasn’t a rule.

Trapezoid is another story, only a couple goalies played the puck like Marty did. Every defending player can yuck it over the glass.

 

[NJDevs26]

I like Tatar, he had a good regular season for us, but that's an obvious roster spot to try and turn into a more playoff type player

We knew this before the season, some people got fooled by the regular season but he was who we thought he was when the playoffs happened.

 

[HoliksGhost]

Did anyone, back in October, believe this team would come away with 112 points, beat the Rags in 7 and go down in the second round of the playoffs? Please raise your hand. I'll wait. It was a tremendous season. LGD!

Lol, good points