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GDT: Devils @ Red Wings Happy Thanksgiving 7:00 MSG2

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glenwo2 said:
From AATJ :

Vanecek should consider a change in equipment. That’s not meant as sarcasm. He and Rogalski need to discuss with Lindy Ruff whether or not a ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ rebound fits whatever he’s trying to accomplish in the defensive zone. Vanecek wears Bauer Supreme Mach leg pads, which have a one-piece thermoformed skin wrapped around the pad’s core. They produce hard, fast rebounds. Rogalski, Vanecek, and Ruff should consider whether a hard rebound is too unpredictable and difficult for the Devils defensemen and zone coverage to corral, necessitating a shift to a pad that produces soft rebounds, i.e. rebounds that ‘die’ on the pad and allow either the goaltender to freeze the puck or a net-front defenseman to clear.


*Addendum/Correction: Vanecek very recently made the switch to Bauer Vapor Hyperlite pads. These are softer pads with more of an S shape to help create smaller rebounds and a ‘dead’ puck effect. (Though, most Bauer pads tend to be stiffer and create harder rebounds in general.) If you watch the Rangers game back, you actually see these pads work exactly as intended on the fourth goal. Vanecek makes the first save, the puck rebounds closer to the net where a defenseman can clear, and John Marino just doesn’t get a stick on Vesey or the puck. Did anybody tell the defensemen that Vitek swapped to new gear that might take an adjustment? Or will rebounds—hard or soft—end up in the net eventually?


To me, this means that Vanecek and Rogalski are trying to make some kinds of adjustment—and that the opposition’s pre-game video sessions are telling them to shoot for rebounds. The defensemen need to be aware that the puck will die closer to the net on low shots. If they can’t clear a puck right in front of them, then we have a real problem.

www.allaboutthejersey.com

Game Preview #17: New Jersey Devils at Detroit Red Wings

An up-and-down battered Devils team visits a Detroit Red Wings squad that’s lost four of their last five (as have the Devils). Can the Devils figure out their defensive system against a high-flying, high-scoring team, or will they overpower the Red Wings’ similarly weak defense and goaltending?
www.allaboutthejersey.com www.allaboutthejersey.com

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Not much of a comment, but an interesting article. Thanks for posting it!
 
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Finishing up Black Friday prep at work, hoping to make it home in time for this.

Win please!
 
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got to see a devils/wings the last season at the joe (was an old arena but amazing sightlines) ....and the smoking section outside was fun during intermissions (back when i smoked)

...still haven't made it to the dough to catch a game
 
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