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35 reg wins in 125, 1 in 12...
Must be nice to have such ironclad job security.
Is this true? You mean to tell me the team has 35 regulation wins in 125 games? My god...thats expansion team right there.
35 reg wins in 125, 1 in 12...
Must be nice to have such ironclad job security.
Where was this said? I'd really like to see the source if possible.
So many people here refuse to hold Larsson accountable for his play. He was not good last night. Gelinas outplayed him DEFENSIVELY, figure that.
The answer to Zids being out there is incredibly simple. We needed goals and he is a bigger offensive threat.
Where was this said? I'd really like to see the source if possible.
Bryce Salvador has endured a lot of criticism. Is it unfair?
DeBoer: "To be honest, all I care about and all Sal cares about is what the people in the dressing room think of him. And he has the respect of the entire dressing room, both as a person and leader and as a player and what he’s done in his career. That’s unwavering. That’s all we care about."
I think some people on this board twisted it though.
Yeah yeah yeah Pete and all we care about is spending all of our hard earned money as well as time and effort being a fan of a team that has no direction, no leadership, and can't play a full hockey game. We don't count though right?
Bryce Salvador has endured a lot of criticism. Is it unfair?
DeBoer: "To be honest, all I care about and all Sal cares about is what the people in the dressing room think of him. And he has the respect of the entire dressing room, both as a person and leader and as a player and what he’s done in his career. That’s unwavering. That’s all we care about."
I think some people on this board twisted it though.
http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/...th_devils_coach_pete_deboer.html#incart_river
Where's the part about losing the locker room if he sits him?
Here is the full game for all the Europeans who might have missed it last night.
I think the main point here is that people WILL hold Gelly, Larsson, Severson, Merrill, etc... accountable. The problem is the fan ship and board members would rather see a young guy make that mistake, learn from it, build upon it, than watching Salvador eat up those minutes.
I agree with the comment on Zids too. His offensive upside IMO excuses him from SOME mistakes, not all or the glaringly stupid ones
So many people here refuse to hold Larsson accountable for his play. He was not good last night. Gelinas outplayed him DEFENSIVELY, figure that.
The answer to Zids being out there is incredibly simple. We needed goals and he is a bigger offensive threat.
Where's the part about losing the locker room if he sits him?
So many people here refuse to hold Larsson accountable for his play. He was not good last night. Gelinas outplayed him DEFENSIVELY, figure that.
The answer to Zids being out there is incredibly simple. We needed goals and he is a bigger offensive threat.
At the end of the day.. while I disagree with a TON of the decisions that Pete/Lou have made over the past few years.. I understand a lot of them. I get why they like Gionta. I get why they are hard on certain youngsters. I don't agree with it nor like it.. but I get it.
But for the life of me.. I just can't get how in the world they see anything but an AHL defensemen in Salvador. You don't like stats? Fine.. throw out the fact that he's been on the ice for more than half of our goals against. Just use the eye test.. and it's quite apparent he doesn't belong.
And I would get it if they wanted him on the roster for other reasons.. but to play him 18+ minutes a game? To let him play 2 full minutes on the PK (league's worst PK, mind you)?
There is absolutely no justification behind that. It's just plain stupidity.
Yeah yeah yeah Pete and all we care about is spending all of our hard earned money as well as time and effort being a fan of a team that has no direction, no leadership, and can't play a full hockey game. We don't count though right?
So the solution to Zid - Salvador playing **** defense is to play Zid more when we are down?
That's really good logic. Why don't the coach understand that those player has to play less, and maybe we wont have to play and always be trailing by the end of the second period.
I was a big Pete supporter, but I just can't defend him anymore.
I just can't get psyched up for these games anymore. I think they call this the acceptance part of grief
I'll still watch but I won't be excited. If Jagr wasn't on this team, I wouldn't even watch at all. He's a Zen master out there. I fully expect this team to blow leads (if we get them) and play carelessly
I'll start caring again once they fire pimples.
If I have to hear the term "did some good things" one more time I'll flip. It's the catch phrase to hide the fact that a certain player or the team lost again and played poorly.
Its ridiculous. The extent to which we are constantly fed dog spit as if we are completely stupid. This injury crap from Lou. Guys are "day to day" with undisclosed injuries and then mysteriously out for weeks if not months. The constant nonsense from Pete. Specifically this "tough building" line he seems to like. Its like the little kid who gets asked if he pissed on the toilet seat and responds with, "Ive done a good job with certain parts of my homework". So sick of Pete dodging the biggest and most obvious problems in the room. Even when he was pressed about the treatment of Sal vs Larsson and Gelinas, he fed us some bs about generalities regarding veterans vs rookies. Like WE are the imbeciles.
Actually, DeBoer made a lot of sense in that interview. He basically said veterans get longer rope because they've established themselves in the NHL, while rookies have not so they sit or play limited minutes as a result of their mistakes. It makes sense, until you've established yourself you deserve more scrutiny versus a player who has been in the league for 10, 15 years.
That's just how it works, and most coaches in the NHL use that philosophy. Coaching has nothing to do with NJD's problems, they have a roster with 3 rookies on defense, a goalie who doesn't know how to play as a starter, and a wildly inconsistent offense with slow foot speed. That's why they lose games.