Devils Team Discussion (current team/player news and notes) ‎PART XIV

[Ripshot 43]

Wow, to each his own but I'm shocked at the Semin hate. I would love to have him here.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

It's funny how Semin's issues are all excused by the fact the Canes and Caps are trash organizations around here. Nevermind the actual GOOD organizations haven't exactly run after him yet to begin with.

You have absolutely no basis for this. You have no idea who has and hasn't kicked tires on Semin.

 

[vtdevils2k]

Wow, to each his own but I'm shocked at the Semin hate. I would love to have him here.

He'd be great here. People gotta remember that Jagr and Elias are up there in age and Ryder and Brunner if on the team this year are free agents next year.

Where's the offense going to come from if Jagr and Elias retire next year and both Brunner and Ryder are off the team(which I suspect will happen)?

 

[vtdevils2k]

Via TG: Scott Stevens will not be on Devils' coaching staff this season. Lou Lamoriello said it was a "personal, professional" decision.Lamoriello said he hopes Stevens will be back coaching for Devils at some point, but it won't be this season. Tommy Albelin, who has been an assistant in Albany, will take Stevens' place on NHL coaching staff.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Via TG: Scott Stevens will not be on Devils' coaching staff this season. Lou Lamoriello said it was a "personal, professional" decision.Lamoriello said he hopes Stevens will be back coaching for Devils at some point, but it won't be this season. Tommy Albelin, who has been an assistant in Albany, will take Stevens' place on NHL coaching staff.

Interesting. Tommy's been an assistant up here before right? I'm intrigued to see if he has any sort of built up rapport with the young d-men from Albany already.

 

[RNCDevil]

Via TG: Scott Stevens will not be on Devils' coaching staff this season. Lou Lamoriello said it was a "personal, professional" decision.Lamoriello said he hopes Stevens will be back coaching for Devils at some point, but it won't be this season. Tommy Albelin, who has been an assistant in Albany, will take Stevens' place on NHL coaching staff.

Gretzky's coaching track record...Personal accomplishment does not translate into great coaching. Also, it's probably nigh impossible to replace Big Bird as a defensive coach. I wonder if Lemaire had any input into this.

 

[Bologna 1]

Interesting. Tommy's been an assistant up here before right? I'm intrigued to see if he has any sort of built up rapport with the young d-men from Albany already.

wondering the same thing, how things might be different under him. i think it would be a positive thing (didn't like the job stevens was doing, based on the general consensus of how he ran things), and especially could be good for the young guys who had time with Albelin in Albany. hopefully it helps larsson. the one thing i hope/think is albelin wont have that veteran bias in terms of playing time.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Via TG: Scott Stevens will not be on Devils' coaching staff this season. Lou Lamoriello said it was a "personal, professional" decision.Lamoriello said he hopes Stevens will be back coaching for Devils at some point, but it won't be this season. Tommy Albelin, who has been an assistant in Albany, will take Stevens' place on NHL coaching staff.

Interesting. A bit sudden.

Tommy has plenty of experience to step into that role imo. I'm just curious if this was a purely job-related issue for Scott or something at home needing his attention. I hope he and his family are in good health.

 

[New Jersey Devils]

No knock on Stevens, but I think this will do well for Larsson's play. Took a step back when Stevens came aboard after doing well with Robinson.

 

[HobokenIrish]

No knock on Stevens, but I think this will do well for Larsson's play. Took a step back when Stevens came aboard after doing well with Robinson.

No chance in hell Robinson comes back right?

 

[Richer's Ghost]

No chance in hell Robinson comes back right?

Larry's back yard currently;

I'd say no.

 

[vtdevils2k]

No knock on Stevens, but I think this will do well for Larsson's play. Took a step back when Stevens came aboard after doing well with Robinson.

Thought so too. Could be beneficial for the young defenseman...time will tell.

Almost hockey season!

 

[StnTwnDevil]

You have absolutely no basis for this. You have no idea who has and hasn't kicked tires on Semin.

Him waiting as long as he did for a 1 year deal is very telling. No one was kicking their tires.

 

[Bleedred]

I never was Stevens biggest coaching critic on here, but I absolutely didn't care for him. I still think Gelinas seemed to go downhill after Stevens told him to play more physical.

I'm a bigger fan of Tommy Albelin as far as coaching goes. A much bigger fan.

 

[Better Call Sal]

This has probably been asked thousands of times in this thread, but when does camp officially start?

 

[njdevil26]

I have to say... I have a weird feeling that Lou is going to package Gelinas, a pick, and a forward (Ryder, Brunner, Ruutu) and try to make a splash. I can't see how Gelinas hasn't signed yet. He's still playing golf every day in Canada as per his Instagram. He played half a season... yeah he looked good, but he has no leverage to negotiate a deal and get a ton of money.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Him waiting as long as he did for a 1 year deal is very telling. No one was kicking their tires.

Yes, but that one year deal was still for 7 million dollars. Seems more like he stood firm on his monetary demands, and ended up having to sacrifice term because of it. Certainly worked out for him in the end.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

I have to say... I have a weird feeling that Lou is going to package Gelinas, a pick, and a forward (Ryder, Brunner, Ruutu) and try to make a splash. I can't see how Gelinas hasn't signed yet. He's still playing golf every day in Canada as per his Instagram. He played half a season... yeah he looked good, but he has no leverage to negotiate a deal and get a ton of money.

Lou has no need to rush on Gelinas. This is a huge year for him. He can't afford to miss a huge a chunk of camp/the season and watch his spot get usurped by any number of younger, cheaper players.

Besides, I'm not sure Gelinas, a pick, and any of those forwards would net us much in a trade. Maybe another buy-low Cammalleri-type player?

 

[njdevil26]

Lou has no need to rush on Gelinas. This is a huge year for him. He can't afford to miss a huge a chunk of camp/the season and watch his spot get usurped by any number of younger, cheaper players.

Besides, I'm not sure Gelinas, a pick, and any of those forwards would net us much in a trade. Maybe another buy-low Cammalleri-type player?

I would go Semin. The Canes would absolutely love to Gelinas judging by their group of defensemen. Lou would have to add a nice pick as well.

 

[StnTwnDevil]

Yes, but that one year deal was still for 7 million dollars. Seems more like he stood firm on his monetary demands, and ended up having to sacrifice term because of it. Certainly worked out for him in the end.

Maybe thats true, but if the guy is on the trade block, only after 2 years, its pretty clear there is an issue with this guy. Carolina didn't really improve at all after picking him up. You'd think a player that can put up the points he was on Washington would have a bigger impact.

 

[njdevil26]

With the amount of veterans the Devils have PLUS Lou at the helm, I would trust the team to help almost any player get through character issues.

 

[Bleedred]

This has probably been asked thousands of times in this thread, but when does camp officially start?

September 18th I think. Or at least that's the day of physicals. First on ice date might be next Friday the 19th.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Maybe thats true, but if the guy is on the trade block, only after 2 years, its pretty clear there is an issue with this guy. Carolina didn't really improve at all after picking him up. You'd think a player that can put up the points he was on Washington would have a bigger impact.

I wouldn't go that far, he turned Eric Staal back into a top-10 scorer. Carolina's just a sucky team that needs much more than one additional point-per-game forward to be successful. Can't blame Semin for not turning around a team with one or two good defensemen and goaltending issues.

But I still wouldn't be surprised if he's on the block. Ron Francis is probably trying to put his own stamp on the team (a stamp that looks oddly like Connor McDavid).

 

[New Jersey Devils]

<3 Travis

 

[njdevil26]

That one silly look he gave the camera in the beginning is more personality that I've seen from him in the entire time he's been here haha. He really is a goofy dude.