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I fear he will answer the call to coach soon and that may take him to a different team.
Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - 2023 training camp edition
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Captain3rdLine
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I mean he’s already made his money, probably enjoy’s what he’s doing with the organization he played for and may not be willing to commit the time to coaching. Doesn’t he have a young kid that he helps with too? Could be wrong
I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened but coaching is a huge commitment with a ton of time and travel and if he’s settled in New Jersey with his family doing stuff he enjoys he may not be interested in pursuing that. Isn’t for a lot of people. Even capable ones.
Ya, there goes that dream. We certainly couldn't afford that cap hit, and I suspect that contract is almost certainly going to look terrible by the end. I'm glad we won't be the ones left holding the bag.
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Status quo. See what Schmid can do. Re-evaluate if necessary
Would never want to spend the assets that would’ve been required on a goalie anyways
Better Call Sal
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Got curious and found this article with Novo from last year:
Ex-Devils captain, MSG analyst Bryce Salvador has front office aspirations
MSG rinkside analyst and former Devils captain Bryce Salvador aspires to work in the Devils' front office in a unique role.
www.nj.com
Miller should be fantastic fit.
He comes with veteran status, but is still close to his prime. Few bad practice games don't change that anywhere. It would have to be extremely bad season to take him of the team. Especially for the playoffs you want guys like him that have been there.
Status quo, and hope Vanecek and Schmid can handle it.
Inquire about Saros from Nashville at the deadline if they're out of it and we still need an upgrade.
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Just replace “X” with “Twitter” and the tweets show up all nice.
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Yeah, Miller is legit solid. One preseason is not adequate to judge a veteran player who has a long track record.
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I want Bryce Salvador as a guest on spittin chiclets.
Cause it's the only time he'd ever have the chance to say ''Well thank god someone was stupid enough to give John MacLean another coaching job in the NHL''.
Cause it's the only time he'd ever have the chance to say ''Well thank god someone was stupid enough to give John MacLean another coaching job in the NHL''.
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Every year there seems to be a wishful thinking idea or two by our fanbase, likely every fanbase.
Last year it was ''Smith was signed to be the 7th defenseman!''. I said at best Smith may be the 7th defenseman by the end of the season, but he's gonna be an every night player when the season starts. And he pretty much was until about the trade deadline or so. He did get scratched a couple of times before the deadline, with the first being I think in late November/early December, but it didn't start becoming a regular thing until after that.
This year's version of that is people wanting Miller waived (so Nemec can stay up) and implying there's any chance of that actually happening.
Miller is not a bad defenseman (seems to be a good bottom pairing guy) despite a bad game or two in the preseason, but even if he were, I think it would take quite a bit of suckage to get him waived.
Nemec is likely ready to be able to play in the NHL, but to what extent and how much? I think that's unknown. I don't think they wanted him up being a healthy scratch regularly, like what happened with Holtz for several months last year, and I don't think any of us want that to happen either. Not even the people who super strongly believe he should be on the team right now. If he were to have started the roster on the team, I doubt he would be in the lineup every night. So it's better that he's back to the AHL, at least until he's needed and ready to play every night, on top of all that.
Last year it was ''Smith was signed to be the 7th defenseman!''. I said at best Smith may be the 7th defenseman by the end of the season, but he's gonna be an every night player when the season starts. And he pretty much was until about the trade deadline or so. He did get scratched a couple of times before the deadline, with the first being I think in late November/early December, but it didn't start becoming a regular thing until after that.
This year's version of that is people wanting Miller waived (so Nemec can stay up) and implying there's any chance of that actually happening.
Miller is not a bad defenseman (seems to be a good bottom pairing guy) despite a bad game or two in the preseason, but even if he were, I think it would take quite a bit of suckage to get him waived.
Nemec is likely ready to be able to play in the NHL, but to what extent and how much? I think that's unknown. I don't think they wanted him up being a healthy scratch regularly, like what happened with Holtz for several months last year, and I don't think any of us want that to happen either. Not even the people who super strongly believe he should be on the team right now. If he were to have started the roster on the team, I doubt he would be in the lineup every night. So it's better that he's back to the AHL, at least until he's needed and ready to play every night, on top of all that.
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The thing about Smith is we know exactly what he can and can't do.
We know he'll take a dumb penalty or 3...
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He's a character guy
Gives good interviews
Apparently works his ass off
Accepts his role without complaint
Is surprisingly mobile and can move the puck pretty decently
We know he'll take a dumb penalty or 3...
but
He's a character guy
Gives good interviews
Apparently works his ass off
Accepts his role without complaint
Is surprisingly mobile and can move the puck pretty decently
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I thought he was perfectly adequate. I preferred him with the puck to Graves most of the time. I'd rather boards and out than some of the dipsy shit Graves tried.
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Ya Graves wasn’t good either. Think he became a bit overrated partly because Marino made him look better and propped him up.
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I don’t see us waiving Miller because our RHD depth sucks. He might be too pricy to lose to at this point on waivers but some team is always looking for RHD so who knows.
Nemec can’t be too bent out of shape here. He’s 19 and they traded for a filler who will be a UFA in a year. It was a very positive pre-season for him. He’s better off playing in Utica than sitting around here.
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Ya I think these were big selling points for us knowing we had a ton of young dmen that were going to be apart of the team in the near future. Luke was coming off a phenomenal freshman year, Nemec was just drafted, and Bahl and Okh were guys trying to break into the league full time
If I'm Mercer's agent, I'm not negotiating this early unless Fitz is ready to spend. His value's only gonna go up with how the Devils' offense is looking.
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I still assume PK pairings played a part in the decisions too.
I'm perfectly fine with that being the opening night 23 man roster.
Nemec is going to be up here and they are going to have a really hard time sending him back when that happens.
I'm perfectly fine with that being the opening night 23 man roster.
Nemec is going to be up here and they are going to have a really hard time sending him back when that happens.
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At least Haula isn’t on IR
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