I don't think the weight room comments are pointed at specific players, though obviously some guys could use some more strength. What this team appears to be lacking by Fitzgerald's reckoning is a guy like Ken Daneyko, a fire-em-up sort of guy who is friendly with everyone on the club and gets everyone excited to work hard. Lazar appears to be the closest thing they have.
Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - offseason part I
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Unless I’m imagining things, didn’t Fitz pull a Barry Horowitz and pat himself on the back saying he’s done a great job? Not a good look saying that after such a disastrous season. I do think there was a lot of deflection and not enough ownership on his part. I’d say that’s rather ironic considering he was preaching accountability.
It varies from place to place but I wouldn’t be comfortable showing up to a meeting or courtroom wearing sweats and unshaven. There is something to wearing professional clothing that does change the atmosphere a bit. It does suggest a serious attitude. I don’t expect it on a day to day basis but when it makes sense sure. My guess is that Fitz sees the team as hanging onto their young player status too long. St least for some of them. Hopefully they are healthy next season and play decent team defense and get some decent goaltending and the rest of it fades into the background.
I wonder if this plays into him wanting to keep MacDermid around too.
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Honestly, I think Rempe is the only thing that even caused the acquisition of MacDermid and the only thing that will cause him to be re-signed.
Hard hit but I thought it wasn't dirty he had the puck other guy did not leave the ice ....Just lined him up
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I don’t know about the rest of you but I totally deserve to have hockey players on the New Jersey Devils. Not to sound too entitled but I feel like it’s a requirement.
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Yeah, I want rugby players on this team. They are tough and gritty.
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Is he implying we currently have guys on the roster who aren’t hockey players, or who aren’t passionate, don’t love the game, and don’t work everyday?
These seem like basic minimum requirements for every team.
These seem like basic minimum requirements for every team.
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Is he implying we currently have guys on the roster who aren’t hockey players, or who aren’t passionate, don’t love the game, and don’t work everyday?
These seem like basic minimum requirements for every team.
It's flakey management speak.
Not a fan tbh.
The person in charge of the socials should know when somethings are just not meant to be posted and this is definitely one of them.
AfroThunder396
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I agree if he hires him and it starts bad in beginning of season Fitz knows he's screwed....Don't see Green being the guy....
Cynically, yeah hiring Green just doesn't buy you any time. Teams start bad for a variety of reasons, not always controllable (Unless you think the Oilers magically started playing like one of the best teams in hockey with the exact same underlying stats).
But if you roll out Green and the team stumbles a bit through bad luck, you're gonna be on the hot seat way sooner than if you hired somebody from outside the org.
But if you roll out Green and the team stumbles a bit through bad luck, you're gonna be on the hot seat way sooner than if you hired somebody from outside the org.
NJDevs26
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Now imagine the shitstorm if we keep Green, the Sabres hire Lindy and they whip us in the opener lol
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Is he implying we currently have guys on the roster who aren’t hockey players, or who aren’t passionate, don’t love the game, and don’t work everyday?
These seem like basic minimum requirements for every team.
No, he’s not implying anything, it’s goofy empty blather.
I had about a week where I wanted to give Green a shot but no more.
I can honestly see the Sabres hiring Lindy and they surprise people next year... but next year only lol
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Kyle Dubas on Graves: "With Ryan, there's no dancing around it. He was a very good player in Colorado and New Jersey... He came in and from the beginning, I thought, 'it happens'. Did I expect it to go the whole year? No. Part of that is on us as an organization, but it's as much on Ryan to push and find his way through the summer. It's a massive summer for him. His strength, which will allow him to be more physical and make stops in the defensive zone, his mobility - he's going to have to push and really work on that. We have to arm him with the path to get there and he has to execute it relentlessly and if he can do that, he will get back to being the player he was when we signed him."
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Pretty much his entire press conference was that
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Graves is a player that looks like he should be a defensive stopper but thinks the game more like an offensive defenseman which ends up with him being a weird hybrid guy that can disappoint and surprise you on both sides of the puck.
He’s a guy that you need to like for who he is rather than hope he becomes someone he isn’t. If Pitt hopes he retools himself into something new, I think they’re setting themselves up for disappointment.
AfroThunder396
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I think he gets a job with the Sabres, he's lived there for almost 40 years and loves the area. I doubt it's head coach though. If they hire Ruff as HC then Pegula is publicly admitting that he made a mistake firing him, and that they've wasted the last decade hiring inferior replacements. I don't think his ego will allow that.
NJDevs26
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Well to be fair Lou went back to Lemaire like five months after ushering him out the door in 2010
