Devils Team Discussion (team/player news and notes) ‎2015 offseason VIII

[Emperoreddy]

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[TaiMaiShu]

FWIW. gelinas44Here is my new number !!!!!!!! @nhldevils @nhl WHY ? .... 44 was my number for most my carreer .. But was also the number i had in lewiston where it all started, when the nj devils drafted me. #44


per his instagram. No idea how to imbed the link, nor do I know how to quote from the old thread into this new one. I still live in Uncle Lou's time hahah.

 

[Nemec]

Is there Internet on the devils' team plane?

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

Is there Internet on the devils' team plane?

I would imagine so.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Is there Internet on the devils' team plane?

I picture the team plane in my head as a B-17 that barely runs.

Or one of those 16 wing planes from the 20s that can't fly.

 

[liquid1988]

30 in 30 for the Devils came out today. They had a list of additions and subtractions and Captain Traffic Cone was on the subtraction list!(57 second mark) Wonder if they know something we don't. Althought I want to hope for the best, they were pretty much spot on with the review of this upcoming season.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

30 in 30 for the Devils came out today. They had a list of additions and subtractions and Captain Traffic Cone was on the subtraction list!(57 second mark) Wonder if they know something we don't.

I hope they do have a tip-off. At this point with his age, I'd consider Sal more addition by subtraction than pure subtraction if he really isn't coming back. Same as Zubrus was addition by subtraction.

 

[Kcoyote3]

Any chance Zacha sees significant minutes next season? I realize no one probably knows the answer to that question but it seems like there is room up top and the Devils need an injection of offense.

Fantasy hockey related.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I hope they do have a tip-off. At this point with his age, I'd consider Sal more addition by subtraction than pure subtraction if he really isn't coming back. Same as Zubrus was addition by subtraction.

I think they are making an educated guess, and its a correct one. Sal's career looks completely over health wise, but even if he wants to play again it won't be here. Just from everything going on it wouldn't make sense for Sal to come back.

Think they are mostly right about us next season. We are still a few years away from being where we want to be, but we should still be more fun to watch and we have reasons to be optimistic long term.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Any chance Zacha sees significant minutes next season? I realize no one probably knows the answer to that question but it seems like there is room up top and the Devils need an injection of offense.

Fantasy hockey related.

There is a chance, but its way to early to tell. He isn't even signed yet, and he has to make it through camp and blow some people away to push himself into major minutes.

They want to give him a chance to prove he can hack it, but they don't want to rush him if he isn't ready.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I hope they do have a tip-off. At this point with his age, I'd consider Sal more addition by subtraction than pure subtraction if he really isn't coming back. Same as Zubrus was addition by subtraction.

Nearly everyone on that list is addition by subtraction. Sal, Zubs, Ryder, Havlat, and Clemmer. Better of without all of them.

 

[New Jack City]

Gelinas with 44 is sick, in my opinion, like Sheldon Souray.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

I must admit that I do like Gelinas changing to number #44.

There is something nostalgic about watching a Devils player wearing #44 with a big slapper - Richer, Souray and now Gelinas

 

[Brodeur]

FWIW. gelinas44Here is my new number !!!!!!!! @nhldevils @nhl WHY ? .... 44 was my number for most my carreer .. But was also the number i had in lewiston where it all started, when the nj devils drafted me. #44


per his instagram. No idea how to imbed the link, nor do I know how to quote from the old thread into this new one. I still live in Uncle Lou's time hahah.

I meant to look up his junior number a couple days ago when Cordell said he was switching to #24.

Any chance Zacha sees significant minutes next season? I realize no one probably knows the answer to that question but it seems like there is room up top and the Devils need an injection of offense.

Fantasy hockey related.

Right now we're on a ten day countdown to him needing to get signed. Assuming he does sign, there certainly seems to be the opportunity for Zacha to earn a spot on the club after they bought out Zubrus last week. There was a Sarnia STH who mentioned that Zacha did play at RW for them last season and that would be the most pressing need at the moment.

Hypothetically:

Cammalleri-Zajac-Palmieri
Elias-Henrique-Zacha
Matteau-Josefson-Ruutu

I wouldn't expect huge numbers (ie, something close to Sean Monahan's rookie year would be fantastic), but he could get some secondary PP time.

 

[Devilsfan992]

Is it safe to say "Devils Tradition" or the "Devils Way" are phrases that in fact are no longer valid? At least for the time being. I don't see how we can refer to anything from the "Lou Era" and describe our team as such anymore.

Not saying that's a bad thing, but for future discussions we'll have to disregard everything the Devils have done the previous 20+ years, when examining and predicting things that will happen now and in the future.

 

[MadDevil]

I picture the team plane in my head as a B-17 that barely runs.

Or one of those 16 wing planes from the 20s that can't fly.

 

[New Jack City]

I meant to look up his junior number a couple days ago when Cordell said he was switching to #24.



Right now we're on a ten day countdown to him needing to get signed. Assuming he does sign, there certainly seems to be the opportunity for Zacha to earn a spot on the club after they bought out Zubrus last week. There was a Sarnia STH who mentioned that Zacha did play at RW for them last season and that would be the most pressing need at the moment.

Hypothetically:

Cammalleri-Zajac-Palmieri
Elias-Henrique-Zacha
Matteau-Josefson-Ruutu

I wouldn't expect huge numbers (ie, something close to Sean Monahan's rookie year would be fantastic), but he could get some secondary PP time.

that top 9 would at least be fun to watch with the new youth mixed in

 

[Zippy316]

It got lost in the last thread, but I think it's a pretty safe bet that Moore gets #17 so I wonder what numbers the other players we have will get.

Kalinin -- #40 with Avangard Omsk

Matteau -- #23 in the QMJHL

Boucher and Zacha -- #14 with Sarnia

O'Brien -- #42 with Ottawa and #14 with Hershey last year

Blandisi -- #10 with Barrie

Coleman -- #25 with Miami

Mozik -- #74 with HC Plzen

Hrabarenka -- #81 and #84 in the QMJHL

Helgeson -- #4 for Minnesota so that's irrelevant

Plus some of our current NHL guys

Josefson -- #10 and #11 before coming to North America but he did wear #16 for Sweden in the WC

Merrill -- #24 in college and at the World Juniors he wore #3 or #4, I can't tell.

Severson -- #7 in Kelowna

 

[R8Devs]

17 is such an ugly number for a defenseman though. It always stuck out to me watching Moore play on the rangers.

 

[Devils Army]

Not sure if its been pointed out but Cammy is 13 now too

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

I think they are making an educated guess, and its a correct one. Sal's career looks completely over health wise, but even if he wants to play again it won't be here. Just from everything going on it wouldn't make sense for Sal to come back.

Think they are mostly right about us next season. We are still a few years away from being where we want to be, but we should still be more fun to watch and we have reasons to be optimistic long term.

Yeah, I think they were pretty accurate, which is unusual since outside media is rarely accurate about the Devils. I do hope that we could make the playoffs the year after next, though, while they seem to think that playoffs would be further along than that, which I understand, but would find depressing.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Is it safe to say "Devils Tradition" or the "Devils Way" are phrases that in fact are no longer valid? At least for the time being. I don't see how we can refer to anything from the "Lou Era" and describe our team as such anymore.

Not saying that's a bad thing, but for future discussions we'll have to disregard everything the Devils have done the previous 20+ years, when examining and predicting things that will happen now and in the future.

The Devil's way was winning, with a focus on strong defense and goaltending. We haven't been following that for a few years now.

Little things like no high numbers, and not letting the press on the plane is just window dressing Lou stuff. It isn't an identity. The only reason the team has an identity, hell the only reason it still exists is because we won. Obviously Lou's work is the reason we won, and there is Devil's hockey, but that can continue without him (it was always going to because he isn't immortal) if we can get back to contender status.

About the 30 on 30. The one thing that could monkey wrench their prediction is the possibility of a prospect or two surprising and breaking out. There are a few guys that could do that, we shall see.

 

[Uli Hiemer]

I seriously hope they're not considering a 3rd jersey.

But the way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Devilsfan992]

I seriously hope they're not considering a 3rd jersey.

But the way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised.

Jerseys = more money... yep it's happening

 

[NJDevs26]

I'm in denial over the fact it'll happen but I think most of us believe it will. And I like Tom calling out the fact third jerseys are money grabs on Twitter but I think he mistakes why people ask him about it constantly. Most people ask because they DON'T want third jerseys.