GDT: Devils vs. Islanders - Leftovers Edition - 4:00 PM MSG

[Richer's Ghost]

Can we ever play a weekend game without an afternoon start?

 

[bobilly45]

Can we ever play a weekend game without an afternoon start?

Technically it's a weekday

 

[glenwo2]

Boyle and Vatanen back in, Kinkaid starts.

That is huge.....Vats being back that is.

Looking forward to another game thread of slobbering all over Jesper Bratts play

Hope people understand how special of a player we have in him and just how rare it is to have a hockey IQ as high as his.

Slobber? We are HFBoard'ers.

We don't Slobber.




....much.

 

[Devilsfan992]

Basically our lineup is fully healthy for the first time all year, right? I expect a good performance today.

 

[BahlDeep]

Basically our lineup is fully healthy for the first time all year, right? I expect a good performance today.

So you expect an upset?

 

[Blender]

Looking forward to another game thread of slobbering all over Jesper Bratts play

Hope people understand how special of a player we have in him and just how rare it is to have a hockey IQ as high as his.

6th round pick lol.

Top 10-15 player from the 2015 draft right now.

 

[MadDevil]

Upset? They only have 2 more points than us...

It's just bait. Don't bite too hard or you'll get in trouble.

 

[glenwo2]

Basically our lineup is fully healthy for the first time all year, right? I expect a good performance today.

Jinx.

 

[Alex NJD]

6th round pick lol.

Top 10-15 player from the 2015 draft right now.

2016 draft* but agreed. Definitely can make a case for 9th or 10th best player in that draft right now

 

[Billdo]

Basically our lineup is fully healthy for the first time all year, right? I expect a good performance today.

I wish you didn't post this.

 

[Devilsfan992]

I wish you didn't post this.

We need one more pessimistic post to anti-jinx my optimism.

 

[Devils731]

We need one more pessimistic post to anti-jinx my optimism.

2 people returning to the lineup at the same time? Too much rust and line jumbling. I fully expect a mess.

 

[Dialamo]

Another bigly win coming up folks!

 

[Cult of Hynes]

I wonder how Boyle is gonna look. I honestly think the team has looked a bit better without him in the lineup honestly.

I feel like we are do for another shit game on home ice.

 

[Cult of Hynes]

Jesus, look at that drop off of PP ice time for Zacha this year compared to the last 16 games of last year.

 

[OmNomNom]

Got a freaking severson puck

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Another bigly win coming up folks!

It’ll be tremendous, believe me.

 

[Cult of Hynes]

Ew, LJ is still in and Yak is out. Hynes horrible coaching choices striking early before the game even starts.

 

[Comparison Ford]

don’t love complaining about personnel choices and it’s great to have Vatanen back, but i just think it’s a horrible horrible decision to take Yakovlev out for today.

 

[MadDevil]

Playing Yak over Lovejoy would likely mean a Butcher/Yak pairing, which could be problematic. Plus Lovejoy kills penalties.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Honestly, despite regressing to the mean, LJ has been serviceable.

 

[MadDevil]

The top two pairings are going to play a majority of the even strength minutes, with Butcher and Lovejoy each getting special teams minutes. Yak is not good enough defensively to kill penalties, so unless he's replacing Butcher on the PP, he's going to be the odd man out.

 

[MartyOwns]

oh my god when does the f***ing game start

 

[Cult of Hynes]

Honestly, despite regressing to the mean, LJ has been serviceable.

But Yak has already shown to be a bit better and fits what the team wants.

He can move the puck pretty well, has some speed and can skate much better than Lovejoy, and he actually can pass without icing the puck almost every time, and can set up a goal without a fluke tip in.

 

[bobilly45]

oh my god when does the ****ing game start

Complaining about honoring people who are both cancer free and fighting it... not a good look
An extra 3 mins that all teams do