GDT: Game 32: Hall mid-game jersey swap – Devils @ Avs

Colorado Avalanche



New Jersey Devils



Devils Lineup



Future Av – Hughes – Palmieri
Coleman – Zajac – Gusev
Wood – Hischier – Simmonds
Boqvist – Zacha – Bratt

Greene – Subban
Severson- Vatanen
Butcher - Meuller

Blackwood
Domingue


Avalanche Lineup



Donskoi – MacKGOAT – Burakovsky
Captain – Kadri – RantGOD
Nuke – Bellemare – Calvert
Nieto – Jost – Compher

Girard – Big Z
Cole – Graves
Barberio – Rosen

Frank
Werner

*Lineups not confirmed*



Music for this GDT is sponsored by Taylor Hall's agent.

 

In today's presser Bednar talks about double shifting Mack and playing him on other lines. The answer was...unexpected. He's basically using Mack as a tool to boost other players' confidence.

"Even if it's just for a shift or two those other players get really excited about going out on the ice with him because they know he can make 'em better, be difference makers on that particular shift. "
(...)
"Even if it's just for a shift it can spark some guys, give 'em some energy..."

at 3:28 here:

 

As for the game, please don't do like what the Jets just did with the Wings.

Don't assume the Devils suck and it's going to be easy and take the night off.

 

Hopefully the disappointment from the last two games means we come out gunning and don’t take the foot off

 

3 out of 4 points? Disappointment? C´mon. We didn´t play that well, ok, but good teams find ways to win such games or at least make it to OT.

 

You need to go watch the MacKinnon post-game interviews. Clearly they know they can play better, hopefully they show it tonight. These games against the bottom teams are important, great teams come out with the same intensity regardless of competition.

 

Decisive win tomorrow is what I want. Solid hockey for 60 minutes. The last two games we only looked great in spurts.

 

8-1 Avs, cause you know there will be a late goal to end the shutout.

 

Bednar is fantastic coach.

 

Should be a Hall of a game

 

Let's just hope he didn't make any inappropriate gestures back in the day.

 

They should, but even the best can´t deliver this standard during all 82 games. The great teams are the ones who still manage to grab the win or at least 1 point. And that´s what we did this week so far. We all know this team can play much better, right. But i take 3 out of 4 points than complain about the "performance". We constantly have 3-4 injured players too and yet we still sit on top in the west.

 

Somebody please photoshop Jost and Compher in Devils jerseys to really make my day.

 

5-1 Avs. Dongsky, Landy, MacK, Graves and Jost with goals. Yes I said Jost. He’s gonna have a solid audition tonight.

 

No reason why we shouldn't come out of this with a W. That said, boys cannot underestimate the Devils here. Just last night we saw what happened to the Jets. Come out and play a full 60 and we got this.

 

any words on EJ and Makar ?

 

Good find. MacKinnon is simply amazing. He is just on another level from everyone else on the team.

Hoping he goes off tonight, and closes that gap even more on McDavid.

 

Just going off memory here but I believe Makar is out tonight but a possibility for next game.

And EJ is scheduled to start skating next week?

 

We can trade him to get Butcher back

 

call me nuts , but i thought about the same thing when i was the NJ rumours

 

thanks guys

 

Trap game. Easy to underestimate the Devils right now. If we can avoid that we should win this ... with ease. If not ... well let's say it won't be fun to read this thread - like at all

 

This is so cool. NHL players like kids at xmas at the thought of playing with Mack.

 

MacKinnon = performance enhancing droog