GDT: It's the Late Late Show with your host, the New Jersey Devils!

[Unknown Caller]

Tough building Pete.

This is gold. Best goal song ever.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Just like old times.

Pete making excuses for a loss
Zubrus -2

 

[Richer's Ghost]

This was about as 2013 Devils as you can get for the Sharks.

Outshoot the opponent 31-15, lose 3-0 and get shutout by a goaltender that nobody's ever heard of before.

Pretty much.

 

[OmNomNom]

"Bad ice", really Pete?

i will say, everyone WAS falling all over the place.

 

[Devils Dominion]

i will say, everyone WAS falling all over the place.

Which is not unusual for some of our players, but, it was a lame excuse by Pete who did not want to lose to us.

 

[NJDevs26]

This was about as 2013 Devils as you can get for the Sharks.

Outshoot the opponent 31-15, lose 3-0 and get shutout by a goaltender that nobody's ever heard of before.

One of their posters called him Ruben Kinkaid a la the Partridge family, I had to do a double take to make sure it wasn't you posting cause you would come up with goalie names like that lol

And to be fair about the bad ice thing it was more the reporter asking the question about bad ice and how they should adjust and he said fix the ice.

 

[tr83]

Larsson and Greene a +3 last night.

The Zajac haters will be awfully quiet for a whole day

 

[New Jersey]

Just like old times.

Pete making excuses for a loss
Zubrus -2

This post makes me happy.

 

[New Jersey]

i will say, everyone WAS falling all over the place.

Nah, I call ********.

It's March in the Bay Area in a NHL-only barn. The ice certainly was no worse than in Newark.

I wonder what Pete must think having to play all those games in Staples Center where there's 82 NBA games a season.

 

[Brooklyndevil]

I suggest Shero requests the NHL to have the Devils play all teams above 500% next season. I have to be honest, I didn't expect this team to win 3 to 4 games for the remainder of the season. I definitely didn't expect a win in the Shark Tank.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Really glad for Kinkaid, he can play extremely well at times but just needs to find consistency. Hopefully this last stretch where he'll be our starter will help him there. And how bout that DSP guy, nice for him to be adjusting as well as he has.

 

[britdevil]

My boy, DSP.

That is all.

 

[Tedenboozled]

"Bad ice", really Pete?

tough building

 

[Colin226]

Nah, I call ********.

It's March in the Bay Area in a NHL-only barn. The ice certainly was no worse than in Newark.

I wonder what Pete must think having to play all those games in Staples Center where there's 82 NBA games a season.

Has the ice been bad in Newark? I haven't heard complaints about it since the Nets left.. At the very least, we have the best ice in the tri-state area lol

 

[DenisSamson3]

So are the playoffs out of the question now? Or do we fake optimism? The team would need a record of 10-4 down the stretch.

 

[Zippy316]

So are the playoffs out of the question now? Or do we fake optimism? The team would need a record of 10-4 down the stretch.

This team doesn't have the game-breaking players that can singlehandedly win games. In order for us to win the entire team needs to be on top of their games and playing a solid, structured game like last night.

For that reason, I don't think we would be able to go on a good enough run to make the playoffs. I find it highly doubtful this team can play the way it did last night in 90% of the games down the stretch. Hell, even last night we were outplayed and outshot for the most part.

 

[Colin226]

So are the playoffs out of the question now? Or do we fake optimism? The team would need a record of 10-4 down the stretch.

- We're without our leading scorer
- We're without our elite goaltender
- We have to play Columbus 2 more times

Last night was fun. Just enjoy it and any remaining wins

 

[NJDevs26]

So are the playoffs out of the question now? Or do we fake optimism? The team would need a record of 10-4 down the stretch.

More like 11-2-1 or 12-2 going by current point projections of the two wild cards. With a very tough schedule. Even if Kinkaid pulls a hamburglar they still need to somehow score more goals.

 

[Rhodes 81]

Playoffs are a complete impossibility.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

- We're without our leading scorer
- We're without our elite goaltender
- We have to play Columbus 2 more times

Last night was fun. Just enjoy it and any remaining wins

Death knell.

Enjoy the moral victories while you can. lol

 

[JimEIV]

My boy, DSP.

That is all.

Tootoo has more skill.

 

[Burner Account]

I didn't watch but can someone fill me in on how this was Deboer's fault?

 

[Devils Dominion]

Tootoo has more skill.

Thanks Jim, I needed a laugh.

 

[Missionhockey]

Tootoo has more skill.

Two years ago DSP scored 27 goals in the AHL as a 21 year old and he's only a year older than Reid Boucher. There's still a chance that there's some potential there.

Edit: Less than a year actually, about 10 months older.

 

[JimEIV]

Thanks Jim, I needed a laugh.

Bernier does too.


Remember when Tootoo had 9 points in 13 games while getting 15+ minutes playing on a top line...Probably not. But I don't fault you.