GDT: New Jersey Devils vs. Chicago Blackhawks - 7pm

[Incharge1976]

Don't know why I had ESPN on but they are showing the highlights and the woman giving the rundown was calling the Bedard hit dirty and saying you can't do that to star players. Then they rolled out Blackhawk players saying it was a dirty hit.

Total joke.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Except should it really have been that hard to beat Chicago? Loved our win tonight but where are the games where we just steamroll the clubs we should beat? Are there any such clubs? Washington on Wednesday similar feeling. Loved the win, but if we have to dig that deep for every 2 points, I don’t know if the war of attrition won’t eventually wear us out.

Its hockey, not everything goes the way to the better team every night. Hawks beat Vegas and Toronto on the road. They were clearly the better team tonight and that’s all that matters

If attrittion wears them down, its from the plague of injuries all season, not from this game

 

[Camille the Eel]

Don't know why I had ESPN on but they are showing the highlights and the woman giving the rundown was calling the Bedard hit dirty and saying you can't do that to star players. Then they rolled out Blackhawk players saying it was a dirty hit.

Total joke.

And the Chicago coach is saying no, Bedard put his head down and practically ran into Smith.

 

[NjDevsRR]

And the Chicago coach is saying no, Bedard put his head down and practically ran into Smith.

I get protecting your young star teammate but my god, that hit wasn’t even big lmfao. That reaction was way over the top

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Don't know why I had ESPN on but they are showing the highlights and the woman giving the rundown was calling the Bedard hit dirty and saying you can't do that to star players. Then they rolled out Blackhawk players saying it was a dirty hit.

Total joke.

I just had it on too, it's Linda Cohn. She's a Rags fan lmao

 

[NjDevsRR]

Don't know why I had ESPN on but they are showing the highlights and the woman giving the rundown was calling the Bedard hit dirty and saying you can't do that to star players. Then they rolled out Blackhawk players saying it was a dirty hit.

Total joke.

If that was a dirty hit then Trouba needs to hanged at the gulag. But shes probably ok with all of his hits…

I mean FFS, there isn’t even a thread about it on the main boards lmfao thats how non controversial that hit was

 

[Incharge1976]

I just had it on too, it's Linda Cohn. She's a Rags fan lmao

Thought I recognized the voice. I rarely put ESPN on unless I'm watching hockey or one of my teams.

 

[Bleedred]

Oddly, Vitek played a great 3d period or we don’t get those 2 points tonight. I didn’t like either goal on him but that 3d period was the best and the most confident I’ve seen him all year.

I don’t really agree with this. He faced like 5 or 7 shots and I don’t think any were particularly dangerous. Maybe one when they had the goalie pulled?

The best I’ve seen him this year was the 1st period of the Boston game last weekend. And then the 2nd period happened and he did his usual implosion.

I see no reason to champion him over allowing 2 goals to a team that didn’t look at all threatening (probably because of how terrible their team is) all night. He shut them out for a period? That’s pretty much the equivalent of a shutout for him this year, since he only has a single game of even allowing just 1 goal against.

I still think his best game was the opener against Detroit.

 

[MadDevil]

It was a clean hit to a young star player that was handled properly by Foligno and Smith. Contrary to the belief of some, it can be done without targeting a player that had nothing to do with the play in question.

 

[Satans Hockey]

Lmfao same goof with the goal celebration that aged like milk...

 

[NjDevsRR]

Lmfao same goof with the goal celebration that aged like milk...

FFS, this is idiotic. It wasn’t even a big hit. Unfortunate result but Smith could have 100% fully laid him out a lot worse

 

[MadDevil]

Boris Katchouk sounds like a long lost Russian cousin of a Tkachuk.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Boris Katchouk sounds like a long lost Russian cousin of a Tkachuk.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Obviously hope Jack's injury is minor but a night off in the press box might be for the best with him either way.

He has clearly been off lately.

 

[Emperoreddy]

FFS, this is idiotic. It wasn’t even a big hit. Unfortunate result but Smith could have 100% fully laid him out a lot worse

Take it up with your coach qa he thought it was fine.

 

[Comparison Ford]

I havent turned a game off in so long. im out tonight boys, enjoy this one

big surprise, i was being dramatic and kept watching.

glad they pulled this one out. hoping jacks ok and toffoli gets goin again with that empty netter

 

[NJDevs26]

Oddly, Vitek played a great 3d period or we don’t get those 2 points tonight. I didn’t like either goal on him but that 3d period was the best and the most confident I’ve seen him all year.

I don't think he had a real tough save in the third tbh, it's just everything feels like a tough save on the grading curve because anything could go in at this point....his best 'save' was coming out early and preventing the breakaway.