Hey just a heads up idk if any of you guys watch Sportscentre by Elias's goal was top play number 1! Respect!
We beat Tampa... Now we will lose to the Capitals tomorrow 100%
Ya for a normal team this would be the start of a long meaningful winning streak.
Then I woke up.
All things considered, the door should be shown to Ryder. He is absolutely useless at the moment. When we signed him I thought he could score atleast twenty goals and help our offense a bit but nooooo. His play is just effortless and lazy. Sad thing is he probably doesn't even hold that much trade value on the market.Love seeing KK's confidence and ability to handle the puck
I was pretty happy to see that we signed Ryder when we did, had always liked him, but I'm not sure we've seen a more useless player play here in a while that also has some of the ability that he does
Wasted talent
Ryder is a complete negative. I don't want to dump on the guy but the only thing he's remotely good for is scoring goals and he just doesn't do that anymore. Seems like a good guy, but he's useless to this team.
I think he's worth something to a team though who needs offense and will consider him able to handle third line minutes with a decent center. He's sucked for sure, but also hasn't played with any puck carriers or playmakers for most of his time in NJ.
what is so frustrating about this team is that we gain points against the top teams hawks,islanders and tampa but we throw up duds against Winnipeg,calgalry,ottawa etc.
Quoted for truth. If the Devils played with the same intensity against Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, and that ilk with the same drive that they have against the Hawks, Islanders, and Tampa, the team would likely have more points and be in a better spot in the standings. With the Devils, it's like there isn't a consistent effort level night in and night out when a team with this relatively low level of talent absolutely has to show up ready to fight for every point every game. For some reason, though, this team only feels the need to show up and try against the elite teams of the league. Ugh.
All things considered, the door should be shown to Ryder. He is absolutely useless at the moment. When we signed him I thought he could score atleast twenty goals and help our offense a bit but nooooo. His play is just effortless and lazy. Sad thing is he probably doesn't even hold that much trade value on the market.
Also teams takes us lightly probably and plays their back up too. It's not about consistent efforts night in and night out. I'm so sick of this notion they can play shutdown hockey every game. It's exhausting, and certain nights you got it and certain nights you don't. Luck has something to do with it too. They show up every game, it's an 82 game season - sometimes it just blows up in your face and the collective has a rough night. But these guys show up 99% of the time, just as much as any team in the league does.
Elias responding to his own comments with his play