Post-Game Talk: New season, same dead offense

[Dialamo]

No Devils hockey magic tonight boys and gals

 

[Based Anime Fan]

The FLAMES have 4 goals...

WTF.

 

[SeidoN]

Hey! We Rock!

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

Larsson
Greene
Gionta
Bernier
Carter

All at -2.

Elias
Volchenkov
Clowe
Harrold
Brunner

all at -1.

Everyone else even.

 

[R8Devs]

Actual talent does matter too, you know. This is the kind of stuff most people missed when they assumed we'd be SOOOOO much better without the 'flashy stars'. You still need guys that can actually score more than 20 goals a season. Depth players can only shine when you have big guns around to take pressure off them. Depth players ain't carrying an offense.

They do have guys who can put up 20 a season without it being a great year for them, sure they don't have a star but it really shouldn't inhibit goal scoring that much.

 

[Bleedred]

I think that lineup changes for tomorrow are in order. There should be urgency. No way you wanna go down 0-2-0 with a long road trip coming up.

I'd like to see Olesz and Josefson in. And Harrold out with Fayne in.

One thing I have to say about Cory. Only goal I can fault him on was the hideous rebound on goal 1. If we do see performances like this from him often, I think it's time to say Marty isn't as bad as we thought he was, and this teams defense is not as good as we thought it was.

 

[NJDevs26]

Jim really needs to pipe down after this team that was going to be so much improved laid a giant, wet stinkbomb tonight. The whole lot of them. It's one game for Schnieder, it's been almost 50 with an offense that just keeps declining by the season.

 

[OmNomNom]

It does lie with him IMO. His system isn't working. Some of that isn't really his fault though.

Stupid lineup decisions are. And I wouldn't be surprised if Schneider is in the dog house after this one.

Maybe this was just an anomaly though, and the team will get better. Let's see where we are at the end of October.

IMO, the fault today lies with our players and our finish. we could be dirtier up front near their net, but the fact that we had so many shots on goal is pretty good - we just lack finish. if the boys start getting smart with the puck, maybe we'll start lighting it up.

also, holy #@$%, brunner had 33% of our shots?!

 

[guitarguyvic]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1000919

ZOMG!!!!

 

[JimEIV]

I thought if Schneider only saw 20 shots he was going to set records this season?

 

[BenedictGomez]

Yep, dominated play again just no finish

There's not a single aspect of the sport of ice hockey in which the Devils "dominated play" tonight.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

There's not a single aspect of the sport of ice hockey in which the Devils "dominated play" tonight.

Giveaways.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Ugly, ugly game. Not even rust, just pure apathy.

 

[BrodeursCups]

Clowe and Brunner/Lokti after they were put together are the only positives I can take out of that game. Same snake bitten garbage as last year.

What was Zids thinking on that open net?

2/3 of our d pairings make me vomit everywhere when they're on the ice...

 

[guitarguyvic]

Larsson
Greene
Gionta
Bernier
Carter

All at -2.

Elias
Volchenkov
Clowe
Harrold
Brunner

all at -1.

Everyone else even.

You mean Zidlicky was not a -7 with 20 turnovers? But he's such a "Zidiot" that can't be right.

 

[NJDevs26]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1000919

ZOMG!!!!

Again, bring back 9 and 17 and I'll be more optomistic. Where's the scoring coming from on this team? They have one offensive defenseman that scores seven goals a year, one one-dimensional forward that's capable of 30 goals (Ryder) and a bunch of 15-20 goal guys...real great offense.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

I thought if Schneider only saw 20 shots he was going to set records this season?

well he saw 21

 

[Benedict Parisechuk]

Larsson
Greene
Gionta
Bernier
Carter

All at -2.

Elias
Volchenkov
Clowe
Harrold
Brunner

all at -1.

Everyone else even.

LOL at Gionta being a -2. Keep trotting him out there Pete. Its not like we have better options or anything.

 

[Bleedred]

If Cory has a lot of outings like this (Marty has had plenty too) I think it's time to come to terms with the fact that our defense is NOT good.

There are teams that give up 35 shots nightly that see lower quality scoring chances against, than our sometimes sub 20 shot against games.

I firmly believe our defense is not as good as many think, and our goalies aren't as bad as they seem.

 

[NJDevilsFan21]

Remember those days when we had something called an A-line? Or an EGG line? A line that we could really count on to score some goals. My God has it been that long?

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

You mean Zidlicky was not a -7 with 20 turnovers? But he's such a "Zidiot" that can't be right.

CBGB has to go I think. This isn't even an overreaction after 1 game. Said it last year. Before Josefson stepped up and we signed Olesz...

 

[PWiz30]

I think that lineup changes for tomorrow are in order. There should be urgency. No way you wanna go down 0-2-0 with a long road trip coming up.

I'd like to see Olesz and Josefson in. And Harrold out with Fayne in.

One thing I have to say about Cory. Only goal I can fault him on was the hideous rebound on goal 1. If we do see performances like this from him often, I think it's time to say Marty isn't as bad as we thought he was, and this teams defense is not as good as we thought it was.

A long road trip is exactly what this team needs.

 

[JimEIV]

Can some of the save% people tell me what happened tonight? I thought the the 927% was supposed to translate to New Jersey?

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

Remember those days when we had something called an A-line? Or an EGG line? A line that we could really count on to score some goals. My God has it been that long?

I'll even take that abomination of a "ZIP" line.

 

[njdevilsownnhl*]

We're easy to defend against because we just pass to the point and try to get a lucky deflection goal every single time. There is zero creativity. They need to just drive the net on the rush.