GDT: Preseason Hockey! Game #4 - Your New Jersey Devils vs. New York Rangers, 7 PM, MSG

[Bone Density]

Devils make their first round of cuts: Forwards: Samuel Laberge, Xavier Parent, Nolan Stevens, Garrett Van Wyhe Defensemen: Fillip Bratt, Jarrod Gourley Goaltender: Isaac Poulter

 

[Call Me Al]

i don’t want johnsson on the team anymore, and rango shouldn’t play center. and blackwood looked good thank god.

those are my impressions of the game tonight

 

[BurntToast]

Honestly, right now, for me:

Palat Hughes Holtz
Rango Nico Bratto
Wood Haula Mercer
Zetterlund McLeod Bastian
extras: Tatar, Boqvist

Graves Hamilton
Sieges Severson
Smith/Bahl Marino
Extra: Smith/Bahl

Blackwood & Vanacek

First callups: Thompson, Halonen; Okhotiuk

SELL: Johnsson, Walsh

SHOOT INTO SUN: Geertsen

Yeah, No..

Tatar has been rock solid this preseason and played well with Nico. Rango can play up and down the lineup.

Plus, Bahl deserves the last spot with Smith as the extra.

Okhotyuk is overrated. He makes silly mistakes (similar to Walsh) but he is more aggressive so he get’s a lot of hype. I also feel Zetterland is overhyped for the same qualities. They had a good call last year. Their preseason have been “meh” at best.

Mercer will bounce back, but he seems to be pressing. I can seen a sophomore slump.

 

[billingtons ghost]

Honestly, right now, for me:

Palat Hughes Holtz
Rango Nico Bratto
Wood Haula Mercer
Zetterlund McLeod Bastian
extras: Tatar, Boqvist

Graves Hamilton
Sieges Severson
Smith/Bahl Marino
Extra: Smith/Bahl

Blackwood & Vanacek

First callups: Thompson, Halonen; Okhotiuk

SELL: Johnsson, Walsh

SHOOT INTO SUN: Geertsen

I'm certainly good with Zetterlund getting the start over Tatar, and putting Wood with Haula and Mercer.

 

[billingtons ghost]

Sorry man. Johnsson was like an advertisement on how not to play hockey.

When he has infinite time and space, he makes beautiful passes. He just will never get that consistently in the NHL, and he loses every single puck battle, throws the puck away. He's more undersized garbage that just can't do anything else. Watching Palat and even Haula shows what it takes to win in the NHL and Mango has none of that.

 

[Killing Joke]

I want McLeod gone. He sucks and the other shit.

 

[OmNomNom]

Devils make their first round of cuts: Forwards: Samuel Laberge, Xavier Parent, Nolan Stevens, Garrett Van Wyhe Defensemen: Fillip Bratt, Jarrod Gourley Goaltender: Isaac Poulter

0 surprises there

 

[Camille the Eel]

i don’t want johnsson on the team anymore, and rango shouldn’t play center. and blackwood looked good thank god.

those are my impressions of the game tonight

I didn’t see the 3d period but I was surprised they left Blackwood in there after the amount of shots he faced in the first two periods. He had been superb so why not leave him with that?

 

[Guttersniped]

I'm still not sold on goaltending. Sorry, one game in the preseason against a pretty weak lineup with a lot of non-NHL caliber players isn't enough to get me to believe. And that's only just a disclaimer for my point, I'm not looking to shit on him he played a great game.

But other than goaltending, I'm not sold on Ruff. I don't like that he's back. I can't really take him coming back seriously and I do think we're close to seeing Brunette take over.

And I know I played this game a lot last year (''Ruff will be gone by Christmas!'' ''Ruff will be gone by New Years!'' ''Ruff will be gone by January 13th!'' ''Okay, Ruff is probably here the rest of the season, but will be fired no later than a few days after the season ends!'', but I wouldn't continue playing this game anymore if Andrew Brunette were not one of the assistants brought in.

No one is sold on this goaltending but unfortunately there isn’t any other goaltending available at the goaltending store for Fitz to pick up right now.

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

I didn’t see the 3d period but I was surprised they left Blackwood in there after the amount of shots he faced in the first two periods. He had been superb so why not leave him with that?

Remember who our head coach is ? Haha. In all honesty it's good Blackwood got a full game. Last year he would of been pulled or out injured.

 

[RangerDoggo]

I’m fine with losing a game in the preseason because the last two teams to go undefeated in it went on to be terrible.

 

[Camille the Eel]

Remember who our head coach is ? Haha. In all honesty it's good Blackwood got a full game. Last year he would of been pulled or out injured.

Plus a good deal of the purpose of this right now is conditioning, getting guys in game shape.
The play tonight in the 2d period (that I saw) was the most ragged I’ve seen from us this camp so far. Guys nearly tripping over pucks and over each other, turnovers by one team followed by immediate turnovers by the other, bouncing pucks, drop passes to nobody, changes of possession - like the proverbial barrel of monkeys.

 

[njdevils1982]

0 surprises there

no shit huh

but good on them ... must be a thrill just to be there though

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

I watched the highlights since the stream I had was garbage and lagged a ton.

Hughes could of had like 4 goals tonight. Glad he got atleast 1 but it's been nice to see him become a better goal scorer. Not just his shot but him actually going down low to the "dirty areas" to score is good to see. He's getting better at finding those soft spots in coverage.

 

[MasterofGrond]

I'm still not sold on goaltending. Sorry, one game in the preseason against a pretty weak lineup with a lot of non-NHL caliber players isn't enough to get me to believe. And that's only just a disclaimer for my point, I'm not looking to shit on him he played a great game.

But other than goaltending, I'm not sold on Ruff. I don't like that he's back. I can't really take him coming back seriously and I do think we're close to seeing Brunette take over.

And I know I played this game a lot last year (''Ruff will be gone by Christmas!'' ''Ruff will be gone by New Years!'' ''Ruff will be gone by January 13th!'' ''Okay, Ruff is probably here the rest of the season, but will be fired no later than a few days after the season ends!'', but I wouldn't continue playing this game anymore if Andrew Brunette were not one of the assistants brought in.

very excited for you to post this again verbatim 1 calendar year from now

 

[Satans Hockey]

The comments about doing this at a pre-season game are rough, if this is any of you here then don't read them lol...

 

[Emperoreddy]

Sorry man. Johnsson was like an advertisement on how not to play hockey.

When he has infinite time and space, he makes beautiful passes. He just will never get that consistently in the NHL, and he loses every single puck battle, throws the puck away. He's more undersized garbage that just can't do anything else. Watching Palat and even Haula shows what it takes to win in the NHL and Mango has none of that.

It should be a no brainer that he gets waived

 

[Emperoreddy]

Palat might be our most complete player. I would've said Nico last year, but Palat doesn't look like he's about to get killed all of the time.

I get why people are worried about the contract, but he absolutely is the type of player this forward group needed.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Shots 17-1

They're "play drivers".

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Jack is by far the most talented forward this franchise has ever had.

Umm, does the name Ilya Kovalchuk ring a bell?

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

No idea why Holtz was in front of the net, but I'm no coach so.

You do realize it was his screen that allowed Hughes to score the Devils only goal? That's what good forwards do - pay the price for teammates.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Devils score ONE goal and get badly out-shot and this board is blaming Geertsen, Johnsson and 19-year-old Chase Stillman?

Really?

 

[RangerDoggo]

I'm still not sold on goaltending. Sorry, one game in the preseason against a pretty weak lineup with a lot of non-NHL caliber players isn't enough to get me to believe. And that's only just a disclaimer for my point, I'm not looking to shit on him he played a great game.

But other than goaltending, I'm not sold on Ruff. I don't like that he's back. I can't really take him coming back seriously and I do think we're close to seeing Brunette take over.

And I know I played this game a lot last year (''Ruff will be gone by Christmas!'' ''Ruff will be gone by New Years!'' ''Ruff will be gone by January 13th!'' ''Okay, Ruff is probably here the rest of the season, but will be fired no later than a few days after the season ends!'', but I wouldn't continue playing this game anymore if Andrew Brunette were not one of the assistants brought in.

Not that I don’t value your posting, but goddamn I hope you’re proven wrong. Whenever it happens, at least this is assuredly Ruff’s last season.

 

[ninetyeight]

Yes, Hischier did

He broke his wrist facepalming while watching this performance.

The good:
Blackwood can stop a puck.
Jack.

Ignoring the score and considering the lineup they were playing against, that first period might have been one of the worst devils performances in recent memory. I know it's preseason, but it doesn't bode well for the regular season.

I think most of us knew that the lineup combinations were terrible even before the game, hopefully now Ruff knows it too. The 1st line was a bit off and the rest were terrible. Chase Stillman is the most disappointing devils draft pick in the last decade. Even guys like Quenneville and Matteau showed more. If he doesn't figure things out, I don't think he's even good enough for AHL. He made 1 pass, and the rest of the time he gave the puck away. Boqvist is for sure gone, there's nothing he can do playing next to guys like this. Unless this is all some 4D chess move to make Boq look terrible so he clears the waivers.

 

[ninetyeight]

Devils score ONE goal and get badly out-shot and this board is blaming Geertsen, Johnsson and 19-year-old Chase Stillman?

Really?

Yes. Johnsson and Stillman single handedly killed the whole 2nd and 3rd line. Geertsen wasn't bad for what he is and what his role was in the 4th line, people just don't want him taking a spot from someone else in the regular season.