GDT: Welcome to Whose Line is it Anyway? Devils @ Islanders, 7 PM, MSG+ 2

[Bcap88]

How long was Hughes on the wing for, they really need to stop doing that

 

[Eggtimer]

The give just enough?
They have a bottom 5 record in the league for like how many consecutive years now?

Goals during garbage time after the game is basically already lost, and few extra unexpected wins after the season is already toast...that's what this board hangs it hat on every year as evidence that there's something there.

We have like 3 prospects that are huge "maybe's" in terms of becoming difference makers...but no clear cut superstars waiting in the wings. This team sucks and I think people who proclaim that we can be a contender in 2-3 seasons are smoking some potent shit.

I somewhat agree. It’s hard to tell for sure but it seems like all of our prospects are “decent-good” but not elite.
Bad luck that there has been no Matthews like talent in drafts where we have had good picks.
We need to hit on one true NHL all-star skilled player.
We need to have one game breaker , maybe Hughes is that player ?
People keep saying we have one of the better prospect pools in the league , but it seems to be a whole pile of bottom 6 forwards (mayyyybe 2nd line talent) players and second pairing D.
Devils seem to always draft the safe bet , players decent at all aspects of the game vs. taking a chance on a highly skilled player with one or two elite abilities .
I’d rather have 3 propers with elite skill vs 9 prospects that project to be a 2nd line winger at best.
Holtz and Mercer have to develop or it will be a looong time before we are cup contenders

The devils have NEVER hit on a goal scorer in the draft. It’s frustrating . We are due to finally hit a Pastrnak like player.... if our scouts/ management would ever change their draft strategy.Maybe they have recently , too early to tell.

 

[MadDevil]

I have a feeling that play is going to sum up this year.

Vatanen has a bad habit of being around these....

 

[glenwo2]

If Bratt and Hughes can unsphinctify their heads, when Hischier comes back those four can turn the team around.

Thanks for the funny visual.

 

[MauDevils]

Vatanen has a bad habit of being around these....

Severson too.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Yeah Severson had like THREE own goals last season

 

[TheDuke93]

The give just enough?
They have a bottom 5 record in the league for like how many consecutive years now?

Goals during garbage time after the game is basically already lost, and few extra unexpected wins after the season is already toast...that's what this board hangs it hat on every year as evidence that there's something there.

We have like 3 prospects that are huge "maybe's" in terms of becoming difference makers...but no clear cut superstars waiting in the wings. This team sucks and I think people who proclaim that we can be a contender in 2-3 seasons are smoking some potent shit.

This team plays hard, they are gassed. If we have even a half decent PP these games all look way more competitive and I promise everyone that's rationale wouldn't be complaining to the same extent. This teams lacking high end talent, a lot of the vets are washed. But they are working their asses off. So yes they do give enough for me, it f***ing sucks watching them lose and get the shit kicked out of them, but I refuse to say its because of a lack of effort.

 

[Blackjack]

I somewhat agree. It’s hard to tell for sure but it seems like all of our prospects are “decent-good” but not elite.
Bad luck that there has been no Matthews like talent in drafts where we have had good picks.
We need to hit on one true NHL all-star skilled player.
We need to have one game breaker , maybe Hughes is that player ?
People keep saying we have one of the better prospect pools in the league , but it seems to be a whole pile of bottom 6 forwards (mayyyybe 2nd line talent) players and second pairing D.
Devils seem to always draft the safe bet , players decent at all aspects of the game vs. taking a chance on a highly skilled player with one or two elite abilities .
I’d rather have 3 propers with elite skill vs 9 prospects that project to be a 2nd line winger at best.
Holtz and Mercer have to develop or it will be a looong time before we are cup contenders

The devils have NEVER hit on a goal scorer in the draft. It’s frustrating . We are due to finally hit a Pastrnak like player.... if our scouts/ management would ever change their draft strategy.Maybe they have recently , too early to tell.

I mean, Mikhail Maltsev has come in and looked as good as any rookie forward this team has seen since Bratt and Hischier stepped on the ice 4 years ago, and Ty Smith might be slumping now, but he's shown that he will absolutely be a top pair defender. Even Kuokkanen has shown more than we expected him to. 9 points in 18 games with essentially no power play time is actually quite good.

These are seriously good developments for the team. Hughes's uneven ascent is frustrating, but it feels very unlikely to me that he'll fail to become an impact scorer. If Foote comes up later this season and looks good in the NHL, I'll be over the moon. That will give us 5 good young forwards in the NHL, an absolute embarrassment of riches that will only get better when Mercer and Holtz join the club.

 

[Guttersniped]

Not the coachs fault IMO. Although the assistants seem to suck at their respective special teams assignments. Team just flat out needs more talent.

 

[Blender]

Should go Maltsev-Hughes-Bratt next game. Maltsev has absolutely caved in the other team in almost every game he's played, put our top offensive players with him to ride that puck possession.

 

[glenwo2]

Nailed it.

If it isn't one thing, it's another.

 

[Blackjack]

It's pretty weird that people haven't noticed that the PK got a lot better.

 

[TheDuke93]

Should go Maltsev-Hughes-Bratt next game. Maltsev has absolutely caved in the other team in almost every game he's played, put our top offensive players with him to ride that puck possession.

Not to get ahead of myself but the way he plays the game reminds me a ton of Kuznetsov with the way he carries the puck and skates. Stylistically they aren't that similar but he just reminds me of him for some reason.

 

[Blackjack]

Not to get ahead of myself but the way he plays the game reminds me a ton of Kuznetsov with the way he carries the puck and skates. Stylistically they aren't that similar but he just reminds me of him for some reason.

Oh shit I agree. It's like an upright, almost awkward stance, but very effective. Good call.

 

[TheDuke93]

Oh shit I agree. It's like an upright, almost awkward stance, but very effective. Good call.

Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed haha. But I think he's going to be a player for sure

 

[Jets012]

 

[Jets012]

Hughes
Nico
MALTSEV???

He's been legitimately really good

 

[NJ07102]

Thing is, this team is seriously weak on the wings with no outstanding talent either left or right. Holtz doesn't look good this season from what I read, but there is still some hope that he could be the scorer on the wing we so desperately need. Other than him, we got no wingers that can score on a consistent level.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

We broke the shutout! Times 3! Against the isles! That's more than I really could have hoped for.

 

[The 29th Pick]

I have a feeling that play is going to sum up this year.

Maybe that was the low point for the season and the franchise in general, maybe
but I've thought this before

 

[The 29th Pick]

Thing is, this team is seriously weak on the wings with no outstanding talent either left or right. Holtz doesn't look good this season from what I read, but there is still some hope that he could be the scorer on the wing we so desperately need. Other than him, we got no wingers that can score on a consistent level.

This is bad news as many here are counting on him to step in next year and be a perennial 30-40 goal scorer

 

[NJDevs26]

It's pretty weird that people haven't noticed that the PK got a lot better.

Well they almost caught up to HH in Nashville!

It really is a case of when you plug one hole two more spring up though.

 

[NJDevs26]

Maybe that was the low point for the season and the franchise in general, maybe
but I've thought this before

That’s not even the low point of this season, the Ranger fiasco over two games was

 

[Billdo]

It's pretty weird that people haven't noticed that the PK got a lot better.

I think a lot of it has to do with it being almost impossible for it to get much worse. Having said that it has definitely gotten better. For a stretch there it was almost a guaranteed goal anytime we went on the PK.

 

[ChicksDigTheTrap]

I somewhat agree. It’s hard to tell for sure but it seems like all of our prospects are “decent-good” but not elite.
Bad luck that there has been no Matthews like talent in drafts where we have had good picks.
We need to hit on one true NHL all-star skilled player.
We need to have one game breaker , maybe Hughes is that player ?
People keep saying we have one of the better prospect pools in the league , but it seems to be a whole pile of bottom 6 forwards (mayyyybe 2nd line talent) players and second pairing D.
Devils seem to always draft the safe bet , players decent at all aspects of the game vs. taking a chance on a highly skilled player with one or two elite abilities .
I’d rather have 3 propers with elite skill vs 9 prospects that project to be a 2nd line winger at best.
Holtz and Mercer have to develop or it will be a looong time before we are cup contenders

The devils have NEVER hit on a goal scorer in the draft. It’s frustrating . We are due to finally hit a Pastrnak like player.... if our scouts/ management would ever change their draft strategy.Maybe they have recently , too early to tell.

Obviously agree that the Devils do not have high end producers a team needs to succeed at this time but how could you say the Devils never draft anyone with an elite skill. Holtz was advertised as the best goal scorer in the draft and the main complaint from posters that did not like the pick was that the rest of his game was not strong. The fact that he can't find the back of the net since the Devils drafted him does not change his scouting report.