Post-Game Talk: Well that sucked - Isles 4, Devils 1

[NJDevs26]

Might as well burn the tape on this one for almost everyone

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[TheUnseenHand]

Meh. Predictable loss to a much better team.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Three too many men penalties in 4 games.

Can't do that.

 

[Edmonton East]

Devs fans in the box

 

[Darkauron]

Bleh

 

[ChicksDigTheTrap]

Meh. Process year type of loss.

 

[crashline]

Low energy.

Ty Smith excepted.

 

[NJDevs26]

Tough even finding worthy candidates for three stars tonight

 

[Call Me Al]

only voted for bastian and smith. no third star for me

 

[JK3]

At least you made a nice poll, I was doing one with the choices of Nobody, No one and There Were None haha.

Nice to see Bastian score and Smith got another point though.

 

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[Devils090]

That Islanders team is dull as dishwater minus Barzal

 

[Billdo]

Just throwing it out there again...

 

[NJDevils17]

Really sick of PK being so involved. He’s just not good anymore

 

[Eggtimer]

Most of the kids played decent. Vets not so much.
I do not want to resign Palms. I’d rather save the cap for a winger that can finish . Either through trade, UFA , or draft .
Prefer via trade or UFA as we need a true finisher until Holtz is ready and have one for Nico and Hughes .

 

[TorontoMedia]

PK needs to go.

the constant stick tapping in the offensive zone is pathetic

what’s even more pathetic is that PK subban thinks the only play in the offensive zone EVERY TIME he’s on the ice is for him to take a slap shot. It’s infuriating to watch. I’d rather bring Brian strait in from the scouting department than watch 1 more game of pk

last year it was the spinoramas. This year it’s the constant slap shots. He’s a very low IQ player, and everyone knows what he’s going to do before he does it. He’s a f***ing bum and deserves to sit for ANYONE on the taxi squad. I officially hate him. Tried to give it time but he’s a f***ing dud

 

[NJDevs26]

Oh yea, the Tennyson experiment needs to just finally die off. 20% xG tonight, worst on the team.

If they don't play him they'd just play Carrick anyway. Which I'd be okay with but it's not a big deal when our #6D is only playing twelve minutes regardless. It seems like either they don't want to play Butcher on his off side or they just don't want to play him on the same pairing as Smith since Murray, Kulikov, Subban and Severson are pretty well locked into the top four.

 

[Oneiro]

I liked that Smith got more assertive the worse the team played.

This guy is top pairing soon. Just needs to clean up some of the physical battles/timing.

 

[TorontoMedia]

Really sick of PK being so involved. He’s just not good anymore

It’s actually incredibly frustrating to watch. I want him gone ASAP. Most predictable player in the league too

 

[ChicksDigTheTrap]

If they don't play him they'd just play Carrick anyway. Which I'd be okay with but it's not a big deal when our #6D is only playing twelve minutes anyway. It seems like either they don't want to play Butcher on his off side or they just don't want to play him on the same pairing as Smith.

Plus Tennyson will not be here next year.

 

[ScottyK]

I don't think PK needs to go or is that bad but if you want to get rid of him you need to give Seattle a 2nd rd pick to take him in expansion. Thats about the only way, a buy out makes no sense next summer

 

[NJDevs26]

I don't think PK needs to go or is that bad but if you want to get rid of him you need to give Seattle a 2nd rd pick to take him in expansion. Thats about the only way, a buy out makes no sense next summer

He's bad relative to salary and icetime but he's not bad the way Tennyson, Butcher or Carrick would be bad with similar minutes.

 

[RangerDoggo]

The kids are alright. Can’t say the same about vets. Or Recchi’s special teams strategy.

 

[NJDevs26]

Plus Tennyson will not be here next year.

He's not even going to be in the lineup after Vat gets through customs, unless someone else goes down by then.

 

[beekay414]

Bring Merkley back up, bench Johnsson.
Waive Tennyson, start Butcher.

Sharangovich-Hughes-Palmieri
Gusev-Zajac-Merkley/Wood
Boqvist-Zacha-Wood/Merkley
Kuokkanen-McLeod-Bastian

Murray-Severson
Smith-Subban
Butcher-Kulikov