GDT: Your New Jersey Devils (15-20-5) vs. Dallas Stars (21-16-2), 7 PM, ESPN+/Hulu

[Better Call Sal]

To attempt to provide some good juju (and some overall positivity in the GDT), let's look back on quality times against the Stars in Devils history







May we get to revisit these memories again with the current crop one day soon.

Your New Jersey Devils (unconfirmed):

#17 Yegor Sharangovich - #86 Jack Hughes (A) - #63 Jesper Bratt
#16 Jimmy Vesey - #13 Nico Hischier (C) - #90 Tomas Tatar
#37 Pavel Zacha - #18 Dawson Mercer - #11 Andreas Johnsson
#59 Janne Kuokkanen - #20 Michael McLeod - #14 Nathan Bastian

#71 Jonas Siegenthaler - #28 Damon Severson (A)
#33 Ryan Graves - #76 P.K. Subban (A)
#2 Colton White - #83 Christian Jaros

#32 Jon Gillies
#29 Mackenzie Blackwood

Who's Hot?:
Bratt - 5 G, 7 A, 12 P in last 8 games
Hischier - 6 G, 5 A, 11 P in last 13 games
Hughes - 8 G, 12 A, 20 P in last 19 games
Severson - 2 G, 7 A, 9 P in last 8 games
Sharangovich - 4 G, 3 A, 7 P in last 8 games.

Who's Not?:
Tatar - Pointless in last 5 games.
Johnsson - Pointless in 5 of last 6 games, 1 G in last 18 games.
Zacha - Pointless in 9 of last 11 games, 2 G in last 20 games.

Dallas Stars:

#21 Jason Robertson - #24 Roope Hintz - #16 Joe Pavelski (A)
#14 Jamie Benn (C) - #91 Tyler Seguin (A) - #34 Denis Gurianov
#25 Joel Kiviranta - #40 Jacob Peterson - #47 Alexander Radulov
#64 Tanner Kero - #13 Riley Damiani - #11 Luke Glendening

#20 Ryan Suter - #4 Miro Heiskanen
#23 Esa Lindell (A) - #3 John Klingberg (A)
#39 Joel Hanley - #2 Jani Hakanpaa

#29 Jake Oettinger
#70 Braden Holtby

Who's Hot?:

Pavelski - 8 G, 15 A, 23 P in last 13 games.
Robertson - 8 G, 10 A, 18 P in last 12 games.
Hintz - 7 G, 9 A, 16 P in last 12 games
Seguin - 3 G, 3 A, 6 P in last 4 games.

Who's Not?:

Benn - Pointless in last 9 games.
Radulov - 2 A in last 11 games, 1 goal in 33 games.

Study Up Boys, LGD​

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[glenwo2]

Tatar has been the most disappointing signing we've had recently considering what he was brought here to do.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Tatar has been the most disappointing signing we've had recently considering what he was brought here to do.

He is what he’s always been, a streaky middle 6 winger that we are probably expecting too much out of as fans. He has hit a skid but he’ll likely hit another streak of points eventually as well. This is without him being a part of the main PP unit too.

He’s not a bad player at all but his skill set is unfortunately sort of redundant on our team.

 

[Buck Dancer]

Tatar is what he is and if he’s not utilized in a main scoring role, like he was in Montreal, he’s pretty much useless.

It’s not a coincidence that he was the last guy, who was viewed as a top #6 forward, with no contract in free agency this summer. You can come up with all the analytics numbers you want, his play on the ice does all the talking you need to hear.

 

[Clam Jensen]

Jesus Christ that Stars top line is on fire. Robertson is a stud.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Jesus Christ that Stars top line is on fire. Robertson is a stud.

I couldn't believe Pavelski's statline when I read it, it's insane.

He's had 5 multipoint games in his last 12, including a 3, 4 and 5 point night.

 

[glenwo2]

He is what he’s always been, a streaky middle 6 winger that we are probably expecting too much out of as fans. He has hit a skid but he’ll likely hit another streak of points eventually as well. This is without him being a part of the main PP unit too.

He’s not a bad player at all but his skill set is unfortunately sort of redundant on our team.

Wish his streak of points would last longer than it did.

We can't always depend on just Hughes/Bratt (and on occasion, Nico) to provide us with the offense.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Oettinger played last night so you're probably going to see Holtby in goal for this one.

 

[hacksaw7]

A bit cringe when the Devils IG hypes "It's 3rd jersey night" in a post and all you have is Devils fans commenting under it how much they hate it and telling the team to stop wearing it.

They really should've cancelled these striped monstrosities by now

 

[Better Call Sal]

Oh boy lol. Gillies/Schmid time!

 

[HBK27]

What's the latest with Daws? Sucks that he's missing an opportunity to play in the NHL given the injuries to Blackwood & Bernier.

 

[Azathoth]

Tatar has been the most disappointing signing we've had recently considering what he was brought here to do.

I was expecting a bit more from Tatar but I think Crawford takes the cake for most disappointing signing.

 

[NjDevsRR]

A bit cringe when the Devils IG hypes "It's 3rd jersey night" in a post and all you have is Devils fans commenting under it how much they hate it and telling the team to stop wearing it.

They really should've cancelled these striped monstrosities by now

Lol the team doesn't care about the loud social media folks. These jerseys are being bought by a ton of people at the Den at each game.

 

[Emperoreddy]

What's the latest with Daws? Sucks that he's missing an opportunity to play in the NHL given the injuries to Blackwood & Bernier.

He is back and has struggled

 

[Saugus]

Lol the team doesn't care about the loud social media folks. These jerseys are being bought by a ton of people at the Den at each game.

Hooray cash grabs!

 

[hacksaw7]

Lol the team doesn't care about the loud social media folks. These jerseys are being bought by a ton of people at the Den at each game.

Are they? I don't see many of them in the crowds

 

[NjDevsRR]

Are they? I don't see many of them in the crowds

Theres a ton out there already. Hell I even caved and got one. They will make their money on this and again next season with the another round of retro reverse jerseys. Especially if we are finally getting the retro template with the red and black colors. They can have all my money if this is made.

 

[Saugus]

Oh boy lol. Gillies/Schmid time!

Now it makes more sense why Gillies started both games of the back to back on the weekend.

And now we get to see what happens when already replacement level goaltending gets even worse.

 

[hacksaw7]

Theres a ton out there already. Hell I even caved and got one. They will make their money on this and again next season with the another round of retro reverse jerseys. Especially if we are finally getting the retro template with the red and black colors. They can have all my money if this is made.

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The retro template with our current colors looks like it should be our regular home jersey. That's very nice actually

I just haven't seen many of the striped black "jersey" ones. I doubt these are selling as well as 3rd jerseys of other teams that are well received by fans

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

3rd jerseys have grown on me, only issue is they kind of look like the Refs' uniforms.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

What's the latest with Daws? Sucks that he's missing an opportunity to play in the NHL given the injuries to Blackwood & Bernier.

Daws and Schmid have had two consecutive AHL starts each since their return.

Daws stopped 34 of 38 in an OTL and 24 of 28 in an L for a .879 SV% over the two games.

Schmid missed a shutout with 2:14 remaining, stopping 34 of 35 and 27 of 30 in a 6-3 win for a .938 SV% on a B2B.

 

[Mgd31]

Well at least the game got a little more interesting to watch with Schmid playing

 

[My3Sons]

Daws and Schmid have had two consecutive AHL starts each since their return.

Daws stopped 34 of 38 in an OTL and 24 of 28 in an L for a .879 SV% over the two games.

Schmid missed a shutout with 2:14 remaining, stopping 34 of 35 and 27 of 30 in a 6-3 win for a .938 SV% on a B2B.

To be fair, Schmid seemed to be coming off the Covid list and it was fairly quickly so it may have been a very mild case. In contrast, Daws had a lower body injury that kept him out for weeks and he may still be feeling its effects. This obviously isn't ideal, but it's probably best that MBW gets whatever treatment he needs on his heel. He's not doing any better than Gillies lately so either way the team has an issue in goal right now. Fingers crossed that Schmid is better than his last go round.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

To be fair, Schmid seemed to be coming off the Covid list and it was fairly quickly so it may have been a very mild case. In contrast, Daws had a lower body injury that kept him out for weeks and he may still be feeling its effects. This obviously isn't ideal, but it's probably best that MBW gets whatever treatment he needs on his heel. He's not doing any better than Gillies lately so either way the team has an issue in goal right now. Fingers crossed that Schmid is better than his last go round.

Yes.

And Schmid missed approximately, if not exactly the same amount of playing time Daws did. Schmid would have played for Utica and probably not been placed in Covid protocol until Utica (and most of the AHL) were shut down a week (or two?) later.

Okhotiuk running into Daws really snowballed Utica in net.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

What horrendous mismanagement of Blackwood. Absolutely terrible.