Pete Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Last year they had Point and Drouin. As we know, McD isn't exactly an Ironman either. Sergachev will for sure eat more minutes, but Girardi, Stralman, and Coburn will all be a year deeper into their 30's. We've seen the drastic differnce a year can make for aging Dmen (Klein). Point looks like he'll be consistent, but will Gourde's production hold up? They saw Tyler Johnson score 72 points one year. "the Triplets" seemed scary at one point, but Johnson hasn't scored more than 50 points since and has his own health issues. Will Miller's scoring increase next year, or will he be the Miller that frustrated Ranger fans. Lot of questions in Tampa. Its a long season in which anything can happen. Boston, Toronto, and Florida (If the can get some consistent goal-tending) won't make it easy on them. Maybe I've had too much Kool-Aid, but I don't for a second believe Tampa is a lock to return to the playoffs next year... I don't really care enough to continue debating it. If you think the entire team will get hurt and they will finish dead last and afford us the #1 overall pick next year, then that's certainly walking on the sunny side of the street. more power to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I don't really care enough to continue debating it. If you think the entire team will get hurt and they will finish dead last and afford us the #1 overall pick next year, then that's certainly walking on the sunny side of the street. more power to you. Well I never said either of those things, sooooo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Awww, isn't it nice having Pete back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Well I never said either of those things, sooooo... I mean if you look back at how the conversation started, that's certainly the evolution of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Awww' date=' isn't it nice having Pete back?[/quote'] This makes me laugh. You guys were as petty and argumentative while I was gone. Gimme a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 This makes me laugh. You guys were as petty and argumentative while I was gone. Gimme a break. I'm sure you're right. I just never partake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I mean if you look back at how the conversation started, that's certainly the evolution of it. No, I think it was pretty clear I said one key injury and they miss the playoffs. The only place it evolved into... I don't really care enough to continue debating it. If you think the entire team will get hurt and they will finish dead last and afford us the #1 overall pick next year, then that's certainly walking on the sunny side of the street. more power to you. ...is in your head. No one has mentioned dead last except for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 No, I think it was pretty clear I said one key injury and they miss the playoffs. The only place it evolved into... ...is in your head. No one has mentioned dead last except for you. And then I said, they have support for 1 key injury in each area, and you said all of those guys are either injury risks or question marks. So that's fine for you to think that. Great. I don't agree. They're not one key injury away, unless it's Vas. And you can say that for probably 12 of the 16 current playoff teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I'm sure you're right. I just never partake. Except for now LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slobberknocker Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 tilted ice to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Devils looking terrible in their own end! Mostly due to the fact that some of those players on NJD have no playoff experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Is Schneider hurt? I?m so out of the loop this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Is Schneider hurt? I?m so out of the loop this season.No. He just sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Kinkaid took over in the middle of the seasn and had a hell of a run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Hmm, I guess they trusted themselves so much they felt it was no need for a lottery protection. Fun fact: Devils swept the regular season series against Tampa. This could be closer then most people think. Because NJ has youth that will grow to be more experienced players and now the Devs will play a tight game throughout this series, starting with tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Grabner with only 5 points since the trade, guess he was only worth a 2nd round pick afterall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 No. He just sucks Didn't realize he was that bad for Kinkaid to get the nod. Actually just looked over the stats, Kinkaid had a hell of a season. He was pacing for 40 wins if he started 60 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Grabner with only 5 points since the trade, guess he was only worth a 2nd round pick afterall Kinda makes me a little sad, too. He had 1.75 excellent seasons with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphinity 2.0 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 He'll have more excellent seasons with us. I'm convinced he's signing here in the off-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 He'll have more excellent seasons with us. I'm convinced he's signing here in the off-season. This thought crossed my mind this morning after reading Vodka's post as well. If AV ends up coaching an NHL team next season, I wonder if he'd want to go after Grabner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 The Devils need to pick TB's first defensive pairing because Girardi is not like he was with us in New York. They also need to match up against the Lightning's second line since NJ's defense has some major work to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 NJ's problems were on the 2nd defensive pairing (Moore, and Mueller) and Hall was too busy covering the Lightning forwards for the terrible defensemen. TB was picking on Hisicher because he's a small forward. They need to exert some muscle, especially on the Boyle Line (very physical line) For the Devils, pick on the first d-line paring for TB and bring a heavy forecheck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 This thought crossed my mind this morning after reading Vodka's post as well. If AV ends up coaching an NHL team next season, I wonder if he'd want to go after Grabner. He will go after Grabner because he liked him after Grabby's performance with us with NYR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 How many goal-less games do I have to wait before I can start making fun of Miller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 NJ needs to win Game 2 so they can bring their momentum back home to Newark for Game #3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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