beekay414 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Miles Wood is a crazy burner but he has no friggin' puck skills. Blake Coleman is a great grinder but that's all he offers. We still need a lot of talent, man. Super happy with this season but we've still got a long way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Get. Lovejoy. Off. The. Ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, bkobow05 said: Miles Wood is a crazy burner but he has no friggin' puck skills. Blake Coleman is a great grinder but that's all he offers. We still need a lot of talent, man. Super happy with this season but we've still got a long way to go. That's my major issue with Wood and why he's been so frustrating for me this year. Wood needs major stick work and puck skills. He's also wildly undisciplined. I like Coleman. He's aggressive on the penalty kill...I'm hopeful he could be a new sort of John Madden? Definitely has his uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 And that's why Lovejoy should be a 7th defenseman. Our defense is just so brutal on stupid plays and penalties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Well, that goal probably seals the game and the series. Nothing much kinkaid could do there. And once again, Johnson / Palat just destroying this devils team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Can't say we haven't had our friggin' chances. Puck's just not bouncing our way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, Forge said: Well, that goal probably seals the game and the series. Nothing much kinkaid could do there. And once again, Johnson / Palat just destroying this devils team. Kinkaid's been pretty damn good despite the 7 goals allowed. We're putting him in awful positions and they are making some crazy good plays. That's what you do when you're as talented as they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 And we're just an incredibly dumb team sometimes. Wow, Vatanen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Bloooooooooooooooooooooowout. So, we definitely need some defensive help. I'd like to add an offensive piece, but I could understand hoping that some of the younger guys simply put it together a little bit better. I hope we put some of that money to use. TB has 4 goals on 10 shots LOL. That's really says more about the defense though - Kinkaid has had absolutely no shot on most of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Forge said: Bloooooooooooooooooooooowout. So, we definitely need some defensive help. I'd like to add an offensive piece, but I could understand hoping that some of the younger guys simply put it together a little bit better. I hope we put some of that money to use. TB has 4 goals on 10 shots LOL. That's really says more about the defense though - Kinkaid has had absolutely no shot on most of these. In regards to the offense, we've got young guys still on the come up so I'm not worried there (though I wouldn't blame them if they splurged on Tavares lmao). We REALLY need to address the blue line though. Very little talent there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 1 minute ago, bkobow05 said: In regards to the offense, we've got young guys still on the come up so I'm not worried there (though I wouldn't blame them if they splurged on Tavares lmao). We REALLY need to address the blue line though. Very little talent there. Agreed. I'd re-sign Maroon if possible. He and Boyle are the only two big bodied guys we have and he's a little more skilled than Boyle. I have no interest in Grabner coming back at this point. He has done absolutely nothing to deserve a contract. Zajac probably isn't worth his contract at this point, but I suppose that he does some little things nicely, and given that he has several years left on the deal, we should probably just stick with it. Don't care much for Noesen and Gibbons. Gibbons had that nice start, but that was not something to expect. He's just not great. Noesen isn't an offensive presence at all, and he treats the puck like a hot potato. I don't know that I've seen a guy dump a puck in so often. Between Zajac and Coleman, that's half of our PK...Gibbons plays on the PK, while Noesen doesn't, but Noesen is probably the better player. I don't know...I just woudl prefer more depth there. But the blue line is atrocious. Just a smart, big stay at home defenseman is all I need lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Forge said: Agreed. I'd re-sign Maroon if possible. He and Boyle are the only two big bodied guys we have and he's a little more skilled than Boyle. I have no interest in Grabner coming back at this point. He has done absolutely nothing to deserve a contract. Zajac probably isn't worth his contract at this point, but I suppose that he does some little things nicely, and given that he has several years left on the deal, we should probably just stick with it. Don't care much for Noesen and Gibbons. Gibbons had that nice start, but that was not something to expect. He's just not great. Noesen isn't an offensive presence at all, and he treats the puck like a hot potato. I don't know that I've seen a guy dump a puck in so often. Between Zajac and Coleman, that's half of our PK...Gibbons plays on the PK, while Noesen doesn't, but Noesen is probably the better player. I don't know...I just woudl prefer more depth there. But the blue line is atrocious. Just a smart, big stay at home defenseman is all I need lol. I think the forward group looks crazy different next year. Figure we get MarJo back if he's not completely fried upstairs while also getting Mikey McLeod and John Quenneville. Bratt will have a year under his belt so he shouldn't fade as hard as he did this year. Don't think we'll get Joey Anderson quite yet. Nathan Bastian can fill Gibbons role on the PK, I think. He's big and a really good forechecking forward but he may need another year down in the AHL. Plus, we've got plenty of cap space to bring in other forwards. Hall-Hischier-Palmieri MarJo-Zajac-Bratt Maroon/Zacha-McLeod/Zacha-McLeod/Quenneville Wood-Boyle-Coleman/Bastian Not amazing by any means but there's at least talent there. Edited April 14, 2018 by bkobow05 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Lovejoy just randomly falling down in front of the net giving Killorn the wide open put back on the PP lol. Dear god, what a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Forge said: Lovejoy just randomly falling down in front of the net giving Killorn the wide open put back on the PP lol. Dear god, what a mess. If he ever plays again for the Devils, I want Hynes fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I actually wanna see a line of Hall-Hischier-McLeod. That would be, arguably, the fastest line in hockey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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