Forge Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Okay, now that we have gotten that out of the way, we should realize that these guys aren't that much better from us. No reason to sit back on them...attack attack attack. We can hang with them...we won 3 in a row during the regular season, why not in the playoffs.Then we just need one out of two. Just clean up the special teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renndawg37 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Good win guys. Please knock out the Lightning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Quote Taylor Hall – Nico Hischier – Kyle Palmieri Marcus Johansson – Pavel Zacha – Patrick Maroon Blake Coleman – Travis Zajac – Stefan Noesen Miles Wood – Brian Boyle – Drew Stafford Andy Greene – Sami Vatanen John Moore – Damon Severson Will Butcher – Ben Lovejoy Cory Schneider Keith Kinkaid Scratched: Eddie Lack, Jimmy Hayes, Steven Santini, Mirco Mueller, Michael Grabner, Jesper Bratt Really don't like what Hynes dos with the lineup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Exact same lineup as game 3 IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 25 minutes ago, bkobow05 said: Exact same lineup as game 3 IIRC. Believe so. Who knows, maybe Hynes is just smarter than me...I just don't like that lineup construction lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 1 minute ago, Forge said: Believe so. Who knows, maybe Hynes is just smarter than me...I just don't like that lineup construction lol. Trust me, I don't either. I know why he did it though. We won with it so he figured "no change necessary." I just have no idea what John Moore and Ben Lovejoy have to do to get benched. They've easily been our worst players out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 If we don't make significant dman changes in the off-season (we will because Ray Shero doesn't know how to sit still and not make moves), I want to see the following pairings: Greene-Vatanen Butcher-Severson Mueller-Santini With Lovejoy being a healthy scratch every night. Will there be growing pains? Absolutely. However, I like the offense/defense balance of the pairings. Now, that I say that, we'll go out and make a trade and sign John Carlson or some other Ray Shero wizardry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 40 minutes ago, bkobow05 said: If we don't make significant dman changes in the off-season (we will because Ray Shero doesn't know how to sit still and not make moves), I want to see the following pairings: Greene-Vatanen Butcher-Severson Mueller-Santini With Lovejoy being a healthy scratch every night. Will there be growing pains? Absolutely. However, I like the offense/defense balance of the pairings. Now, that I say that, we'll go out and make a trade and sign John Carlson or some other Ray Shero wizardry. I don't mind that. I was actually more impressed with Santini earlier in the year than I was with Severson defensively. I'd love to grab Carlson if possible, and honestly, I'd totally sell Severson if I can and take the upgrade there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) My 2018 offseason for the Devils Draft Best defenseman available at 17 whether that be Ty Smith, Jett Woo or K'Andre Miller. I love Ty Smith so I'd be more than okay if Shero traded up for him. Free Agency/Trades - Either buyout Cory Schneider or trade him for anything (even a 7th round pick) - Sign Carter Hutton to a 4 year/$17 Million deal (basically covers the Schneider contract so it's really no added salary) - Sign John Carlson to a 7 year/$60 Million deal - Sign Calvin de Haan to a 4 year/$18 Million deal - Re-sign Patrick Maroon to a 2 year/$5 Million deal - Buyout Andy Greene - Trade Michael McLeod to the Carolina Hurricanes for Hadyn Fleury Depth Chart Hall-Hischier-Palmieri Johansson-Zajac-Bratt Maroon-Zacha-Anderson/Quenneville Wood-Boyle-Coleman/Noesen/Bastian Butcher-Carlson de Haan-Vatanen Fleury-Severson Hutton-Kinkaid Analysis The way I see it is this...I'd rather have defensive depth than anything. I'm more than okay with Mueller and Santini being that depth with Lovejoy just being released. I love Mikey McLeod but I think a prospect trade with the Hurricanes is the way to go. Not sure how they'd feel about a McLeod-Fleury swap but I'm willing to do it. The right side on offense is still a problem but we can always play around with it if it doesn't work out with the young guys. We can always move Maroon over to the right side on the 2nd line and bump Wood up to 3rd line. Would put Coleman as the 4th line LW in that set up. We have plenty of options. Edited April 18, 2018 by bkobow05 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 20 minutes ago, bkobow05 said: My 2018 offseason for the Devils Draft Best defenseman available at 17 whether that be Ty Smith, Jett Woo or K'Andre Miller. I love Ty Smith so I'd be more than okay if Shero traded up for him. Free Agency/Trades - Either buyout Cory Schneider or trade him for anything (even a 7th round pick) - Sign Carter Hutton to a 4 year/$17 Million deal (basically covers the Schneider contract so it's really no added salary) - Sign John Carlson to a 7 year/$60 Million deal - Sign Calvin de Haan to a 4 year/$18 Million deal - Re-sign Patrick Maroon to a 2 year/$5 Million deal - Buyout Andy Greene - Trade Michael McLeod to the Carolina Hurricanes for Hadyn Fleury Depth Chart Hall-Hischier-Palmieri Johansson-Zajac-Bratt Maroon-Zacha-Anderson/Quenneville Wood-Boyle-Coleman/Noesen/Bastian Butcher-Carlson de Haan-Vatanen Fleury-Severson Hutton-Kinkaid Analysis The way I see it is this...I'd rather have defensive depth than anything. I'm more than okay with Mueller and Santini being that depth with Lovejoy just being released. I love Mikey McLeod but I think a prospect trade with the Hurricanes is the way to go. Not sure how they'd feel about a McLeod-Fleury swap but I'm willing to do it. The right side on offense is still a problem but we can always play around with it if it doesn't work out with the young guys. We can always move Maroon over to the right side on the 2nd line and bump Wood up to 3rd line. Would put Coleman as the 4th line LW in that set up. We have plenty of options. Damn. I haven't thought about it this much yet lol. I need to get on that. I'd be pretty stoked about the team moving forward with this team though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Well that's certainly not an ideal way to start.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 6 minutes in...meh. Offensively we haven't gotten much going, though the kill was big. Lovejoy and Severson are just an adventure whenever they are on the ice on the defensive end. Saw Lovejoy misplay one, and Severson missed a puck at the back of the net and accidentally kicked right into the front of the net for an easy shot for Palat. I don't know that there's a defensemen that mishandles pucks and does things like that more than Severson lol. Stafford had a nice little shift to start the game, so that is hopeful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 11 minutes ago, Forge said: Damn. I haven't thought about it this much yet lol. I need to get on that. I'd be pretty stoked about the team moving forward with this team though. Yeah, I literally put that together in like 15 minutes lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Man, Vasileskiy is killing me this series. He's been really good. Golden opportunity to score there before the penalty. Hopefully take advantage now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Wow, 5-3...we have to score...and it's a long one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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