Ruff confirms Luke Hughes will play tonight and will keep 11/7 with Ryan Graves possibel
Luke Hughes will play again tonight, #NJDevils Lindy Ruff confirms.
*** The team will go 11/7 tonight, Ruff also confirms.
Ryan Graves may be an option depending on how he feels after skating this morning.
— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) May 9, 2023
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Am i wrong for hoping graves isn’t in the lineup? He’s been absolutely destroyed this series for the most part.
WOOOO.
So it seems like if Graves is back then probably Smith will sit.
Bahl will come out and both Graves and Smith dressed.
That’s the cost of getting Luke in the lineup, we still can’t dress our best 18.
I’m sure the advanced stats disagree, but I don’t think Bahl has had a bad series. Not as strong as he was against the Rags, but not bad enough to scratch him for Smith
I hope Smith plays. He was really good last game imo.
It may not be ideal in the long run, but 11/7 seemed to work out well. It gets Jack out there even a bit more – especially when he’s buzzing around you’ve got to just ride that young stallion for everything he’s worth.
i think our D group is beaten up, fatigued, or playing through injuries. Seigs is definitely playing through something which i think is part of the reason he missed a game at the end of the season and part of the reason he was out during the rags series. Bahl has been sluggish, Graves has been getting picked on. I like the idea of keeping 7 defense men so guys can keep some energy in the tank.
We all like to rag on Smith from time to time, but Graves should have to wait to come back in since we won last game. Smith was pretty good
Hoping any talk of a Graves UFA extension is over with. Save the money and run Siegs-Hughes-Bahl down the left side moving forward.
Cook Lindy, cooook! Can we win a series rolling 11/7? 😬