Wednesday, January 24 was a terrible day for the organization and the fans; I hope the victim is healing and can find justice through the court system.
But the show must go on…
This is the time and this is the place to discuss tonight’s game (**7:30pm EST / 4:30pm PST**), before the first puck drop.
What’s on your mind?
*Take warning:* Anyone arriving here to dunk on the Devils, by cynically exploiting a tragic rape case that you otherwise don’t care about, gets blocked. Take it somewhere else and down votes don’t bother me at all.
[ESPN Game Cast Preview](https://www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/gameId/401559979)
[NHL Game Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-njd/2024/01/25/2023020746)
[Game Preview article](https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/devils-at-hurricanes-1-25-24-game-preview)
[Game Notes (22 pages).pdf](https://www.nhl.com/devils/info/game-day/2023020746/game-notes)
[2023-24 Regular Season Schedule (January, all times EST)](https://www.nhl.com/devils/schedule/2024-01-01)
by Devil_Dane
14 Comments
Hey for once we get a team on the second half of a back to back without being on one ourselves, let’s make the most of it
Need to win this
It’s a good litmus test. Toughest in division opponent atm. And they are hot..7 of last ten games are wins, points in 8 of them…….let’s see how the team responds. Lots of off ice ups and downs. Trust in the Tom Father
Hyperbolic af buttttt biggest game of the year let’s show that resolve and make all the “fans” that have already deemed this a lost year look foolish.
I’m just looking forward to Bill saying “Waffleboarded”
The Flyers and Caps have been slowly falling back down to earth. We’re only 2 points out of a playoff spot with multiple games in hand. Get this bread and take advantage of the Canes on a back to back.
Very young team facing its first real internal drama. I hope they can come out stronger for it. Also, I’m afraid to ask, but do we even have 6 dmen at this point?
7:30 game on ESPN+ you know what that means. See y’all at 8.
Watched the Bruins/Canes game last night. Hopefully they’re tired from playing yesterday because if they bring that kind of pressure tonight the defense is going to have a hard time stopping them.
I really hoping Lindy gave this team a good talking to about the events that transpired yesterday. He seems to be vocal behind closed doors, and although he isn’t the BEST coach, he is not the worst either. He needs to make sure this team comes out swinging and doesn’t fall flat if they don’t score in their first 5 shots like during the Dallas game.
Every game is a “must win game”, but tonight is emphasized after yesterdays events as well as it being a divisional opponent we are trying to catch up to.
Let’s hope today is a much better day than last, hope the stadium jerseys are released and pray for a win. Let’s go devils!
Challenges faced this year thus far:
Expectations
Terrible goaltending
Lackluster Defense
Injuries
Scheduling
Loss of player due to sexual assault charges (most likely)
One thing is for sure, after this season, you can’t claim the NJ Devils core is inexperienced…I don’t ever remember a season like this one.
big big big game, hopefully they can block out the noise, take advantage of a team on a back-to-back, and get 2 huge points
A win tonight would be big, for a variety of reasons. Go Devils.
A devils win tonight would hit different on so many levels