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15 Comments
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Haven't even watched the vid yet. Im a huge Devils fan. Were shit probably not making the playoffs and there is zero chance we win the cup this year.
Really wanna see the team get healthy before overreacting. Think they’ll still end up in the top 8. Their goaltending has been rough this year, so magically one of the goalies is about to go on a conn smythe run
2 of my favorite teams are in bottom half
Having 2/4 of the players involved in the sexual assault case is concerning, to say the least. If Mcleod is found guilty that will be a big blow to our team.
Ha ha😢 picked Devils and Stars also .neither team looks likely
DEVILS THG POWER RANKING HISTORY
Top Row: 34 times
2nd Row: 23 times
3rd Row: 42 times
Btm Row: 58 times
Avg: 18.64
Best: 2
Worst: 31
First: 0 Times
Last: 1 Time
2nd highest team to never be 1st in THG Power Rankings
As a devils fan I want schmid to develop, I want VV to do well and I want the team to stay healthy. However I acknowledge as a fan, I can make none of those things happen.
I’m a huge devils fan! I’ll bleed jersey red until I die. But my thought was look at Lindy’s time in NJ. Mid to bottom until Andrew Brunette came in along side him. They had the greatest season in the last 20 years. Brunette in Florida had the best record in 21/22. I believe brunette took over and plowed this team into 5th gear and gave us a great season. Now the devils have Travis green which he has a negative coaching record. And the devils have been playing poorly. Yes injuries to key players so far has hurt the team. But every team has them. That’s my take on the past few years as a devils fan.
Need: Health
Craig Berube would be a good coach here, I think.
Having Siegenthaler and Smith out too is hurting the Blue line. I don't think some fans realize how much of a difference those guys have made even with all Smiths bad penalties he was good in a lot of areas. Changing coaches and goalies isn't going to fix the Defense. The guys are young they need more experience. Chico did a great job explaining all this on a podcast today.
Also with the way the Devils play Defense getting a new guy will take time to adjust to the system, which i don't know if it's worth it. It took Colin Miller a really long time to adjust and if another new guy takes that long Dougie or Siegs could be back by then. I think we just fight through it and play every game like it's life or death like Jack said. Plus Nosek and Jack might be back after the break and that could give the team a boost.
Hi Shannon, loving this series!
If you do future editions of these videos, I'd like to see the teams' win-percentages (and ranks) included alongside their points-percentage. Understanding that win-% will basically always be lower, I think it'd be interesting to compare the discrepancies (maybe those discrepancies could themselves be ranked?), and it would allow more comparisons to the overall rankings.
I don't know how much work that'd be to collate with the data from Max & Yvonne, but it's something I always wonder about when points-% is brought up.
Thanks for all y'all's work on these!
Time for Lindy to go. As a Devils fan I say we should wait and not spend draft picks to go for it now. We can wait another year for a goalie. We are cooked this season as far as I’m concerned.
The team has had injuries to key players all year. At the start of the year, the plan was for Nemec to get another year in the AHL and for Luke to get sheltered minutes on the 3rd pairing. Now because of injuries both are playing top minutes sometimes even paired together. Throw in Bahl who is still super young and Hatakka who has barely played in the NHL and that's 4/6 that are basically rookies or not far removed from being a rookie. Not to mention, the goalies are awful. Overall I see this as a development year for a lot of players. Even if we manage to make the playoffs, I don't see us contending but it would be valuable experience for a lot of those guys.