Kovalchuk for no reason other than I’m still mad at him
EDIT: Honestly the “Merrill and a 3rd” meme should cement Jon Merrill as literally the most overrated since y’all thought we can get anyone in the league with that trade lmao
xdionx
Ilya Kovalchuk – Don’t get me wrong he was an excellent player but also a turn-over machine. I think the way the team played around him made them a worse team overall because the play was to always give him the puck.
OrganizationOne8394
Adam Larrson maybe? I remember people saying he would be the next Nik Lidstrom when he was drafted.
Gluske
Kenny Daneyko
VanDerZappa
Too soon to say Holtz?
tickle_me_grover
Colin White was a product of the amazing players around him. He drove me crazy with bad penalties and bone headed plays… I love him because he was part of core Devils, but feel like people give him a pass too often.
Njdevil76
Mattias Tedenby.
dan_0042
Gonna have to go Alex Holtz here
seatega
Don’t even do the poll for the Best Goalie square, going to be a total waste of time
DashFromtheGash
Brian Gionta was hyped by many Devils fans as a top winger in the league based off one season he never came close to replicating.
Another option could be Jamie Langenbrunner, he was never more than a second line winger and not a terribly inspiring leader in my opinion.
dan4hockey99
Jacob Josefson
Njdevilmn
I’m gonna throw 2 names out here:
Fetisov-he was a solid stay at home defenseman when he was with the Devils but no where near the hype he (and Starkov and Kasatoniv) was getting when he first came up.
I’m sure I’m gonna get killed on this one but Brendan Shanahan. I’m basing this on his 1st go around with the Devils before his career really took off. Of course he netted us Scotty so I can’t complain too much.
Parking_Resolution63
Best goalie …… really? We have a freaking statue! Marty brodeur
ejgrgunner
Joe Nieuwendyk. He was good but I think that team didn’t really need him to win a cup
Cum_on_doorknob
Taylor Hall!
AlpineSK
Cory Schneider.
Edit: second choice: any first round pick between Zajac and Nico excluding Adam Larsson.
ScrewOff_
Cory Schneider post injury
battlecross94
Marc Savard. Guy was basically invisible the year and a half he was here
atoms12123
Travis Zajac
Parking_Resolution63
Overrated Adam larsson,
Sad-Poem-8344
Zajac. I always said the Devils will never win another cup until Zajac is gone. He stuck around for wayyyyy to long.
caldo4
People seem to think Bastian is good even though he’s lucky he’s not in the German league
BlueBeagle8
Maybe Damon Severson, although I think eventually fans figured out who he was and stopped expecting him to be a top pairing defenseman.
ForcesEqualZero
Taylor Hall. Was a fine individual player, surely, but was never on a successful team while he was here. Won an MVP award, but still his name doesn’t rate as a top player in our history.
ScottyKNJ
Paul Martin
kingofstorms_
Will Butcher maybe
DempsDatBoi
David Clarkson
mustachiolong
This is super tough. Do you go for a good/liked player whose time here was largely nothing or contributed nothing? Or do you go for someone who had a lot of hype and never lived up to it?
Like Subban was supposed to save us on D and just was kind of a fart. Don’t get me wrong I love PK, but his time here came and went.
I see people saying Holtz but I think that’s recency bias and I also don’t think that by the time he started playing last year anyone considered him a good prospect nationally anymore.
Tommydean22
Just going off some of the big names we brought in that didn’t pan out to much success as a team – Dave Andreychuk, Phil Housley, the returns of Brian Rolston and Shanahan although they were past their primes
guywithshades85
Scott Gomez.
He had a good rookie season but never really lived up to the hype after that.
At least his agent convinced the rags to overpay him.
DempsDatBoi
He contributed plenty of goals but almost all I can remember were rebounds and scrums in front of the net. And rarely with a game on the line.
cassinonorth
Eric Gelinas or John Merril (+ a 3rd)
NYDevilsFan
Remember how excited we were with Boucher breaking the Stamkos OHL team record?
MidnightDunesMusic
Mackenzie Blackwood. He got a bobble head. That’s criteria for what the franchise sees in you. Just didn’t deliver
FingernailToothpicks
Reid Boucher
OBAFGKM17
If it’s overrated by our own fan base, Merrill and a third is by far the most overrated pairing in Devils history. If it’s overrated by a general hockey fan base, it’s gotta be David Clarkson circa 2013. If it’s overrated by a Devils’ GM, it’s Ryane Clowe or Ondrej Palat.
jmiz5
Recent: PK Subban and/or Nikita Gusev. The off-season hype was off the chart and neither truly delivered.
Slightly less recent: Michael Ryder and/or Michael Camalleri.
ghostofkozi
Easy for me. This screams Clowe. Guy was 29, at the end of his usefulness as a power forward and had come off injury just to have his time in NJ stunted by injuries. Should never have been signed in the first place
MaxximusSDS
Steve Thomas?
Doug Gilmour?
Phil housley?
Civil-Coat-8206
Kirk Muller
Accomplished-Taste55
Ilya Kovalchuk
spence0021
I dunno Toronto seemed to overvalue David Clarkson by quite a bit.
APrettyGoodDude
Pavel Zacha. Obvi only his work as a Devil
SecureSmurfs
The problem is best goalie and best take up the same spot.
njDevilsfan86
Gotta say Scott Gomez ngl.
Suvius4
Goose
stephenjay1313
Jamie langenbrunner
PFalcone33
Sorry guys, but I’m going with Travis Zajac. Had a great rookie year but IMO, didn’t do all that much after and ended up being overpaid glorified third line center.
Frosty_Aioli_851
Subban
Johnny_Royale
I feel like Kovy is low hanging fruit so maybe Brendan Morrison? He was treated like a huge deal at the time
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Kovalchuk for no reason other than I’m still mad at him
EDIT: Honestly the “Merrill and a 3rd” meme should cement Jon Merrill as literally the most overrated since y’all thought we can get anyone in the league with that trade lmao
Ilya Kovalchuk – Don’t get me wrong he was an excellent player but also a turn-over machine. I think the way the team played around him made them a worse team overall because the play was to always give him the puck.
Adam Larrson maybe? I remember people saying he would be the next Nik Lidstrom when he was drafted.
Kenny Daneyko
Too soon to say Holtz?
Colin White was a product of the amazing players around him. He drove me crazy with bad penalties and bone headed plays… I love him because he was part of core Devils, but feel like people give him a pass too often.
Mattias Tedenby.
Gonna have to go Alex Holtz here
Don’t even do the poll for the Best Goalie square, going to be a total waste of time
Brian Gionta was hyped by many Devils fans as a top winger in the league based off one season he never came close to replicating.
Another option could be Jamie Langenbrunner, he was never more than a second line winger and not a terribly inspiring leader in my opinion.
Jacob Josefson
I’m gonna throw 2 names out here:
Fetisov-he was a solid stay at home defenseman when he was with the Devils but no where near the hype he (and Starkov and Kasatoniv) was getting when he first came up.
I’m sure I’m gonna get killed on this one but Brendan Shanahan. I’m basing this on his 1st go around with the Devils before his career really took off. Of course he netted us Scotty so I can’t complain too
much.
Best goalie …… really? We have a freaking statue! Marty brodeur
Joe Nieuwendyk. He was good but I think that team didn’t really need him to win a cup
Taylor Hall!
Cory Schneider.
Edit: second choice: any first round pick between Zajac and Nico excluding Adam Larsson.
Cory Schneider post injury
Marc Savard. Guy was basically invisible the year and a half he was here
Travis Zajac
Overrated Adam larsson,
Zajac. I always said the Devils will never win another cup until Zajac is gone. He stuck around for wayyyyy to long.
People seem to think Bastian is good even though he’s lucky he’s not in the German league
Maybe Damon Severson, although I think eventually fans figured out who he was and stopped expecting him to be a top pairing defenseman.
Taylor Hall. Was a fine individual player, surely, but was never on a successful team while he was here. Won an MVP award, but still his name doesn’t rate as a top player in our history.
Paul Martin
Will Butcher maybe
David Clarkson
This is super tough. Do you go for a good/liked player whose time here was largely nothing or contributed nothing? Or do you go for someone who had a lot of hype and never lived up to it?
Like Subban was supposed to save us on D and just was kind of a fart. Don’t get me wrong I love PK, but his time here came and went.
I see people saying Holtz but I think that’s recency bias and I also don’t think that by the time he started playing last year anyone considered him a good prospect nationally anymore.
Just going off some of the big names we brought in that didn’t pan out to much success as a team – Dave Andreychuk, Phil Housley, the returns of Brian Rolston and Shanahan although they were past their primes
Scott Gomez.
He had a good rookie season but never really lived up to the hype after that.
At least his agent convinced the rags to overpay him.
He contributed plenty of goals but almost all I can remember were rebounds and scrums in front of the net. And rarely with a game on the line.
Eric Gelinas or John Merril (+ a 3rd)
Remember how excited we were with Boucher breaking the Stamkos OHL team record?
Mackenzie Blackwood. He got a bobble head. That’s criteria for what the franchise sees in you. Just didn’t deliver
Reid Boucher
If it’s overrated by our own fan base, Merrill and a third is by far the most overrated pairing in Devils history. If it’s overrated by a general hockey fan base, it’s gotta be David Clarkson circa 2013. If it’s overrated by a Devils’ GM, it’s Ryane Clowe or Ondrej Palat.
Recent: PK Subban and/or Nikita Gusev. The off-season hype was off the chart and neither truly delivered.
Slightly less recent: Michael Ryder and/or Michael Camalleri.
Easy for me. This screams Clowe. Guy was 29, at the end of his usefulness as a power forward and had come off injury just to have his time in NJ stunted by injuries. Should never have been signed in the first place
Steve Thomas?
Doug Gilmour?
Phil housley?
Kirk Muller
Ilya Kovalchuk
I dunno Toronto seemed to overvalue David Clarkson by quite a bit.
Pavel Zacha. Obvi only his work as a Devil
The problem is best goalie and best take up the same spot.
Gotta say Scott Gomez ngl.
Goose
Jamie langenbrunner
Sorry guys, but I’m going with Travis Zajac. Had a great rookie year but IMO, didn’t do all that much after and ended up being overpaid glorified third line center.
Subban
I feel like Kovy is low hanging fruit so maybe Brendan Morrison?
He was treated like a huge deal at the time