The New Jersey Devils went into D.C. and defeated the Washington Capitals by a score of 5-3.
What a performance from this NJ Devils team! With the victory, the Devils improve to 3-1 on the season.
– Head Coach Sheldon Keefe bumps Paul Cotter up to the 3rd line and they absolutely dominate!
– Erik Haula had a 3 assist night.
– New additions Paul Cotter and Stefan Noesen continue to produce.
– Rookie defenseman Seamus Casey continues to state his case for staying in the NHL lineup.
– Tomas Tatar gets a goal on an unbelievable second chance effort. TUNA!
– HEAVIER, EDGIER, MORE VIOLENT reveals itself during this game!
– Is Jack Hughes hurt?
– Potential line changes in the Top 6?
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19 Comments
Bratt, Hischier, Meier would be deadly.
It was a soild win in my books. They just need to get steady games!! I will say palat looks old and needs to stay on the 4th line!! Nemec still looks kinda hurt. Jack is either still learning this system or he is still dealing with that shoulder to some extent. Hughes has to get going 100%.
I think Jack is either still nursing an injury, is being told to play differently by Keefe, is being targeted defensively by opposing teams and getting shut down, or is trying too much to support his linemates. Honestly though, Jack plays better when he's a bit more selfish, and that's okay because the points come for any and all of his linemates anyway. I'm happy to see Jack trying to play more defense, but it's his offense we need a bit more of.
There are certainly more things to cleanup. The defensive positioning needs to tighten up, the Top-6 forwards need to attack more, and Markstrom needs to save more of the medium and low danger chances against.
Even still, you can see a difference between last season and this one, and the team will only get better as they play IMO.
Let's GO Devils!!!!
I think Jack has an ego problem right now. He's gotta mature past that.
My first game I watched do to my work schedule and I was happy with the win I was a little disappointed with the defense but big win LGD
Marky looked a little shakey today but he will settle in I believe
Do you know how long cotters contract is I hope we have him for a while
Omg what a magical 3rd line
Ace, last night in the post-game palooza, Yegorov came up. He is committed to BU for the 25-26 season.
The team had 9 give aways in the 1st period then got things under control. So that is a step in the right direction. While I still think they are a bit sluggish in the 1st period of the ladt two games, it is nothing like ladt year's first periods. LGD!
Jack with have 3 points minimum against Utah on Monday
A game they would have lost last year. Not a great performance but there should be improvements moving forward.
The good new the Devils are 3-1 without Jack. The bad news is Jack sucks. He isnt finding open space. He's getting into tighter spots and he barely handles the puck.
WE MUST MOVE TIMO. Timo can not play with jack they just dont have chemistry because they have overlapping styles of play in a bad way. I know it means someone on the second needs to move, ruining the Tatar Hischier Mercer line, but Meier needs to play on the right away from jack.
Hyped for pesce to join the team soon
Very early but:
Holtz 2 games, zero points, minus 1, average TOI 14m
Cotter 4 games, 5 points, plus 3, average TOI 12m 40s
Palat demoted to the 4th line making $6M or whatever he's making …
I wanted to give him a pass on last year, since the whole year was bad but, man, this says a lot about what Keefe thinks of him atm.
Love the lineup ideas- said this personally before the preseason as I really thought cotter would be a huge addition. Speed and net-front presence are essential to have on each line to have a balanced attack. We have experienced too much what it’s like when we don’t have that and end up getting pushed around in years prior. We are blessed to have enough big-bodied, skilled players to have up and down the lineup, which creates matchup problems for the opposition. I think a staple of us being successful this year is having a balanced 4 line approach where we can have top 6 all playing relative minutes and then still substantial minutes for our bottom 6 as well. I also wouldn’t be surprised if we go 11F 7D once Hughes/Pesce are back, hard to take any of the current D out of lineup, great chemistry as well. I like Tatar on “4th” line, but that just gives us 2 3rd lines and a bit more of a scoring touch down the lineup, give them both same ice time, unless one is really clicking. Would prefer Foote/Halonen over Bastian, but he has been playing well.
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The Caps definitely wouldve came back last year and beat us
Markstrum needs to learn to control the rebounds. He reminds me of Vtech Vanecek and that is going to bit them in the ass