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Silovs looked solid. So that's a good start. Figured he would play admirably.

It looked like it yeah.

Hopefully that lowers the ask of hronek.

How was that hit on Petey not a penalty? Taking liberties against an unsuspecting player after he just got scored on. That's some messed up crap.

A game vs LA might have been more entertaining than that.

Summary of the game.

The Benning era of negativity and doubt around this team ends tonight. We automatically think worse case scenario because of the years of the Benning era. We are in a new era folks! Let's have faith this team is different from all of those. Have faith and believe!

read on social media he is set to return for the next game. flu over.

my brain is to tired for that lol. feel like im looking at an alien language.

All that data speak. I like it but I don't understand what any of those acronyms stand for.

I think the lines as currently constructed work well for our style of play. It tilts the ice in our favour but if you can't translate that into goals then its a moot point.

Let them block the shots. Clap them hard so they get hurt. lol. They may shy away.

Lines I would go with. 40-9-6 92 - 23 - 21 24 - 83 - 8 65 - 53 - 18 Pettersson - Miller - Boeser Podkolzin - Lindholm - Hoglander Suter - Joshua - Garland Mikheyev - Blueger - Lafferty Logic behind each line. Line 1: Lotto line has been proven to be our best line ever crafted in this era. It's worked for multiple coaches and always comes up clutch. The limited time we saw them together tonight they all came to live. Boeser looked dangerous, petey had moments. Together they are fantastic. The Aves don't break up their top line, let the top line drive us. Balanced scoring isnt working. Line 2: We are heavily under utilising Lindholm as a third line center when our top six isn't able to produce. He is so clearly a top 3-4 forward player on this squad. The idea of him as a 3C is great but without the right type of wingers he's being wasted. Put him in top six to help create offence. The guy was Calgary's best forward in the years I watched. Line 3: It has been a proven commodity and was the leagues best third line prior to Dakota's injury. They will do positive things on their time on ice. Let them cook on that third line. Physical, fast, and effective. Line 4: Speed.. Speed.. Speed.. add in some physicality and experience. That line should hold itself above water and I like the speed combo of mickles and Laff. Why can't that line create some offence well putting on a good forecheck. Summary: I believe the Lindholm addition was a good one. I also believe since he's come into the lineup they haven't been able to find lines that have fit as well as prior to his arrival. He is a net benefit, but he needs to be utilised properly. Petey is struggling because of his usage. He needs better players then hogs and Mickles. Petey isn't Sidney Crosby or McDavid. He needs legitimate wingers to get him jumpstarted. On defence I feel we are short of 1 rush defender. Myers has been that at times. When he gets back his breakout will help. Juules I'm not even going to talk about. He made some mistakes being over eager tonight. That will hopefully get ironed out of his game if he gets more reps. Penalties, bad reads etc. In net. We have Silovs. The world championship winner goalie with a stellar short game sample size nhl record. We gucci in net. I hope.

Same sickness Coach Tocc had prior to the playoffs?? perhaps. wonder who else has had it.

Yeah.. I hate to use the NHL video game reference. but Hogs and Petey are very similar players. Hog plays with a bite but vs playoff competition his bite is far more tame in comparison. MIckles looks like a shell of his former self. I'd put him with Laffery and see what they can create with some speed. I like those line combos but I bet tocc goes with lotto line which im all for. I'd even be happy if they put petey with garland and joshua and flip mickles with new linemates. They will add podz i hope I think his youthful energy will add a surge to the club. They probably kept him out strategically for that. It also let him see nhl playoff action before jumping in.

Sorry mate.

So I went for a walk to clear my head. 1. This adversity imo is good for the squad. It will only make them better as they work thru things. 2. The ability to work thru these issues against the weakest West seed in NSH is a luxury. Against a better opponent this could tank us). 3. That Casey chant.. well that was something.. lol. Why we did that I do not know. It was clearly a distraction with everything else going on. 4. The series is tied 1-1, It is now essentially a Best of 5. We have lots of time to make adjustments. 5. It's time to bring in Podkolzin. You can't tell me PDG can have more impact then podz. Because you would be wrong. 6. The top six has been to diluted of actual top 6 wingers. It's time to concentrate a top six. We had the leagues best 3rd line prior to Dakota's injury.. it's capable of being great. Put Lindholm as a center piece for line 2 with 2 of mikeyev, hogz and/or podz. 7. Be calm and patient with the puck next game. We rushed way to many decisions tonight when we could have simply held on to the puck and looked for the better option. NSH was trying to force us into bad plays and we took the bait. 8. HIT THE NET OR THE defender... Do not shoot wide for tips as often. 9. Trust your instincts and shoot. Be decisive. that is my 9 suggestions for what we gotta do. We also got silovs who's won a world championship. we got a backup backup. we gucci, trust the process.

Top six lines feel to diluted.

I loved the blue and green jerseys without the white lines. So clean. I'd take an orca on those threads.

I prefer stick in rink 50th anniversary version. Second would be Orca. The black skate is a nice novelty but I always found the white skates kinda ugly.

A bracket is to much work but here are my predictions. DAL over VGK. WPG over COL. VAN over NSH. EDM over LAK. TBL over FLA TOR over BOS NYR over WSH CAR over NYI I can see VAN beating NSH, followed by a 50/50 shot vs EDM. Winner then faces Winnipeg who will beat COL. VGK/DAL will beat each other up making for a tenderized opponent for WPG. Canes Eastern final not sure vs who. The Boston game vs TOR has my original prediction above in some question. but ill stick with my original prediction I had before any game 1 match.

NJ also releases Kirill Tyutyayev

The New Jersey Devils have sent contract offers to the following five unsigned players. Simon Robertsson - 27th Overall in 2021 (Round 1) Daniil Chayka - 51st Overall in 2021 (Round 2) Samuel Helenius - 75th Overall in 2021 (Round 3) Maxim Barbashev - 131st Overall in 2022 (Round 5) Tanner Dickinson - 149th Overall in 2022 (Round 5) - It is expected Seamus Casey (RD) will remain in the NCAA next season for another year of grooming. Things could change on that front, but that is the expected outcome. - David Reinbacher (RD) is expected to attend the Devils training camp next season. He will need to bring his A-game though as the Devils blueline has improved.

Release: NJ releases: Alexander Volkov Benjamin Roger Thanks NJ. @Nail

New Jersey Playoff Lines Andrei Svechnikov - Quinton Byfield - Seth Jarvis Will Cuylle - Mackie Samoskevich - Anthony Mantha Brandon Duhaime - Samuel Helenius Roman Josi - Tony DeAngelo Philip Broberg - Luke Schenn Victor Mete - Andrew Peeke Dyson Mayo - Daniil Chayka Calvin Pickard Spencer Martin Black Ace: Yaroslav Askarov