Be sure to join the Discord channel to talk hockey, and everything else, with me and fellow subscribers. Today’s post was written by C.J. TURTORO. You can find him on Twitter @CJTDevil. Having watched the last eight games or so of Devils hockey, it might feel like we’re not particularly good at anything. It might also feel as if there are so many problems that it’s rather hard to pick out just one or two that stick out.
Great post, even if it’s incredibly demoralizing to see our struggles laid out in metrics.
Tangentially related, I feel like there hasn’t been enough chatter about how disappointing Kyle Palmieri has been this season. Not only do we not have Nico, and Gusev has literally been a healthy scratch for a lot of this season, but Palmieri has been totally absent as well! This hurts so much as he should be one of the major drivers of all those scoring chances we’re lacking.
Reading your post, CJ, and writing my own response here makes me feel like the trade deadline can’t come soon enough. Let’s get rid of Palmieri (and ideally get at least something for Gusev) and whoever else doesn’t fit Ruff’s system and see what Fitz can do to shape a team that can gel and compete!
Great post, even if it’s incredibly demoralizing to see our struggles laid out in metrics.
Tangentially related, I feel like there hasn’t been enough chatter about how disappointing Kyle Palmieri has been this season. Not only do we not have Nico, and Gusev has literally been a healthy scratch for a lot of this season, but Palmieri has been totally absent as well! This hurts so much as he should be one of the major drivers of all those scoring chances we’re lacking.
Reading your post, CJ, and writing my own response here makes me feel like the trade deadline can’t come soon enough. Let’s get rid of Palmieri (and ideally get at least something for Gusev) and whoever else doesn’t fit Ruff’s system and see what Fitz can do to shape a team that can gel and compete!