Devils Beat Avs 4-3 At Rock (Devils After Dark)

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You are listening to the Let's Go Devils podcast on
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the Primetime Radio Network. Happy Devils Tuesday. This is Devils
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After Dark. Coming to you live, live from American Whiskey.
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51 Edison Place, Cross Street from the Direction Center. That's
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the Championship Plaza. And going cross-continent to the Michael J.
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Fox Studios in beautiful Beverly Hills, California. It's Scotty of SiriusXM.
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Liquid Metal. As we're streaming live on Facebook Live, YouTube Live,
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Let's Go Devils Network as the Devils beat the Avalanche tonight.
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4-3 at the Rock in regulation. Two solid points. Lots
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to go over. Just a big victory, Scotty. And the
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celebration is just beginning here at American Whiskey as the
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fans are filing out right now.
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Yeah, Devils, you know, ended up being a lot closer
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than I think they would have liked it. But either way,
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they get... The big victory over the Colorado Avs coming
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to town, who we all know are an elite talent.
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So, yeah.
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What's up, everybody? What's up, Sam? Welcome into another edition
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of Devils After Dark. Seeing Randy. Hey, what's going on, Randy?
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I think you're a newbie to the team. What's going on?
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Chirp away in the YouTube chat. Max and Serv, Robert Isaacson,
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Jim Norton, Metalander, Wimpy, John Heaton. Lynn Mars, Dubs, what
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else we got going on over here? Little Bubs, Corbin, Eddie,
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what's up, what's up? Chirp away over there in the
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YouTube chat so we know what your feelings were on
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this game. Let's get to a quick recap, and then
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we will check in with you and your reactions. So, yeah,
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Colorado Avs coming to town. Uh, welcome back downtown Connor Brown.
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What can Brown do for you? Well, CB is back
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in the lineup and that is, if you don't realize
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it as a devil's fan, he is an unsung hero
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of many teams that he plays for. I'm telling you,
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this guy just makes the teams better. It provides more depth.
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He's got a lot of speed in those skates and
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he can play. In numerous, numerous situations there. So really happy.
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We got Connor Brown back in the lineup. Dilley still scratched.
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Lombardi scratched. And Stephan Nason actually sent down to the AHL.
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Scott Wedgwood, our old buddy, is in net for the Avs.
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Got to watch out about the old Eminem connection over there.
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McKinnon and McCarr, of course, along with just about everybody
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else on the Colorado Avalanche because they are that good.
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deep in that stack, but especially McKinnon and McCarr are
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devil's killers throughout their career. And a big shout and
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horns up to Jake, the snake who gets his 500th game,
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Sally pregame style, a nice little thing with the fam
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and everything like that. I know Rachel did a cool
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interview with them as well during the game while a
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goal goal was being scored. So maybe more, more interviews
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with the Allen family in the future. If we ever
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feel like we're in a little bit of a gold draft,
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just call in Jake the Snake's kids and his wife
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and boom! Maybe they'll pop one into the back of
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the net. But no, congratulations to Jake and his family.
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500 games is no easy feat, especially as a goaltender
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in the NHL. So let's start out now. First period!
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And the Devils were playing real well. And, you know,
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we've all talked about the horrors, the Halloween haunting of
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the Devils not being able to score the first goal. Well, now...
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It's been, what, three, four games in a row where
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they have done it. And this time it was Luke
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Evangelista getting his third of the year as he's back
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in the lineup right now. And, you know, this is
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a loose puck into the zone with Nico Heischer kind
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of taking on two Avs players at the same time.
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And the puck is bouncing around here and there. All
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kind of kicks out to the side. And Evangelista just
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scoops it up. And he's got a clear lane to
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the net as, like we said, Nico Heischer. was occupying
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two Colorado Avalanche players, and he rips it past the
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glove of Scott Wedgwood for his third of the year.
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Nico gets the assist, and Seegs also putting the Devils
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up 1-0 at 640 into the first period. But, you know,
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this Colorado Avalanche team, they're not going to go away,
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even though they've been on a bit of a, you know,
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season opening.
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Downer.
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As we've seen, many teams go through this. But Gabriel
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Landeskog gets his fourth of the year after friggin' McCarr
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puts on a show.
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All right.
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Just going past not one, not two, but three New
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Jersey Devils in the zone. The puck kicks out to
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the blue line. And McCarr gathers it in. And you
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got Timo Mayer, poor old Timo, who played really well tonight.
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And he made up for it later. We'll talk about this.
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But Timo's at the end of his shift. He's pretty
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damn gassed. And the last person you want to see
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about to charge forward when you're out of gas and
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you're already skating this way towards him is, you know,
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Kyle McCart. So, yeah, he puts a little move and
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puts the puck in between Timo's skates and goes right
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around him as Timo just keeps skating on right by. Again,
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End of the shift for Timo. It looks bad, but
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when you really look at it, you realize he was
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out there for quite some time. And like we said,
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Makar's not the guy you want to see coming at
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you in that moment. But either way, he goes around Timo.
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Then Jack tries to skate over to him. He just
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goes right by Jack. And then Luke kind of peels
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off of his position. And he tries to go after
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him as well. No luck there either. And that leaves
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Landeskog open. And McCar just feeds him the puck. And
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Landis Gog is able to get two attempts. He stuffs
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it home on the rebound attempt past Jake Allen for
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his fourth at 1432 of the first. That ties it
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up 1-1. We move into the second period and got
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to give a shout because we know he's been struggling
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a little bit. We know Mr. Brett. What am I funny?
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What am I a clown to you?
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Pesci.
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Is known for the shot blocks. And we haven't seen
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it too much so far this year, but holy hell,
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did he come up with a huge one on, wouldn't
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you know it, Makar passing from one boards all the
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way across the ice to frigging Nathan McKinnon. Okay, Makar,
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there's a lot of guys on Colorado that you would
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say like, oh, that's not the person I want to
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see there right now. And McKinnon is definitely one of them.
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But a beautiful cross-ice pass from McCarr right across to McKinnon.
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The puck goes a little bit on edge, but McKinnon
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is able to get good stick on it. He got
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some barbecue sauce on this because you know me. I'm
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one of those weirdos that hates mustard. So he got
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some good barbecue sauce on it. But Brett Pesci goes
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down and takes the shot right in the chest rib.
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Area over here.
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Blocking a huge one with which most likely would have
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been a goal or at least had a high probability
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of being a goal. Because, again, that would have been
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Jake the Snake trying to get from one side all
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the way over to the other to defend a big blast.
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So there was a very good chance that McKinnon would
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have put that in the back of the net. Brett
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Pesci comes up huge, huge. with that block shot there.
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And then later on in the period at 1233, the
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devils take the lead back from the Colorado avalanche, uh,
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as they go up to one, as Chisholm gets his
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first of the year, uh, coming from, uh, Luke Evangelista
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right there. And this is a long range shot. And
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you got Timo Meyer had already drawn a penalty. Some
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of the puck popped, popped up and, one of the
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ass players swung at a pretty dangerously high to a
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Timo's face. And then he kind of gave him a
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shot too. So there was definitely a penalty about to happen,
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but no need because Chisholm then, you know, gets the
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puck back at the point. He puts a long range
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shot and it deflects off of one of the Colorado
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avalanche players in front off their stick. And it turns
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into one of those flutter pucks like, and Scott Wedgwood,
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was unable to grab it, and it goes past him
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into the net. But I do want to note also
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that Timo Meier didn't quit on the play, even though
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he took a nasty shot to the chin from whoever
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that was on Colorado. He was in front of the
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net screaming at that time. And we got a mention
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as well, almost forgot, on that first goal from Evangelista.
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He was the one who started the puck into... the
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offensive zone, that loose puck. Now, he didn't just puck watch.
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He actually continued into the play, and he got rewarded
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with that goal when the puck then bounced to him
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after Nico tied up the two Avs players. So he
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got 2-1 now, moving into the third period and feeling
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really good because the Devils have struggled in the second
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period so far this season. And through the first two,
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they were dominant. Like, they were playing really, really well.
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They were not letting the Colorado– they were not giving
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them opportunities for the Avs to take advantage of. They
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were playing their game well. They weren't getting out of position.
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They weren't losing. leaving people, you know, massively uncovered and
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everything like that. Um, they were playing pretty well, but
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the abs definitely did turn it on in the third period. Um,
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the devil's got two goals, one at four 39 into
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the third. And that's our Cine grits, yoke, getting his
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fourth of the year on a coast-to-coast play where he
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actually goes around McCarr. And he's able to get a
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one-on-one with the goaltender, Scott Wedgwood. He goes to the
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backhand and puts it around Wedgwood for his third, excuse me,
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his fourth of the year. Oh. Well, would you look
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at that? I didn't even notice this. I thought this
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was unassisted because that's how it originally was, but apparently,
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apologies there, Sam. They added an assist to Dougie Hamilton,
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and I didn't see that. So my bad. We should
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have had a football call. Sam, maybe think of something,
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and we'll go back to it afterwards.
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Blame Mrs.
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Wu.
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Blame Mrs. Wu on this one. She should have been
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in her ear. She's slacking again, and I already made
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my bed on the couch already.
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There you go. Um, so, and actually, you know what,
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we'll do a little rewind because there's something here that
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we mentioned before. And I actually jumped past it going
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right to that goal there. So we talked about in
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the first period, how McCarr, you know, went right around
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three devils, Timo Meyer, Jack Hughes, and Luke Hughes on
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the land of Scott goal. So Timo made up for
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it though, in the third period, because there was a
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scramble in front of the, in front of the goal.
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with Jake the Snake Allen. He made a nice kick save, okay,
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and then he's coming across, and McCarr is charging in
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towards the net, but this time, Timo Mayer has got
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him covered and doesn't let him get the stick on
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the puck that was loose in the crease, and Jake
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Allen is able to then whoosh, kind of put his
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glove out there on sort of a backhand swipe, and
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he's able to cover it up. So Timo Mayer making
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amends for that earlier thing that happened on in the
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first period where again, end of the shift, you can't
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be too tough on him there. And after that, what
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is that? He is sleeping on the couch and he
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should know that. I, I, I know. I, I think
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he knows as well. I told him not to order
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the prime rib the other night. I swear. I swear.
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He does it on his own. I keep telling him
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to order the Sam salad, and he goes with the
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prime rib. Okay. I will relay the message. Sam, you
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are indeed sleeping on the couch, and Mrs. Wu has
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taken your blankets away and pillows. She has removed them
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from the couch, so it's just going to be a
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hard sleep for you, my friend. But she has informed me.
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that it is time to go to the let's go
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devil studios with the man of the hour, the tower
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of power too sweet to be sour. Sam by God, woo.
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And this devil's after dark game update.
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Uh, sorry, Scotty, you need to check your text message.
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I'm not set up for this.
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All right. Then, uh, Sam will definitely be sleeping on
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the couch for two nights in a row. Now, uh,
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As we just went through that.
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Bum, bum, bum, bum. I tried.
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I tried. Either way, Gritz gets the breakaway coast-to-coast goal
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there on the backhand. Puts the Devils up 3-1. And
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then later on in the third period at 16.05, Jesper
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Boquist gets his third.
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Of the year.
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Coming from downtown, Connor Brown, old CB. What can Brown
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do for you? Well, Brown can get you his first
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assist of the year. As Jesper Boquist, we didn't think
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it at the time, but scores the game-winning empty net
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goal at 16.05. To put the Devils up 4-1, and
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you're thinking, Scotty, it's 16-05, 4-1. How is that the
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game-winning goal? Well, I will let you know that Lekanen
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scored twice in the next three minutes, okay? About 40
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seconds after that, at 16-47, he gets his seventh arrester,
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and then at 19-55, with, yes, just five seconds left
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to go in the game, he gets another, his second arrester.
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To make it 4-3, and that's a little too close
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for comfort when you're talking about a team like the
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Colorado Avalanche, who can just seemingly turn it on. And
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I swear, I thought they were baiting.
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The Devils for a little while.
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You know, like, oh, yeah, well, we'll just let you
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get your 15 shots on goal in this period, and
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we'll have four, but it's still 1-1. You know, I
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thought they were baiting them, but the Devils really played well.
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And yes, those last couple minutes of the game made
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it a little bit more scary and a little bit frightening.
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It's scary. It's scary out there. But the Devils hold
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on for the victory. 4-3 over the Colorado Avalanche. Shots
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on goal for the Devs. 15-17-9 for a Slayer reigning
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blood tribute. Total of 41 reigning pucks from the Devils
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on the ice to the Avs. 4-9-1. The Avs really
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poured it on there in the third period for a
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total of 34. Face-offs. Devils were dominant today. And this
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is a dominance that we're used to seeing from them
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that we haven't really seen too much this year so far.
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37 wins to the Avs. 20. Both teams got the
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everything Jersey bagel with cream cheese. 0 for 1 on
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the power play.
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Devils.
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this might be the first team they've out hit this year,
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18 to 15. So a little bit on the low
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side for yours truly over here, but love seeing this
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24 block shots. Uh, and the abs only had 14,
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which is, you know, we're usually seeing the opposing teams
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up in the twenties and thirties against the devils. Uh,
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so they were getting their shots through, uh, which is nice.
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24 block shots for the devils, 20 giveaways. Uh, Don't
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like seeing that again so much, but either way, like
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seeing the final score of 4-3 and how cool Jake
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the Snake Allen gets the victory, second star of the game,
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as he gets to celebrate his 500th game from, what
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was that, like two games ago? But he has the
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nice celly in the pre-game ceremony. So let's hear from
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you on the YouTube chat. Chirp, chirp, chirp. Let's go
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get it going over here. Let's see what you think
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about this game. And we will now bring in officially
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football caller knob and the man of the hour, the
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tower of power. Too sweet to be sour. Sleeping on
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the couch, Sam, by God. Whoa, Sam, what were your
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reactions to this game tonight? As I'm starting to look
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through all of these, all these chirps over here. on
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the YouTube page.
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I thought it was a great turnout tonight at the Rock.
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There were a lot of Devils fans there. There were
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some Colorado Avalanche fans there, but it was really a
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good time. The Devils were in control of this game.
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My concern was, would they come out sleepwalking in the
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first period coming out of the gates? Last game against
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the Washington Capitals coming out of the second period, You know,
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they're already giving up, what, two goals in a few
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minutes to the Washington Capitals. But if the Devils were
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going to play this team, they got to come out strong.
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And I thought they did. They were in control. And defensively,
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they played much, much better than the game before. Evangelista
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inserted back into the lineup. He looked good getting that goal.
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But then Colorado tied it up, second period. I was
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actually on that side when Chisholm scored that goal. And
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was it Timo Meier that took a stick to the
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face and they called a penalty?
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Was that him?
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Yeah.
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Yes.
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When I saw that happen, Scotty, Timo Meier didn't just, like,
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get up and complain of the refs. He got up
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quickly and he went hard to the net like any
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great power forward would do. It did not deter him.
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He went straight to the net and I think he
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really should get some kind of credit on that goal
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because he screamed the heck out of Wedgwood on that
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play and I watched him after that because I didn't
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think he was going to get up. That was a
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nasty hit to his face But he was able to
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get up and screen Wedgwood and was able to contribute
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to that goal. It may have not shown on the
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score sheet, but that's what I noticed. And I thought
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he honestly possibly tipped it in and got that goal
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after that goal was scored. So that was a huge goal.
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The initial, yeah. The initial, but then you look back,
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it was the abs defensive. And don't forget, like we mentioned,
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he tied up McCarroll. on that loose puck after Jake
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the Snake made that save. When the puck was bouncing
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around there in the crease, it was Timo Meier there
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who tied up Makar and didn't allow him to get
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his stick on the puck and Allen then covered it up.
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So the Devils played with the lead, and then going
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into the third period, again, they came out strong. They
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got the Gritsik goal. What a sweet goal that was.
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And to make it 3-1, the Devils were in control.
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In the end there, it was a little tentative, you know,
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giving up a couple goals in the end there. But overall,
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I think this was a great performance because the Devils,
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like I said on Game Day Live, last season they
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fared better against these Western Conference teams. And they've got
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a whole boatload of them coming out of the gate tonight.
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And then on Thursday, they've got the Anaheim Ducks. On Saturday,
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they've got the LA Kings. I believe next week they're
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on the road. They've got the Dallas Stars. Then they've
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got the Colorado Avalanche. I think it was the second
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half of the back-to-back. I don't know if I have
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my games mixed up or whatnot. And then they got
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somewhere in there, they also got the Edmonton Oilers, and
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I feel like I'm missing another team as well next week.
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So they've got a lot of games. Yeah, Vegas on
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that Friday. They've got a lot of games against these
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Western Conference teams. And Colorado Avalanche, last year's President Trophy winner,
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the best team in the NHL in the regular season.
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This is a good victory. And it was two solid
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points as well. So Devils right now, five and four
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on the season. I'm starting to really start to feel
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good about this team, but you can't let up. I'm
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glad Connor Brown's back in the lineup. It changes everything.
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He's one of those foundational pieces that you need on
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this team, and it showed his presence tonight.
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Ariel, what's going on? Can we finally put five or
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six games like this together, please? And serve is just,
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you know, concerned as well. Next game, they may go
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back to their normal bipolar selves and play with no effort. So, yes,
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that's what all us fans are considered or are concerned
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with over here. South Fork Yeti says, ladies and gentlemen,
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welcome to the metaverse. Okay, very nice. We got to
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make the ducks quack. No, I don't think we want
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the ducks quacking. We want them, you know, flying away,
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I think, Max. No quacking for those ducks over there.
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Devil Heaven, good, solid team win. South Fork Yeti, Evangelista,
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sick ad. Dubzilla, what's up, Dubzilla? Meyer was a beast tonight.
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That's the type of play he did every night. In
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the last five games of the Rangers series back in 23, yeah,
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he played really good tonight. Ariel, this is why the
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team drives you crazy because of games like this, you know,
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and the Rangers game. Yes, we know how they can play.
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They just have to put it together in that consistent manner.
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Protect Gritz. He is a national treasure, says South Fork Yeti.
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Robert Isaacson says, I agree. Great team effort and even
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better to put in four goals with no points from
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J & J. Jack Hughes and Jesper Bratt. That's a
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good observation right there. Eric Gobb, tough win against a
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tough team. If Timo plays like this every night, he'll
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be just fine. He should have had at least two tonight. Yeah,
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he hit the post on one as well. And like
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Sam was saying here, he went to the net. after
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taking that shot to the face, you know, and that
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is what really helped Chisholm get that goal. Yes, it
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deflected off of the Av stick and did the flutter,
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but it was Timo in front, you know, causing the screen.
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And then again, he saved the day, like I said,
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by tying up McCarr on that loose puck. Robert Isaacs
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in the last five minutes, the Avs were really whipping
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it around the ice. Good thing the Devils shut that
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down for the first 55. Yeah. That's right.
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From the Devils on the ice.
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Yes, there's a lot of live radio comments in here
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about Sam Wu missing the football call after the announcement
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and me missing it in general because I thought they
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had that as an unassisted goal. But good for Dougie.
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Good for Dougie to get a point off of that
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one because he did chip it over two grits.
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It was a nice dump pass. It was a nice
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dump pass. Yes. Yes. Screenplay. Serve another good point.
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Sorry. Serve another good point here, too. Jesper Boquist had
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a massive block that looked like it should have shattered
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any normal human beings like myself or Sam Woods. Our
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ankles would have been shattered into a million pieces if
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we blocked the shot that way. Apparently, Jesper Boquist is,
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you know, he's got Superman ankles. So good for him.
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Apparently. Apparently.
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Lots of blocked shots at serve. Yep. Dubzilla loved the effort.
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Bum, bum, bum.
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Supernova. We finally cracked the code. That is Scott Wedgwood.
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Oh, yeah.
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Played exceptionally well against his former team.
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Absolutely.
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In the past, yes. Always something. Big win tonight. Bled 1978.
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Gritsuk is a special player. Yeah, I really think he's
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starting to come back. uh, into his own. John Heaton's
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not worried about the quacks cause they lost four straight. Well,
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we'll see. That means they're due to snap out of it. So, uh,
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we'll have to find out. Um, AJ Visco, uh, is
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Anaheim going to light us up? Well, we're going to see.
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We got with the devils need to continue to play
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like this and they can be dominant. They can be
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the ones lighting up teams. Um, and, and you know what? It's,
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it's all a process. Like we said, Let's see how
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they do. We got game eight. We got two more
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until we get to game 10 and then see exactly
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where we stand. Do we see the Devils over these
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next two games continue with this effort, or do we
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see them revert back into the ways that we aren't such.
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A fan of?
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So we'll have to see. Corbin Barrels. All right, different
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Corbin over here. Got scary. More scary than it needed
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to in the end. Yeah, that's the type of team
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Colorado is. Lynn Mars, Brownback is so important. He's a
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foundational guy with experience, guts, and leadership. Highly, highly agree with.
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You, Lynn Mars.
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I'm a big fan of downtown Connor Brown. AJ Visco,
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net front presence was better tonight in both ends, blocking
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and getting around the blue paint. Devils down under that
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grits goal. Sheesh. Dub, Scotty, 24 blocked shots to 14.
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You buy in, you're going to win a lot more games,
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even if you don't have your best game. That's a
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great comment right there, Dubs. What do you think about that,
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Sam Wu? Just buying into that, blocking shots and the system,
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even if you have a tough night where you're fighting it,
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you may end up coming out on top.
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Well, it's all about being the contribution and the Just
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being part of it. It's the team concept. Team defense
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is important. Sometimes your best offense is your defense. And
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I'll tell you this, Scotty. Connor Brown brings a different
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mindset to this team. And this is the first game
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of the season. I'm thinking right now, this... and then
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the rest of the games that they're playing, these Western
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Conference teams, I think the Devils are going to make
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some noise and go shrieking here because they look really,
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really good tonight. Now, granted, Colorado is coming off from
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a bad loss against the Flyers the night before. Devils
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were well-rested. But I want to change the topic here
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because during the game, I think it's Helene St. James
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put it out there about Dylan Larkin adding the New
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Jersey Devils to a 10-team list. I don't know if
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you saw that out there. People are talking about it
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in the YouTube live. Hey, you know what? Who wouldn't
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want to be in New Jersey? Who wouldn't want to
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be in New Jersey? I'm not saying it's going to happen.
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He can keep it. I don't need his drama on
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our team. We got enough of that. I don't need
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any Dylan Larkin over here. Thanks for blowing up my spot, Scotty.
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He can do whatever the hell he wants.
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Sorry. I was trying to make conversation about it. Okay.
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All right. I'll drop it.
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Well, I think it's more important that we talk about
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the guy that a lot of people are chirping about
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over here. Serve, Meadowlander, Wimpy, John Heaton, Lynn Mars, and
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that's Gritsyuk. And Robert Isaacson, surprised how much we were
486
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controlling the pace of this game. Very organized effort. But Gritz,
487
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awesome kid, has the right stuff. Looking forward to seeing
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what he gives us this season. John Heaton, the filthy Gritzy.
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I hope that coast-to-coast beauty is a sign of things
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to come from Gritz. And serve, good point here. Gritz
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made a lot. I mean, the goal was flashy, obviously,
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but he made a lot of other stories. solid contributions,
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you know, throughout this game. And it seems like he's
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getting a little bit more used to playing up on
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that top line, uh, with Jack and Jesper. So maybe
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caught a little magic in the bottle there. Um, and
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see what comes from that combination. I know other things
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have been kind of switched up, but when you add
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Connor Brown to that third and fourth line, wherever you're
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going to stick him, you know, with Rodriguez, with Manta
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down there as well, they're becoming a lot. The depth
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is really starting to show on this team in a good,
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positive way. So, yeah, Dylan Larkin, whatever, you know, like,
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of course he's going to add the Devils to his, his, uh,
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his trade list right now. Did you see what the,
506
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what the Troy is asking for him? No, thank you. No,
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thank you. Uh, we're not giving up all that for
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Dylan Larkin.
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Sorry. It's a lot. They're not going to get even
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close to that. I don't think any teams.
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No way.
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Yeah.
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Not for the stunt that he pulled. I would say
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absolutely not. Uh, but Chris over here, grits was cooking
515
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shrimp and grits. Yuck. There we go. That's right. Captain
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Larkin could go rot in Utah. Stephen Herschel Walker. Holy crap.
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It's about time our defensive structure was good. They must
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have listened to Jim Dowd right here on Devils After
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Dark talking about that structure and the team effort of defense.
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Look at that.
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Well, against the Capitals, didn't they have, like, what, 11
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block shots? I forgot what that number was the last game.
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But I think I remember you talking about that, Scotty.
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Where they just weren't doing anything against the Capitals. The
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Capitals were blocking shots.
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Look at this. Did you see this from Stephen Herschel Walker?
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I'm hearing Gritsky is the proper last name now.
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Wow. Wow.
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Wow. Nicely done, Stephen Herschel Walker. Very good. Oh, man.
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This is.
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Good.
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Wish a little shutdown in the third, but great late effort. Yeah,
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I mean, Colorado's a team that you're going to struggle
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to contain for a full 60 minutes.
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Oh, of course.
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There's just so much talent over there. Yeah. But the
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Devils did a damn good job tonight of containing them
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for as long as they did. And, yeah, maybe they
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let off the gas a little after that empty net goal,
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but still they were able to pull it out. Made
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a little frightening with that second late goal, but lucky
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for us, it was only with five seconds left in
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the game, so the Avs really didn't have time to
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really set up and make a push for that game-tying goal.
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If there was like a minute left, I think we
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would all have been sweating bullets at that point, Megadeth style.
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Hello, me.
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Meet the real me. But Gritz had a great game.
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Timo Meier had a great game tonight. Samuel, anyone else
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that you want to shout out? Connor Brown, I thought
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00:32:56.289 --> 00:32:58.730
had a great night. Evangelista, anyone that you want to
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point out in general that you thought had a really
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strong play?
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I mean, I said it before. I thought Timo Meier.
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I was watching him away from the play. I know
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his numbers are not there, and I know he signed
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a long-term deal with the New Jersey Devils to have
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that 30 to 40 goal production, but He's doing all
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the little things right, right now, and I think that
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will come in time. You know, I joke that, you know,
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we all joke about Timo Meier not showing up until, like,
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mid-February to March.
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March.
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But maybe that's when we need him the most. Yeah, yeah.
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You know, he'll have, like, 12 goals on the season,
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and March he'll have, like, 25 to add to his total,
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you know. So I don't get it, but maybe he
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just needs a long time to warm up, you know.
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But– But, yeah, I mean, look, seeing the out-of-town scoreboard
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that Max is putting out there. Sorry, I'm getting distracted. But,
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you know, this is a good victory. Let's see what
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happens on Thursday. Scotty with the Ducks taking one game
573
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at a time. And then when they go on the road, again,
574
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the Devils have been a better home team. But when
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they go on the road... They got Dallas, and they
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00:34:18.829 --> 00:34:23.860
got the Avalanche again. Yeah, and Vegas. Yeah, and you
577
00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:27.000
remember what happened last year when the Devils beat the
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Avalanche at home. Remember that overtime game? And they were, like,
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all celebrating. I think the Devils were 9-1 at that point,
580
00:34:34.489 --> 00:34:36.710
and we were just, like, having a great time here
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at American Whiskey. Then they go out on the road,
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and then Jacob Markstrom comes back from injury and starts
583
00:34:42.150 --> 00:34:45.599
that game, and the Devils just got blown out. Absolutely
584
00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:48.679
blown out. And then the Colorado Avalanche went on to
585
00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:53.500
have the best record in the NHL last season. And
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00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:56.969
the Devils didn't make the playoffs. So anything can happen.
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00:34:57.340 --> 00:35:00.699
But I'm liking the progression of this team. I'm liking
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00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:03.449
the fact that they got some of the players back.
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And you can tell about Luke Evangelista how much the
590
00:35:07.110 --> 00:35:10.530
Devils missed him while he was out the last couple games.
591
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How much they miss him and You know, again, this
592
00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:16.800
is a Sonny made a trade that he made late
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00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:20.349
in the offseason. And it's paying off dividends so far.
594
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But Evangelista is a huge part of the team. Now, Scotty,
595
00:35:25.190 --> 00:35:27.610
I want to ask you a question. Do you want
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to see Jack Hughes at right wing?
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00:35:34.670 --> 00:35:35.469
Who's going to play center?
598
00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:42.869
Well, I mean, I don't know. you know, with all the,
599
00:35:43.090 --> 00:35:45.309
you know, the, the, the Larkin rumors, I was just
600
00:35:45.349 --> 00:35:47.250
bringing that up because I thought he did play right
601
00:35:47.269 --> 00:35:49.849
wing tonight with Cody glass.
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Uh, did grits go in there? Uh, I'm not sure. Um,
603
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but I mean, I'm kind of liking the way those
604
00:35:58.250 --> 00:36:02.469
three are playing together. So, uh, for, for me personally
605
00:36:02.510 --> 00:36:05.780
right now, I would say just, you know, keep Jack there, uh,
606
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for the time being. Yeah. And you do have a
607
00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:12.119
number of other guys on the team who can play center, uh, Um,
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00:36:12.650 --> 00:36:17.289
but I think the dynamic of grits, you know, starting
609
00:36:17.329 --> 00:36:20.329
to pay off and him maybe coming into his own
610
00:36:20.349 --> 00:36:25.489
a little bit. I think that is right now worth the, uh,
611
00:36:25.710 --> 00:36:28.380
the opportunity to keep Jack Hughes, uh, in, in that
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00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:31.960
center position for the time being eventually maybe, you know,
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like he can move over to the wing when, uh,
614
00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:38.940
other opportunities maybe open up. But, um, I think for
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right now, uh, you roll with the way that the
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production has been starting to come.
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Yeah. And also, a big shout-out to Rodriguez. He took
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a penalty today, but after watching the replay, that was
619
00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:56.679
a good penalty to take. I forgot who was in
620
00:36:56.699 --> 00:37:01.070
the slot area ready to take a shot on Allen,
621
00:37:01.650 --> 00:37:04.570
and he was able to trip him up. Yeah, he
622
00:37:04.610 --> 00:37:06.610
got the penalty, but there are some penalties that you
623
00:37:06.650 --> 00:37:10.409
have to take. You cannot allow the opposition right in
624
00:37:10.449 --> 00:37:15.030
the slot area going uncontested. And I thought that was...
625
00:37:15.070 --> 00:37:16.880
If you're going to take a penalty, take those type
626
00:37:16.909 --> 00:37:20.059
of penalties. Not like one of these little... Remember back
627
00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:22.579
in the past, Scotty, when the Devils would just stick
628
00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:27.380
check and then accidentally hook somebody? No. I forgot who
629
00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:31.500
it was, but that Avalanche player paid the price in
630
00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:36.360
the slot area in front of the crease. And those
631
00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:38.960
are the kind of penalties... Smart penalties that you have
632
00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:42.800
to take, if that's even a term. Smart penalty. But,
633
00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:48.119
you know, that's all I got. Some of the contributions
634
00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:49.550
are coming from the New Jersey Devils.
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00:37:50.849 --> 00:37:55.550
Great game tonight. Big win for this team. Let's hope
636
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that this is the beginning of putting some of these
637
00:37:57.650 --> 00:38:00.650
together in a row. You know that's what the fans
638
00:38:00.670 --> 00:38:04.059
have been waiting for, what we've been hoping for that
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00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:06.599
would happen tonight. This is a big victory to get
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them going in that right direction. So let's hope that
641
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it stays that way. When it comes Thursday night and
642
00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:19.840
the Anaheim Ducks quack, quack their way into town, no
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00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:24.960
flying V for you, Anaheim, in Newark, New Jersey, because
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00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:27.579
the Devils are going to be on it. And before
645
00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:29.179
we even get there, we'll have a state of the
646
00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:32.900
fan addressed with Nick Villano as well. You can wake
647
00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:35.960
up and have your cup of morning woo with Sam
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00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:39.769
Woo before game day live with Vinny Parisi and Devils
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00:38:39.829 --> 00:38:43.510
After Dark. The universe truly takes back over on Thursday
650
00:38:44.070 --> 00:38:48.349
for yet another game for these New Jersey Devils. How
651
00:38:48.389 --> 00:38:54.480
will they fare against those Ducks? Young up-and-coming team. And yeah,
652
00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:57.900
I'm looking forward to seeing How they continue. How do
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00:38:57.920 --> 00:39:01.039
they come out and play? Is it the smart team
654
00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:04.860
effort again? Or do they fall back into that rut?
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00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:08.449
Let's hope that they can just string some of these together.
656
00:39:08.489 --> 00:39:11.369
Not every game is going to be perfect. We know that.
657
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Every team has stinkers every now and then. But we
658
00:39:14.949 --> 00:39:18.030
want the majority of them to be like this game
659
00:39:18.409 --> 00:39:21.719
and the Rangers game. Where the Devils play that good,
660
00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:25.119
solid team effort. Buying into the system. Blocking shots. Getting
661
00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:28.320
into the lanes. And of course, getting the puck to
662
00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:32.239
the net and driving the net. Look at Evangelista. Look
663
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at Timo Meier. Both got rewarded tonight.
664
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Yep, absolutely. But, hey, great crowd here tonight. Lots of
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00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:47.079
people in the chat rooms as well. Want to thank
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00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:53.119
Frank the Tank. uh, Kevin, Casey, everybody here at American whiskey.
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00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:58.639
This place is, this is places like home to me. Uh, also, uh, Kendall, uh,
668
00:39:58.699 --> 00:40:01.289
he and I went to the game, uh, together at
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section 12 at section 12 tonight. Uh, Lamar, uh, at, uh,
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at Prudential center. He's pretty cool. So I just want
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to thank everybody as well. So, but definitely we'll be
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back tomorrow for, for, um, not game day live, uh,
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Stay to the fan address, presented by pucksandpitchforks.com. Don't know
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00:40:24.809 --> 00:40:28.199
who the guest is tomorrow night, but I'm sure Nick
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is working on that right now.
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00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:33.119
And Lin Marr says Sam will be eating duck soup
677
00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:35.880
on Thursday, so make sure you tune in here to
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00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:40.880
Devils After Dark for Sam Wu slurping a congratulations. He's
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00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:43.650
going to take the bowl and just everything, pour it
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right on down.
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Should I go to a.
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00:40:46.789 --> 00:40:50.300
A winning bowl of duck soup. For Sam Wu.
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00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:54.940
I should probably get to the Chinese restaurant to get
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a whole duck and bring it to America. I should
685
00:40:57.820 --> 00:41:01.050
bring it to the game. I should bring a whole
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00:41:01.090 --> 00:41:01.929
duck to the game.
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I don't know how that'll go, but either way, maybe
688
00:41:05.050 --> 00:41:07.670
you could just bring like an old duck hunting thing,
689
00:41:07.690 --> 00:41:10.409
you know, and throw some ducks out on the ice
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or something like that.
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00:41:11.889 --> 00:41:12.650
Like a real duck?
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00:41:14.309 --> 00:41:17.170
No, like not a real duck.
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Like a rubber duck?
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Something like that.
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We'll see.
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We'll figure it out. Either way, hopefully Sam is eating
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00:41:26.090 --> 00:41:31.190
winning duck soup this Thursday. Make sure you check out pregame,
698
00:41:31.230 --> 00:41:35.070
postgame right here on the Let's Go Devils podcast network.
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00:41:35.829 --> 00:41:38.429
Game day live, Vinny Parisi, Devils After Dark with me, Scotty.
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00:41:38.809 --> 00:41:42.760
Sam moves around for everything all the time. But we're
701
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hoping that we're talking about another solid effort and Devils
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00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:48.699
victory Thursday night.
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You hear that, Scotty?
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I hear it now.
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All right. All right. Well, good to get out of here.
706
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Thank you to everybody here at American Whiskey. Thank you
707
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to you, Scotty. Devils win 4-3 tonight over the Colorado Avalanche.
708
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See you tomorrow on State of the Fan Address.
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At 8.30 p.m.
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Eastern. Until next time, let's go Devils.
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Thank you.