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Hi, this is Chico Resch.
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You are listening to the Let's Go Devils podcast on
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the Primetime Radio Network.
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Happy Devils Tuesday. This is Game Day Live.
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Coming to you live, live from American Whiskey, 51 Edison Place,
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across the street from Prudential Center, next to Championship Plaza.
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I am your host, Sam Wu, here with Vinny Parisi
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out of Chicago, Illinois. I got Michael behind me. The
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bar right now. I got Kendall as well making pizzas.
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Streaming live on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, X Live, Twitch,
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and now on Instagram Live on the Let's Go Devils
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Network as the Devils take on the Colorado Avalanche tonight
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at The Rock.
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Vinny, welcome. I'm getting distracted.
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By the pizza guy right now. He's just yelling and
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screaming in my ear.
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I mean, if there was a guy to distract you
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in life, it's the pizza guy.
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It's always the pizza guy.
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Who I want distracting me at all times. I'm not
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going to lie to you.
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Yeah, I mean, he's making pizza.
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I'm thinking about the pizza, the aroma, you know, and
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also they're having a great time here at the bar
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at American Whiskey. Here's another shot as well, which is
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just down, just down, probably about 100 feet away from
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me right now. And everyone's having a good time. But
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The 4-4 Devils take on the Avalanche, Vinny. Well, somehow
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the Avalanche lost to the Flyers yesterday, and I think
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they're going to be a pissed-off team coming into tonight's game.
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Yeah, I wasn't thrilled to see the Avalanche lose to
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the Flyers last night for the same reason you said.
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I'm sure it's not, I don't know the statistics of it,
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but I'm sure in the recent Nathan McKinnon, Cale McCarr,
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marty niches jared bednar era of the colorado avalanche my
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guess is they haven't lost twice in a row often
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um but that's what the new jersey devils are looking
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to force them into tonight those are the guys you're
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gonna have to shut down i do stand by i
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don't think colorado's as deep as they've been um they
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do have some of their death pieces are a little
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bit older you know nathan mckinnon and kale mccarr are
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still at the top of their game i still think
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they're both top five players in the nhl um It's
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a tough team to beat, and the Flyers kind of
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laid out a recipe for it yesterday. I expect a
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big push from Colorado early in the game, because that's
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how back-to-back seemed to work. The team that played the
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night before usually has their legs early, and then they
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kind of slow down as the game progresses. So if
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you're the New Jersey Devils, weather the storm in the
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first period, find a way to come out ahead or tied,
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and then wear the Colorado Avalanche down as the game
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goes along. That would be my mentality. as a fresh
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team playing a team again on the second half of
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a back-to-back. But we'll see how they fare. It's going
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to be an interesting game.
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Yeah, and by the way, people don't know this, but
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Nico Heischer's dad and his family are actually dining right
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now here at American Whiskey before the game. Also, programming note,
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doubles after dark after the game. Scotty and I will
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be here. There may be a mystery guest. Maybe a
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mystery guest. So you want to tune in for that
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as well. And that pizza behind me is looking very,
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very nice right now.
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Anyway.
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The pizza behind you is looking mighty fine, Sam?
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Yeah, yeah.
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You missed it. There's the pizza. He's complaining how hot
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the pizza is. The pizza is great here.
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Well, then put it down in front of Sam.
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Yeah. I should get a pizza. Although I had some
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Sam salad before. I posted that on X.
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I saw the Sam salad. I have had my... quarrels
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about the fact that i've been to american whiskey before
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and after the game twice so four total visits to
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american whiskey in my life and none of the four
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times did i know that they had pizza thus didn't
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get to try the pizza um i did say next
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time i come to newark there are two things i
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want out of the trip besides going to the devil's
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game um The first is I kind of want to
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look around American Whiskey a little more. I feel like
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I walked in, went straight to where you used to
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do the show in that corner, and then the path
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to the bathroom, and that's it. That was all my
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American Whiskey experience. I've actually seen more of the New
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York one than the Newark one, even though I've been
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to the Newark one twice and the New York one
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just once.
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Well, the New York one, you got there before I did.
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which is pretty funny.
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That's true.
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I didn't get there until last year when the Devils
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were playing the New York Rangers. But anyway, we're getting
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off topic here. Downtown Connor Brown inserted into the lineup.
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I have his music queued up for our outro. Just
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loving what Connor Brown brings to the table. But he's
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not going to be on the line with Jack Hughes, though.
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He's going to be on the fourth line with Cody
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Glass and I think it's Stefan Nason.
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Am I correct on that one? No, no.
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Stefan Nason actually was sent down to Utica to make
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room for Connor Brown on the roster. So a little
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bit of a twist.
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Boy, the stuff I've been reading has been off lately.
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I think I'm reading some fake articles or something like that.
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But anyway, go ahead.
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Jesper Boquist and Cody Glass will make up the fourth
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line with Connor Brown. The top line will remain Timo
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Mayer and Luke Evangelista centered by Nico Heischer. And then
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Arseny Gritsuk stays on the second line with Hughes and Brett. So, Rodriguez, Mercer,
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Manta makes up the third line. So, a nice little
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veteran third line, some good players on the fourth line. Listen,
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it's good for Connor Brown on the fourth line. If
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you've got a guy that can average 15 to 20
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goals on the fourth line with a center like Glass
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who can make plays, and then Boquist. Boquist has scored
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a couple goals this season just hanging out by the net,
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cleaning out some garbage right in front of the net mouth.
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So– I really like that line, and fourth lines aren't
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what they used to be. It's not the big, rugged,
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tough guys anymore. Some teams in the league still kind
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of go that way. But, you know, the Devils have
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a lot of skill on that fourth line. I would
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actually say if what's written as the third line is
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a lot more fourth-line-y than the fourth line. Mantha with
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Rodriguez and Mercer, that's a bigger, meaner line, I would say,
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of harder four-checking. I guess Glasgow, Quiston, Brown are pretty
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capable of four-checking too, though. So it'll be good to
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have him back in the lineup, though.
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Yeah, and Seagot says, I'm following too many Minnesota writers
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and fans and has no idea what the lines are
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now today. This is the second time it's happened. I'm
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thinking I'm reading some fake articles right now because that's
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what I read. But anyway, long story short, moving on.
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The Devils have this... Three-game homestand. But really, they have, what, six,
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seven games against Western Conference teams. And last season, they
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fared very, very well against these Western Conference teams.
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And to make the argument that the Eastern.
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Conference, maybe, I don't know if it's a little tougher
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or whatnot, but you got the Ducks on Thursday.
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You got the Kings. The Kings aren't doing that well
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this season on Saturday. And then next week.
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They win before Saturday, though.
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And then you got Dallas. And then Colorado again. And
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then the Edmonton Oilers somewhere. And I think I'm missing
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a team somewhere down the line. So this is a
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great test to see where the Devils are. Because I
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think they just have problems with the Metropolitan Division teams, unfortunately.
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And that was the theme last season.
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Yeah, and those Western Conference teams, those are tough. Those
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teams all have great centers. and that's one of the
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devil's strong suits is that they're strong down the middle too,
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so they can compete with those teams. So a team
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like Colorado, a little thin after Nathan McKinnon, not what
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they once were when Kadri was at the height of
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his powers, but they still will have Nathan McKinnon on
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the ice for close to half the game. So it's
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going to be something where you need to see Luke
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Hughes and Pesci, that top pair, go hard against them.
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I'm sure Pesci will allow Luke Hughes to be a
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little more free, which he's already got. Half of the
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amount of goals he had all of last year and
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a third of his career high in goals already in
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October is not even Over it's really just a third over.
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So we'll see how that goes with as far as
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his numbers, but I Believe it's gonna be Jake Allen
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and net Jake Allen.
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Yep.
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It'll depend It'll depend on You know how they play
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in front of him whether or not I it's going
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to be one of those kinds of games. Neither Dawes
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or Allen have been particularly hot to start this season.
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So that's something they've got to figure out if they
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want to come out from being just average, which is
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really what they've been at 4-4-0.
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Yeah, and look, 4-4, losing, I mean, they were on
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a roll. They beat.
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Detroit in overtime. Then they killed the Rangers. I mean,
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that's a very important game. I mean, the Rangers are
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6-0 at home this season. The Rangers are looking pretty good,
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even without Shusterkin. That was a big win. But to
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follow that up with the Washington Capitals, you did have
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the 1-0 lead. Then the Capitals tied it up late
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in the first period. But to come out to the
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second period and suddenly it's 3-1, you're down 3-0.
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It was unbelievable.
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And that's been the theme of this team since, I
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don't know, since Jack Hughes got here when he was drafted.
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It's been a while now. It just seems like a
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recurring theme. They won't show up for that period. Yeah.
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It's been an issue. They scored first, which is something
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that's been a troublesome thing for them, too. So I'm
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glad they did that, certainly. But, you know, the Washington
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Capitals looked like the team after kind of a slower
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start than people were anticipating to start the season. That
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was the Washington Capitals team I think people were expecting
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to coming out of the summer. So we'll see how
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that goes forward with them. But for the Devils, you've
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got to be ready for that. That's no excuse. You
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need to find ways to capitalize on your chances. And
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I said it already, I didn't love the way the
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goaltending was in that game. It just wasn't good enough.
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And I know Connor Hellebuck's available, and that's what people want,
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but I'm not sure giving up assets for a 31-year-old
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like that who didn't report to his own team that
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he did sign a contract with I'm not sure that's
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the answer either, but you have to tread water until
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the goaltending situation works itself out. There's a lot of scoring,
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a lot of high-danger chances. This team's going to bury
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a lot of goals this season. I was a little
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annoyed when Timo Meier scored with under a minute left
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last game because I'm like, of course, that's when he
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gets his first, when it doesn't matter. But, you know,
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maybe that'll open the floodgates for him. Maybe that will
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allow Timo Meier to have some confidence coming into this
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game and start to make the impact that the Devils
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desperately need him to make in the goal-scoring department.
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Yeah, and Jim Dowd said this, you know, on the
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Devils After Dark, you know, about mindset. Like, you've got
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to be in that mindset. And, you know, I think
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right now the Devils.
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I... In some ways, I still think that they're still
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searching for their identity.
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Like, what kind of team are they?
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Nico, he sure obviously is the captain. But it seems
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like they're kind of stuck in their own ways for
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so long. And we've seen this before. We've seen glimpses
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of brilliance. But then you see a performance or an
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effort like how they came out in the second period.
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It's just, it's demoralizing.
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And you're left asking questions in the locker room like,
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what's wrong with this team?
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What's wrong? Is it the coach?
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But this happened under Lindy Ruff. This happened under Nasruddin.
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This happened under Travis Green. And Travis Green remarked on
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the way out, they're immature. But when are they going
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to get over that hump? And also, with Brendan Dillon...
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who I like, I think he's one of these character
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guys like Brendan Smith back in the day. But, you know,
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Brendan Dillon is a big guy, can bring a lot
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of physicality to the table. But, like, Brendan's, I'm sorry,
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Dillon is now sitting right now. But in my mind,
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we need to have these type of guys out there
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to make sure, like, you don't have these type of lapses,
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you know, in the start of these periods that the
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Devils have had.
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Yeah, and you hope that other veterans who have kind
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of been around, you know, Connor Brown's made some deep
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runs to the Stanley Cup final, playing well in those
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games with Edmonton. Dougie Hamilton has been to the Stanley
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Cup final. It's, I think so. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
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He got close. He was definitely in a couple conference finals.
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It's important to have leadership that can perform in those roles,
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and Brendan Dillon is one of those guys who, He's
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not the guy I would scratch right away, but also
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they have a surplus of guys that they feel can
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be fresh legs inside of their defense core with Brett
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Pesci and Kovacevic both being healthy. They're going to play
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Luke Hughes, Segan Dollar, and Hamilton whenever they get the opportunity.
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So it'll be interesting to see how that goes. But
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Dylan's out, Chisholm's in, and we'll see how that goes tonight. Yeah.
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Yeah, and, you know, I'm interested to see how the
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Devils will come out. I mean, the Colorado Avalanche, they
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played the night before. The Devils should have more energy.
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They should come out fierce.
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Now, here's the problem. In that first period when the.
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Puck drops, if the Devils come out like they did
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in the second period of last game, and Colorado, you
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got a pissed off Colorado Avalanche team that wants to
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make up for what happened last night. This could easily
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be a 4-0, 5-0 game. Colorado is that good of
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a team to get things done. So you've got to
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watch out. This is not going to be an easy
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game for the New Jersey Devils. And they're playing, again,
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Colorado Avalanche being the top team last season. President's Trophy
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winning team last season. Nothing really has changed too much
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with that team. They've got so many weapons, but Now,
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is Mackenzie Blackwood in net or is it Wedgwood?
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That I don't know. I could get you that information
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right now, though.
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See, I don't trust what I'm reading now because I
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think I read somewhere that Blackwood's in net, but then again,
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I don't know anymore.
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There's one source, whoever is covering the team for the
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hockey news.
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But Wedgwood has owned the Devils, absolutely owned the Devils,
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you know, since leaving back in 2021.
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Yeah, and that probably is why they did use Blackwood yesterday.
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So I assume that Wedgwood will be in net tonight.
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Unless they go Blackwood on the second half of a
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back-to-back two game.
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Again, I don't know what I'm reading.
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I think people are feeding me false information.
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They're going to use Wedgwood. I'm very confident.
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Okay.
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Serve says Markstrom for Calgary out 14 days.
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Upper body injury.
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Sorry, I'm just reading some comments. In the YouTube live.
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Yes, it is Scott Wedgwood. That is confirmed. He will
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pass Mark Ray or Mark Rycroft on the franchise games
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played list. Which it's 272nd all time. So I don't
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know why I have stats between that.
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Anyway.
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His numbers against the Devils are ridiculous. 5-0-0, 1.52 goals
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against and 9.48 save percentage. That's nasty. They need to
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fix that tonight.
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Alright, so let's get your predictions in the YouTube live
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right now.
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Let it filter in. I know some like to get
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it in early. I'm scrolling up. But what's your prediction, Vinny?
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My prediction is the New Jersey Devils will take this
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from the Colorado Avalanche 3-2.
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3-2?
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Yes.
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I'm waiting for these predictions to come.
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In.
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5-1 Avalanche, says Joey B. Wimpy says 5-1 Avs. There's
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a Thomas Thiebiz.
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Theme here. Luba's not in.
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Says 4-3 Devils in overtime. Seagot says 7-0 Devils. Serve
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says 3-2 Devils also.
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Concurring with Vinny Parisi's prediction.
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Last game I was too scared to say I mean
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last game when the Devils were playing the Rangers I
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wanted to say something outrageous but after all that analytics
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talk I tried to be realistic and it turned out
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to be an outrageous score. So I'm I'm going to
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go with that again. Mike Rossi says 7-2 Avs. Selective
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Voice says 4-3 Devils. BJ Ig Fisherman says 6-4 Devils.
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Jack with the Hattie.
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AJ Visco, the law office, is AJ Visco and Sons.
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5-0 Avs. Pete says beat. He says beat. Anyway, beat
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the Devils or beat the Avs. I don't know. Anthony
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says 3-0 Devils. Let's go Devils. I think the Devils
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are going to need some goals here.
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And with downtown Connor Brown on the fourth line, I'm
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loving Boquist right now.
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I think the fourth line had been the hottest out
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of all the lines. Do it. Do it. 6-3 Devils.
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6-3 Devils. Timo Meier, two goals.
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Okay.
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That's a bold prediction here. That's a bold prediction.
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I'm here for it.
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Pete says, LOL, that was a correction for my typo. Okay, anyway.
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Doug Zillas says, let's show up for all peers. No lapses. Yes, absolutely. Absolutely.
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This team has lapses.
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I've had some lapses on this podcast today here on
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Game Day Live. But, hey, if it translates into a win,
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I've got to make mistakes.
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On every podcast. You know what I mean?
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Okay.
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And also, I got my goal light helmet today for
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the game, Vinny.
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You're wearing that in the stadium?
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Yeah, I wore it last game. I was on TV.
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I don't know if you knew that I was on
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TV last time. Devils Rangers.
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Oh, Devils Rangers.
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Yeah.
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I watched Devils Rangers with the MSG, but I was
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at the UC, so I was watching it on my
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computer in front of me. I didn't get MSG for
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the caps. I had to watch the NHL's Saturday morning
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broadcast because... They pick a game every week and do
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that with EJ Raddick calling it, with Kevin Weeks doing color.
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And so when you're an out-of-market fan, you just have
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to deal with that sometimes.
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Yeah. Just a little live look in at the bar
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here at American Whiskey. We're going to have Devils After
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Dark after the game. We might have a special guest.
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Can you believe that? We might have a special guest
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after the game. Can't tell you who it is because
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we don't know who it is yet.
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But we might. We might.
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Joey B says, Sam Wu with red light helmet equals
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no club seats tonight.
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No, I actually was sitting at club level for the
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Devil's Rangers game with red light. I was like five
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rows off the ice.
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And, yeah, so anyway. Random people just come up to me.
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It's just amazing. Here at American Whiskey, I want to
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thank all those tuning in. I want to thank Kendall
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and Michael for making all the pizzas behind the oven. Oh,
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my God. Yeah, and also want to thank Frank the Tank,
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Casey for the Sam salad before, Kevin for giving me
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encouragement to do this podcast, and you, Vinny, for being
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there and all the fans tuning in. Wimpy says, yes,
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I like to listen to other teams' broadcasts. Don't get
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me wrong. I still love our guys. Yeah, sometimes I
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like to hear what other announcers.
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Have to say.
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Fair. I agree. I do it sometimes, for sure.
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Yeah. Especially bad announcers. Because sometimes I just want to
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know what all the fuss is about. Remember that Jack
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Edwards guy in Boston?
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Oh, yeah.
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And, like, all the controversy.
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I would actually listen just to see, like, what he's
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all about, you know, anyway.
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Yeah.
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I listened to Jack quite a bit growing up in
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a half Bruins house.
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Yeah.
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I learned to love him.
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Yeah.
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All right.
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So we're going to get out of here. We're going
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to play downtown Connor Brown. The song that we made
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last year. I hope you enjoyed, everybody. And we'll just
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keep a live look in at the bar.
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Downtown Connor Brown. Until next time, let's go Devils.
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Well, the prudential center is the coldest part of town.
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And if you're.
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Wearing enemy colors, you better just beware of a man
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named Connor Brown. Now, Connor's more than trouble.
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He's got hands like a surgeon's knife. All the devil's
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fans call him downtown.
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Connor Brown opponents just to call him good night.
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And he's bad. The baddest devil in the whole damn town.
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Faster than a breakaway goal. Meaner than a nickel. Whiskey
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for a check. You know.
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He's got a custom Sherwood stick. The curve just like
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a smile. Carbon fiber edges taped heel to toe. And
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a flow that's pure rock pile style. He's got a
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40-bowl C's in his sights, and a sight shot spawned
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with bone-bath steeds. Lotted out in lower town, corners on
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the top line, speed limit for wearin' nippin' knee.
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When Knicks make changes, goalposts mess, you can try to tough.
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Out Jack Hughes as weep.
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It is by and large, hard work.
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Hardest comer in the.
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Heart of town. Frickin' and leaky, he's a brunch.
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And tougher than a junkyard dog in a scrum.
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Well, the two men took to dropping glove.
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The whole arena lost its mind.
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Fists were flying, jerseys torn. Reps trying to break it
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in time.
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Connor came out looking like a jigsaw puzzle with a
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number of stitches on his chin. But he skated back
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to the bench smiling and.
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Dropped a hat trick just to rub it.
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In.
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Yeah, he's bad, bad, Connor Brown. The baddest devil in
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the whole damn town. Badder than old Marty Brodeur.
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Meaner than a junkyard dog when the horn sounds loud.
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Let's go downtown, Connor Brown. Still the baddest man in
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the whole damn town.
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You better step aside when Nightmare 16 comes tearing down.
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Yeah, Connor Brown. Downtown Connor Brown.
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Hi, this is Chico Resch.
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You are listening to the Let's Go Devils podcast on
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the Primetime Radio Network.
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Happy Devils Tuesday. This is Game Day Live.
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Coming to you live, live from American Whiskey, 51 Edison Place,
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across the street from Prudential Center, next to Championship Plaza.
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I am your host, Sam Wu, here with Vinny Parisi
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out of Chicago, Illinois. I got Michael behind me. The
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bar right now. I got Kendall as well making pizzas.
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Streaming live on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, X Live, Twitch,
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and now on Instagram Live on the Let's Go Devils
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Network as the Devils take on the Colorado Avalanche tonight
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at The Rock.
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Vinny, welcome. I'm getting distracted.
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By the pizza guy right now. He's just yelling and
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screaming in my ear.
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I mean, if there was a guy to distract you
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in life, it's the pizza guy.
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It's always the pizza guy.
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Who I want distracting me at all times. I'm not
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going to lie to you.
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Yeah, I mean, he's making pizza.
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I'm thinking about the pizza, the aroma, you know, and
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also they're having a great time here at the bar
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at American Whiskey. Here's another shot as well, which is
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just down, just down, probably about 100 feet away from
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me right now. And everyone's having a good time. But
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The 4-4 Devils take on the Avalanche, Vinny. Well, somehow
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the Avalanche lost to the Flyers yesterday, and I think
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they're going to be a pissed-off team coming into tonight's game.
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Yeah, I wasn't thrilled to see the Avalanche lose to
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the Flyers last night for the same reason you said.
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I'm sure it's not, I don't know the statistics of it,
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but I'm sure in the recent Nathan McKinnon, Cale McCarr,
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marty niches jared bednar era of the colorado avalanche my
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guess is they haven't lost twice in a row often
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um but that's what the new jersey devils are looking
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to force them into tonight those are the guys you're
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gonna have to shut down i do stand by i
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don't think colorado's as deep as they've been um they
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do have some of their death pieces are a little
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bit older you know nathan mckinnon and kale mccarr are
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still at the top of their game i still think
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they're both top five players in the nhl um It's
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a tough team to beat, and the Flyers kind of
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laid out a recipe for it yesterday. I expect a
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big push from Colorado early in the game, because that's
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how back-to-back seemed to work. The team that played the
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night before usually has their legs early, and then they
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kind of slow down as the game progresses. So if
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you're the New Jersey Devils, weather the storm in the
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first period, find a way to come out ahead or tied,
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and then wear the Colorado Avalanche down as the game
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goes along. That would be my mentality. as a fresh
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team playing a team again on the second half of
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a back-to-back. But we'll see how they fare. It's going
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to be an interesting game.
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Yeah, and by the way, people don't know this, but
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Nico Heischer's dad and his family are actually dining right
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now here at American Whiskey before the game. Also, programming note,
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doubles after dark after the game. Scotty and I will
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be here. There may be a mystery guest. Maybe a
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mystery guest. So you want to tune in for that
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as well. And that pizza behind me is looking very,
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very nice right now.
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The pizza behind you is looking mighty fine, Sam?
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You missed it. There's the pizza. He's complaining how hot
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the pizza is. The pizza is great here.
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Well, then put it down in front of Sam.
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Yeah. I should get a pizza. Although I had some
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Sam salad before. I posted that on X.
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I saw the Sam salad. I have had my... quarrels
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about the fact that i've been to american whiskey before
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and after the game twice so four total visits to
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american whiskey in my life and none of the four
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times did i know that they had pizza thus didn't
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get to try the pizza um i did say next
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time i come to newark there are two things i
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want out of the trip besides going to the devil's
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game um The first is I kind of want to
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look around American Whiskey a little more. I feel like
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I walked in, went straight to where you used to
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do the show in that corner, and then the path
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to the bathroom, and that's it. That was all my
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American Whiskey experience. I've actually seen more of the New
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York one than the Newark one, even though I've been
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to the Newark one twice and the New York one
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just once.
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Well, the New York one, you got there before I did.
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which is pretty funny.
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That's true.
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I didn't get there until last year when the Devils
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were playing the New York Rangers. But anyway, we're getting
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off topic here. Downtown Connor Brown inserted into the lineup.
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I have his music queued up for our outro. Just
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loving what Connor Brown brings to the table. But he's
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not going to be on the line with Jack Hughes, though.
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He's going to be on the fourth line with Cody
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Am I correct on that one? No, no.
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Stefan Nason actually was sent down to Utica to make
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room for Connor Brown on the roster. So a little
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bit of a twist.
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Boy, the stuff I've been reading has been off lately.
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I think I'm reading some fake articles or something like that.
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But anyway, go ahead.
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Jesper Boquist and Cody Glass will make up the fourth
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line with Connor Brown. The top line will remain Timo
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Mayer and Luke Evangelista centered by Nico Heischer. And then
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Arseny Gritsuk stays on the second line with Hughes and Brett. So, Rodriguez, Mercer,
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Manta makes up the third line. So, a nice little
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veteran third line, some good players on the fourth line. Listen,
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it's good for Connor Brown on the fourth line. If
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you've got a guy that can average 15 to 20
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goals on the fourth line with a center like Glass
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who can make plays, and then Boquist. Boquist has scored
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a couple goals this season just hanging out by the net,
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cleaning out some garbage right in front of the net mouth.
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So– I really like that line, and fourth lines aren't
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what they used to be. It's not the big, rugged,
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tough guys anymore. Some teams in the league still kind
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of go that way. But, you know, the Devils have
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a lot of skill on that fourth line. I would
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actually say if what's written as the third line is
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a lot more fourth-line-y than the fourth line. Mantha with
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Rodriguez and Mercer, that's a bigger, meaner line, I would say,
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of harder four-checking. I guess Glasgow, Quiston, Brown are pretty
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capable of four-checking too, though. So it'll be good to
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have him back in the lineup, though.
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Yeah, and Seagot says, I'm following too many Minnesota writers
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and fans and has no idea what the lines are
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now today. This is the second time it's happened. I'm
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thinking I'm reading some fake articles right now because that's
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what I read. But anyway, long story short, moving on.
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The Devils have this... Three-game homestand. But really, they have, what, six,
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seven games against Western Conference teams. And last season, they
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fared very, very well against these Western Conference teams.
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And to make the argument that the Eastern.
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Conference, maybe, I don't know if it's a little tougher
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or whatnot, but you got the Ducks on Thursday.
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You got the Kings. The Kings aren't doing that well
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this season on Saturday. And then next week.
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They win before Saturday, though.
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then the Edmonton Oilers somewhere. And I think I'm missing
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a team somewhere down the line. So this is a
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great test to see where the Devils are. Because I
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think they just have problems with the Metropolitan Division teams, unfortunately.
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And that was the theme last season.
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Yeah, and those Western Conference teams, those are tough. Those
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teams all have great centers. and that's one of the
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devil's strong suits is that they're strong down the middle too,
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so they can compete with those teams. So a team
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like Colorado, a little thin after Nathan McKinnon, not what
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they once were when Kadri was at the height of
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his powers, but they still will have Nathan McKinnon on
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the ice for close to half the game. So it's
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going to be something where you need to see Luke
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Hughes and Pesci, that top pair, go hard against them.
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I'm sure Pesci will allow Luke Hughes to be a
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little more free, which he's already got. Half of the
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amount of goals he had all of last year and
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a third of his career high in goals already in
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October is not even Over it's really just a third over.
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So we'll see how that goes with as far as
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his numbers, but I Believe it's gonna be Jake Allen
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and net Jake Allen.
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It'll depend It'll depend on You know how they play
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in front of him whether or not I it's going
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to be one of those kinds of games. Neither Dawes
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or Allen have been particularly hot to start this season.
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want to come out from being just average, which is
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really what they've been at 4-4-0.
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a roll. They beat.
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Detroit in overtime. Then they killed the Rangers. I mean,
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that's a very important game. I mean, the Rangers are
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6-0 at home this season. The Rangers are looking pretty good,
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even without Shusterkin. That was a big win. But to
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follow that up with the Washington Capitals, you did have
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the 1-0 lead. Then the Capitals tied it up late
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in the first period. But to come out to the
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second period and suddenly it's 3-1, you're down 3-0.
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It was unbelievable.
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don't know, since Jack Hughes got here when he was drafted.
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It's been a while now. It just seems like a
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recurring theme. They won't show up for that period. Yeah.
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It's been an issue. They scored first, which is something
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that's been a troublesome thing for them, too. So I'm
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glad they did that, certainly. But, you know, the Washington
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Capitals looked like the team after kind of a slower
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start than people were anticipating to start the season. That
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was the Washington Capitals team I think people were expecting
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to coming out of the summer. So we'll see how
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that goes forward with them. But for the Devils, you've
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got to be ready for that. That's no excuse. You
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need to find ways to capitalize on your chances. And
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I said it already, I didn't love the way the
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goaltending was in that game. It just wasn't good enough.
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And I know Connor Hellebuck's available, and that's what people want,
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but I'm not sure giving up assets for a 31-year-old
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like that who didn't report to his own team that
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he did sign a contract with I'm not sure that's
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the answer either, but you have to tread water until
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the goaltending situation works itself out. There's a lot of scoring,
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a lot of high-danger chances. This team's going to bury
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a lot of goals this season. I was a little
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annoyed when Timo Meier scored with under a minute left
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last game because I'm like, of course, that's when he
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gets his first, when it doesn't matter. But, you know,
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maybe that'll open the floodgates for him. Maybe that will
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allow Timo Meier to have some confidence coming into this
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game and start to make the impact that the Devils
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desperately need him to make in the goal-scoring department.
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Yeah, and Jim Dowd said this, you know, on the
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Devils After Dark, you know, about mindset. Like, you've got
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to be in that mindset. And, you know, I think
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right now the Devils.
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I... In some ways, I still think that they're still
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searching for their identity.
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Like, what kind of team are they?
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Nico, he sure obviously is the captain. But it seems
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like they're kind of stuck in their own ways for
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so long. And we've seen this before. We've seen glimpses
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of brilliance. But then you see a performance or an
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effort like how they came out in the second period.
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It's just, it's demoralizing.
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what's wrong with this team?
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What's wrong? Is it the coach?
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But this happened under Lindy Ruff. This happened under Nasruddin.
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This happened under Travis Green. And Travis Green remarked on
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the way out, they're immature. But when are they going
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to get over that hump? And also, with Brendan Dillon...
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who I like, I think he's one of these character
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guys like Brendan Smith back in the day. But, you know,
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Brendan Dillon is a big guy, can bring a lot
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of physicality to the table. But, like, Brendan's, I'm sorry,
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Dillon is now sitting right now. But in my mind,
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we need to have these type of guys out there
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to make sure, like, you don't have these type of lapses,
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you know, in the start of these periods that the
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Devils have had.
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of been around, you know, Connor Brown's made some deep
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runs to the Stanley Cup final, playing well in those
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games with Edmonton. Dougie Hamilton has been to the Stanley
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Cup final. It's, I think so. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
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He got close. He was definitely in a couple conference finals.
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It's important to have leadership that can perform in those roles,
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and Brendan Dillon is one of those guys who, He's
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not the guy I would scratch right away, but also
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they have a surplus of guys that they feel can
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be fresh legs inside of their defense core with Brett
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Pesci and Kovacevic both being healthy. They're going to play
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Luke Hughes, Segan Dollar, and Hamilton whenever they get the opportunity.
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So it'll be interesting to see how that goes. But
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Dylan's out, Chisholm's in, and we'll see how that goes tonight. Yeah.
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Devils will come out. I mean, the Colorado Avalanche, they
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played the night before. The Devils should have more energy.
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They should come out fierce.
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Now, here's the problem. In that first period when the.
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Puck drops, if the Devils come out like they did
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in the second period of last game, and Colorado, you
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got a pissed off Colorado Avalanche team that wants to
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make up for what happened last night. This could easily
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be a 4-0, 5-0 game. Colorado is that good of
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a team to get things done. So you've got to
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watch out. This is not going to be an easy
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game for the New Jersey Devils. And they're playing, again,
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Colorado Avalanche being the top team last season. President's Trophy
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winning team last season. Nothing really has changed too much
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with that team. They've got so many weapons, but Now,
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is Mackenzie Blackwood in net or is it Wedgwood?
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That I don't know. I could get you that information
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right now, though.
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See, I don't trust what I'm reading now because I
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think I read somewhere that Blackwood's in net, but then again,
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I don't know anymore.
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There's one source, whoever is covering the team for the
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hockey news.
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But Wedgwood has owned the Devils, absolutely owned the Devils,
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you know, since leaving back in 2021.
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Yeah, and that probably is why they did use Blackwood yesterday.
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So I assume that Wedgwood will be in net tonight.
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Unless they go Blackwood on the second half of a
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back-to-back two game.
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Again, I don't know what I'm reading.
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I think people are feeding me false information.
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They're going to use Wedgwood. I'm very confident.
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Okay.
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Serve says Markstrom for Calgary out 14 days.
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Upper body injury.
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Sorry, I'm just reading some comments. In the YouTube live.
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Yes, it is Scott Wedgwood. That is confirmed. He will
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pass Mark Ray or Mark Rycroft on the franchise games
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played list. Which it's 272nd all time. So I don't
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know why I have stats between that.
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Anyway.
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His numbers against the Devils are ridiculous. 5-0-0, 1.52 goals
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against and 9.48 save percentage. That's nasty. They need to
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fix that tonight.
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Alright, so let's get your predictions in the YouTube live
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right now.
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Let it filter in. I know some like to get
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it in early. I'm scrolling up. But what's your prediction, Vinny?
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My prediction is the New Jersey Devils will take this
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from the Colorado Avalanche 3-2.
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3-2?
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Yes.
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I'm waiting for these predictions to come.
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In.
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5-1 Avalanche, says Joey B. Wimpy says 5-1 Avs. There's
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a Thomas Thiebiz.
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Theme here. Luba's not in.
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Says 4-3 Devils in overtime. Seagot says 7-0 Devils. Serve
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says 3-2 Devils also.
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Concurring with Vinny Parisi's prediction.
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Last game I was too scared to say I mean
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last game when the Devils were playing the Rangers I
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wanted to say something outrageous but after all that analytics
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talk I tried to be realistic and it turned out
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to be an outrageous score. So I'm I'm going to
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go with that again. Mike Rossi says 7-2 Avs. Selective
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Voice says 4-3 Devils. BJ Ig Fisherman says 6-4 Devils.
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Jack with the Hattie.
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AJ Visco, the law office, is AJ Visco and Sons.
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5-0 Avs. Pete says beat. He says beat. Anyway, beat
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the Devils or beat the Avs. I don't know. Anthony
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says 3-0 Devils. Let's go Devils. I think the Devils
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are going to need some goals here.
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And with downtown Connor Brown on the fourth line, I'm
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loving Boquist right now.
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I think the fourth line had been the hottest out
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of all the lines. Do it. Do it. 6-3 Devils.
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6-3 Devils. Timo Meier, two goals.
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Okay.
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That's a bold prediction here. That's a bold prediction.
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I'm here for it.
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Pete says, LOL, that was a correction for my typo. Okay, anyway.
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Doug Zillas says, let's show up for all peers. No lapses. Yes, absolutely. Absolutely.
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This team has lapses.
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I've had some lapses on this podcast today here on
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Game Day Live. But, hey, if it translates into a win,
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I've got to make mistakes.
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On every podcast. You know what I mean?
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Okay.
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And also, I got my goal light helmet today for
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the game, Vinny.
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You're wearing that in the stadium?
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Yeah, I wore it last game. I was on TV.
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I don't know if you knew that I was on
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TV last time. Devils Rangers.
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Oh, Devils Rangers.
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Yeah.
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I watched Devils Rangers with the MSG, but I was
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at the UC, so I was watching it on my
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computer in front of me. I didn't get MSG for
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the caps. I had to watch the NHL's Saturday morning
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broadcast because... They pick a game every week and do
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that with EJ Raddick calling it, with Kevin Weeks doing color.
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And so when you're an out-of-market fan, you just have
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to deal with that sometimes.
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Yeah. Just a little live look in at the bar
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here at American Whiskey. We're going to have Devils After
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Dark after the game. We might have a special guest.
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Can you believe that? We might have a special guest
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after the game. Can't tell you who it is because
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we don't know who it is yet.
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But we might. We might.
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Joey B says, Sam Wu with red light helmet equals
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no club seats tonight.
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No, I actually was sitting at club level for the
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Devil's Rangers game with red light. I was like five
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rows off the ice.
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And, yeah, so anyway. Random people just come up to me.
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It's just amazing. Here at American Whiskey, I want to
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thank all those tuning in. I want to thank Kendall
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and Michael for making all the pizzas behind the oven. Oh,
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my God. Yeah, and also want to thank Frank the Tank,
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Casey for the Sam salad before, Kevin for giving me
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encouragement to do this podcast, and you, Vinny, for being
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there and all the fans tuning in. Wimpy says, yes,
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I like to listen to other teams' broadcasts. Don't get
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me wrong. I still love our guys. Yeah, sometimes I
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like to hear what other announcers.
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Have to say.
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Fair. I agree. I do it sometimes, for sure.
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Yeah. Especially bad announcers. Because sometimes I just want to
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know what all the fuss is about. Remember that Jack
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Edwards guy in Boston?
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Oh, yeah.
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And, like, all the controversy.
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I would actually listen just to see, like, what he's
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all about, you know, anyway.
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Yeah.
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I listened to Jack quite a bit growing up in
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a half Bruins house.
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Yeah.
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I learned to love him.
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Yeah.
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All right.
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So we're going to get out of here. We're going
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to play downtown Connor Brown. The song that we made
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last year. I hope you enjoyed, everybody. And we'll just
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keep a live look in at the bar.
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Downtown Connor Brown. Until next time, let's go Devils.
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Well, the prudential center is the coldest part of town.
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And if you're.
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Wearing enemy colors, you better just beware of a man
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named Connor Brown. Now, Connor's more than trouble.
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He's got hands like a surgeon's knife. All the devil's
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fans call him downtown.
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Connor Brown opponents just to call him good night.
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And he's bad. The baddest devil in the whole damn town.
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Faster than a breakaway goal. Meaner than a nickel. Whiskey
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for a check. You know.
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He's got a custom Sherwood stick. The curve just like
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a smile. Carbon fiber edges taped heel to toe. And
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a flow that's pure rock pile style. He's got a
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40-bowl C's in his sights, and a sight shot spawned
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with bone-bath steeds. Lotted out in lower town, corners on
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the top line, speed limit for wearin' nippin' knee.
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When Knicks make changes, goalposts mess, you can try to tough.
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Out Jack Hughes as weep.
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It is by and large, hard work.
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Hardest comer in the.
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Heart of town. Frickin' and leaky, he's a brunch.
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And tougher than a junkyard dog in a scrum.
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Well, the two men took to dropping glove.
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The whole arena lost its mind.
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Fists were flying, jerseys torn. Reps trying to break it
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in time.
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Connor came out looking like a jigsaw puzzle with a
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number of stitches on his chin. But he skated back
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to the bench smiling and.
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Dropped a hat trick just to rub it.
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In.
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Yeah, he's bad, bad, Connor Brown. The baddest devil in
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the whole damn town. Badder than old Marty Brodeur.
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Meaner than a junkyard dog when the horn sounds loud.
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Let's go downtown, Connor Brown. Still the baddest man in
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the whole damn town.
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You better step aside when Nightmare 16 comes tearing down.
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Yeah, Connor Brown. Downtown Connor Brown.
