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Hi, this is Chico Resch.
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Beer Baron didn't make it on time, but he did.
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He did. He's 100% so far this year.
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And we got Vinny Parisi out in Chicago, Illinois. Yes,
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that Vinny Parisi at pucksandpitchworks.com. The Hockey News USA Today.
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Network as the Devils take on the Ottawa Senators tonight
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at the Rock.
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Hello, Vinny. It's been a while, hasn't it?
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It has.
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It's been a conflicting schedule so far this season, but
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I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to see that
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somebody over Beer Baron's shoulder is wearing a Travis Zajac t-shirt.
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That just makes me so happy. I was such a
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big fan. Most of Travis Zajac's career was like lackluster
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devil's hockey, the second half of it, but I still,
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I loved him as a player. So to see someone
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rocking an old Travis Zajac t-shirt, I appreciate that very much.
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Do you think that Zajac... could possibly ever get into
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the ring of honor. I mean, not retired Jersey. I mean,
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he played over a thousand games for the devils. Do
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you think that that could be a possibility?
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I think he is, he, he was the one of
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the top dogs on a team for a long time.
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And he kind of went through two eras. He kind
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of like was the number one center on a team
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that went to the cup. In 2012, they drafted him.
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They developed him. He stayed with them. I know he
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had that half-season stint with the Islanders after they traded him. But, like,
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he helped initiate into the league Nico Heischer, Jack Hughes. Yeah,
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I do think he eventually gets in just for kind
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of more of the cultural impact that he had as
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a player just as much as anything he did on
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the ice. I mean, he was a good player. I
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think of like a diet Nico Heischer when I think
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of Travis Zajac. Just someone who does everything well. Every
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goal he scored seemed to be clutch. And then, of course,
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big overtime winners. The Florida series, exactly. So, yeah, I'm
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with you.
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I would.
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And it's always like you always wonder what would have
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happened if Zach Brizzi would have stayed because the connection
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between the two of them was always great. And, you know,
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I love kind of just, like you said, reminiscing about
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players and like having that respect or that admiration for
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further game and you know it's a good transition into
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looking at the team now of like Nico Heischer who's
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coming off a game where he's scoring two goals and
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gets his 200th and.
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201st do we expect this to be.
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The game that woke them up last week or the
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last game rather so I mean like you know 4-1
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nice healthy win is this a game that's going to
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catapult them into this one where we're going to see
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some of that you know good fortune rolling over or
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uh What do you expect out of the team today?
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Well, Ottawa has been better than expected to begin the
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season so far. They definitely have that we're hurt by
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what happened with Brady Kachuk over the offseason. We're not
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going to let what happened with him impact our season.
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We still have guys that we drafted in the first
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round and we're team building. They named Thomas Chabot the captain.
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He's been a longstanding member of the Ottawa Senators. Tim
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Stutzel is a very, very good player. I like a
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lot of what they have over there. Linus Allmark's a
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real good goalie. So a lot of it will depend on,
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you know, how Ottawa plays too. And they're due for
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a letdown, I think. I think they're 4-1-0 or something
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along those lines. But, you know, based on the way
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the Devils handled the Vancouver Canucks, that's what's supposed to happen.
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And when you go, this is the Devils' fifth game.
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I'm pretty sure they've played less games than most of
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the teams in the league so far.
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For whatever reason. But they're playing a lot of games
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this week.
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Exactly. It'll catch up. Water evens out. It always levels out.
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Because in previous years, the Devils were that team where
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there were more games played than everybody else. I think
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you took care of your business against the Flyers, who
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have since struggled. The Utah Mammoth was a one goal– 0-5-2.
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We're going to make fun of them for that a
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little bit. The Utah Mammoth are– they kind of are
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looking like a Stanley Cup contender at times. It was
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a one goal loss. Nico Dawes probably had a couple
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goals he'd like to get back. This is his chance
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to redeem himself. I think the world of– what was
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the other loss? Who am I forgetting? There's another loss.
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Oh, the 6-0.
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They don't beat the Islanders at UBS. They don't beat
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the Islanders at UBS. They don't come within three goals
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of the Islanders. Crap. They don't come within six goals
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of the Islanders at UBS in their last two visits there.
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So that one's just one you scrap and throw out
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the window and forget it ever happened. And then, of course,
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you're supposed to beat teams like the Vancouver Canucks the
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way that you did. So now you've got to go
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in there against Ottawa, who's probably a mix of all
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those teams combined. And you've got to find a way
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to score. Hopefully, like you brought up Nico Heischer getting
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off the early season goal-scoring drought, which for him, three
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games without a goal being a drought, that's the sign
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of a real good goal scorer. but you know jack
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hughes had a big game luke hughes has looked awesome
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in every game but one yeah um you know just
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the core of the team has looked good and you
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need them to show up again in a game like
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this hopefully evangelista plays.
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Yeah i was gonna say is there have you seen
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any updates on it because i was checking before i
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got out here and there hasn't been any kind of
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like word on what's going on or i know there's
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a couple of guys uh that are dealing with some
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sickness apparently um It's that.
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Time of year.
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You know, you're going to get a couple of bugs
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here and there. But, I mean, you look at this
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Ottawa Senators team, Allmark is the one that really gives
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me concern.
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The Devils do not have a lot of good luck
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against Allmark.
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They, you know, he seemed to have had their number,
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I think he's 4-0 in the last four games against them.
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So they got to up the pressure. They got to
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crack that egg early. They got to score first.
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And I know that's like a stupid thing to say
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because you're like, obviously they need to score first and
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outscore the other team but this is a team five
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games in and they have not scored the first goal
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yet so hopefully tonight's the night that they they break
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that and get out the schneid on that but i
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feel like if they can score first they can get
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comfortable they can get into their game and they're not
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chasing uh i think they'll be in better shape so
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hopefully hopefully that's the direction they go in 100%.
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And your little thing there, like your trend about giving
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up the first goal, that's not just this year.
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Oh, no. Yeah.
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The one nothing them thing. Like it's been a meme
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for a couple of years now. Yeah. And the deathless
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don't even tweet it anymore because they don't want to
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get ratioed to death online. But, you know, it's one
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of those things like, is it like a mindset thing?
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Is it a coaching thing? I find it hard to
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believe that they're just straight up not prepared to play
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every single game that they give up the first goal.
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Sometimes the other team just makes a nice play early,
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and that's kind of what happened with Vancouver getting the
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early power play. And my thing with the Devils, speaking
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of the power play, was, okay, if you're going to
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be good on the power play or bad on the
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power play, be good on the penalty kill. If you're
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going to be bad on the penalty kill, be good
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on the power play. Before that game against Vancouver, they
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were bad at all of it. And that was part
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of the reason they lost to the Islanders. It had
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a hand in them losing to the Utah Mammoth. And
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early in the game against Vancouver, it made the first
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period of that game more difficult than it had to be. Now, finally,
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they figured it out for the rest of the game,
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and hopefully that's a bridge to success in those areas
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going forward. But, yeah, I'm with you. Score the first goal,
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and then you're not trailing. within the first 10 minutes
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of the game. And I think the overall vibes of
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the bench and your ability to hold on to a
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win are much likelier.
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Yeah, yeah, agreed. And I mean, that's one of my
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biggest pet peeves about the team.
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So far this year is getting off to that slow start.
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But even like you see, they're doing the right things.
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They get the pressure.
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Why aren't they scoring that first goal is kind of
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like that anomaly.
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What are they doing wrong?
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What do they need to improve on And maybe it's
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more of that, you know, net front presence. Maybe it's
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more of that getting dirty, getting down in those low areas.
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You know, there's a lot of times where this team
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can be very flashy and very fast. There's a lot
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of times where this team looks like, you know, you
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stand up in your seat because you think something's going
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to happen and it's just a shot right into the breadbasket.
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Or it's, you know, they get forced to the outside
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and they're making a, you know, a pretty low danger shot.
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So hopefully they... they get off that first goal and
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you nailed it too about the PK. The PK has
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been absolutely atrocious. They need to start fixing that and
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they need to fix it right away. There's opportunities for
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guys to make an impact. I don't know if they're
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going to keep the same PK units out there if
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there's not that much success. I wonder if they try
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to make any changes with that. Power play getting going
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in the last game is great. You want to see
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that continue over into this game and going forward but
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The power play especially, there's too much talent on this
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team not to have a dangerous power play. you know
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with the puck handling skills of Jack Hughes and Luke
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Hughes and you know Jesper Brett and I mean like
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there's so much firepower on both of these units that
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they should be able to do something a little bit
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more impactful than they have been so hopefully last game
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like I said holding exactly what they needed, that fix
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that they needed.
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Yeah, absolutely. Sam, what are your thoughts?
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Here are my thoughts, and I put this out there
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on X, at primetime, Sam Wu.
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Here's my thoughts.
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That the New Jersey Devils are the best 2-2 team
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in the NHL. If you really think about it, With
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a horrible penalty kill to start the season. And I'm
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banking on the law of averages. Horrible penalty kill. Not
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much offensive scoring. You know, there's a lot of new
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personnel this year. New GM, everything, right? To beat 2-2,
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they could have easily been 4-0. But I'm glad they're 2-2.
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You know why?
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Because last season, they went on a real tear, and
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it gave us this fool's gold there's nothing to work on.
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But there are a lot of things to work on.
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Yeah.
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And it keeps you humble, and it keeps you hungry.
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And speaking of hungry, I'm looking at.
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The pizza right now. Oh, my God.
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The pizza here is incredible.
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You can smell.
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It's like right in our face.
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Yeah. Kendall over there is chopping up the cheese, the mozzarella. Anyway.
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So, long story short, I think the Devils, we haven't
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seen their best yet. I loved how Evan Rodriguez done
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that little thing with Marco Rossi.
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I was there, like, I was at the glass, Vinny.
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I saw the whole thing.
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I was cheering for Evan when he got into the box.
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I was yelling at the referees to free Evan.
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You know, free Evan Rodriguez. I don't know if it worked.
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Maybe that's the reason why he got a double minor.
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I don't know.
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But I really feel like this team, again, is going
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to take about 12 to 15 games to really evaluate
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how they really are. And this whole thing about firing
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Keefe early on, it's just.
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Three games in.
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Well, I think that also comes from his post-game interviews
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and just his tone of how he was addressing the
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media about the team where he doesn't seem to be
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it seems to be negative right yeah let's be honest
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like yeah you lost but at the same time it's
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a tough decision to do like it to be put
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on the spot like hey what's going on you don't
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want a coach who's going to go out there and
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sugarcoat everything and be like oh it's fine we're fine
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we're fine we just got you know we lost six
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to nothing but we're fine we're fine like obviously you
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want a coach who's going to hold people accountable and
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like and and hold these guys to the coals but
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At the same time, I think there was a lot
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of that rhetoric coming off of like how his demeanor was.
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So listen, start winning and you don't have to worry
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about that kind of stuff. You know, you start piling
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up some wins, you don't have to worry about it.
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His job security, he's got to have that in the
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back of his mind because look, last year was a
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complete letdown. Injuries aside, you know, the team, once we
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lost Jack last year, it was like an absolute nosedive.
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So hopefully this.
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Year, everybody stays healthy, knock on wood, as we always say,
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but like You just want them to go out, put
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out a solid effort tonight, come away with a victory, crack,
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you know, the first goal jinx right now, and start putting, like,
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a nice little streak together. Now, I agree with what
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you said before about them being 2-2 is probably better
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for them because you don't want that fool's gold of, like, hey,
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they're 4-0, they look great, they're on top of the division.
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Sometimes that kind of stuff can bite you in the
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ass because, like.
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you feel, like, confident of what you got on the ice,
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and there's, you overlook blemishes. Like, last year, one of
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the things that we overlooked is, like, they were winning games,
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they were winning games, like, 5-4 or 4-3, and you're like, wow, we're, offensively,
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we're putting up some good numbers, but, like, man, we
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are really weak on that back end, and then we
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lose Pesci, and that hurt a lot. So, like, there
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was a lot of things that were happening great, but
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at the same time, you could see the writing on
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the wall of, like, oh, this is not sustainable.
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And that's not.
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You can't have 15, 20 games where you're putting up
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five goals each game.
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That'd be sweet. That'd be great if they could do that.
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Awesome.
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But it's just not realistic.
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And if you look at the overall league standings, I mean,
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Carolina and Vegas, the two teams that were in the
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Stanley Cup final, they're at the top right now through
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two weeks. I don't see them going anywhere. They were
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the two teams in the Stanley Cup final, obviously. And
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then in third, you have the New York Rangers, who
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lost their star goalie for the season. They're going to
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fall off. Edmonton Oilers, they're a cup contender, but they're 4-0-1.
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They gave up a million goals in their first two games.
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They've cleaned it up a little bit. We all know
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about Tampa. Anaheim was in the playoffs last year. But
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it's not like anybody has asserted themselves as the best
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team in the league. There's still a lot of fluidity
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going on right now. And the fact that the Devils
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are 2-2-0 out of their start and it's been inconsistent
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with goaltending and there was the one really bad loss
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that I still think if they lost that game 2-1
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in regulation... People would feel a lot better about 2-0
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through 4. And it's because it's the Islanders and it
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was the second game of the season. There was some
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bad taste in your mouth after what happened last year too.
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There's a long way to go in this season. They
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can double their point total by tomorrow night. They could
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go from four points in the standings to eight. And
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Ottawa's a good team. The Devils can beat them. Detroit, struggling.
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They could beat them. Then it's a couple games after
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that that you would think that the Devils should on
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paper be able to compete in. You just got to
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take it one game at a time, though. It can't
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be like last year where you let things get off
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the rails. The good news is there's nobody in the
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core that you're looking at right now and you're like,
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this guy needs to get going. Yeah, would we all
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like Timo Meier to score some more goals?
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Sure.
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Well, Timo Meier is what he is at this point.
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He's a power forward. who's going to score 20 to
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25 goals a season and have 1,000 hits. Jasper Brad
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is going to be a point-per-game player. Nico Heischer is
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going to be a 30-goal-scoring, two-way guy. And Jack Hughes
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is a superstar. You know what you're going to get
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from these guys. It's good enough to be a really
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good team on most nights. And if you play your
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game tonight against Ottawa, they should find a way to.
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Get it done.
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Now, here's something that we talked about yesterday on the
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big show and something we've kind of touched on a
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few times. Do you think it's too early– to start
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juggling lines. And what I mean by that is, do
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you think it's too early to switch Evangelista and Manta
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in those two positions?
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Yeah, I don't think it's too early at all. I
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think everything should be on the table earlier in the season.
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You want to have everything kind of locked into place,
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how you want them to look in the playoffs by
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the time you get to February and March. That's where
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I stand on it. You want Manta feeling good about
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his line mates when you get to Valentine's Day. Same
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thing with Evangelista, which I think the world of Evangelista.
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I think he's a premier setup man. I don't care
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if he scores zero goals this season. Obviously, he has
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two really nice goals, and he'll probably end in the
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15 to 20 range. But, I mean, he helped Stamkos
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get back to 40 goals last year. Why can't he
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help Nico Heischer and Timo Meier and whoever he's on
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the line with reach new goal-scoring heights as well? So, yes,
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I would– practice I would do everything I would experiment
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all over the place and give these guys an opportunity
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to find the best possible line combinations before things really
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start to matter later in the season yes I see
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why the lines are the way they are and we
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all kind of predicted them to look like that when
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these signings and trades were first made but if things
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aren't working especially with a guy like Manta why not
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move on and try and figure it out.
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Yeah Yeah, and Sam and I were just kind of
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looking at something real quick that, you know, you have
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Connor Brown going on IR.
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Not LTIR, right?
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I think it's just IR, right?
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No, just IR.
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So you got Brown going on IR, which, you know,
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that could mean he's out a week.
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That could mean he's out a month. Like, those things
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are always a little tricky, but.
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You know, Nason goes down on waivers, comes back up.
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So, you know, I think that might have been, like,
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security just in case Evangelista is not ready to go tonight.
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But case in point, if he's not ready, do you
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put Gritsiuk on Jack's line and put, you know, Manta
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on that Timo Meier line and hopefully get them going too?
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I'm a big advocate of having, like, a big body line.
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And if you have Manta and Meier and Heischer on
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a line... That could be a very big, heavy line
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to roll out against some of these teams. Historically, the
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Devils have always had troubles against teams that are much
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bigger and heavier.
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Like the Washington Capitals, for example.
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And to have a line that you could be like,
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all right, this is going to be our big boy line.
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Then you start wearing the team down. Then you throw
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the jack line out, and then you hit them.
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With the speed.
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So you kind of get this counterbalance. It's like the
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old school thunder and lightning. So you want to... We're
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having a sausage party here. Sausage fest.
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Yeah, this is one of these ADD moments. There's sausage.
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We're having a sausage fest here.
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Take a fork and fork.
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Devils by 50. Devils by 50, I swear.
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Are those premium sausages?
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Probably better.
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They were the official sausage.
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Of Jamie Langerburner about 25 years ago.
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I love that.
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We'll look at the oven. There's Kendall. Cut that meat.
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Cut that meat. Cut that meat. Cut that meat.
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Cook them.
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Cook them. Cook them. Oh, got the chicken.
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But yeah, man, I look at the team and I
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look at the possibilities of what they have and what
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they can do. And yeah, honestly, it's going to be...
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This is.
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A big game for them.
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I think this is a lot bigger than a lot
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of people are making it to be because, yeah, it's Ottawa,
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but they've got to come out and they've got to
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build something.
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You've got to be able to be consistent, and I
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think that is the one.
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word that we'll say throughout the entire season is consistency.
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They have to be able to come out today, put
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on a good show, come out with a W that
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doesn't go into overtime or a shootout, and feel good
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about their.
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Game going forward. You know what I mean?
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Like, you can't have like, hey, we just had a
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4-1 victory over a team we should have beat.
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Well, here you go. Here you go again. You should have,
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on paper, you should beat this team.
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100%.
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And you brought up putting Manta with Meyer and having
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a big line. I think if there was a game
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to do it, it would be at home against Ottawa
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where you control the matchups. Tim Stutzla is a great
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player and I think the world of him. If I
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were to buy a Senators jersey, he'd probably be the
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one I'd get. I mean this with no disrespect to Stutzla.
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He's been known to be soft on the puck. despite
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all his skill over the years. So if you can
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negate their best player by putting a big, mean line
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together like that, it's not something worth just completely not
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considering when you go into a game against the Senators
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where you have the matchup. So I like the idea.
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We'll see how they go if they do end up
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having Evangelista on the shelf. But it doesn't feel like
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he's going to be. But that might not need to
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impact the decision either way. We'll see what kind of
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lines they roll out of.
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There's Keith the Cop over here. Keith the Cop. Good
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to see you.
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Good to see you.
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Just coming out of nowhere.
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Oh, Sean's got.
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Oh, nice. I'm not cool enough for Sean anymore. Keith
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the Cop, everybody.
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But, yeah, like, and another good point about that line, though,
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is if you do go with that line, it's a
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line that can score. It's not like a big body
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line that's out there just moving people around and not
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able to add any offensive punch. That's also a very
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dangerous line to put out there, because you have Nico
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Heischer who could score, Timo Meier who could score, you
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have Anthony Mantha who could score. You have three guys
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that are legitimate goal scorers, and... I think that's another
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reason why that experimentation might be a good idea because
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it's not like you're... You're not detracting from that line, right? Like, yeah,
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you have Evangelista's speed that helps out, you know, push
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the play up the ice. But you also have the ability,
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if you get the puck deep, you have guys that
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are going to grind in the walls. You have guys
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that are going to be big and heavy to move
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out front of the net. You then pair that with, like,
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Luke Hughes on the back end who can fire the
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puck in.
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Like, you get.
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These are the types of things that I think about
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when I think about a line like that. I think
486
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it's more of a benefit to have them together than
487
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it is to keep them separate.
488
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And you never know. That might unlock the Anthony Mantha
489
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33 goal scoring ability. So we'll see. We'll see what
490
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they do. It'll be very interesting.
491
00:23:26.849 --> 00:23:29.269
Absolutely. And then before, Sam, you get into predictions like
492
00:23:29.849 --> 00:23:32.529
it's been four games. I keep calling it the worst
493
00:23:32.569 --> 00:23:35.589
contract in the NHL. Like guys go four games without goals.
494
00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:38.319
It just happens to be like the first four. Like
495
00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:40.529
he's on a new team with new line mates, new coaching,
496
00:23:40.569 --> 00:23:42.940
new system. Like, It was the first time he ever
497
00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:45.220
scored 30 in his career. He's not scoring 30 again,
498
00:23:45.269 --> 00:23:47.569
most likely. It doesn't make it like he makes four
499
00:23:47.589 --> 00:23:49.089
and a half or whatever it is. It's not like
500
00:23:49.109 --> 00:23:52.089
they gave him $ 12 million. He's Anthony Mantha. He's a
501
00:23:52.130 --> 00:23:54.390
big body. He plays hard. He's a power forward. He's
502
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going to, if he scores 15 to 25 goals and
503
00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:58.539
it's a two year deal. Exactly. I don't know why
504
00:23:58.579 --> 00:24:00.799
people are freaking out over the Anthony Mantha deal. That's
505
00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:02.640
my one rant. It's not that big of a deal yet.
506
00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.500
It's been a week.
507
00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:07.420
I would also think just because of like expectations that
508
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that's really where it comes from, right? Like, We feel
509
00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.880
the same way. Like we talked about it last night.
510
00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:15.059
The expectations are always what, like, gets you riled up.
511
00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:17.529
So there's going to be, like, these very big lofty
512
00:24:17.569 --> 00:24:20.849
expectations because this team on paper is a very good team.
513
00:24:21.470 --> 00:24:25.789
You know, goalies withstanding. But, yeah, you're going to complain.
514
00:24:25.809 --> 00:24:27.230
You're going to be upset. But, yeah, I agree.
515
00:24:27.410 --> 00:24:30.390
It's four games in. It's not time to panic. If
516
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we were 15 games in and he hasn't scored and
517
00:24:32.890 --> 00:24:35.500
the team looks terrible, yeah, all right, then we can
518
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start thinking about it.
519
00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.660
Yeah, absolutely.
520
00:24:38.009 --> 00:24:43.380
Well, we should get to our JCB architectural game predictions
521
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for this Monday.
522
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JCB architectural. We build houses. We build architecture. We build
523
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Greek architecture. We build the world.
524
00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.299
Yes.
525
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With permits, too.
526
00:24:57.069 --> 00:24:58.789
We build the world the right way. I just came
527
00:24:58.829 --> 00:25:01.490
up with your tagline. We build the world the right way.
528
00:25:01.509 --> 00:25:04.529
That's good, right? Yeah. Business cards pending.
529
00:25:04.890 --> 00:25:06.509
Yes. Anyway.
530
00:25:08.769 --> 00:25:16.279
All right. John, what is your prediction? He says 4-2 Devils.
531
00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.859
Wow.
532
00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.700
I like that. Wow.
533
00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:23.299
I love the enthusiasm. Vinny, what do you think?
534
00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:27.319
Yeah, so I was actually thinking 4-3 New Jersey Devils.
535
00:25:28.150 --> 00:25:28.809
Wow.
536
00:25:28.890 --> 00:25:32.160
So everything is like building. Like you're building a house
537
00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:36.460
right now. The foundation is there. The foundation is there.
538
00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.799
Yeah.
539
00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.799
Well, I'm going to build upon that foundation. I'm going
540
00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:41.279
to say it's going to be a 5-2 Devils victory today.
541
00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.960
Wow.
542
00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.029
5-2.
543
00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.609
Wow. What a foundation.
544
00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:47.150
You're going to see the Anthony Manta score a goal tonight.
545
00:25:47.170 --> 00:25:49.349
Like I call him the Anthony Manta.
546
00:25:49.410 --> 00:25:50.529
That's a new thing now.
547
00:25:50.569 --> 00:25:50.890
Wow.
548
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The.
549
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The Anthony Manta.
550
00:25:52.609 --> 00:25:54.160
The Ohio State is going to see it.
551
00:25:54.170 --> 00:25:55.069
The Ohio State.
552
00:25:55.250 --> 00:25:58.569
Yeah. Eddie says 4-3 Devils.
553
00:25:59.130 --> 00:26:03.970
Seacots 15 says 3-2 Devils. Goals by Meyer, Glass, and Jack.
554
00:26:06.069 --> 00:26:08.630
Serve says, I'll agree, 4-3 Devils.
555
00:26:09.190 --> 00:26:10.089
Joey B.
556
00:26:10.190 --> 00:26:15.950
From Colorado says 3-1 Devils. Devils down under from Australia,
557
00:26:15.990 --> 00:26:21.230
from Melbourne, Australia. 4-3 Devils in OT. It's probably 4 a.m.
558
00:26:21.369 --> 00:26:23.430
It's probably like 4 a.m. down there. I love that.
559
00:26:23.450 --> 00:26:24.410
And he's watching the podcast.
560
00:26:24.430 --> 00:26:24.890
I love that.
561
00:26:25.930 --> 00:26:31.329
A hardcore listener, viewer. Selected Boy says 4-3 Devils. Joey
562
00:26:31.369 --> 00:26:35.970
B says 14-1 Devils. Signed Sam Wu. I didn't get
563
00:26:36.009 --> 00:26:43.240
my prediction yet. That's unofficial. That's an E-1. Pete M9150
564
00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:47.880
says 4-3 Devils. Dawes, if it's Jake, 5-2 Devils. Jake
565
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the Snake Allen.
566
00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:50.420
I think it's going to be Dawes tonight, is it?
567
00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.200
It is Dawes, yeah.
568
00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.299
Yeah.
569
00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:55.420
AJ Visco of the law offices. AJ Visco and Sons.
570
00:26:56.109 --> 00:26:58.990
Trip on a crack. Need some money? Go to AJ
571
00:26:59.049 --> 00:27:03.329
Visco for all your attorney needs. 5-1 Sens, he says.
572
00:27:03.470 --> 00:27:07.470
Ottawa's good at taking away the middle, and Devils can't
573
00:27:07.490 --> 00:27:08.450
seem to beat that.
574
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All right.
575
00:27:09.490 --> 00:27:12.970
We'll be looking at that. Mark Cormier says 3-1 Devils.
576
00:27:13.049 --> 00:27:15.910
Robert Isis says 4-2 Ottawa. Devils only wins.
577
00:27:21.250 --> 00:27:24.329
versus bad teams. Yeah, but they can't help it. They
578
00:27:24.349 --> 00:27:26.450
can't help it. Besides, the first two games of the
579
00:27:26.490 --> 00:27:27.690
season is really preseason.
580
00:27:27.809 --> 00:27:29.930
And that's not always true because there's been plenty of
581
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times where we played layup teams and we've laid an egg.
582
00:27:34.710 --> 00:27:37.450
Also, the Flyers are off to a bad start. They
583
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made the playoffs and won a playoff series last year.
584
00:27:40.869 --> 00:27:42.089
Yeah, exactly.
585
00:27:42.349 --> 00:27:43.829
It's not how you start, it's how you finish.
586
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I've told every date in my life that.
587
00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:49.259
Yeah, alright. Anyway.
588
00:27:53.170 --> 00:27:55.410
You take that in whatever context you want. I'm talking
589
00:27:55.430 --> 00:27:57.890
about going on a nice date. All I think about
590
00:27:57.950 --> 00:28:00.150
is Nikki building the shed.
591
00:28:00.170 --> 00:28:02.210
Yeah, yeah. That's how you start. That's how you finish.
592
00:28:02.230 --> 00:28:02.849
My wife is home.
593
00:28:02.869 --> 00:28:04.369
But somehow she's finishing everything.
594
00:28:04.390 --> 00:28:04.890
Yeah.
595
00:28:05.130 --> 00:28:11.759
Anyway. All right. Or when she swept the chimney. Yeah.
596
00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.059
And she's up on the roof.
597
00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:16.000
Up on the roof fixing shingles. Looks good, babe.
598
00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:24.059
Looks good. Yeah. Want some lemonade? Freshly squeezed. Sherwood says,
599
00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:27.259
4-2 Devils jacked with the Hattie. Wow. Big predictions.
600
00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:30.460
If that's a Hattie, dude, I have such a hard time.
601
00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:33.380
I can't throw a hat. I can't throw a hat.
602
00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.799
Unless it's like a giveaway hat.
603
00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.140
I can't throw my hat.
604
00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.920
I'm thinking 7-5 Devils.
605
00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.589
Oh, God.
606
00:28:39.609 --> 00:28:41.690
7-5 Devils. It's going to be.
607
00:28:41.690 --> 00:28:42.690
An old school shootout.
608
00:28:42.750 --> 00:28:47.069
Yeah. 7-5 Devils. They just squeak it out. Empty net. Goal.
609
00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.809
by Evan Rodriguez. I like it.
610
00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:56.549
That's what I said.
611
00:28:56.569 --> 00:28:56.930
4-0.
612
00:28:56.970 --> 00:29:02.089
Second round loss. And now 0-5-2. That's embarrassing. Yeah, what's
613
00:29:02.130 --> 00:29:04.690
happening in Philadelphia is perplexing.
614
00:29:04.730 --> 00:29:07.410
I mean, they're all calling for Rick Tockett's head. I mean,
615
00:29:07.630 --> 00:29:08.210
you're seeing the.
616
00:29:08.890 --> 00:29:10.829
Dude, they were calling for his head even when they
617
00:29:10.849 --> 00:29:13.450
won that playoff series. Let's not get it twisted. Like,
618
00:29:13.569 --> 00:29:15.009
that's the Philadelphia fan base.
619
00:29:15.089 --> 00:29:19.420
Like, Well, props to the Carolina Hurricanes for trolling.
620
00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.960
Absolutely trolling.
621
00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.039
Yeah, I don't know.
622
00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:26.759
If you haven't seen it, they put on X that
623
00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:31.730
they have more wins in Philadelphia than the Eagles, the Phillies,
624
00:29:31.890 --> 00:29:33.470
and the Flyers do in the entire month.
625
00:29:33.490 --> 00:29:34.210
Yeah, the entire month.
626
00:29:34.230 --> 00:29:35.250
That's pretty brutal.
627
00:29:35.789 --> 00:29:36.029
Yeah.
628
00:29:38.109 --> 00:29:38.710
It's interesting.
629
00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:43.160
Let's see club seats with prime rib sandwich I'm not
630
00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:48.940
sure today Joey B I'm not sure but anyway it's
631
00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.670
about that time we're going to get out of here
632
00:29:51.089 --> 00:29:54.430
a couple housekeeping notes we'll be here after the game
633
00:29:54.470 --> 00:29:58.000
doubles after dark after the game Me and Scotty of
634
00:29:58.019 --> 00:30:01.529
SiriusXM Liquid Metal, he and I will recap the game
635
00:30:01.569 --> 00:30:02.180
that was.
636
00:30:02.849 --> 00:30:07.509
Also, tomorrow, game is at 6 p.m. Eastern.
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00:30:08.630 --> 00:30:11.750
Just a reminder, Devils and Red Wings, the Devils are
638
00:30:11.950 --> 00:30:15.619
on the road, and so is Game Day Live, and
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let's go Devils podcast.
640
00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.240
That's right.
641
00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:22.359
Because we are going to Miller's Ale House in Rockaway,
642
00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:27.900
New Jersey, for a Stanley Cup event. Of Grant Marshall,
643
00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:31.339
good friend of the podcast. Jim Dowd, good friend of
644
00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:34.759
the podcast. Ken Danico, good friend of the podcast. And
645
00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:38.089
Bruce Driver, good friend of the podcast. It's going to
646
00:30:38.109 --> 00:30:39.930
be Stanley Cup heaven.
647
00:30:39.950 --> 00:30:40.369
Yeah.
648
00:30:41.190 --> 00:30:44.170
Before the Devils take on the Red Wings, we'll probably
649
00:30:44.190 --> 00:30:47.200
have an earlier start to GDL. Probably going to do
650
00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:49.960
some intermission interviews. So you want to keep it here.
651
00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:54.380
Keep your alerts. If the alerts aren't working, just keep
652
00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:57.880
on checking the Let's Go Devils podcast channel.
653
00:30:58.549 --> 00:30:59.670
But, yeah, it is.
654
00:30:59.650 --> 00:31:03.329
Going to be an amazing event. Devils all day, all
655
00:31:03.789 --> 00:31:05.789
night crew put this thing together.
656
00:31:06.170 --> 00:31:09.400
We're just going there interviewing people. players.
657
00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:12.400
Having a good time. Watching the boys.
658
00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:16.960
When's prime rib night at Miller's? Every night. Is it
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like every Tuesday? I think it's Sundays and Thursdays. I
660
00:31:21.509 --> 00:31:22.609
don't know.
661
00:31:22.690 --> 00:31:28.049
Regardless, the wings are pretty good. That's my plug. We're
662
00:31:28.069 --> 00:31:33.109
getting out of here. Trying to hit the music right now.
663
00:31:33.750 --> 00:31:34.829
The red wings aren't.
664
00:31:34.849 --> 00:31:35.069
What's that?
665
00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:39.720
Their wings are good, but the Red Wings aren't.
666
00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.119
Hey-oh.
667
00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.259
Ah, well.
668
00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:44.859
And that notification that popped up on my phone was
669
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Kovacevic taking warm-ups, inching closer to a return.
670
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Oh, okay. Whoa.
671
00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.599
Okay.
672
00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.380
Breaking news.
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Whoa.
674
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Breaking news.
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Well, we'll be back for Devils After Dark after the game.
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Thank you to everybody. Thank you to JCB Architectural. Thank
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you to Beer Baron. Thank you to Vinny. Thank you
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to myself. Thank you to Frank the Tank. Michael, Kendall, Kevin, Casey,
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the whole crew here at American Whiskey.
680
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Vinny Parisi.
681
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I said Vinny already. Oh, you did?
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Okay.
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Oh, we'll say it again. Vinny Parisi again. Until next time,
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let's go Devils.
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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 Monday. This is Game Day Live.
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Come 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'm your host, Sam Wu, here with Beer Baron on location.
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We got the E-Bub on standby, Roman, just in case
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Beer Baron didn't make it on time, but he did.
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He did. He's 100% so far this year.
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And we got Vinny Parisi out in Chicago, Illinois. Yes,
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that Vinny Parisi at pucksandpitchworks.com. The Hockey News USA Today.
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And we're 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 Ottawa Senators tonight
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at the Rock.
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Hello, Vinny. It's been a while, hasn't it?
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It has.
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It's been a conflicting schedule so far this season, but
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I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to see that
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somebody over Beer Baron's shoulder is wearing a Travis Zajac t-shirt.
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That just makes me so happy. I was such a
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big fan. Most of Travis Zajac's career was like lackluster
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devil's hockey, the second half of it, but I still,
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I loved him as a player. So to see someone
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rocking an old Travis Zajac t-shirt, I appreciate that very much.
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Do you think that Zajac... could possibly ever get into
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the ring of honor. I mean, not retired Jersey. I mean,
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he played over a thousand games for the devils. Do
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you think that that could be a possibility?
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I think he is, he, he was the one of
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the top dogs on a team for a long time.
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And he kind of went through two eras. He kind
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of like was the number one center on a team
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that went to the cup. In 2012, they drafted him.
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They developed him. He stayed with them. I know he
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had that half-season stint with the Islanders after they traded him. But, like,
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he helped initiate into the league Nico Heischer, Jack Hughes. Yeah,
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I do think he eventually gets in just for kind
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of more of the cultural impact that he had as
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a player just as much as anything he did on
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the ice. I mean, he was a good player. I
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think of like a diet Nico Heischer when I think
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of Travis Zajac. Just someone who does everything well. Every
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goal he scored seemed to be clutch. And then, of course,
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big overtime winners. The Florida series, exactly. So, yeah, I'm
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happened if Zach Brizzi would have stayed because the connection
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between the two of them was always great. And, you know,
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I love kind of just, like you said, reminiscing about
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players and like having that respect or that admiration for
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further game and you know it's a good transition into
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looking at the team now of like Nico Heischer who's
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coming off a game where he's scoring two goals and
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gets his 200th and.
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201st do we expect this to be.
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The game that woke them up last week or the
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last game rather so I mean like you know 4-1
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nice healthy win is this a game that's going to
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catapult them into this one where we're going to see
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some of that you know good fortune rolling over or
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uh What do you expect out of the team today?
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season so far. They definitely have that we're hurt by
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what happened with Brady Kachuk over the offseason. We're not
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going to let what happened with him impact our season.
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We still have guys that we drafted in the first
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round and we're team building. They named Thomas Chabot the captain.
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He's been a longstanding member of the Ottawa Senators. Tim
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Stutzel is a very, very good player. I like a
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lot of what they have over there. Linus Allmark's a
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real good goalie. So a lot of it will depend on,
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you know, how Ottawa plays too. And they're due for
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a letdown, I think. I think they're 4-1-0 or something
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along those lines. But, you know, based on the way
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the Devils handled the Vancouver Canucks, that's what's supposed to happen.
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I'm pretty sure they've played less games than most of
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the teams in the league so far.
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For whatever reason. But they're playing a lot of games
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this week.
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Exactly. It'll catch up. Water evens out. It always levels out.
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there were more games played than everybody else. I think
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you took care of your business against the Flyers, who
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have since struggled. The Utah Mammoth was a one goal– 0-5-2.
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We're going to make fun of them for that a
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little bit. The Utah Mammoth are– they kind of are
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looking like a Stanley Cup contender at times. It was
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a one goal loss. Nico Dawes probably had a couple
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goals he'd like to get back. This is his chance
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to redeem himself. I think the world of– what was
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the other loss? Who am I forgetting? There's another loss.
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Oh, the 6-0.
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They don't beat the Islanders at UBS. They don't beat
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the Islanders at UBS. They don't come within three goals
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of the Islanders. Crap. They don't come within six goals
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of the Islanders at UBS in their last two visits there.
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So that one's just one you scrap and throw out
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the window and forget it ever happened. And then, of course,
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you're supposed to beat teams like the Vancouver Canucks the
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way that you did. So now you've got to go
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in there against Ottawa, who's probably a mix of all
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those teams combined. And you've got to find a way
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to score. Hopefully, like you brought up Nico Heischer getting
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off the early season goal-scoring drought, which for him, three
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games without a goal being a drought, that's the sign
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of a real good goal scorer. but you know jack
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hughes had a big game luke hughes has looked awesome
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in every game but one yeah um you know just
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the core of the team has looked good and you
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need them to show up again in a game like
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this hopefully evangelista plays.
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Yeah i was gonna say is there have you seen
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any updates on it because i was checking before i
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got out here and there hasn't been any kind of
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like word on what's going on or i know there's
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a couple of guys uh that are dealing with some
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sickness apparently um It's that.
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You know, you're going to get a couple of bugs
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here and there. But, I mean, you look at this
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Ottawa Senators team, Allmark is the one that really gives
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The Devils do not have a lot of good luck
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against Allmark.
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They, you know, he seemed to have had their number,
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I think he's 4-0 in the last four games against them.
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So they got to up the pressure. They got to
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crack that egg early. They got to score first.
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because you're like, obviously they need to score first and
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outscore the other team but this is a team five
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games in and they have not scored the first goal
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yet so hopefully tonight's the night that they they break
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that and get out the schneid on that but i
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feel like if they can score first they can get
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comfortable they can get into their game and they're not
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chasing uh i think they'll be in better shape so
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hopefully hopefully that's the direction they go in 100%.
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up the first goal, that's not just this year.
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Oh, no. Yeah.
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The one nothing them thing. Like it's been a meme
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for a couple of years now. Yeah. And the deathless
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don't even tweet it anymore because they don't want to
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get ratioed to death online. But, you know, it's one
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of those things like, is it like a mindset thing?
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Is it a coaching thing? I find it hard to
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believe that they're just straight up not prepared to play
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every single game that they give up the first goal.
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and that's kind of what happened with Vancouver getting the
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early power play. And my thing with the Devils, speaking
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of the power play, was, okay, if you're going to
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be good on the power play or bad on the
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power play, be good on the penalty kill. If you're
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going to be bad on the penalty kill, be good
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on the power play. Before that game against Vancouver, they
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were bad at all of it. And that was part
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of the reason they lost to the Islanders. It had
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a hand in them losing to the Utah Mammoth. And
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early in the game against Vancouver, it made the first
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period of that game more difficult than it had to be. Now, finally,
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they figured it out for the rest of the game,
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and hopefully that's a bridge to success in those areas
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going forward. But, yeah, I'm with you. Score the first goal,
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and then you're not trailing. within the first 10 minutes
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of the game. And I think the overall vibes of
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the bench and your ability to hold on to a
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win are much likelier.
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Yeah, yeah, agreed. And I mean, that's one of my
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biggest pet peeves about the team.
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So far this year is getting off to that slow start.
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They get the pressure.
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Why aren't they scoring that first goal is kind of
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like that anomaly.
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What are they doing wrong?
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What do they need to improve on And maybe it's
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more of that, you know, net front presence. Maybe it's
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more of that getting dirty, getting down in those low areas.
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can be very flashy and very fast. There's a lot
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of times where this team looks like, you know, you
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stand up in your seat because you think something's going
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to happen and it's just a shot right into the breadbasket.
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Or it's, you know, they get forced to the outside
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and they're making a, you know, a pretty low danger shot.
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So hopefully they... they get off that first goal and
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you nailed it too about the PK. The PK has
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been absolutely atrocious. They need to start fixing that and
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they need to fix it right away. There's opportunities for
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guys to make an impact. I don't know if they're
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going to keep the same PK units out there if
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there's not that much success. I wonder if they try
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to make any changes with that. Power play getting going
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in the last game is great. You want to see
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that continue over into this game and going forward but
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The power play especially, there's too much talent on this
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team not to have a dangerous power play. you know
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with the puck handling skills of Jack Hughes and Luke
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Hughes and you know Jesper Brett and I mean like
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there's so much firepower on both of these units that
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they should be able to do something a little bit
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more impactful than they have been so hopefully last game
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like I said holding exactly what they needed, that fix
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that they needed.
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Yeah, absolutely. Sam, what are your thoughts?
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Here are my thoughts, and I put this out there
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on X, at primetime, Sam Wu.
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Here's my thoughts.
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That the New Jersey Devils are the best 2-2 team
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in the NHL. If you really think about it, With
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a horrible penalty kill to start the season. And I'm
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banking on the law of averages. Horrible penalty kill. Not
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much offensive scoring. You know, there's a lot of new
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personnel this year. New GM, everything, right? To beat 2-2,
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they could have easily been 4-0. But I'm glad they're 2-2.
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You know why?
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Because last season, they went on a real tear, and
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it gave us this fool's gold there's nothing to work on.
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But there are a lot of things to work on.
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Yeah.
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And it keeps you humble, and it keeps you hungry.
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And speaking of hungry, I'm looking at.
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The pizza right now. Oh, my God.
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The pizza here is incredible.
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You can smell.
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It's like right in our face.
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Yeah. Kendall over there is chopping up the cheese, the mozzarella. Anyway.
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So, long story short, I think the Devils, we haven't
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seen their best yet. I loved how Evan Rodriguez done
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that little thing with Marco Rossi.
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I was there, like, I was at the glass, Vinny.
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I saw the whole thing.
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I was cheering for Evan when he got into the box.
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I was yelling at the referees to free Evan.
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You know, free Evan Rodriguez. I don't know if it worked.
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Maybe that's the reason why he got a double minor.
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I don't know.
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to take about 12 to 15 games to really evaluate
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how they really are. And this whole thing about firing
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Keefe early on, it's just.
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Three games in.
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and just his tone of how he was addressing the
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media about the team where he doesn't seem to be
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it seems to be negative right yeah let's be honest
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like yeah you lost but at the same time it's
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a tough decision to do like it to be put
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on the spot like hey what's going on you don't
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want a coach who's going to go out there and
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sugarcoat everything and be like oh it's fine we're fine
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we're fine we just got you know we lost six
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to nothing but we're fine we're fine like obviously you
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want a coach who's going to hold people accountable and
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like and and hold these guys to the coals but
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of that rhetoric coming off of like how his demeanor was.
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So listen, start winning and you don't have to worry
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about that kind of stuff. You know, you start piling
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up some wins, you don't have to worry about it.
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His job security, he's got to have that in the
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back of his mind because look, last year was a
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complete letdown. Injuries aside, you know, the team, once we
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lost Jack last year, it was like an absolute nosedive.
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Year, everybody stays healthy, knock on wood, as we always say,
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but like You just want them to go out, put
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out a solid effort tonight, come away with a victory, crack,
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you know, the first goal jinx right now, and start putting, like,
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a nice little streak together. Now, I agree with what
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you said before about them being 2-2 is probably better
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for them because you don't want that fool's gold of, like, hey,
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they're 4-0, they look great, they're on top of the division.
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ass because, like.
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you feel, like, confident of what you got on the ice,
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and there's, you overlook blemishes. Like, last year, one of
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the things that we overlooked is, like, they were winning games,
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they were winning games, like, 5-4 or 4-3, and you're like, wow, we're, offensively,
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we're putting up some good numbers, but, like, man, we
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are really weak on that back end, and then we
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lose Pesci, and that hurt a lot. So, like, there
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was a lot of things that were happening great, but
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at the same time, you could see the writing on
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the wall of, like, oh, this is not sustainable.
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And that's not.
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You can't have 15, 20 games where you're putting up
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five goals each game.
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That'd be sweet. That'd be great if they could do that.
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Awesome.
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But it's just not realistic.
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And if you look at the overall league standings, I mean,
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Carolina and Vegas, the two teams that were in the
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Stanley Cup final, they're at the top right now through
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two weeks. I don't see them going anywhere. They were
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the two teams in the Stanley Cup final, obviously. And
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then in third, you have the New York Rangers, who
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lost their star goalie for the season. They're going to
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fall off. Edmonton Oilers, they're a cup contender, but they're 4-0-1.
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They gave up a million goals in their first two games.
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They've cleaned it up a little bit. We all know
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about Tampa. Anaheim was in the playoffs last year. But
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it's not like anybody has asserted themselves as the best
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team in the league. There's still a lot of fluidity
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going on right now. And the fact that the Devils
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are 2-2-0 out of their start and it's been inconsistent
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with goaltending and there was the one really bad loss
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that I still think if they lost that game 2-1
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in regulation... People would feel a lot better about 2-0
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through 4. And it's because it's the Islanders and it
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was the second game of the season. There was some
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bad taste in your mouth after what happened last year too.
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There's a long way to go in this season. They
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can double their point total by tomorrow night. They could
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go from four points in the standings to eight. And
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Ottawa's a good team. The Devils can beat them. Detroit, struggling.
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They could beat them. Then it's a couple games after
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that that you would think that the Devils should on
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paper be able to compete in. You just got to
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take it one game at a time, though. It can't
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be like last year where you let things get off
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the rails. The good news is there's nobody in the
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core that you're looking at right now and you're like,
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this guy needs to get going. Yeah, would we all
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like Timo Meier to score some more goals?
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Sure.
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Well, Timo Meier is what he is at this point.
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He's a power forward. who's going to score 20 to
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25 goals a season and have 1,000 hits. Jasper Brad
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is going to be a point-per-game player. Nico Heischer is
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going to be a 30-goal-scoring, two-way guy. And Jack Hughes
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is a superstar. You know what you're going to get
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from these guys. It's good enough to be a really
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good team on most nights. And if you play your
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game tonight against Ottawa, they should find a way to.
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Get it done.
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Now, here's something that we talked about yesterday on the
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big show and something we've kind of touched on a
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few times. Do you think it's too early– to start
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juggling lines. And what I mean by that is, do
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you think it's too early to switch Evangelista and Manta
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in those two positions?
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Yeah, I don't think it's too early at all. I
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think everything should be on the table earlier in the season.
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You want to have everything kind of locked into place,
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how you want them to look in the playoffs by
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the time you get to February and March. That's where
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I stand on it. You want Manta feeling good about
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his line mates when you get to Valentine's Day. Same
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thing with Evangelista, which I think the world of Evangelista.
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I think he's a premier setup man. I don't care
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if he scores zero goals this season. Obviously, he has
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two really nice goals, and he'll probably end in the
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15 to 20 range. But, I mean, he helped Stamkos
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get back to 40 goals last year. Why can't he
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help Nico Heischer and Timo Meier and whoever he's on
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the line with reach new goal-scoring heights as well? So, yes,
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I would– practice I would do everything I would experiment
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all over the place and give these guys an opportunity
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to find the best possible line combinations before things really
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start to matter later in the season yes I see
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why the lines are the way they are and we
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all kind of predicted them to look like that when
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these signings and trades were first made but if things
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aren't working especially with a guy like Manta why not
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move on and try and figure it out.
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Yeah Yeah, and Sam and I were just kind of
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looking at something real quick that, you know, you have
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Connor Brown going on IR.
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Not LTIR, right?
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I think it's just IR, right?
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No, just IR.
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So you got Brown going on IR, which, you know,
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that could mean he's out a week.
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That could mean he's out a month. Like, those things
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are always a little tricky, but.
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You know, Nason goes down on waivers, comes back up.
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So, you know, I think that might have been, like,
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security just in case Evangelista is not ready to go tonight.
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But case in point, if he's not ready, do you
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put Gritsiuk on Jack's line and put, you know, Manta
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on that Timo Meier line and hopefully get them going too?
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I'm a big advocate of having, like, a big body line.
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And if you have Manta and Meier and Heischer on
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a line... That could be a very big, heavy line
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to roll out against some of these teams. Historically, the
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Devils have always had troubles against teams that are much
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bigger and heavier.
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Like the Washington Capitals, for example.
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And to have a line that you could be like,
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all right, this is going to be our big boy line.
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Then you start wearing the team down. Then you throw
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the jack line out, and then you hit them.
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With the speed.
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So you kind of get this counterbalance. It's like the
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old school thunder and lightning. So you want to... We're
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having a sausage party here. Sausage fest.
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Yeah, this is one of these ADD moments. There's sausage.
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We're having a sausage fest here.
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Take a fork and fork.
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Devils by 50. Devils by 50, I swear.
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Are those premium sausages?
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Probably better.
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They were the official sausage.
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Of Jamie Langerburner about 25 years ago.
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I love that.
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We'll look at the oven. There's Kendall. Cut that meat.
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Cut that meat. Cut that meat. Cut that meat.
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Cook them.
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Cook them. Cook them. Oh, got the chicken.
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But yeah, man, I look at the team and I
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look at the possibilities of what they have and what
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they can do. And yeah, honestly, it's going to be...
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This is.
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A big game for them.
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I think this is a lot bigger than a lot
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of people are making it to be because, yeah, it's Ottawa,
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but they've got to come out and they've got to
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build something.
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You've got to be able to be consistent, and I
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think that is the one.
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word that we'll say throughout the entire season is consistency.
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They have to be able to come out today, put
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on a good show, come out with a W that
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doesn't go into overtime or a shootout, and feel good
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about their.
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Game going forward. You know what I mean?
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Like, you can't have like, hey, we just had a
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4-1 victory over a team we should have beat.
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Well, here you go. Here you go again. You should have,
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on paper, you should beat this team.
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100%.
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And you brought up putting Manta with Meyer and having
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a big line. I think if there was a game
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to do it, it would be at home against Ottawa
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where you control the matchups. Tim Stutzla is a great
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player and I think the world of him. If I
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were to buy a Senators jersey, he'd probably be the
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one I'd get. I mean this with no disrespect to Stutzla.
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He's been known to be soft on the puck. despite
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all his skill over the years. So if you can
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negate their best player by putting a big, mean line
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together like that, it's not something worth just completely not
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considering when you go into a game against the Senators
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where you have the matchup. So I like the idea.
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We'll see how they go if they do end up
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having Evangelista on the shelf. But it doesn't feel like
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he's going to be. But that might not need to
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impact the decision either way. We'll see what kind of
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lines they roll out of.
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There's Keith the Cop over here. Keith the Cop. Good
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to see you.
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Good to see you.
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Just coming out of nowhere.
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Oh, Sean's got.
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Oh, nice. I'm not cool enough for Sean anymore. Keith
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the Cop, everybody.
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But, yeah, like, and another good point about that line, though,
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is if you do go with that line, it's a
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line that can score. It's not like a big body
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line that's out there just moving people around and not
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able to add any offensive punch. That's also a very
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dangerous line to put out there, because you have Nico
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Heischer who could score, Timo Meier who could score, you
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have Anthony Mantha who could score. You have three guys
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that are legitimate goal scorers, and... I think that's another
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reason why that experimentation might be a good idea because
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it's not like you're... You're not detracting from that line, right? Like, yeah,
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you have Evangelista's speed that helps out, you know, push
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the play up the ice. But you also have the ability,
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if you get the puck deep, you have guys that
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are going to grind in the walls. You have guys
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that are going to be big and heavy to move
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out front of the net. You then pair that with, like,
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Luke Hughes on the back end who can fire the
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puck in.
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Like, you get.
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These are the types of things that I think about
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when I think about a line like that. I think
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it's more of a benefit to have them together than
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it is to keep them separate.
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And you never know. That might unlock the Anthony Mantha
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33 goal scoring ability. So we'll see. We'll see what
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they do. It'll be very interesting.
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Absolutely. And then before, Sam, you get into predictions like
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it's been four games. I keep calling it the worst
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contract in the NHL. Like guys go four games without goals.
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It just happens to be like the first four. Like
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he's on a new team with new line mates, new coaching,
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new system. Like, It was the first time he ever
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scored 30 in his career. He's not scoring 30 again,
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most likely. It doesn't make it like he makes four
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and a half or whatever it is. It's not like
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they gave him $ 12 million. He's Anthony Mantha. He's a
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big body. He plays hard. He's a power forward. He's
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going to, if he scores 15 to 25 goals and
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it's a two year deal. Exactly. I don't know why
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people are freaking out over the Anthony Mantha deal. That's
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my one rant. It's not that big of a deal yet.
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It's been a week.
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I would also think just because of like expectations that
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that's really where it comes from, right? Like, We feel
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the same way. Like we talked about it last night.
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The expectations are always what, like, gets you riled up.
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So there's going to be, like, these very big lofty
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expectations because this team on paper is a very good team.
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You know, goalies withstanding. But, yeah, you're going to complain.
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You're going to be upset. But, yeah, I agree.
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It's four games in. It's not time to panic. If
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we were 15 games in and he hasn't scored and
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the team looks terrible, yeah, all right, then we can
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start thinking about it.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Well, we should get to our JCB architectural game predictions
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for this Monday.
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JCB architectural. We build houses. We build architecture. We build
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Greek architecture. We build the world.
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Yes.
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With permits, too.
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We build the world the right way. I just came
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up with your tagline. We build the world the right way.
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That's good, right? Yeah. Business cards pending.
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Yes. Anyway.
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All right. John, what is your prediction? He says 4-2 Devils.
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Wow.
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I like that. Wow.
533
00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:23.299
I love the enthusiasm. Vinny, what do you think?
534
00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:27.319
Yeah, so I was actually thinking 4-3 New Jersey Devils.
535
00:25:28.150 --> 00:25:28.809
Wow.
536
00:25:28.890 --> 00:25:32.160
So everything is like building. Like you're building a house
537
00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:36.460
right now. The foundation is there. The foundation is there.
538
00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.799
Yeah.
539
00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.799
Well, I'm going to build upon that foundation. I'm going
540
00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:41.279
to say it's going to be a 5-2 Devils victory today.
541
00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.960
Wow.
542
00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.029
5-2.
543
00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.609
Wow. What a foundation.
544
00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:47.150
You're going to see the Anthony Manta score a goal tonight.
545
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Like I call him the Anthony Manta.
546
00:25:49.410 --> 00:25:50.529
That's a new thing now.
547
00:25:50.569 --> 00:25:50.890
Wow.
548
00:25:50.970 --> 00:25:51.289
The.
549
00:25:51.630 --> 00:25:52.589
The Anthony Manta.
550
00:25:52.609 --> 00:25:54.160
The Ohio State is going to see it.
551
00:25:54.170 --> 00:25:55.069
The Ohio State.
552
00:25:55.250 --> 00:25:58.569
Yeah. Eddie says 4-3 Devils.
553
00:25:59.130 --> 00:26:03.970
Seacots 15 says 3-2 Devils. Goals by Meyer, Glass, and Jack.
554
00:26:06.069 --> 00:26:08.630
Serve says, I'll agree, 4-3 Devils.
555
00:26:09.190 --> 00:26:10.089
Joey B.
556
00:26:10.190 --> 00:26:15.950
From Colorado says 3-1 Devils. Devils down under from Australia,
557
00:26:15.990 --> 00:26:21.230
from Melbourne, Australia. 4-3 Devils in OT. It's probably 4 a.m.
558
00:26:21.369 --> 00:26:23.430
It's probably like 4 a.m. down there. I love that.
559
00:26:23.450 --> 00:26:24.410
And he's watching the podcast.
560
00:26:24.430 --> 00:26:24.890
I love that.
561
00:26:25.930 --> 00:26:31.329
A hardcore listener, viewer. Selected Boy says 4-3 Devils. Joey
562
00:26:31.369 --> 00:26:35.970
B says 14-1 Devils. Signed Sam Wu. I didn't get
563
00:26:36.009 --> 00:26:43.240
my prediction yet. That's unofficial. That's an E-1. Pete M9150
564
00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:47.880
says 4-3 Devils. Dawes, if it's Jake, 5-2 Devils. Jake
565
00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.640
the Snake Allen.
566
00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:50.420
I think it's going to be Dawes tonight, is it?
567
00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.200
It is Dawes, yeah.
568
00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.299
Yeah.
569
00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:55.420
AJ Visco of the law offices. AJ Visco and Sons.
570
00:26:56.109 --> 00:26:58.990
Trip on a crack. Need some money? Go to AJ
571
00:26:59.049 --> 00:27:03.329
Visco for all your attorney needs. 5-1 Sens, he says.
572
00:27:03.470 --> 00:27:07.470
Ottawa's good at taking away the middle, and Devils can't
573
00:27:07.490 --> 00:27:08.450
seem to beat that.
574
00:27:08.470 --> 00:27:09.369
All right.
575
00:27:09.490 --> 00:27:12.970
We'll be looking at that. Mark Cormier says 3-1 Devils.
576
00:27:13.049 --> 00:27:15.910
Robert Isis says 4-2 Ottawa. Devils only wins.
577
00:27:21.250 --> 00:27:24.329
versus bad teams. Yeah, but they can't help it. They
578
00:27:24.349 --> 00:27:26.450
can't help it. Besides, the first two games of the
579
00:27:26.490 --> 00:27:27.690
season is really preseason.
580
00:27:27.809 --> 00:27:29.930
And that's not always true because there's been plenty of
581
00:27:29.970 --> 00:27:33.450
times where we played layup teams and we've laid an egg.
582
00:27:34.710 --> 00:27:37.450
Also, the Flyers are off to a bad start. They
583
00:27:37.470 --> 00:27:40.450
made the playoffs and won a playoff series last year.
584
00:27:40.869 --> 00:27:42.089
Yeah, exactly.
585
00:27:42.349 --> 00:27:43.829
It's not how you start, it's how you finish.
586
00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.779
I've told every date in my life that.
587
00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:49.259
Yeah, alright. Anyway.
588
00:27:53.170 --> 00:27:55.410
You take that in whatever context you want. I'm talking
589
00:27:55.430 --> 00:27:57.890
about going on a nice date. All I think about
590
00:27:57.950 --> 00:28:00.150
is Nikki building the shed.
591
00:28:00.170 --> 00:28:02.210
Yeah, yeah. That's how you start. That's how you finish.
592
00:28:02.230 --> 00:28:02.849
My wife is home.
593
00:28:02.869 --> 00:28:04.369
But somehow she's finishing everything.
594
00:28:04.390 --> 00:28:04.890
Yeah.
595
00:28:05.130 --> 00:28:11.759
Anyway. All right. Or when she swept the chimney. Yeah.
596
00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.059
And she's up on the roof.
597
00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:16.000
Up on the roof fixing shingles. Looks good, babe.
598
00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:24.059
Looks good. Yeah. Want some lemonade? Freshly squeezed. Sherwood says,
599
00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:27.259
4-2 Devils jacked with the Hattie. Wow. Big predictions.
600
00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:30.460
If that's a Hattie, dude, I have such a hard time.
601
00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:33.380
I can't throw a hat. I can't throw a hat.
602
00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.799
Unless it's like a giveaway hat.
603
00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.140
I can't throw my hat.
604
00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.920
I'm thinking 7-5 Devils.
605
00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.589
Oh, God.
606
00:28:39.609 --> 00:28:41.690
7-5 Devils. It's going to be.
607
00:28:41.690 --> 00:28:42.690
An old school shootout.
608
00:28:42.750 --> 00:28:47.069
Yeah. 7-5 Devils. They just squeak it out. Empty net. Goal.
609
00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.809
by Evan Rodriguez. I like it.
610
00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:56.549
That's what I said.
611
00:28:56.569 --> 00:28:56.930
4-0.
612
00:28:56.970 --> 00:29:02.089
Second round loss. And now 0-5-2. That's embarrassing. Yeah, what's
613
00:29:02.130 --> 00:29:04.690
happening in Philadelphia is perplexing.
614
00:29:04.730 --> 00:29:07.410
I mean, they're all calling for Rick Tockett's head. I mean,
615
00:29:07.630 --> 00:29:08.210
you're seeing the.
616
00:29:08.890 --> 00:29:10.829
Dude, they were calling for his head even when they
617
00:29:10.849 --> 00:29:13.450
won that playoff series. Let's not get it twisted. Like,
618
00:29:13.569 --> 00:29:15.009
that's the Philadelphia fan base.
619
00:29:15.089 --> 00:29:19.420
Like, Well, props to the Carolina Hurricanes for trolling.
620
00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.960
Absolutely trolling.
621
00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.039
Yeah, I don't know.
622
00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:26.759
If you haven't seen it, they put on X that
623
00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:31.730
they have more wins in Philadelphia than the Eagles, the Phillies,
624
00:29:31.890 --> 00:29:33.470
and the Flyers do in the entire month.
625
00:29:33.490 --> 00:29:34.210
Yeah, the entire month.
626
00:29:34.230 --> 00:29:35.250
That's pretty brutal.
627
00:29:35.789 --> 00:29:36.029
Yeah.
628
00:29:38.109 --> 00:29:38.710
It's interesting.
629
00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:43.160
Let's see club seats with prime rib sandwich I'm not
630
00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:48.940
sure today Joey B I'm not sure but anyway it's
631
00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.670
about that time we're going to get out of here
632
00:29:51.089 --> 00:29:54.430
a couple housekeeping notes we'll be here after the game
633
00:29:54.470 --> 00:29:58.000
doubles after dark after the game Me and Scotty of
634
00:29:58.019 --> 00:30:01.529
SiriusXM Liquid Metal, he and I will recap the game
635
00:30:01.569 --> 00:30:02.180
that was.
636
00:30:02.849 --> 00:30:07.509
Also, tomorrow, game is at 6 p.m. Eastern.
637
00:30:08.630 --> 00:30:11.750
Just a reminder, Devils and Red Wings, the Devils are
638
00:30:11.950 --> 00:30:15.619
on the road, and so is Game Day Live, and
639
00:30:15.650 --> 00:30:16.599
let's go Devils podcast.
640
00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.240
That's right.
641
00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:22.359
Because we are going to Miller's Ale House in Rockaway,
642
00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:27.900
New Jersey, for a Stanley Cup event. Of Grant Marshall,
643
00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:31.339
good friend of the podcast. Jim Dowd, good friend of
644
00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:34.759
the podcast. Ken Danico, good friend of the podcast. And
645
00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:38.089
Bruce Driver, good friend of the podcast. It's going to
646
00:30:38.109 --> 00:30:39.930
be Stanley Cup heaven.
647
00:30:39.950 --> 00:30:40.369
Yeah.
648
00:30:41.190 --> 00:30:44.170
Before the Devils take on the Red Wings, we'll probably
649
00:30:44.190 --> 00:30:47.200
have an earlier start to GDL. Probably going to do
650
00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:49.960
some intermission interviews. So you want to keep it here.
651
00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:54.380
Keep your alerts. If the alerts aren't working, just keep
652
00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:57.880
on checking the Let's Go Devils podcast channel.
653
00:30:58.549 --> 00:30:59.670
But, yeah, it is.
654
00:30:59.650 --> 00:31:03.329
Going to be an amazing event. Devils all day, all
655
00:31:03.789 --> 00:31:05.789
night crew put this thing together.
656
00:31:06.170 --> 00:31:09.400
We're just going there interviewing people. players.
657
00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:12.400
Having a good time. Watching the boys.
658
00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:16.960
When's prime rib night at Miller's? Every night. Is it
659
00:31:17.009 --> 00:31:21.470
like every Tuesday? I think it's Sundays and Thursdays. I
660
00:31:21.509 --> 00:31:22.609
don't know.
661
00:31:22.690 --> 00:31:28.049
Regardless, the wings are pretty good. That's my plug. We're
662
00:31:28.069 --> 00:31:33.109
getting out of here. Trying to hit the music right now.
663
00:31:33.750 --> 00:31:34.829
The red wings aren't.
664
00:31:34.849 --> 00:31:35.069
What's that?
665
00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:39.720
Their wings are good, but the Red Wings aren't.
666
00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.119
Hey-oh.
667
00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.259
Ah, well.
668
00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:44.859
And that notification that popped up on my phone was
669
00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:48.099
Kovacevic taking warm-ups, inching closer to a return.
670
00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:50.259
Oh, okay. Whoa.
671
00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.599
Okay.
672
00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.380
Breaking news.
673
00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.200
Whoa.
674
00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.000
Breaking news.
675
00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:56.339
Well, we'll be back for Devils After Dark after the game.
676
00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.549
Thank you to everybody. Thank you to JCB Architectural. Thank
677
00:32:00.569 --> 00:32:02.769
you to Beer Baron. Thank you to Vinny. Thank you
678
00:32:02.789 --> 00:32:08.940
to myself. Thank you to Frank the Tank. Michael, Kendall, Kevin, Casey,
679
00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.839
the whole crew here at American Whiskey.
680
00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.500
Vinny Parisi.
681
00:32:12.509 --> 00:32:13.430
I said Vinny already. Oh, you did?
682
00:32:13.470 --> 00:32:13.569
Okay.
683
00:32:13.690 --> 00:32:17.410
Oh, we'll say it again. Vinny Parisi again. Until next time,
684
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let's go Devils.
