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Well, I love you, and I need you, morning moon
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I love you, morning moon With a love so rare
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and true Oh, morning, my morning moon Well, I love you,
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I want you.
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Morning moon Rise and shine. Happy Devil's Sunday. This is
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the Morning Woo coming to you live, live from the
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Primetime Radio Studios inside the bunker. Undisclosed location in beautiful
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New Jersey. As we're streaming live on Facebook Live, YouTube Live,
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X Live, Twitch Live. And now on Instagram live on
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the Let's Go Devils Network on this beautiful Sunday, October 25th, 2026,
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1143 a.m. Eastern as we're live live. I see folks
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filing in to the YouTube live. I am your host,
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Sam Wu. Very happy right now that the Devils are
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on a three-game heater as they're now feasting on the
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weaker Western Conference. And I've been saying this all along.
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I've been saying this all along in front of fans,
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Devils fans, particularly the Minnesota Wild fans. They're so wild
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right now. We'll get to that a little later. I
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just feel that the Western Conference is the weaker conference.
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Their records may not say so, but look at your
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New Jersey Devils right now. They are feasting off of
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these records. Western Conference teams. And the three-game heater continues.
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They swept the three-game homestand. After losing to the Washington
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Capitals eight days ago, it was a little bit of
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doom and gloom. Is it the same old Devils? And
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then this week, it's been a hell of a week
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for New Jersey Devils fans. A hell of a week.
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Notice the pun there.
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Hell.
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As in Connor Hellebuck. Because Connor Hellebuck now changes everything.
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But let's go back in time to last Tuesday. Last Tuesday,
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the Devils beat the Colorado Avalanche after they lost to
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the Philadelphia Flyers the day before, beat the Colorado Avalanche,
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last year's President's Trophy winning team in the NHL. then
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beating Anaheim, and yesterday afternoon, beating the Los Angeles Kings.
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Devils are 4-1 so far this season against Western Conference teams. Now,
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when I was telling you all, all you folks, about
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the next, what, six games, seven games, we'll be against
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Western Conference teams, starting with the Colorado Avalanche, I said,
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this is the time the Devils are going to move
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the needle. For whatever reason, the Devils just are having
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a tough time in their own metropolitan division, especially against
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the Carolina Hurricanes. But right now, it's time to pat
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on the points. Like I said, the Devils are 4-1
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right now against Western Conference teams, and that will continue
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when they're on the road in Dallas on the 27th,
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on the 28th, Second half of back-to-back, they got Colorado
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Avalanche again. Then on Friday next week, they've got the
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Vegas Golden Knights. Will Connor Hellebuck be ramped up and
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play any of these games? No one's for sure about anything.
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Johnny Dank says, good morning, Sam. We want the cup.
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We want the cup. I'm hearing those. I'm hearing echoes
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of that. We want the cup. We want the cup.
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But last year, the Devils, last year's team, and I
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went back in time. Last season, 32 games played against
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Western Conference teams. The Devils were 22-10. 22-10. 44 points.
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And a 688 winning percentage. 16 plus 16 goal differential
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against the West. Insane. Insane. They were in 2024 and 2020.
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Let's see. 2024-25 season, they were 16-15-1. 516 winning percentage.
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In 2023-24 season, where they didn't make the playoffs, they
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were 15-15-2 against Western Conference team. If you remember the
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2022-23 season, where the New Jersey Devils basically annexed, almost
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annexed Canada on the road, except for that one Winnipeg
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Jets game, they were 22-5-5 against Western Conference teams. 22-5-5.
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And this New Jersey Devils team, on paper, looks to
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be much better than that record-breaking 2022-23 team where they
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had 112 points. And the Devils are going to continue
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to feast on these Western Conference teams. And this is important.
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This is very important because this week, One of the
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most consequential transformations of the New Jersey Devils in net.
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Getting Connor Hellebuck in a trade for Dawson Mercer, Nico Dawes,
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Alexander Command, Bustad, second rounder, and a seventh rounder. To
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get the number one goaltender in the National Hockey League,
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in my opinion. This changes the dynamics in the Eastern Conference.
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It really does. And like I said before, the Devils
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have no excuses right now. You've got your goaltender. You've
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got four solid lines right now. Defensively, they're getting better.
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Luke Hughes is getting better. They're playing well right now.
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The Devils have a lot of work to do, but
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they just increased their odds of making it into the
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Stanley Cup Finals to the point where you have to
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consider the Devils not only a playoff team, they're going
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to make the playoffs, but a possible Stanley Cup contender.
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Because when you have goaltending and two elite centermen and
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a mobile defense, anything is possible. Oh my goodness, chiming in.
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I saw him in the club lounge. Great week for
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our beloved NJ Devils. Curious to see if another move
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is coming. No backup forwards. On the roster at the moment,
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and no cap to call Nason back up. Does Poirier
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get waived soon? Sonny Mata is going to sprinkle some
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Sonny magic on this whole situation. Right now, I think
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we're all enjoying the fact that Connor Hellebuck, who I
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found was very personable, I found that he was very
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personable yesterday. Took a picture of him. Didn't have the
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camera ready to take that selfie. Did take a picture
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with Sonny Maeda yesterday at the game. But I found
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that Connor Hellebuck, very, very intelligent. Very well-spoken. Whether it
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was the interview with Bryce and Rachel, Or during the
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press conference. And we should find Connor Hellebuck some good
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fishing spots in New Jersey in the Garden State. And
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most people don't realize outside the Garden State, you know,
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all these people that make fun of New Jersey. New
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Jersey is one of the most beautiful states in the Union.
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It really is.
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And there are plenty of places where Connor Hellebuck can
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go fishing. Just depends what kind of fishing. Is it
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deep sea fishing? Is it fishing for trout? He could
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go to the Delaware Water Gap and go fishing there.
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There are some lakes. I used to go fishing at
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Bud Lake when I was a kid. Not sure if
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that's a good spot to be fishing or Lake of Pakong.
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Just don't be, Connor, please don't be fishing in the
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Passaic River. Joe Watchman says, drop a dookie before the
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dookie drops you. Don't know what he's talking about. Bass fishing,
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says Meadowlander. You know, I was joking around. I was
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joking around with a few friends that maybe I should
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get some Connor Hellebuck goalie gear. Mousquon Reservoir, says RMA.
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Not the Hudson River either. But I was joking around
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with friends that I should get some Hellebuck goalie gear.
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I walk in, but you know what? I may go
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in with some fishing gear. I got to pull out
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the old fishing rod that I used to dangle a
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wallet in front of the late Barry Melrose, if you
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remember that scandal years ago about the city of Newark.
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But yeah, so Connor Hellebuck, now a New Jersey Devil.
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I don't know when he's going to start. It should
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be interesting because next week.
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Against Dallas and Colorado is back-to-back games. We're going to
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have to figure out the scheduling of state of the
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fan address presented by pucksandpitchforks.com when we're going to air then.
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But right now, things are looking good in New Jersey.
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Sonny's not done making moves yet. And what Sonny has
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proved is time and time again in the last six months,
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is he is a mover and shaker. When Sonny wants something,
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he'll pounce. And Sonny does things with absolute conviction, Sonny Maeda.
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He has his models, as what he expressed in yesterday's
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press conference episode. When Daniel Moya of New Jersey Hockey
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Now asked about the public models, I think Sonny Maynard
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really politely said, I don't use the public models because
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I got my own and mine are better than yours.
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And I'm not going to tell you what my models
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are other than I got some models, analytic models that
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he uses. And it's great to have a GM... that
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has conviction, and make decisive decisions, decisive decisions, and bold trades,
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like he did last Friday with the Winnipeg Jets. It's
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sad to see Dawson Mercer and Nico Dawes go, but
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I think Dawson Mercer is going to be just fine
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when he's playing in the Heritage Classic When the Winnipeg
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Jets take on the Montreal Canadiens in their Canadian outdoor game.
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Hoping to catch a glimpse of that here on a
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football Sunday. Also, another game to watch. 10 p.m. Eastern.
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When the Minnesota Wild play the Vancouver Canucks. The way...
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I'm kind of interested to see how Canuck fans are
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going to welcome Quinn Hughes. And I'm also interested to
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see how the Minnesota Wild, you know, again, it may
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get chippy in that game. Who knows? But if they
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would actually protect Quinn Hughes, we shall see. Dubzilla says
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he loves the jacket. Yeah, the jacket's behind me. The
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Sonny made a jacket. The mid-90s starter jacket that I
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actually wore yesterday on Game Day Live and Devils After Dark.
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Did I wear Devils after? No. I found out that
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the jacket didn't fit me. I got to lose a
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little weight. Paul, he says, I love that Sonny actually
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answers questions, not like the word salad we got from
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Boo's face, meaning Tom Fitzgerald. Look, Tom Fitzgerald did some
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good things, but he was not the right GM for
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the New Jersey Devils. We forget that he took over
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a Devils team after Ray Shiro and the New Jersey
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Devils parted ways, the late Ray Shiro.
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And.
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Some of the foundational pieces are here. Like Nico Heischer.
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Jack Hughes. But you want to know something. Let's go
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back in time. I mean, some of the draft picks.
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Let's just go with first rounders. Like Pavel Zaka. Gone. 2016,
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Michael McLeod, gone. 2017, Nico Heischer, still on the team.
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But is it debatable that maybe Kel McCarr was the
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best player in the draft? 2018 draft, Ty Smith, remember
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that name? Gone. Got John Marino out of it. 2019 draft.
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Jack Hughes. Still here. Face of the franchise, some would say.
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2020 draft. This is the Tom Fitzgerald era. You're talking
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about Alexander Holtz. Dawson Mercer and Shakira Muhammad Doolin. But really,
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we're part of trades. The Mercer and Muhammad Doolin is
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now today's Timo Mayer and Connor Hellebuck.
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2021.
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2021. Was Luke Hughes still here, blossoming? And also Chase Stillman, gone. 2022,
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second overall pick. What happened there? Shamo Nemitz, gone. One
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of the picks, that the Devils acquired was flipped to
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Nashville for Luke Evangelista.
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2023?
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I believe they sent that to San Jose, the New
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Jersey Devils, and I believe 2024 as well. And then
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also Anton Shalaya of 2025. Now with Utica.
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2026.
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It's really in the Sonny Maeda era. Alexander Command is
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now Connor Hellebuck. But I'm feeling confident in Sonny Maeda
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and Braden Burch. Utica is totally transformed as well. And
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a lot of people don't talk about Utica. The podcast
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needs to travel to Utica because there is something special
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brewing in Utica. And we talk about the pipeline, the pipeline,
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the pipeline that Tom Fitzgerald used to have, which was
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blood dry. The pipeline is being rebuilt right now. And
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that bodes well today. especially in the salary cap era,
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to have that kind of depth that you can pull
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players from your farm system, but they need to be
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taught how to win. and they're winning right now. The
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Utica Comets. Seeing some of the comments. Dubzilla, the pipeline
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is being replenished. Max says the Comets got smoked yesterday. Well,
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you know, they're going to lose some games. I'm not
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saying that the Comets are, you know, going to be undefeated.
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But overall, they're doing well. And they got to teach
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these young kids how to win. Lenny Amenajo, which I'm
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pretty high on. Sonny made it to not give him
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up in the trade to Winnipeg. You've got Yegorov.
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At BU.
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Again, not being traded to the Winnipeg Jets. Tom says,
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the way the team celebrated for Brett Pesci showed me
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a lot. The whole team was super excited for him.
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That shows great morale for the team. Yeah, coincidentally, Brett
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Pesci's mom actually sat right next to us yesterday at
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the game. Had no idea. Good thing I didn't open
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up my big mouth. Sometimes you got to be careful.
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Sometimes when you sit in the set, you never know
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who you're sitting next to. So that's why you should
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always be respectful. Fans around you. It's just the right
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thing to do. Wimpy said he watched Jeremy Brodeur last night.
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Jeremy Brodeur in the Devil's Farm System. But anyway, we're
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going to get out of here. Got to start my day.
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Big shout out to everybody that made it to American
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Whiskey yesterday. And yeah, let's do the ceremonial sip. I
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only got a bottle of water here today. So I
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want to salute the New Jersey Devils for creaming all
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these Western Conference teams. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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I salute you. That felt good. All right, well, What
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move will Sonny Mata make next? We shall see. If
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anybody saw or read the quotes of Quinn Hughes about
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having his feet planted in Minnesota, all that, let me
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tell you something. And you can follow me on X
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at Primetime Sam Wu, and I put it out there.
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His answers are very curious. Very strategic and pre-planned. Because
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what the heck is he supposed to say to Minnesota
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Wild fans before he's about to play Vancouver Canucks? Oh,
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I don't want to be in Minnesota? He's just kicking
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the can down the road. Believe me. I've been saying
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it for the last six months. Has Quinn Hughes signed yet?
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The answer is no. Because he's going to wait until
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July 1st. And he's going to wait and see what
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his options really are. And right now, Sonny Mata has
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put the Devils in position to be a Stanley Cup contender.
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And when Quinn Hughes sees his two brothers on that
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team and a possibility to play with his brothers without
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the Devils giving up any assets other than cap space,
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odds are Quinn Hughes is coming to New Jersey. Thank you,
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thank you, thank you. Till next time, this is the
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Morning Woo. Let's go Devils.
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Well, I love you, and I need you, morning moon
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I love you, morning moon With a love so rare
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and true Oh, morning, my morning moon Well, I love you,
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I want you.
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Morning moon Rise and shine. Happy Devil's Sunday. This is
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the Morning Woo coming to you live, live from the
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Primetime Radio Studios inside the bunker. Undisclosed location in beautiful
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New Jersey. As we're streaming live on Facebook Live, YouTube Live,
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X Live, Twitch Live. And now on Instagram live on
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the Let's Go Devils Network on this beautiful Sunday, October 25th, 2026,
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1143 a.m. Eastern as we're live live. I see folks
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filing in to the YouTube live. I am your host,
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Sam Wu. Very happy right now that the Devils are
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on a three-game heater as they're now feasting on the
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weaker Western Conference. And I've been saying this all along.
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I've been saying this all along in front of fans,
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Devils fans, particularly the Minnesota Wild fans. They're so wild
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right now. We'll get to that a little later. I
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just feel that the Western Conference is the weaker conference.
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Their records may not say so, but look at your
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New Jersey Devils right now. They are feasting off of
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these records. Western Conference teams. And the three-game heater continues.
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They swept the three-game homestand. After losing to the Washington
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Capitals eight days ago, it was a little bit of
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doom and gloom. Is it the same old Devils? And
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then this week, it's been a hell of a week
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for New Jersey Devils fans. A hell of a week.
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Notice the pun there.
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Hell.
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As in Connor Hellebuck. Because Connor Hellebuck now changes everything.
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But let's go back in time to last Tuesday. Last Tuesday,
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the Devils beat the Colorado Avalanche after they lost to
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the Philadelphia Flyers the day before, beat the Colorado Avalanche,
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last year's President's Trophy winning team in the NHL. then
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beating Anaheim, and yesterday afternoon, beating the Los Angeles Kings.
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Devils are 4-1 so far this season against Western Conference teams. Now,
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when I was telling you all, all you folks, about
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the next, what, six games, seven games, we'll be against
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Western Conference teams, starting with the Colorado Avalanche, I said,
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this is the time the Devils are going to move
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the needle. For whatever reason, the Devils just are having
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a tough time in their own metropolitan division, especially against
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the Carolina Hurricanes. But right now, it's time to pat
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on the points. Like I said, the Devils are 4-1
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right now against Western Conference teams, and that will continue
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when they're on the road in Dallas on the 27th,
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on the 28th, Second half of back-to-back, they got Colorado
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Avalanche again. Then on Friday next week, they've got the
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Vegas Golden Knights. Will Connor Hellebuck be ramped up and
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play any of these games? No one's for sure about anything.
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Johnny Dank says, good morning, Sam. We want the cup.
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We want the cup. I'm hearing those. I'm hearing echoes
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of that. We want the cup. We want the cup.
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But last year, the Devils, last year's team, and I
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went back in time. Last season, 32 games played against
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Western Conference teams. The Devils were 22-10. 22-10. 44 points.
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And a 688 winning percentage. 16 plus 16 goal differential
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against the West. Insane. Insane. They were in 2024 and 2020.
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Let's see. 2024-25 season, they were 16-15-1. 516 winning percentage.
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In 2023-24 season, where they didn't make the playoffs, they
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were 15-15-2 against Western Conference team. If you remember the
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2022-23 season, where the New Jersey Devils basically annexed, almost
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annexed Canada on the road, except for that one Winnipeg
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Jets game, they were 22-5-5 against Western Conference teams. 22-5-5.
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And this New Jersey Devils team, on paper, looks to
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be much better than that record-breaking 2022-23 team where they
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had 112 points. And the Devils are going to continue
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to feast on these Western Conference teams. And this is important.
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This is very important because this week, One of the
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most consequential transformations of the New Jersey Devils in net.
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Getting Connor Hellebuck in a trade for Dawson Mercer, Nico Dawes,
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Alexander Command, Bustad, second rounder, and a seventh rounder. To
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get the number one goaltender in the National Hockey League,
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in my opinion. This changes the dynamics in the Eastern Conference.
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It really does. And like I said before, the Devils
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have no excuses right now. You've got your goaltender. You've
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got four solid lines right now. Defensively, they're getting better.
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Luke Hughes is getting better. They're playing well right now.
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The Devils have a lot of work to do, but
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they just increased their odds of making it into the
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Stanley Cup Finals to the point where you have to
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consider the Devils not only a playoff team, they're going
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to make the playoffs, but a possible Stanley Cup contender.
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Because when you have goaltending and two elite centermen and
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a mobile defense, anything is possible. Oh my goodness, chiming in.
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I saw him in the club lounge. Great week for
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our beloved NJ Devils. Curious to see if another move
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is coming. No backup forwards. On the roster at the moment,
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and no cap to call Nason back up. Does Poirier
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get waived soon? Sonny Mata is going to sprinkle some
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Sonny magic on this whole situation. Right now, I think
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we're all enjoying the fact that Connor Hellebuck, who I
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found was very personable, I found that he was very
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personable yesterday. Took a picture of him. Didn't have the
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camera ready to take that selfie. Did take a picture
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with Sonny Maeda yesterday at the game. But I found
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that Connor Hellebuck, very, very intelligent. Very well-spoken. Whether it
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was the interview with Bryce and Rachel, Or during the
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press conference. And we should find Connor Hellebuck some good
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fishing spots in New Jersey in the Garden State. And
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most people don't realize outside the Garden State, you know,
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all these people that make fun of New Jersey. New
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Jersey is one of the most beautiful states in the Union.
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It really is.
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And there are plenty of places where Connor Hellebuck can
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go fishing. Just depends what kind of fishing. Is it
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deep sea fishing? Is it fishing for trout? He could
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go to the Delaware Water Gap and go fishing there.
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There are some lakes. I used to go fishing at
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Bud Lake when I was a kid. Not sure if
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that's a good spot to be fishing or Lake of Pakong.
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Just don't be, Connor, please don't be fishing in the
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Passaic River. Joe Watchman says, drop a dookie before the
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dookie drops you. Don't know what he's talking about. Bass fishing,
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says Meadowlander. You know, I was joking around. I was
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joking around with a few friends that maybe I should
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get some Connor Hellebuck goalie gear. Mousquon Reservoir, says RMA.
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Not the Hudson River either. But I was joking around
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with friends that I should get some Hellebuck goalie gear.
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I walk in, but you know what? I may go
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in with some fishing gear. I got to pull out
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the old fishing rod that I used to dangle a
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wallet in front of the late Barry Melrose, if you
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remember that scandal years ago about the city of Newark.
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But yeah, so Connor Hellebuck, now a New Jersey Devil.
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I don't know when he's going to start. It should
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be interesting because next week.
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Against Dallas and Colorado is back-to-back games. We're going to
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have to figure out the scheduling of state of the
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fan address presented by pucksandpitchforks.com when we're going to air then.
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But right now, things are looking good in New Jersey.
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Sonny's not done making moves yet. And what Sonny has
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proved is time and time again in the last six months,
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is he is a mover and shaker. When Sonny wants something,
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he'll pounce. And Sonny does things with absolute conviction, Sonny Maeda.
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He has his models, as what he expressed in yesterday's
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press conference episode. When Daniel Moya of New Jersey Hockey
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Now asked about the public models, I think Sonny Maynard
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really politely said, I don't use the public models because
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I got my own and mine are better than yours.
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And I'm not going to tell you what my models
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are other than I got some models, analytic models that
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he uses. And it's great to have a GM... that
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has conviction, and make decisive decisions, decisive decisions, and bold trades,
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like he did last Friday with the Winnipeg Jets. It's
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sad to see Dawson Mercer and Nico Dawes go, but
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I think Dawson Mercer is going to be just fine
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when he's playing in the Heritage Classic When the Winnipeg
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Jets take on the Montreal Canadiens in their Canadian outdoor game.
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Hoping to catch a glimpse of that here on a
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football Sunday. Also, another game to watch. 10 p.m. Eastern.
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When the Minnesota Wild play the Vancouver Canucks. The way...
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I'm kind of interested to see how Canuck fans are
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going to welcome Quinn Hughes. And I'm also interested to
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see how the Minnesota Wild, you know, again, it may
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get chippy in that game. Who knows? But if they
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would actually protect Quinn Hughes, we shall see. Dubzilla says
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he loves the jacket. Yeah, the jacket's behind me. The
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Sonny made a jacket. The mid-90s starter jacket that I
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actually wore yesterday on Game Day Live and Devils After Dark.
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Did I wear Devils after? No. I found out that
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the jacket didn't fit me. I got to lose a
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little weight. Paul, he says, I love that Sonny actually
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answers questions, not like the word salad we got from
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Boo's face, meaning Tom Fitzgerald. Look, Tom Fitzgerald did some
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good things, but he was not the right GM for
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the New Jersey Devils. We forget that he took over
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a Devils team after Ray Shiro and the New Jersey
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Devils parted ways, the late Ray Shiro.
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Some of the foundational pieces are here. Like Nico Heischer.
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Jack Hughes. But you want to know something. Let's go
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back in time. I mean, some of the draft picks.
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Let's just go with first rounders. Like Pavel Zaka. Gone. 2016,
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Michael McLeod, gone. 2017, Nico Heischer, still on the team.
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But is it debatable that maybe Kel McCarr was the
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best player in the draft? 2018 draft, Ty Smith, remember
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that name? Gone. Got John Marino out of it. 2019 draft.
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Jack Hughes. Still here. Face of the franchise, some would say.
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2020 draft. This is the Tom Fitzgerald era. You're talking
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about Alexander Holtz. Dawson Mercer and Shakira Muhammad Doolin. But really,
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we're part of trades. The Mercer and Muhammad Doolin is
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now today's Timo Mayer and Connor Hellebuck.
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2021. Was Luke Hughes still here, blossoming? And also Chase Stillman, gone. 2022,
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second overall pick. What happened there? Shamo Nemitz, gone. One
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of the picks, that the Devils acquired was flipped to
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Nashville for Luke Evangelista.
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2023?
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I believe they sent that to San Jose, the New
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Jersey Devils, and I believe 2024 as well. And then
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also Anton Shalaya of 2025. Now with Utica.
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2026.
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now Connor Hellebuck. But I'm feeling confident in Sonny Maeda
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and Braden Burch. Utica is totally transformed as well. And
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a lot of people don't talk about Utica. The podcast
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needs to travel to Utica because there is something special
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brewing in Utica. And we talk about the pipeline, the pipeline,
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the pipeline that Tom Fitzgerald used to have, which was
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blood dry. The pipeline is being rebuilt right now. And
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that bodes well today. especially in the salary cap era,
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to have that kind of depth that you can pull
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players from your farm system, but they need to be
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taught how to win. and they're winning right now. The
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Utica Comets. Seeing some of the comments. Dubzilla, the pipeline
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is being replenished. Max says the Comets got smoked yesterday. Well,
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you know, they're going to lose some games. I'm not
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saying that the Comets are, you know, going to be undefeated.
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But overall, they're doing well. And they got to teach
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these young kids how to win. Lenny Amenajo, which I'm
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pretty high on. Sonny made it to not give him
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up in the trade to Winnipeg. You've got Yegorov.
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At BU.
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Again, not being traded to the Winnipeg Jets. Tom says,
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the way the team celebrated for Brett Pesci showed me
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a lot. The whole team was super excited for him.
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That shows great morale for the team. Yeah, coincidentally, Brett
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Pesci's mom actually sat right next to us yesterday at
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the game. Had no idea. Good thing I didn't open
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up my big mouth. Sometimes you got to be careful.
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Sometimes when you sit in the set, you never know
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who you're sitting next to. So that's why you should
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always be respectful. Fans around you. It's just the right
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thing to do. Wimpy said he watched Jeremy Brodeur last night.
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Jeremy Brodeur in the Devil's Farm System. But anyway, we're
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going to get out of here. Got to start my day.
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Big shout out to everybody that made it to American
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Whiskey yesterday. And yeah, let's do the ceremonial sip. I
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only got a bottle of water here today. So I
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want to salute the New Jersey Devils for creaming all
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these Western Conference teams. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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I salute you. That felt good. All right, well, What
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move will Sonny Mata make next? We shall see. If
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anybody saw or read the quotes of Quinn Hughes about
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having his feet planted in Minnesota, all that, let me
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tell you something. And you can follow me on X
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at Primetime Sam Wu, and I put it out there.
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His answers are very curious. Very strategic and pre-planned. Because
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what the heck is he supposed to say to Minnesota
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Wild fans before he's about to play Vancouver Canucks? Oh,
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I don't want to be in Minnesota? He's just kicking
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the can down the road. Believe me. I've been saying
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it for the last six months. Has Quinn Hughes signed yet?
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The answer is no. Because he's going to wait until
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July 1st. And he's going to wait and see what
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his options really are. And right now, Sonny Mata has
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put the Devils in position to be a Stanley Cup contender.
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And when Quinn Hughes sees his two brothers on that
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team and a possibility to play with his brothers without
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the Devils giving up any assets other than cap space,
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odds are Quinn Hughes is coming to New Jersey. Thank you,
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thank you, thank you. Till next time, this is the
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Morning Woo. Let's go Devils.
