Monday, January 13, 2014

Shootout beDevils again.

The shootout hurdle tripped the New Jersey Devils up again in Toronto as the Devils settled for one point again with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Maple Leafs.
Adam Henrique (11 Power play) and Ryane Clowe (1) each scored in the second period for the Devils goals.
The Devils will be in Montreal Tuesday night.

Hell Raisers

1) The Devils are now 0-7 in shootouts this season.
In my opinion,the Devils just don't have creators that thrive in the shootout format and that is the main issue with the current problems.

2) Adam Henrique continued his scored run with a slick power play goal off a Ryane Clowe pass.
Henrique has been playing well,but the play was made by Clowe,who put the puck on the money.

3) Clowe also scored the first goal of his Devils career on a breakaway set by a Marek Zidlicky pass.
Clowe has played well over the last few games and seems to rounding into form after concussion issues.

4) Cory Schneider played well enough to win as both goals that he allowed were not on him from short range.
Schneider has played three games in a row and I am interested to see if he gets the start in Montreal...

5) Martin Brodeur made a statement that he would like to play next season and realizes that it might not be in New Jersey.
The question is can Brodeur accept being the number two goalie?
If so,the Devils will keep him,if not,he might leave as sad as that would be.

6) Adam Larsson has four assists in his first three games in Albany.
I'm not a guy that blames coaches for stunting development in players generally,but I still believe that Peter DeBoer has done just that to Adam Larsson....

2 comments:

RockStarNewYork said...

You forgot the obvious. Pete DeBoer is an abominable coach. Who doesn't put Ryder for the shootout? Who benches Gelinas for most of the game? Who is a complete moron with respect to his team? Yep PDB!

Shawn said...

I'd give him a pass on Ryder only because no one other than the 1 Boucher goal has scored in the SO,so I can see that somewhat.I agree on Gelinas.This team is stocked with young defensemen and DeBoer has handled them terribly