They did just bring back the legend himself Robert Scuderi
- blizzzard

2.6 gaa is pretty damn good if you ask me. ps MAF save % was only 908...so were they playing good defense...yeah id say so.

It is the unfortunate truth... I think a lot of people have very high expectations.
- jak521

Oh, I know it's the truth. Not much was done in the off season. High expectations? Yikes. My highest expectation is that they may squeak into the playoffs (and get summarily bounced out immediately). I'll watch and I'll root like crazy, but I have very low expectations for the season.

Bill Meltzer: Flyers Preseason Gameday: 9/27/13 @ Washington
- bmeltzer

When the flyers start 3-7-1 who replaces lavy?I said it last year..time for a change.

i think gagne would have wanted more.
- PhillaBully

He and his agent might have asked for more, but right now he's getting nothing.

He and his agent might have asked for more, but right now he's getting nothing.
- Feanor

im sure the they offered him like 1.5 and he probably wanted 2.5 .....

or maybe hextal got involved and for some reason didnt make him a offer.

Come on guys. Lets not be too knee jerk. This team is still very talented top to bottom. Does their style have match up problems with some teams, yes. Jersey, Boston, Chicago, and LA are going to be tough match-ups. Maybe the Rangers depending how they play. Outside of that, we will likely play realy well against everyone else. IMO they are a playoff team. I dont think NJ makes it, so all we would have to do is avoid Boston... which we wouldnt play until Conference Finals anyway.

Come on guys. Lets not be too knee jerk. This team is still very talented top to bottom. Does their style have match up problems with some teams, yes. Jersey, Boston, Chicago, and LA are going to be tough match-ups. Maybe the Rangers depending how they play. Outside of that, we will likely play realy well against everyone else. IMO they are a playoff team. I dont think NJ makes it, so all we would have to do is avoid Boston... which we wouldnt play until Conference Finals anyway.
- youarewrong

You need to add the leafs to that list.

You need to add the leafs to that list.
- richiewinthecup

Why? They aren't a defensive stiffling team. Its not like they were facing our best during this pre-season.

au contraire...

Leighton single handedly kept them in a few games early on, only to wither out as the game wore on. I forget which game it was that he literally had to make about 8 game changing saves in the first period alone. Was he great in that series... not at all.. But it was the team in front of him that was the real problem. The same problem they have had for a few years now.
- jak521

So was it also Chicago's fault that Niemi had a 3.83 GAA and 88.3 SV%? Or was that just bad goaltending?

Come on guys. Lets not be too knee jerk. This team is still very talented top to bottom. Does their style have match up problems with some teams, yes. Jersey, Boston, Chicago, and LA are going to be tough match-ups. Maybe the Rangers depending how they play. Outside of that, we will likely play realy well against everyone else. IMO they are a playoff team. I dont think NJ makes it, so all we would have to do is avoid Boston... which we wouldnt play until Conference Finals anyway.
- youarewrong

How would we not play Boston until the Conference Finals? We could see them in any of the first 3 rounds.

Come on guys. Lets not be too knee jerk. This team is still very talented top to bottom. Does their style have match up problems with some teams, yes. Jersey, Boston, Chicago, and LA are going to be tough match-ups. Maybe the Rangers depending how they play. Outside of that, we will likely play realy well against everyone else. IMO they are a playoff team. I dont think NJ makes it, so all we would have to do is avoid Boston... which we wouldnt play until Conference Finals anyway.
- youarewrong

Come on guys. Lets not be too knee jerk. This team is still very talented top to bottom. Does their style have match up problems with some teams, yes. Jersey, Boston, Chicago, and LA are going to be tough match-ups. Maybe the Rangers depending how they play. Outside of that, we will likely play realy well against everyone else. IMO they are a playoff team. I dont think NJ makes it, so all we would have to do is avoid Boston... which we wouldnt play until Conference Finals anyway.
- youarewrong

I think NJ has just as much, if not better, a shot at making the postseason as the Flyers.

So was it also Chicago's fault that Niemi had a 3.83 GAA and 88.3 SV%? Or was that just bad goaltending?
- jmatchett383

nm

Come on guys. Lets not be too knee jerk. This team is still very talented top to bottom. Does their style have match up problems with some teams, yes. Jersey, Boston, Chicago, and LA are going to be tough match-ups. Maybe the Rangers depending how they play. Outside of that, we will likely play realy well against everyone else. IMO they are a playoff team. I dont think NJ makes it, so all we would have to do is avoid Boston... which we wouldnt play until Conference Finals anyway.
- youarewrong

Cory Schneider might will us into the playoffs all on his own I know it is pre season but he is going to make a case for top 3 goalie in the east with Lundquist being #1 and Rask and Schneider battling for 2nd and 3rd, Anderson might be in there to if he stays healthy !

How would we not play Boston until the Conference Finals? We could see them in any of the first 3 rounds.
- jmatchett383

The chances are unlikely.

Cory Schneider might will us into the playoffs all on his own I know it is pre season but he is going to make a case for top 3 goalie in the east with Lundquist being #1 and Rask and Schneider battling for 2nd and 3rd, Anderson might be in there to if he stays healthy !
- blizzzard

could go either way....

Cory Schneider might will us into the playoffs all on his own I know it is pre season but he is going to make a case for top 3 goalie in the east with Lundquist being #1 and Rask and Schneider battling for 2nd and 3rd, Anderson might be in there to if he stays healthy !
- blizzzard

could go either way....
- PhillaBully

For sure I still think we are a bubble team this season even with Cory but he has looked unreal to start his Devils career allowing 1 goal in 10 periods of play that is enough to get me excited.

The chances are unlikely.
- youarewrong

How? I think they could be a top team and finish 1 or 2 and we are a team that I see fighting for one of the 7/8 spots.

- youarewrong

I am glad you think it is funny Cory is the real deal though. We will still struggle to score goals but it will be a lot harder for the rest of the teams to score on us this year then it was last year!

I think NJ has just as much, if not better, a shot at making the postseason as the Flyers.
- bradleyc4

It's still September... would have seemed downright loony last September if somebody had come on here and predicted that MTL would finish 2nd in the East, OTT/TOR/NYI would all make the POs and the Devils (fresh off Cup run) plus Flyers would be out.

- PhillaBully

I am glad you think it is funny Cory is the real deal though. We will still struggle to score goals but it will be a lot harder for the rest of the teams to score on us this year then it was last year!
- blizzzard

Glad to see that reading too much into the preseason goes both ways.

- youarewrong

I actually believe he could be right.. People are writing off the Devils before the season has even started.. They may not have a superstar, but they are a pretty solid NHL team.

We have easily just as many (if not more) question marks. Schenn, Couts, team defense and the actual defense, goalie, coaching, players like Simmonds and Voracek maintaining their growth, Hartnell having a bounce back year..

I think NJ has just as much, if not better, a shot at making the postseason as the Flyers.
- bradleyc4

Didnt see this, but I agree.. I just listed all of the question marks we have going into the season...