Sorry but Donovan has not been very good. He played his best game of the year saturday and he was just ok. its like if a guy doesn't fack up bad he had a very good game. Low expectations I guess
- Vukota

Vukota, im evaluating Donavan as 7th dman. He isn't our top 6. But at +4 rating he is far better option to Strait who does everything wrong.
Reinhart is my first choice but either one is serviceable in until Boychuk and Hamonic back.


Strait best skill is taking bad untimely penalties that have been turning points in games.

So here is my dumb Theory. Feel free to kill me on this..

In my dealings with people from the Boston area in my work they have always had an insane loyalty to anyone from that area. I don't know how do describe it if you have not dealt with it firsthand. It's very frustrating to deal with if you are involved in it as an "outsider".

I bring this up b/c most of our Capuano issues with playing time over the past few years seem to be with Boston Area guys. Mattau, Strait, Pandolfo, Colin MCd.. are all from that area and our Coach seems to not let Reason get in the way of playing them in absurd situations or minutes. It is something I have noticed and just never bothered to mention in the past... but the Strait nonsense is just glaring. Anyway, I feel like it's a Boston thing with Strait which is why I don't want him an option for this moron to play. ever.. again.

Sorry but Donovan has not been very good. He played his best game of the year saturday and he was just ok. its like if a guy doesn't fack up bad he had a very good game. Low expectations I guess
- Vukota

I just think there is some upside posibility to Donovan... and none to Strait. I would like to see Czurczman or Mayfield as the 7th / 8th option.

Vukota, im evaluating Donavan as 7th dman. He isn't our top 6. But at +4 rating he is far better option to Strait who does everything wrong.
Reinhart is my first choice but either one is serviceable in until Boychuk and Hamonic back.


Strait best skill is taking bad untimely penalties that have been turning points in games.
- Spartiarti

Agreed

Agreed
- Vukota

The most jaw dropping thing about Strait is not his TOI/G, second to dead-last as I pointed out earlier.

It's that he LEADS the team in SHTOI/G. It's no wonder our PK is a burning turd.

http://www.nj.com/devils/...lie_keith_kinkaid_wi.html

CBC- Beau Bennett.. mumps.

Here's my opinion on both...

Overall Capuano isn't a bad coach nor is he a good coach...
He certainly isn't gonna win more games then he loses for this team.

I'd love to know the reasoning for using Strait the way he has so far this year...
If baffles my mind that he plays him nearly 20 minutes a game, matches him against the top players. I hope Capuano realizes that Strait is a 7th-8th d-man and should be used accordingly. So we will see what he does with him when he is back from dealing with personal issues... I don't mind keeping Strait but he should play only when needed and should be given limited ice time.

I'd love for Capuano to learn how to use a timeout to stop momentum or give the players a break... I'd love for him to some how teach the players to stop giving the point man a country mile on the PK. I think we really just have to realize that Capuano is just a middle of the road coach sitting on the coat-tails of the players he was given. He isn't a coach that's gonna make a decision in-game to get a win.
- Bags502

No offense but I stopped reading here

Hard to argue that. Even though I have a hard time with people who blame the coach for every loss and gets no credit for any wins. Cappy does suck I'll give you that
- Vukota

I can't give him credit when his line ups suck horribly and you see it but the team wins anyway.

So here is my dumb Theory. Feel free to kill me on this..

In my dealings with people from the Boston area in my work they have always had an insane loyalty to anyone from that area. I don't know how do describe it if you have not dealt with it firsthand. It's very frustrating to deal with if you are involved in it as an "outsider".

I bring this up b/c most of our Capuano issues with playing time over the past few years seem to be with Boston Area guys. Mattau, Strait, Pandolfo, Colin MCd.. are all from that area and our Coach seems to not let Reason get in the way of playing them in absurd situations or minutes. It is something I have noticed and just never bothered to mention in the past... but the Strait nonsense is just glaring. Anyway, I feel like it's a Boston thing with Strait which is why I don't want him an option for this moron to play. ever.. again.
- niteislander

It's not out of the realm of possibility. Chicago's(or someone's backup can't remember?) is from the Boston area. Goring said he was shocked Snow didn't sign him. In other words it's not your imagination.

I just think there is some upside posibility to Donovan... and none to Strait. I would like to see Czurczman or Mayfield as the 7th / 8th option.
- niteislander

Everyone agrees with you there's at least a chance.

http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2014/12/devils_goalie_keith_kinkaid_wi.html
- niteislander

I think the article contains one minor mistake. I believe Kincaid is from Farmingville, not Farmingdale.

The most jaw dropping thing about Strait is not his TOI/G, second to dead-last as I pointed out earlier.

It's that he LEADS the team in SHTOI/G. It's no wonder our PK is a burning turd.
- eichiefs9

How is that culminated and is it effected in reference to overall time on ice relative to how many games played? The only reason i ask is because I constantly b!tch about so and so getting so much ice time and honestly just started looking at the stats to back it up . Strait every time I've looked since he's been up again has been 20 mins except for one game which he was 18 and change. He's gotten more than DeHaan just about every game which is absurd.

How is that culminated and is it effected in reference to overall time on ice relative to how many games played? The only reason i ask is because I constantly b!tch about so and so getting so much ice time and honestly just started looking at the stats to back it up . Strait every time I've looked since he's been up again has been 20 mins except for one game which he was 18 and change. He's gotten more than DeHaan just about every game which is absurd.
- Cptmjl

It's not like he wasn't equally awful in the begining of season too when Viz was hurt. The sample size at this point is Glaring and he is on for over 60% of GA and in the box for another huge %.

I think the article contains one minor mistake. I believe Kincaid is from Farmingville, not Farmingdale.
- JohnScammo

I think u are right.. like that his Dad had season tix. I was in my seats when Fishaud was in net and MAN was that place empty a lot.

No offense but I stopped reading here
- Cptmjl

When you guys made the playoffs during the lockout year, was that due to your overflow of talent too?

How is that culminated and is it effected in reference to overall time on ice relative to how many games played? The only reason i ask is because I constantly b!tch about so and so getting so much ice time and honestly just started looking at the stats to back it up . Strait every time I've looked since he's been up again has been 20 mins except for one game which he was 18 and change. He's gotten more than DeHaan just about every game which is absurd.
- Cptmjl

It's just an average. Add up all his minutes and divide by the number of games played.

It's just an average. Add up all his minutes and divide by the number of games played.
- eichiefs9

His most recent call up eveey time I looked he got eighteen minutes or more. I know capuano likes rolling all three pairings pretty much evenly save for reinhart and dehaan who seems to be at the bottom of the totem pole for some reason? Strait was definitely up there in ice time the last bunch of games since his call up save the last one where I think capuano cut back a bit.

It's just an average. Add up all his minutes and divide by the number of games played.
- eichiefs9

does it factor in Penalty time too? just curious

I think u are right.. like that his Dad had season tix. I was in my seats when Fishaud was in net and MAN was that place empty a lot.
- niteislander

I attended a few games in the 90s myself, and you are right. Lots of empty seats. At least the line for the men's room was short.

does it factor in Penalty time too? just curious
- niteislander

No. It's literally just a simple average.

If John Doe played 5 games and his total TOI for each individual game was as follows:

15:00
17:00
15:00
16:00
17:00

then his TOI/G is the sum of all of them (80), divided by 5. So his TOI/G is 16 minutes.

Do some of you argue with the mirror? Your reflection in a puddle of water? The wall?

Holy poop.

I agree, Donovan has been very good this year. Both him and Reinhardt have fill in nicely.
Boychuk +7, Leddy +7 , Donavan +4, Reinhart +1, Hickey +2

Strait is -8.

does anyone see the pattern here.
- Spartiarti

ya...+/- is a dumb stat

It's just an average. Add up all his minutes and divide by the number of games played.
- eichiefs9

I hear you. Point was hes getting more ice time this last stretch which is a joke.

Do some of you argue with the mirror? Your reflection in a puddle of water? The wall?

Holy poop.
- potvin05

speaking of that, I've had an ongoing twitter disagreement with some tool calling brian strait our best Pk defenseman as well as a solid option for us at even strength. I'm just barely holding it together with my responses.