Todd Cordell: Bob McKenzie: "keep an eye on the NJ Devils" + notes on win over the Leafs

Id go for Ott and Benn from Dallas..

.. and Oshie and Bishop from STL...

..and Voynov and Johnson and Bernier from LAK....

Im going to play some NHL 12 Please Lou, do something awesome for once.

You wouldnt even give us this game to keep our hopes alive... thanks alot guys I'll remember this.

You wouldnt even give us this game to keep our hopes alive... thanks alot guys I'll remember this.
- wolfos412

Blame Gustavsson.

We tried to let you guys have it, we even shot it wide of the net.

Id go for Ott and Benn from Dallas..

.. and Oshie and Bishop from STL...

..and Voynov and Johnson and Bernier from LAK....

Im going to play some NHL 12 Please Lou, do something awesome for once.
- King.Henrique14

Benn is going nowhere. Top-six forward is required for Johnson so no-go. Oshie is going nowhere.

Id go for Ott and Benn from Dallas..

.. and Oshie and Bishop from STL...

..and Voynov and Johnson and Bernier from LAK....

Im going to play some NHL 12 Please Lou, do something awesome for once.
- King.Henrique14

like get kovy? That was pretty awesome...

You wouldnt even give us this game to keep our hopes alive... thanks alot guys I'll remember this.
- wolfos412

your still in 8th, its your spot to lose

pretty sure my grandma coulda saved the last goal

Blame Gustavsson.

We tried to let you guys have it, we even shot it wide of the net.
- _Zippy_

Pretty true actually. "The Monster" didn't really give his team a chance to win last night.

Benn is going nowhere. Top-six forward is required for Johnson so no-go. Oshie is going nowhere.
- Todd.Cordell

good write up again

i was wondering on gameday blogs if you could include the series record of this year vs the team (or last year or last 3 if its a western team) and the home/away records

if its not too much work

your still in 8th, its your spot to lose

pretty sure my grandma coulda saved the last goal
- dmarsden2988

Your gramma wouldnt have been fast enough to get out of the crease and deflect the puck in. Basically, if your gramma was in net, it wouldnt have even been a shot on goal...

your still in 8th, its your spot to lose

pretty sure my grandma coulda saved the last goal
- dmarsden2988

An empty net could've saved that last goal.

Benn is going nowhere. Top-six forward is required for Johnson so no-go. Oshie is going nowhere.
- Todd.Cordell

Yeah. I was just thinking about keeping Kovy, Parise, Zajac, Henrique, Larsson, Taromina, Volchenkov. And everyone else trade away lol. Thats what I did in NHL 12. Awesome team.

Your gramma wouldnt have been fast enough to get out of the crease and deflect the puck in. Basically, if your gramma was in net, it wouldnt have even been a shot on goal...
- Lohaus

Still saved the goal.....

like get kovy? That was pretty awesome...
- mhowitzer

Ok, scratch the for once. Getting Kovy was awesome. But now what? We always fail to score goals in the postseason. We need some secondary scoring and some veteran defense to stop giving up 3rd period leads.

We don't need Hemsky. We are scoring goals and are still waiting on Zajac. When he comes back Bernier will probably be on the 4th line. If we add Hemsky than who goes down? We need defense more than we need offense.

monster let in 3 horrid goals.

remove them and it was leafs > devils.

just the way the cookie crumbles in crumbletown...

pretty decent game to watch, back n fourth w OT victory..shootouts are ultra lame in the big picture. just sayin..

i didnt like that fight between phaneuf and clarkson

dont get me wrong if someone throws a dirty hit i think he should have to answer the bell... but phaneuf just hit him ,nothing too dirty. What happened to taking the guys number and hitting him when he has his head down?

An empty net could've saved that last goal.
- _Zippy_

bryzgalov is on philly not the leafs

i didnt like that fight between phaneuf and clarkson

dont get me wrong if someone throws a dirty hit i think he should have to answer the bell... but phaneuf just hit him ,nothing too dirty. What happened to taking the guys number and hitting him when he has his head down?
- nightmare3020

It was late and to the head. Oh well Phaneuf is a puss.

good write up again

i was wondering on gameday blogs if you could include the series record of this year vs the team (or last year or last 3 if its a western team) and the home/away records

if its not too much work
- dmarsden2988

I do include season series in most cases. Home and away records will be included starting next game.

Thanks for the suggestion.

We don't need Hemsky. We are scoring goals and are still waiting on Zajac. When he comes back Bernier will probably be on the 4th line. If we add Hemsky than who goes down? We need defense more than we need offense.
- zach parise9

I agree. Just saying there would be no deeper team in the NHL if they acquire Hemsky and stay healthy.

I agree. Just saying there would be no deeper team in the NHL if they acquire Hemsky and stay healthy.
- Todd.Cordell

Maybe not on forward but overall there would be. We aren't all that deep on defense. Other teams have better goaltending too. Hemsky is not much of a difference maker in my opinion.

monster let in 3 horrid goals.

remove them and it was leafs > devils.

just the way the cookie crumbles in crumbletown...

pretty decent game to watch, back n fourth w OT victory..shootouts are ultra lame in the big picture. just sayin..
- big_dion

Parise missed a wide open net and Kovalchuk did the same. It shouldn't have come down to the Leafs tying it late. Zubrus messed up a 2-on-1 with an empty net, too. Pretty even game but Devils didn't capitalize on their chances. Luckily for them, Gustavsson made up for it.

i didnt like that fight between phaneuf and clarkson

dont get me wrong if someone throws a dirty hit i think he should have to answer the bell... but phaneuf just hit him ,nothing too dirty. What happened to taking the guys number and hitting him when he has his head down?
- nightmare3020

phaneuf said no to fighting clarkson twice, then as clarkson was about to leave phaneuf took a jab, he is a wussy

and there was a hit to the head when parise didnt even have the puck, so it was kinda dirty

i didnt like that fight between phaneuf and clarkson

dont get me wrong if someone throws a dirty hit i think he should have to answer the bell... but phaneuf just hit him ,nothing too dirty. What happened to taking the guys number and hitting him when he has his head down?
- nightmare3020

Parise looked injured at the time and he's their Captain. Was a clean hit in terms of the actual hit but it was late.