2013 New Jersey Devils (Team News, Player Discussion)

Buggsy · 01-10-2013, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by njdevil26

My 3 would be Ryder, Ribeiro, Raymond....

Ryder would be the right wing on lines 1 or 2. Ribeiro would allow Henrique to play wing, Raymond could be a third line left wing.

I don't see the Canucks trading anyone though as long as they are cap compliant. They are STACKED this year. Don't forget they added Jason Garrison to the defense.

What makes people think Henrique is not going to play wing? I see him on the top line as RW, taking over for Parise.

GameSeven · 01-10-2013, 10:02 AM

Haha... old news to some perhaps, but Ryan Carter is featured on a segment on DIY right now (East Coast). Back when he played for the Canes (for 3 months).

apice3 · 01-10-2013, 10:07 AM

Lupul has averaged 47 games played each of the last 3 seasons. Don't want him in the slightest.

NJDevs26 · 01-10-2013, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by apice3

Lupul has averaged 47 games played each of the last 3 seasons. Don't want him in the slightest.

That would be 99% of this season

dougiebrown · 01-10-2013, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by apice3

Lupul has averaged 47 games played each of the last 3 seasons. Don't want him in the slightest.

Perfect. There's only 48 games being played this year.

njdevil26 · 01-10-2013, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Buggsy

What makes people think Henrique is not going to play wing? I see him on the top line as RW, taking over for Parise.

As far as moves go... I think the bare minimum is that Lou re-signs Sykora. I see the healthy lineup being:

Kovalchuk-Zajac-Henrique
Sykora-Elias-Zubrus
Tedenby/Butler-Josefson-Clarkson
Carter-Gionta-Bernier

njdevil26 · 01-10-2013, 10:13 AM

Here's Carter's episode description http://www.diynetwork.com/sweat-equi...tle/index.html

apice3 · 01-10-2013, 10:13 AM

I hate you guys

Buggsy · 01-10-2013, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by njdevil26

As far as moves go... I think the bare minimum is that Lou re-signs Sykora. I see the healthy lineup being:

Kovalchuk-Zajac-Henrique
Sykora-Elias-Zubrus
Tedenby/Butler-Josefson-Clarkson
Carter-Gionta-Bernier

Agreed.

Unknown Caller · 01-10-2013, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Buggsy

Agreed.

I don't expect Sykora back

manilaNJ · 01-10-2013, 10:28 AM

#SykkieWatch

Allan Walsh ‏@walsha
Petr Sykora will be playing in the NHL this season. More to come.

Brick City · 01-10-2013, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by manilaNJ

#SykkieWatch

Allan Walsh ‏@walsha
Petr Sykora will be playing in the NHL this season. More to come.

I expected Lou to re-sign Sykora, but I thought that couldn't happen until after ratification by the NHLPA.

Henrique Iglesias · 01-10-2013, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Buggsy

What makes people think Henrique is not going to play wing? I see him on the top line as RW, taking over for Parise.

I feel like Henrique is too good of a center to play wing. Maybe move Elias over to wing and have Henrique center him? Then again, Kovy and Adam had great chemistry with each other, so who knows.

Unknown Caller · 01-10-2013, 10:38 AM

Wow I called that 5 minutes before it happened

feerlessleadr · 01-10-2013, 10:39 AM

Rich Chere @Ledger_NJDevils
Expect Petr Sykora to sign with an NHL team other than the Devils.

maybe not...

Devils1029 · 01-10-2013, 10:40 AM

Chere now saying that Sykora will sign with a team other than NJ. NYR? NYI?

manilaNJ · 01-10-2013, 10:41 AM

From TG's article the other day, he seemed adamant about getting a contract and not just a camp invite.

I'm assuming, if he doesn't re-sign, that's why.
Lou probably wanted to get another look at him in camp, but Sykora (and not entirely unjustified) probably figured a 21-goal performance deserves more than that.

So... which GM is planning to throw $1-2 million at him?

CerebralGenesis · 01-10-2013, 10:42 AM

Capitals?

Are we really going in with our forward group? Yuck

MartyOwns · 01-10-2013, 10:42 AM

chere's always been the pinnacle of intelligence

NJDevs26 · 01-10-2013, 10:42 AM

If Sykora gets a two-year deal, which I doubt, can't fault Lou one bit. If he gets a one-year deal then he'd better have something else up his sleeve besides Butler. Even if you want to argue he's finished and the second half proved it after he played on emotion in the first half.

GentlemanOfLeisure · 01-10-2013, 10:43 AM

Petr Sykora had a similar year that Andrew Jones had with the Yankees. Slow start, strong in the middle of the year, was absolutely gassed at the end.

Sykora has nothing left. Let him go (looks like Washington).

MartyOwns · 01-10-2013, 10:44 AM

it was reported Ottawa is looking for some d-men...i think we could make good trading partners

Unknown Caller · 01-10-2013, 10:45 AM

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it was reported Ottawa is looking for some d-men...i think we could make good trading partners

Not a fan of any of their NHL ready forwards besides Spezza, who obviously would cost a lot of assets and has a huge cap hit.

MartyOwns · 01-10-2013, 10:49 AM

michalek? greening? turris even? idk, we could use some help.

Unknown Caller · 01-10-2013, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MartyOwns

michalek? greening? turris even? idk, we could use some help.

Michalek could help, but I don't know how much he would cost. He's also a bit of an enigma and somewhat inconsistent. I don't know if Greening adds anything we don't have internally already.