Welcome
to a new feature on NJDevsBlog.com — “Five Things We Learned in Last Night’s
Game.” We hope to include this on the site after each game for the rest of the
season. With that in mind, we begin.
1)
Cory Schneider, as a good as he can be and often was last season, is
prone to letting up the occasional soft goal. In fairness, Vancouver’s goal
that tied the game at 2 from Daniel Sedin at 12:37 of the
second period did find the most miniscule space open between Schneider’s pads
and the ice — but that’s a shot he saves 99 of 100 times.
2)
Attendance at the Rock on weeknights is going to be awful this season. Last
year, the Devils were coming off their improbably run to the Finals. The
lockout had everyone longing for hockey. But this year’s quite different,
coming off a non-playoff year — and starting the 2013-14 season off with 1 win
in 10 games. Only 13,203 were at the Rock on a Thursday night with one of the
league’s better teams in Newark. Imagine what happens when lesser teams are
here on a Tuesday?
3)
Peter DeBoer has to be feeling the pressure. A Bleacher Report story
lists him as the second-most likely coach to be fired in-season.
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| Could Peter DeBoer be the next NHL coach to be fired? |
4)
The Devils have been in four shootouts this year — with three players shooting
in each. Not one has scored a goal in said shootout. Remember not too long ago
when a Devils shootout was almost a guaranteed extra point? No more.
5)
Eric Gelinas was sparky last night, scoring his for NHL goal to give
the Devils a 2-1 lead in the first period. He’s a keeper as far as I am
concerned. He appeared to be one of the few out there who actually enjoyed
being on the ice.
5B)
Tell me it wasn’t the slightest bit weird to see John Tortorella behind the
bench for Vancouver? I will admit it — I was hoping there’d be occasion for another
shout fest between him and Pete. For all of you who say our coach is too
passive, remember when the two of them nearly threw benches at each other?
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| This guy could be coaching Mites on Ice and I’d still detest him. |
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