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I’m pretty sure Connor Bedard is the best player in the NHL…
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Alex Killorn on
#isles
fans:
“On the Island the fans are right in top of you, chanting all the time, every single one of them is giving you the double middle finger. Doesn’t matter if they’re 3 years old to 80, everyone’s giving the double middle fingers. They’re passionate.”
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Nathan Bastian says his 🤌🏼 celly was pre planned.
“Normally guys who score every 15 games don’t pre plan goal celebrations, but I heard Tommy Devito was gonna be here so..”
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Pat Maroon on
@spittinchiclets
talking about the
#isles
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“I woke up from my (pre Game7) nap pretty nervous. We won 1-0, that game could’ve went either way. I think that was the best series I played this playoffs. Long Island is very good. Top players were going head to head.”
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Trotz on the crowd at the Coliseum: "We hope our crowd can give us the same boost theirs did. Our crowd is electric, I saw a video of the crowd at Borelli's, it's electric."
#isles
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"I want to win, you take less for that."
Timo Meier on what made him take less money.
#NJDevils
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We just got a “f**k the Rangers!” during the National Anthem that was so loud even the
#NJDevils
on the ice were chuckling.
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#NJDevils
Tom Fitzgerald on the fans "We want Timo!" chants:
"I heard them loud and clear. I understood who they wanted. It's great when it aligns with what the organization wants. But this is something (the fans) deserve. Not only the players, but our fanbase deserves this
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Some personal news: my Wife and I are starting our newest adventure. I can’t wait to meet this little one ❤️
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Ilya Sorokin is the first
#isles
goaltender EVER to have consecutive shutouts on back-to-back days.
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Parise on scoring on his late Dad's birthday: "There's not a day that goes by I don't think about him. I had a good feeling coming to the rink today. It was pretty emotional when that puck went in."
#isles
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Elliotte Friedman on Hockey Night in Canada says the Hurricanes may be out on Timo Meier.
#NJDevils
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Jack when asked about Luke’s 3 assists:
“Good for him.”
Luke when asked about Jack’s two power play goals:
“Nice.”
Experience the
#NJDevils
Hughes brothers.
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If you’re saying Trotz should be fired next, you’re wrong. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
#isles
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Hearing the 2023-24 NHL schedule will be out tomorrow.
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Patrick Elias in the locker room just SCREAMED:
“Jesus Christ! F*ckin how excited am I boys?!”
#NJDevils
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To start his tenure with the
#isles
, Lamoriello overpaid players like Komarov (& arguably Varlamov) to convince them to play on Long Island to begin his process. Now he's convincing stars to take discounts, keeping everyone on the same page with one goal in mind. The Stanley Cup.
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Maroon talking about
#isles
fans:
“Idk what they say, they just f***in chant the whole time. I was out there, I got the puck and my hands were shaking. It makes you kind of nervous. It was f***in very loud in there.”
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Fwiw, I’m told the deals for Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov are done, just not filed yet.
#isles
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#NJDevils
Vitek Vanecek on watching Jack Hughes from the other end of the ice:
“Sometimes I think he’s not human.”
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Patrick Elias also just told Akira Schmid and Jonas Siegenthaler he’s gifting them Swiss chocolates.
No.26 is fired up.
#NJDevils
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My favorite thing about this play - no panic, straight focus. He won’t be buying dinner on Long Island for a long while.
#isles
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I refuse to believe Trotz was fired as a result of the 2021-22 season. We'll find out from Lamoriello soon enough.
#isles
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List of injured
#NJDevils
this season:
Jack Hughes x2
Dougie Hamilton (LTIR)
Timo Meier x2
Nico Hischier
Jonas Siegenthaler
Ondrej Palat
Erik Haula
Brendan Smith
Nico Daws (SOIR)
Tomas Nosek
Nathan Bastian
Colin Miller
Nolan Foote
And now Lindy Ruff. Did I get everybody?
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Been off the grid the last few days, started a new job. It doesn’t pay, but the reward is priceless.
Welcome to the world, Layla James Nichols ♥️
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Nico Daws made 2.09 goals saved above expected against the Panthers tonight.
Goaltending, man.
#NJDevils
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Maybe this is or isn’t obvious but I’ve been asked a few times so I’ll say it.
I’m told both Luke Hughes and Simon Nemec are absolutely off the table in any trade talks. Non-starter.
#NJDevils
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Sources are suggesting it’s indeed Eberle over Bailey to
#SeaKraken
. Waiting for confirmation.
#isles
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Oh my god. Bo Horvat to the
#isles
for Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Räty and a protected 2023 1st rd pick.
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Respectfully, John, fuck off
@ryannovo62
@JamesNicholsNHL
@mikemorrealeNHL
Can’t wait for the cupcake questions for Ruff postgame.
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BREAKING: My wife’s water!
Luke Nichols arrived this morning!
Born 7:15 A.M, April 30th.
7 lbs, 2 oz
Mom and Luke are both doing great!
Thank you to the NHN family for the well wishes!
Devils Daily: 'Hell' in Philly, Trying to Trade a Former Devils Defenseman
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Barry Trotz admits he did not like Cal Clutterbuck when he first came to the
#isles
because he hated coaching against him.
Told Clutterbuck, “I did not like you at all.”
Trotz very much likes Clutterbuck now.
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How about Scott Mayfield? His assignment tonight was Connor McDavid and he rose to the occasion.
#isles
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#NJDevils
, well, Schmid steals two points, 2-1 final.
Probably the first time we can say a Devils goaltender stole one this season.
Discuss⤵️
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Lindy Ruff is big mad at the Toffoli-Hughes-Bratt trio in drills.
"Attack the f**king net! F**k!"
#NJDevils
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Aatu Räty 🤝 Brad Lambert
Finnish players making NHL teams regret their draft choices
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A collective sigh of relief in New Jersey heard around the world.
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#NJDevils
Tom Fitzgerald: “We were excited to acquire Timo at the deadline, but it’s an even greater feeling knowing that he’ll be here for the next eight seasons,” said Fitzgerald. “Timo’s unique blend of style of play, goal-scoring ability, and physical presence will prove
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Good morning
#NJDevils
fans. Might want to turn those tweet notifications on for a *little* news today.
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Jack, did you know the Rangers trailed you by one point coming into today?
“No I didn’t know that.”
Did you know you have 8 goals in your last 5 games?
*Smiles* “yeah, I knew that!”
#NJDevils
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Per source, NJHN has learned that
#NJDevils
GM Tom Fitzgerald has re-engaged in John Gibson.
The Ducks are in town this week to play the Isles, Rangers, and Devils.
More ⤵️
🔒
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“He never loses his focus, he makes it look easy and that gives us confidence.” -
#NJDevils
captain Nico Hischier on Akira Schmid
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Trotz on the fans: "I'll give the fans credit for the win. They stuck with us through the whole game. I was sitting in the office & you could hear the thunder of the fans in the locker room, coaches room. That's why
#isles
fans are special. We're gonna dig ourselves out of this."
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Scrolling through concepts and I can’t, for the life of me, understand why something like this hasn’t already happened.
#NJDevils
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Jack Hughes gets the PRIMARY ASSIST on Luke Hughes' first NHL goal that won game No.82 in overtime to make the 2022-23
#NJDevils
the most winningest team in franchise history.
J. Hughes finishes the season with 99 points.
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So, the
#NJDevils
top six:
Palat-Hischier-Bratt
Meier-Hughes-Toffoli
Mercer will also certainly look to stay in that mix.
Damn...
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#NJDevils
cap space with Toffoli is $19,007,500
On the NHL roster, RFAs unsigned:
Meier
McLeod
Bastian
Boqvist
Bahl
UFAs unsigned:
Tatar
Graves
Wood
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Smith just dropped gloves with Connor Clifton.
He then DROPPED Clifton.
There will be no more Smith discourse this season.
#NJDevils
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He's here every night
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All I can say is that the
#NJDevils
are visibly angry and it’s tense in the locker room tonight. Visibly
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#NJDevils
Nico Daws confirms he’s picked up his puppy. He’s here at the hotel with him.
Cooper, the golden retriever 🐶
CC:
@ryannovo62
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“Yeah he was cross checking me and I had just had enough of that so… that’s playoffs.”
#NJDevils
Jack Hughes on his scrap with Sebastian Aho
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Source: A source close to the situation tells
@njdhockeynow
that
#Flames
defenseman Nikita Zadorov would welcome a trade to the
#NJDevils
More⤵️
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“Nathan, did you notice
@TheBrattPack63
?”
Bastian, enthusiastically: “oh I noticed The Bratt Pack!”
#NJDevils
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Flyers, Red Wings, and Caps all lose in regulation tonight.
Tomorrow nights game is huge.
#NJDevils
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Potentially unpopular opinion:
NYR is the better matchup for the
#NJDevils
than the Islanders or Panthers in the first round.
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Per
@TheFourthPeriod
, Parise’s deal believed to be a one-year deal. Palmieri working on a “long term contract,” Cizikas deal being worked in, Pelech deal being worked on as a long term deal north of $6M per, trade talks for Tarasenko still ongoing.
#isles
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For clarity, my question was simply, "The powerplay, obviously they struggled, you made that one tweak, but are you contemplating more changes there?"
Lindy Ruff says the media is putting "excess pressure" on the Devils' power play 👀
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"I don't have any answers other than we love the Vitek. We love Schmid and we love Daws. And we've got some more coming. But we'll cross that bridge when it comes."
#NJDevils
Fitzgerald on goaltending.
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#NJDevils
Dougie Hamilton had successful surgery to repair a wrist injury on his right arm.
His agent confirms he will be ready at the start of the 2023-24 season, that's why he got it as soon as possible.
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Jim and Ellen whenever one of their kids scores tonight.
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