Équipe: 2023-24 Devils du New Jersey

Date de création initiale: 13 déc. 2023

Publié: 14 déc. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Line 1: Hughes and Bratt have obvious chemistry and shouldn't be broken up for the foreseeable future. Toffoli has gone ice cold lately and I think it'd be a good idea to get him a look on a new line. Elevate Holtz and see if he really runs away with a top 6 role next to our 2 best playmakers

Line 2: Palat and Hischier have been very good together this season especially in their own zone. They both play well along the walls and are known to be good passers of the puck. Timo looked great last night, at RW, next to Palat and Hischier. I think these 3 can really get going in the coming games

Line 3: Toffoli, Haula, and Mercer have all played with each other at one point or the other this season. I like Haula much more at center and Mercer much more on the right side. Toffoli and Mercer looked good next to Jack a few weeks ago, so hopefully they can reignite some of that chemistry besides Haula

Line 4: McLeod and Lazar have both played well enough to get 3rd line minutes, but regardless, they have done their job perfectly this season. McLeod is blazing fast and is winning 63% of his faceoffs while Lazar has been a good forechecker and defensive forward

Pairing 1: Siegenthaler and Nemec have formed a nice pairing together. Nemec has been extremely impressive thus far through 6 games. Both sides of his game have exceeded my expectations

Pairing 2: After a slow start, this pairing has started to become much more reliable. Bahl specifically was slow out of the gate, but has shown much better recently especially last night vs BOS

Pairing 3: Hughes and Miller have been a pretty decent pair together. Luke definitely has his fair share of mistakes, but Miller has cleaned them up

Goaltending: Always gonna be the question mark with this team. As of late, both Vanecek and Schmid have been sharp so hopefully they stay that way