GDT: New Jersey Devils @ Ottawa Senators - 7:30 PM (3/20)

[Dr. Doom]

If we lose this game we might as well pack it in for the year.

/hfboards

How I feel when I go to HF

[Clarkson Falls Down]

I couldn`t resist.

So Trottier left and this self-entitled prick takes over? Wonderful.

Yep, incase anyone didn't see it, these were the lines:

Parise - Henrique - Clarkson
Kovy - Zajac - Elias
Poni - Zubrus - Bernier
Sykora - Carter - Josefson

The first line is alright, but we got at least 3 guys playing out of position, natural centers playing wing with Zubrus down the middle when he's much better on the wing.

I personally don't want to split Parise and Kovy up but he says he's been calling for this for a year and a half. Parise missed basically the whole year. How can they be split up if he wasn't even playing last year?

If Pete is ever going to split up Kovy and Parise, keep Kovy on RW. People have really short term memories if they don't realize how much a better Devil Kovy has been at RW than LW.

[VaxjoDevil]

Yep, incase anyone didn't see it, these were the lines:

Parise - Henrique - Clarkson
Kovy - Zajac - Elias
Poni - Zubrus - Bernier
Sykora - Carter - Josefson

The first line is alright, but we got at least 3 guys playing out of position, natural centers playing wing with Zubrus down the middle when he's much better on the wing.

I personally don't want to split Parise and Kovy up but he says he's been calling for this for a year and a half. Parise missed basically the whole year. How can they be split up if he wasn't even playing last year?

If Pete is ever going to split up Kovy and Parise, keep Kovy on RW. People have really short term memories if they don't realize how much a better Devil Kovy has been at RW than LW.

Prove it!

[Big#D]

I like thinking up line combinations as much as the next guy, but really don't care at the end of the day. It's not like I get a say in who Deboer puts on the ice at any given time. People who take their own line combos seriously make me laugh.

[Dr. Doom]

Zajac and Bernier in for Boulton and Janssen. That is a huge difference IMO.

[Getzo5]

Prove it!

I got nothing.

[Big#D]

If the Devils play the Rangers in the first round of the playoffs, I consider doing what I mentioned in the Rags GDT... playing Boulton-Carter-Janssen again in game 1 and let Torts pull that stunt again. When the puck drops, I lure the Rangers players into dropping the mitts and draw the penalty and try to start the game with a 5-on-3.

If you can play head games and start the series out on a positive, I'd almost say it's worth it. On the other hand a full game with that line might put the Devils in a hole.

[Getzo5]

If the Devils play the Rangers in the first round of the playoffs, I consider doing what I mentioned in the Rags GDT... playing Boulton-Carter-Janssen again in game 1 and let Torts pull that stunt again. When the puck drops, I lure the Rangers players into dropping the mitts and draw the penalty and try to start the game with a 5-on-3.

If you can play head games and start the series out on a positive, I'd almost say it's worth it. On the other hand a full game with that line might put the Devils in a hole.

Carter and Bernier can do it.

[Clarkson Falls Down]

If the Devils play the Rangers in the first round of the playoffs, I consider doing what I mentioned in the Rags GDT... playing Boulton-Carter-Janssen again in game 1 and let Torts pull that stunt again. When the puck drops, I lure the Rangers players into dropping the mitts and draw the penalty and try to start the game with a 5-on-3.

If you can play head games and start the series out on a positive, I'd almost say it's worth it. On the other hand a full game with that line might put the Devils in a hole.

I don't want Janssen or Boulton anywhere near the ice during the playoffs. I feel so strongly about this that they can stay at my house for the duration of it.

[Clarkson Falls Down]

Tom Gulitti ‏ @TGfireandice

Bernier in for Boulton tonight in Ottawa. Hedberg in net. No other changes.