Shootouts have got to go.

Thoughts?

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Sportsnet / YouTube Game Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoG4cjh_M0U

NHL / YouTube Game Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaG3Aa-pycs

Sportsnet / YouTube Canucks at Devils: Full Shootout Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh2DK6Jf3lY

ESPN Game Cast https://www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/gameId/401688724/canucks-devils

Sportsnet Game Summary https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/games/ac500687-5c31-49f3-9497-db3d867df0bd

Amanda Stein Game Story https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/devils-vs-canucks-3-24-25-game-story

Quick Game Recap (includes interviews / game videos / stats) https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/devils-vs-canucks-3-24-25-live-updates

Devils 2024-25 Regular Season schedule for March 2025 (all times eastern) https://www.nhl.com/devils/schedule/2025-03-01

23 comments

  2. Idk what was worse, Pesce trying to dump the puck or Luke Hughes in the shoot out.

    At least they got a point 

  3. Two points would have been gaudy. It’s like Valiquette said, we shouldn’t be antagonizing these teams in case they make the playoffs 😭

  6. I feel like I’m going through the stages of fandom grief and soon I will hit apathy if this continues but I’m still in the anger phase. Why was Choloki (I don’t care how it’s spelled) out there in OT? Why did Luke take that penalty shot when the captain and leading goal scorer is available? What a dumb decision and slap to Nico. I’ve defended Keefe but WTF. Also Markstrom’s inability to make a clutch save at a key time is killing this team. This is now 3 games over this stretch, Dallas, Calgary and last night. I know, I know, it’s not all on him but make a save. I know they are still in a spot but I have a hard time right now envisioning this team winning whatever the minimum amount of games would be to keep it. A team below them doesn’t even need to get “hot” to overtake them, just warmish at this rate.

  7. I’m no NHL coach, player, staffer, scout, etc., and I didn’t stay at a Holliday Inn, but gosh darn it WE sure do LOVE to give up goals with 30sec left.

    EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

  9. These losses are painful. But let’s be clear that they are not must-win games yet. The must-wins were the two CBJ games and the upcoming Rangers and Islanders games, then possibly some of the last few games of the season. We are close, but we haven’t tasted true disappointment.

  10. Let’s all chip in and buy this team two calendars for the locker room.
    One for Timo that is 12 months of March.
    One for the rest of the team that is October-December.

  11. The facts are seen on the ice.

    They are finding ways to lose, to play poorly (even in the nail biting close wins), to beat themselves.

    Fitz’s entire theory of how to turn the 112 point 22-23 team into a consistent Cup contender is an undeniable and total failure.

    He destroyed a 112 point winning roster (third best goal differential in the league). He turned it into an incoherent mess.

    And he hired a HC who runs systems that are a poor match for the incoherent roster he constructed, and also seems completely devoid of any ideas on how to adjust to the facts in the ice as the season has demonstrated that his original concepts have failed.

    Are Keefe, Fitz, players willing to be honest about the facts?

    Or will they spin a narratives in their heads about how they all need to forge ahead with the plan and just ‘execute better’?

    If the latter, then the entire rebuild will have been a waste. Two no. 1 picks and a no. 2 pick wasted.

  14. Looking at the 10 games remaining on the schedule, and their record since the beginning of the new year, I think it is unlikely that this team wins more than 3 or 4 more games. Will between 87 and 89 points be enough to secure a playoff spot? Maybe, but it no longer looks like a slam-dunk.

  17. We are 7th in the Eastern Conference in points % right now. The would be 7 seed has the longest drought of appearing in the Cup right now. Here we go boys

  18. Fortunately we banked enough points early in the season, and the Metro teams behind us have been dog water until recently. It’s still very likely we make the playoffs – it would take at least two teams below to make a serious run, and us to go like 3-6-1 or something, to miss out. It can certainly happen but just isn’t likely.

    It just sucks because the East is pretty wide open this year – I wouldn’t say there’s any clear dominant teams. The Caps are good, obviously Florida but they’re banged up and not playing great. This is a perfect year to make a run, and we’re just not poised to do that at all. Still, playoff hockey will be electric

  19. I’m at an all time low in terms of confidence with this team. I don’t see us being better next year and I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Jack gets hurt again. Maybe Fitzgerald does suck.

  20. ESPN+ article has us as a playoff lock, but I don’t know if I feel that way lol.

    Obsessing over the standings, we’re losing the “control our own destiny” advantage, which is just anxious pain. Having to rely on others losing is never a good plan

  23. I’m gonna go “glass half full” here for my own sanity…maybe it’s good the devils get these bad loses out of the way now so then in the playoffs…..nope not helping at all.

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