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NHL Game Recap https://www.nhl.com/news/new-jersey-devils-winnipeg-jets-game-recap-january-11-2026

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  2. The Downfall Continues:

    * will say we had more life in this game than I’ve seen us have in January other than the Utah game to start the month.
    * also Jack looked a lot more like Jack than he’s looked since his return.
    * Kovy didn’t look lost or unable to keep up.
    * we had a period and thirty three seconds of offense essentially and then basically failed to show up for the third period
    * we didn’t take our first shot on goal in the third period, a period where we were done by one goal until like over half the period was over.
    * we didn’t even really see the offensive zone for the first half of the third period.
    * I understand the goals the Jets netted were horrendous bounces, but still.
    * so how many “response” games have we failed to respond in?
    * I wish I could just tell the Devils to ignore Keefe’s system and just do what feels right. anything will be better than this.
    * we gotta get guys in front of the net man. Nico goes in front of the net boom goal. our rebound goals and net front goals are lowest in the league or something stupid like that.
    * how did folks feel about Dadonov today? I didn’t notice him in either direction if I’m honest?
    * can’t even beat the second worst team in the league with a worse last ten games than we’ve had.
    * and yet, still no changes will be made. no meaningful changes.

    tomorrow, we face off against the Wild. preparing for another embarrassing loss.

  5. Playing Minnesota tomorrow night with Markstrom
    In net

    That’s got 10-0 game written all over it. Maybe even 11-0

  6. Compared to the last couple games it was better, but that’s not saying a whole lot. What a dreadful week it’s been. They really have to show something tomorrow, because Wednesday they are back in Jersey and that arena is either going to be empty or angry and that’s no good for anyone.

  9. I stopped getting angry after losses a few weeks ago.

    Why? Because it seemed evident several weeks ago that the problems centered on the misalignment between the core roster and the style of hockey that Fitz wants (and the HC he hired has installed).

    IOW, it became obvious that it simply cannot work.

    Either the entire core must be changed for a very different type of player to match Fitz/Keefe style hockey….or Fitz and Keefe need to be replaced with a GM and HC that will bring complementary players and systems that will work with this core.

    So with the status quo, it simply is not going to work. Either a rebuild and roster complete revamp must happen. Or a complete change of GM/HC leadership must happen.

    I favor the latter path.

    But I can’t get mad at losses that are the natural and predictable result of an obviously dysfunctional and unworkable situation.

  11. The jig is up – the Hughes boys are not as good as imagined.. especially after Jack sawed off his hand – the team is also downright awful.

  13. Yeah I’ve realized that the majority of our fanbase is composed of Giants, Jets, Knicks, Mets, Nets fans so of course everyone is toxic as fuuck but still they at least had us in the first half

    I am guilty for 3/4

  16. Maybe Luke will respond well next NEXT game after he gets spanked by his big bro tomorrow. Kid’s just getting worse out there, and he’s never going to be sent down to get some confidence in his game going like Nemec.

    I’m actually kinda pissed now though, moreso at myself for getting too attached that unattaching seems impossible. Rock bottom is at least in sight now, bottom of the entire effing league bottom anyway. Hope my Devil fam is hanging in there, I assume most of us are numb to this by now, but they still find ways to hurt us more

  17. The state of the franchise is pretty pathetic now. Possibly the most embarrassing week in history and all leadership can say is Dougie is the odd man out with a healthy blue line? No accountability, see you guys in October.

  18. I never really believed building a devils team from the front back would work. They’re more exciting, they said. They’re gonna compete for the cup, they said.

    Feh. Get these soft losers out of my hockey team.

  19. The core players are lacking a legitimate leader in the locker room. Relative to other teams, I don’t believe they are as tightly knit on and off the ice. I don’t see this core winning a cup. Time to trade some major core pieces while they still have high value imo. This would likely have to be done in the offseason. A new GM is warranted.

  20. Can we fucking fire someone? Feels like we’re a mid tier Premier League team – we are waiting to offload our best players and accept mediocrity

  22. You have to wonder if Harris and Blitzer wont allow a Keefe firing because they dont want to have to pay someone else.

  23. Put yourself in the skates of Nico, or any of the guys not named hughes. 

    The entire narrative is usually based around one of the 3 brothers. Both not named quinn show flashes punctuated by extreme lapses in judgement that lose games with zero consequences. 

    jack gets to give up on live play to throw tantrums, treat the media like a burden, give up terrible turnovers consistently, blow chances trying to force highlight reels that happen way less than the failures. 

    luke presenting as the chosen one minus any play to back it up. He gets to hold out for the big payday while Nemo actually puts in the work and outshines him. 

    The team not getting quinn defines their losing ways?! That’s part of the narrative around the league. 

    If I were Dawson, or any of the guys, I’d resent the **fuck** out of them, their parents, ownership, and the coaches. 

    I’d bet anything that if they had the balls and traded those two; the team would respond **EXACTLY** like the Sabres did when adams was fired. 

  24. I have a sick, twisted side. SeatGeek has some good seats for tomorrow night. The arena isn’t that far from my crib.

  25. This whole debacle falls squarely on Fitz. You can blame the players if you want to but it’s Fitzy who constructed this soft ass team!

  26. I know life sucks now, but just wait until we ship out all our best players. We need to retool not rebuild. Idk if I can take another full scale rebuild lmao

  27. I’ve thought it before but now I’m getting more convinced… Jack and Luke shipped out could be the shakeup this team needs, like when Florida sent Huberdeau and Weeegar to Calgary for Tkachuk. That out Florida over the top. This team needs a major deal like that, but I don’t think they have the balls to do it.

  30. I don’t think today was *that* bad. Nemec looked bad (which is excusable to some extent since he’s just getting back up to speed). The lack of shots for the first half of the third was the one real low point. But they showed fight all game. Luke getting caught flat footed on the winner was tough, but he did produce otherwise. I thought Jack skated with real conviction and distributed the puck incredibly. Losing streaks can get a lot deeper than 4 and it’s hard to dig yourself out. I hope the team chooses to build off the positives and address the negatives. Not a lot to dwell on for me.

  31. Nothing will change until Fitz is thrown out in the most disrespectful way possible. That needs to happen asap.

  36. After Hischier scored our first goal to tie it 1-1, he looked absolutely miserable and no one even celebrated the goal it seemed like. There is clearly something really off in that lockeroom to not even care to tie the game up.

  37. I’m getting more and more convinced that something happened at that team dinner thats not being told to the media.

  38. Fitz is a coward. His actions in actively dodging the media reveals his hand in a way the microphone never could. It’s a shame that the season he devolved to this, but here we are.

    It really really sucks man. The vibes are so far gone that I’m not sure what to do from here.

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