October 23, 2026 • 37 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Hi, this is Chico Resch. You are listening to the
Let's Go.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Devils podcast on the Primetime Radio Network.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Happy Devils Thursday. This is Devils After Dark. Coming to
you live, live from America Whiskey.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
51 Edison Place, Cross Street, Financial Center. National Championship Plaza.
I'm your host, Sam Wu. Going cross-continent to the Michael J.
Fox Studios in beautiful Beverly Hills, California. It's Scotty of
Cirrus XM.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Liquid Metal as they're streaming live on Facebook Live, YouTube Live,
X Live, Twitch, and now on Instagram Live on the
Let's Go Devils Network as the Devils shoot down the
Ducks tonight.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
4-1 at the Rock. Big victory.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Two solid points. Devils moving up in the standings. This
is all good stuff, Scotty. Everybody's happy.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
What a game. What a game tonight.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Yeah, good performance by these Devils, you know, trying to
round into form here as we just right close to
the old 10-game mark of the season. And the Devils
are starting to play some good hockey and come together
and play some team defense as well. So let's do
(01:27):
a quick recap, and then we'll see what you think
about it on– Um, YouTube and Facebook and Instagram and
X and everywhere else.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Trip away. I see everyone in the YouTube chat already. Corbin,
the Met Jebel, the Met Jebel. Yeah. The Met jet
devil guy. Uh, oh my goodness.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Uh, Lynn Mars, Tom Dermody, John, we got John Heaton
and Art Heaton. Uh, little dubs, Eddie serve boxer Joe.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
That's a new one.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Beam me up.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Lawrence Eck.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
What's up, Lawrence?
Speaker 5 (02:00):
Haven't seen you in a little while. Thank you very much, Sean.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
The old Fear Factory demanufacture anniversary tour from, I don't know,
was that a year ago?
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Two years ago? Three years ago? Somewhere around there. Edward Gob.
Very nice. Gritz, yes.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Gritz is having a good, is going to, it seems
like he's going to have a good year. So we'll
talk a little bit about him later on. But see
everyone starting to chirp away.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
Yes, Eddie, the Devils went duck hunting tonight.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Very nice.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Everyone seems to be excited about the solid win, Doug Flambe. Oh,
my goodness. Lin Mars, don't worry.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I'm sure everyone can always find something to complain about,
but we're not going to do too much of that tonight.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Because, yes, the Devils did play a good game.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Oh, the Mets.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Jet Devil Guy getting some of those Peking Duck spring
rolls in the Verizon Club.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Okay, nicely done.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
John Heaton with the right score prediction tonight. Congratulations, sir.
Devils down under.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
There you go.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
Two wins in a row.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Who is this team? Well, we seem to be finding
out here. So, yeah, game number nine.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
My hat is all crooked. Game number. There we go.
I got to even it out there. Game number nine
on the season.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
It's 10.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
And.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Oh, is this the 10th game?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Oh, my bad, my bad.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
I thought we were on game eight the other day.
So game 10. Nico Dawes in net, no other changes.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
So seeing what the Dawes man can get done over there.
Will it double score first again for another game?
Speaker 5 (03:40):
Hey, what's up, Selecta? How's it going?
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yes, and as you can hear in the background, you know,
the Place is starting to pop over there at American Whiskey.
Always want to give a big thanks to Frank the
Tank and Kevin and everyone else.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
For helping out with the podcast and always go down.
Tip your bartenders. Be nice to them. They'll be nice
to you. And yeah, American Whiskey.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
We love our home over there across the street from
The Rock. So it started out with a goal from
that man, Arseny Gritsyuk. His fifth, yes, his fifth Goal
of the year already coming at 438 of the first period.
Speaker 5 (04:26):
And this was the tip. That's right. So here you go.
You get the Devils controlling the puck in the zone. Okay.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
And they're just kind of passing around perimeter cross ice.
Seem to be controlling play at ease at this moment.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
Moving the puck around.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Jack gets it. He's up near the point and he's
going to pass it down the wing. Okay, down low
to Jesper Bratt, who then does the shot pass, you know,
across to Gritsjuk.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
It deflects off of a D-man stick.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
And kind of like, and just kind of lands right
in front of Grits' stick, but past Husso, the goaltender,
and Grits is just able to put it in right
around that leg and into the back of the net
for his fifth of the year.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Put the Devils up 1-0. Yes. It's been occurring now.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
They are scoring first at will.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
We never thought they were going to be able to
do it for a while.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Now, all of a sudden, it seems like they can't
be stopped scoring first.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
So, there you go.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Devils up 1-0 at 438 of the first period. Gritsyuk,
his fifth coming from Jesper Bratt and Jack Hughes. Now.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
later on.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
In the period, very much later on in the period,
almost at the end of the period, on the power play,
the captain gets his fifth goal of the season. Slow
down there, Mr. Fancy Pants, Gritsyuk. The captain says, I
want to.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Lead the team in goals, or at least be tied
for it.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
But yes, a power play goal, PPG, for your captain,
Nico Heischer, his fifth of the year.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
I'm not sure. Oh, I guess did Evangelista get a
stick on it?
Speaker 4 (06:19):
I'm like, why isn't Jack Hughes on the assist over
here and only Jesper Bratt? Well, because essentially it was
like the same exact play with Jack Hughes getting the
puck and then passing it down, you know, down the
wing to Jesper Bratt, who's right around the goal line,
you know, just above it, you know, just above.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
A very sharp angle.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
And this time he Jesper Brat kind of goes down
on one knee to rip a one-timer on net. And
I guess, yeah, Evangelista was in front of the net
along with Nico Heischer. So I guess it tipped off
of Evangelista as well because he gets the primary assist.
And then Nico Heischer is able to clean up the
rebound from that Jesper Brat shot. And boom, in the
(07:02):
back of the net there for your captain, number 13,
His fifth of the year, putting the Devils up.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
2-0 at 19-19 of the first period.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
So once again, we're seeing the Devils get those goals
late in the period or maybe early on in the period.
I mean, 4-38 into it, that's pretty damn good. That's
a good way to start off a game within the
first five minutes, getting yourself on the board.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
So a really strong period there for the Devils in
the first, leading 2-0.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
In the second period, I know Luke Hughes put one
off the iron. I don't think the Devils let the
Ducks get a shot on their power play. Nico Dawes
made an incredible poke save on our old friend A.J.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Greer.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
I was listening to the radio call because, you know,
out here in Los Angeles where I'm talking to you from.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
Of course, the Anaheim, because it's the Anaheim Ducks and
will be the LA Kings on Saturday, the games get
blacked out in this market. Yay!
Speaker 4 (08:01):
But It gives me a good chance to listen to
Chico and Matty on the radio call. And let me
tell you, Chico was jumping out of his seat at
that poke check from Nico Daw. So love seeing all that.
And then we had the first ever double major penalty
called by the officials today. We know about their vision
plan not being the best or maybe not even having
(08:24):
one at all.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
But now they're getting double minors and double majors. Double majors.
Never heard of that one before. Getting their penalties all
screwed up. So, yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
There was a penalty called on Evan Rodriguez, which obviously
shouldn't have been a penalty because it was on the
follow-through of a stick. But the refs seemed like they
just wanted to call one against our old New Jersey Devils.
And at least they did the right thing. They called
the major, apparently a double major. Hey, you know, who knows?
(08:54):
Maybe there is something in the rules now where there's
a double major. And probably the refs don't have to
even blow a whistle on it. They just have to
think about blowing the whistle.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
And they say, oh, no, I was going to do that.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
I was going to do that and call a call
a double major. But at least they're able to review
it at that point and see that, OK, this was Evan.
This was on the follow through. This wasn't actually a
high sticking call. And the penalty does get negated.
Speaker 5 (09:17):
But let me tell you, man, Chico, I love it.
Bring in the fire. Talk about those officials. Rips them.
Literally a quote from our buddy Chico. And I know
I've said this many times on this podcast, and so
have you.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Chirping away in the chat. Are you even watching the play?
I think you should know what a follow through on
a shot is.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Yes, we would think they would.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
But once again, we know the NHL officials don't have
that good vision plan.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
And they don't see so well.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Out there on the ice, especially when it seems to
be in these New Jersey Devils games. But either way,
they actually get it right and negate that penalty. And
by the way, Arsene Grits, you're getting penalty kill time.
Love the way this kid is playing, and I love
the fact that Sheldon Keefe is starting to put him
out on the ice in those situations.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
That maybe you don't expect to see him in.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
But Strong, you know he's got the offensive numbers kind
of popping right now. but he's playing strong on the
defensive side of the game as well, which is really good.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
Let's move into third. It's still 2-0 New Jersey Devils.
Went about halfway through at 820.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Okay, things get a little bit tighter here now because
the Ducks do get a goal.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Kind of a, you know, a little bit of a
lucky tip there.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
A long range shot from the point that gets tipped
in front of the net and goes past Nico Dawes.
Speaker 5 (10:44):
Tough one to put on the goaltender right there.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
I'm sure he would have loved him to have it,
but Just kind of a funky bounce and into the
back of the net. So now, okay, the Devils played well,
but that 2-0 game is now 2-1. Now it's anyone's
hockey game at this point. But the Devils don't give in. Okay,
five minutes later at 1327, Anthony Manta comes through, getting
(11:09):
moved down to that third line.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
He gets his second of the year from Brett. What
am I, funny? What am I, a clown to you? Pesci!
That's right. And it's funny because It's almost the same
play that Anaheim scored on.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
You get Brett Pesci throwing the long-range shot at the net, okay?
And then Anthony Manta is able to get a stick
on it, and he's trying to tip it down between
the five-hole. He does get it to go down, but
it pops in front of Jusso there, and then Manta
just kind of swipes at the puck, and it just
kind of trickles very slowly through his legs and into
(11:45):
the back of the net for his second of the year.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
Brett Pesci gets his third assist of the year.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
So that 2-1, that 2-1 game, you know, a mere
five minutes later has turned into a 3-1, which is
obviously a bit more comfortable of a lead halfway through
the third period. And the Devils played well, good on
Brett Pesci as well, because he's starting to block shots
the way we expect Brett Pesci to block shots.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
So it's nice to see him also getting rewarded.
Speaker 4 (12:16):
On the offensive side of the puck, you know, with
this shot, getting deflected, and then putting the back in
the net by Anthony Manta, who's probably still, you know,
as well, fighting his feet with this new team. And
it's been 10 games, okay? We know he's only got
two goals, but I like where we're going with him.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
I think.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
He provides a lot more being on that third line
because it stretches the offense out a little bit more. Um,
he's still, no matter what, he's got a nasty shot.
And I think by the end of this season, we're
going to see him go on a couple of streaks.
And I don't know if he's going to be, you know,
40 goal score, maybe 30, but I think, I definitely
think he's going to get to the twenties. Um, and
(13:00):
that'll be a much, much welcome addition, uh, for that
bottom six, which is something we've talked about for a
number of years, just the supplemental scoring and everything like that.
Speaker 5 (13:11):
So good on Anthony Manta.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
He gets a second to put the Devils up 3-1
at 1327. And then jumping Jack Flash gets an ENG
empty net goal to seal the deal 4-1 at 1953
of the third. Devils up 4-1, and that's how they
win it. Brett Pesci, strong game. Arseny Gritsiuk, another strong game.
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Nico Dawes. Like Chico was saying, can everyone stop complaining
about the goaltending? Because I'm not sure that was the issue.
I think maybe you play some team defense in front
and you block some shots and you get in some lanes.
You're going to be, it's going to be a different outcome.
(13:57):
And in the past, you know, three, three, four, five games,
the Devils have actually been playing some good defense.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
They've won three out of the last four. Was it
five out of the last seven?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
When you play that team defense, yeah, Nico Dawes and
Jake Allen, they're going to be able to shut the door.
Speaker 5 (14:14):
Only giving up like a goal a game in these.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
As opposed to that 6-0 Islanders debacle that happened. It's
been a long way from that for Nico Dawes already
this season. So congratulations to all of them. Devils get
the victory. 4-1 at the Rock. Shots on goal for
the Devils. 11-11-7 for a total of 29. And in
(14:38):
the first period, man, Devils were dominant. The Ducks had
two shots on goal. Two. And I think they got, like,
the second shot registered while the intermission was going on.
So the Devils outshot the Ducks 11-2 in the first period.
11-8 in the second. And they tied it up 7-7,
you know, with the third period. But that's when the
(14:58):
Ducks were trying to make a charge. And the Devils said, quack, quack,
I don't think so. We're going duck hunting tonight. and
taking you down Old Yeller style.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Behind the barn.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
So Ducks, 287 for a total of 17. Devils have
a slight advantage in the face-off circle, 25 wins. To
the Ducks, 24. The Ducks have the jersey, everything bagel
with cream cheese. On the power play, 0 for 1,
while the Devils go 1 for 2. Devils, again, soundly
out-hit in this game, 27 to 12. 13 block shots,
(15:32):
pretty good.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
Considering that the Ducks only had 12.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
But 23 friggin' giveaways by the Devils.
Speaker 5 (15:42):
Want to clean up some of that play over there.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
But overall, overall, a pretty damn good game by this
New Jersey Devils team. And it puts them in third
place in the division right now at 6-4 with 10
games played. The Rags are 7-4-1 with 12 and... No surprise,
the Carolina Hurricanes in first place, 8-2-1 with 11 games played.
(16:09):
That's 17 points on the season for them. The Devils
have 12. So let's hear what you think about it
on the YouTube. Chirp away, chirp away, chirp away.
Speaker 5 (16:21):
Anyone else? Oh, Dawson Mercer played very well tonight as well. So, yes,
who did I miss? I said Pesci, Gritz, and Dawson.
Let me know who you.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Think some of your three stars of the evening were.
And let's bring in the man of the hour, the
tower of power, too sweet to be sour, Sam Bagadwu, who,
of course, was at the game tonight.
Speaker 5 (16:43):
And now he's at American Whiskey afterwards.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Go on by and have a celebratory adult beverage over there,
or maybe just a Coca-Cola or Pepsi if you prefer.
Speaker 5 (16:54):
How about a root beer or a Sprite? Maybe an unsweetened...
Iced tea. That's what I like now.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
Yeah. Because I'm in my mid-40s, Sam Wu. So I
go with the unsweetened iced tea because, you know, I
got to watch my calories and my sugar and all that.
You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
That's what Mrs. Wu would say.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
That's what happens when you get old.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (17:14):
That's what happens when you get old, Sam Wu. So
if you're in your 20s and 30s, enjoy it. I
hate you.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
I'm jealous.
Speaker 5 (17:22):
But at some day, you will appreciate the unsweetened iced
tea with a little lemon squeezed in it. I'm telling you,
I kid you not, my friend.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I kid you not.
Speaker 5 (17:31):
Sam Wu, how are you doing? How was the prime
rib tonight?
Speaker 1 (17:36):
I didn't have prime rib tonight.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
What did you think of this game?
Speaker 2 (17:39):
It was K-pop night, so they had a lot of
Asian food or things and all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Not that I tried it or anything, but.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
But, yeah, like overall this game, Scotty, they're putting consecutive
games back-to-back of 60 minutes of hockey.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
The defense has tightened up.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
The defense, any time there was trouble, you had help
from your teammates to slide over to make up the difference.
And I'll tell you, Scotty, they're playing a team defense
right now.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
They're blocking shots.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
I didn't hear the stats before when you were reading
them off, but they're blocking the shots.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
There was one sequence. I think they had about five
blocked shots in a row.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
I believe it was in the first period, I believe,
where the Ducks just, there were no shooting.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
The Ducks only had two credited shots on goal in
the first.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Yeah, so Devils came out dominant. They're feasting off of
these Western Conference teams.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
I brought that up.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
A couple days ago, that last season that they had
success in a down year, and that trend is continuing.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Nico Dawes, can we put it to rest?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
He's giving his team every chance to win, and I
thought he played excellent tonight. Gave up one goal, not
the end of the world. I thought he played an
overall great game. Luke Hughes, there was a couple times
where he I guess he slipped on the ice, but
he recovered very quickly to make a play defensively. I
(19:23):
thought Luke Hughes is just looking more confident out there, Scotty,
and just more assertive. You know, he's not timid anymore.
He's playing his position. He's doing a great job. Also, yeah,
you're right, Pesci.
Speaker 4 (19:43):
Well, by the way, real quick, yeah, Brett Pesci three
blocks tonight. Dawson Mercer three blocks tonight. Erod two blocks.
Speaker 5 (19:50):
Tonight. Seegs, two blocks tonight. Two block shots.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yeah, and Roman was sitting next to me tonight, and
Roman was pointing out Dawson Mercer was doing all the
little things all night long, and he had a really
good offensive game, but I'll tell you, he He was
pretty tough out there, you know, stopping the Anaheim Ducks.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Gritsik, I mean, what can I say? The kid's on
a heater right now. He's hot.
Speaker 5 (20:21):
He's red hot.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Yes, he is. Evangelista as well. Red hot.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
And also you got a little feisty there, Evangelista, towards
the end of the game as well.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
So they're playing a full 60 minutes.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
You're getting a good performance from your backup goaltender.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Nico Dawes.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Let's see if the Devils can continue on Saturday when
they play the LA Kings and I would consider that
a trap game but all these Western Conference teams that
are coming you know and.
Speaker 4 (20:54):
LA's actually played a little bit better recently you know
they started out terrible but they've actually started to play
a little bit better now in these recent games kind
of like the Flyers yeah Yeah, a little bit, yeah.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
So we'll see. I mean, they're going to come into
town hungry.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Hopefully the Devils can take advantage of it because it's
going to be an early start. So, you know, I
can tell you coming back from Cali to the East Coast,
losing three hours is a lot harder than gaining the.
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Three hours, you know, just from my perspective.
Speaker 4 (21:27):
So maybe the Devils can take advantage and catch the Kings,
you know, maybe in a little sleepy time there.
Speaker 5 (21:34):
On Saturday with that earlier, I believe it's a 3.30
Eastern start time again.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
I don't like these start times, but, you know.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
They did not confer with Sam Wu on this. I mean,
how dare they, Sam Wu?
Speaker 5 (21:48):
Don't they know?
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Oh, I know. I know.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Look, the NHL schedulers should have me on speed dial
just to make sure.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
I mean, they really should.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
They should check with you first. Well, first they should
check with Mrs. Wu. To see if that's okay. And
then they check with you, Sam. That's how it should go.
Speaker 4 (22:07):
By the way, how was the couch two nights ago
that you were sleeping on?
Speaker 1 (22:12):
My back's still hurting.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
Back's still hurting a little bit?
Speaker 1 (22:15):
Back's still hurting. I was laboring. You can ask Roman.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
We were sitting in Section 18, those comfy leather devil seats.
Speaker 5 (22:25):
Oh, comfy leather seats?
Speaker 3 (22:27):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
They have leather seats there now?
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Oh, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Well, they've always had it. You know those black seats
where it's like nice and cushy?
Speaker 4 (22:35):
Yeah. Was it like riding in a BMW or something
like that in that section?
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Man, Roman.
Speaker 5 (22:41):
All right. I see how he rolls.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
But overall, I mean, there was actually a couple plays.
Evan Rodriguez, let me tell you something. That guy back checks.
If you ever go to a game, And Evan Rodriguez
is out in the ice. Don't worry about what's going
on in the game. It's a pleasure to watch what
Evan Rodriguez does for this team.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Just the little things behind the plays.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
But his back checking, there were a couple sequences where
he was just a thief out there grabbing that puck
away from the Ducks. That's what you need from your
third line. That's playing devil's hockey. It was a great
collaborative team effort tonight, Scotty. And he's the.
Speaker 4 (23:28):
First player to ever get a double major. He's the
first player to ever get a double major in a game.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
That existed before, Sam Wu, but according to the officials tonight,
double major out there. Wow.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
He's Evan Rodriguez. E-Rod.
Speaker 4 (23:42):
Most people call it a 10-minute misconduct, but Evan Rodriguez
apparently gets a double major.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
That's a new one for the books.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Yeah, you know, well, that's Evan Rodriguez.
Speaker 5 (23:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
I don't even know what to say. But just in
the fourth line, I thought downtown Connor Brown, the fourth line,
they were awesome as well. They were just doing their thing.
And the Devils really dominated this game for the most part.
I mean, they were just the Ducks had so much
trouble getting the puck out of their own zone. And
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when they did, the Devils were swarming to the puck tonight.
Absolutely swarming. That's what I was telling you. It was
a complete team effort. The teamwork was out there. But again,
if there was a play where somebody fell or just
a mishap or whatever, you had help from your teammates
to cover you.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
It was great.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
It was great. This is a team sport. They didn't
play like individuals. Not at all.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
And.
Look at this over here. Robert Isaacson and six-pack pops.
Speaker 5 (24:50):
Look at that. Six-pack pops. I think you're a noob
to the chat. What's up?
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Welcome.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
Love to hear the chirps.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
Robert Isaacson indeed looks better, but the Devils now have
scored 22 goals in the last five games compared to
the 11 they scored in the first five games.
Speaker 5 (25:06):
That's that goal support that we were talking about.
Speaker 4 (25:08):
Nico Dawes and And Jake the Snake Allen can't win
if the Devils don't score any goals or if they
just score one. It's not, you know, the odds really
aren't in your favor. But, Sam, just to throw these
out there as well, Eric.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
Gobb, I don't know, is Gritsuk hot or is he
playing with the right line mates now? Okay. Serv says
it's both. Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
He's going to score whatever line he plays on. He
says he's a smart player, never looks like he's in
panic mode.
Speaker 5 (25:45):
So is.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
Gritz hot or is this the way he should be playing?
And also, oh my goodness, he's got a hot take here.
Dawes will play more games than Jake the Snake Allen
this year. Well, what do you say to that one,
Sam Wu?
Speaker 5 (25:58):
That's a hot take. That's burning.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
That's sizzling.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
You know what? If that happens, that means all is
well with the Devils goaltender. I am all for it.
And I bet you Jake the Snake Allen would be
all for it as well. This is such a great
tandem just developing here between the two. You got the
veteran and you've got a promising, promising, you know, this
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is my shot. Nico Dawes, you know, this is his moment.
He's going to have to seize it. And right now.
They're giving him the goal support. They're giving him the
better defense up front, unlike the first two starts that
he had. This is exactly what Sonny had envisioned. And
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Devils are 6-4 right now.
Speaker 4 (26:47):
6-4.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
12 points. Yep. Dirty goals, too.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
That's right, Tom.
Speaker 4 (26:55):
Dirty goals right in the front for Manta and Nico
as well. um devil's guy robert devil's getting that net
front presence yeah selecta that's all they needed to do
was help out dawes defensively yeah yeah uh roman winning
is fun winning fixes everything absolutely um actually a couple
people i don't oh my goodness someone else said this
(27:17):
before as well dougie hamilton had a really strong game
uh physically as well out there on the.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
Ice oh yeah he had a couple good hits dougie
hamilton tonight.
Speaker 5 (27:32):
Um, yeah, I was, again, I was listening.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
So, um, I didn't get to see as much, but, um,
Chico definitely sounded very excited.
Speaker 5 (27:43):
Uh, listen to him call the game. Obviously he's going
to be focusing.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
On, uh, Nico Dawes there in net, you know, but
Brett Pesci, Gritz, Yook, uh, Dougie Hamilton.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
What do you know?
Speaker 4 (27:54):
And it's all defensive players. And all of a sudden
the devils are playing a lot better.
Speaker 5 (27:59):
When the team defense.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
Isn't the old Swiss cheese that we had seen in
the past, you know, like when you play this team
defense is going to open up the other end of
the ice as well. So them getting in those holes,
them getting out into a lead instead of always chasing
the game, you know, and putting that pressure on themselves
to always have to score. I mean, that's huge, huge
(28:23):
for this team. So the fact that they've been doing
it now in succession, I.
Speaker 5 (28:27):
Mean, That's a really, really positive step forward.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Very positive.
Speaker 5 (28:32):
Evangelista as well. You've seen a lot of people on
here about Evangelista as well. I mean, that's a nice
pickup by Sonny. Nice pickup. Completely off the radar, too.
That wasn't one.
Speaker 4 (28:47):
That you were hearing all these, yeah, you weren't hearing
all these rumors or long time, oh, they're trying to
work on something.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
You didn't hear anything.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
That was kind of just out of the blue. And
so far, it looks to be paying some good dividends.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
And just also note, Barrett Hayden's having a great year
right now. The guy that the player that Sonny made
him made that offer sheet. Remember with the Utah Mammoth? And,
you know, again, anything Sonny's doing right now, it's so
far it's. For the most part, working out. It hadn't
been perfect, but it's starting to work out. And this
(29:23):
goaltending situation, you know, Nico Dawes played great tonight.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
You know?
Speaker 5 (29:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
He only gave up one goal, and Anaheim's got some firepower.
But they're going to have to, you know, obviously do
it again against the Kings on Saturday. I'm assuming Jake
the Snake Allen will be in that. And then they
go on the West Coast. They've got on the 27th,
I believe they've got Dallas. Dallas Stars on the 27th.
(29:55):
We'll be at the Woodbridge... Brewing Company in Woodbridge, New Jersey,
I believe, on Tuesday for a live event, live viewing party,
Game Day Live and Devils After Dark. And then on
the 28th, second half of back-to-back, we're going to have
probably State of the Fan Address, I believe, then Game
(30:15):
Day Live, then the game, and then Devils After Dark
when the Devils take on the Colorado Avalanche, which that
would be, again, I think the Avalanche wants to get
that one back after losing to the Devils.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (30:29):
We'll see here. Trevor and Lynn Mars over here. And Sonny,
we trust. That's right.
Speaker 4 (30:35):
Some really good pickups. Yes, and obviously, yeah, Evan Rodriguez
was a very, very good pickup as well, coming from
the Florida Panthers, where Sonny was.
Speaker 5 (30:44):
Very smart move. But, yeah, Evangelista, shocking. And actually, yeah,
good call on serve over here. And who else said that?
Speaker 4 (30:53):
Oh, my goodness, you know, Chisholm, having him in the lineup,
Over Dilley, I mean, that's not one that I would,
you know, really think, you know, I would think Brendan Dillon,
but it really has helped out on the.
Speaker 5 (31:06):
Speed side of things. Obviously, the physicality is taken back a.
Speaker 4 (31:11):
Little bit without Brendan Dillon in the lineup, but speed-wise, it's.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
A different team back there.
Speaker 4 (31:18):
And with Kovacevic back as well, that's another element to it.
Speaker 5 (31:23):
Yeah, they've been playing better. They've been playing better. Team defense.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
You've got to credit Sonny on that one because the
Chisholm move over the offseason, we all knew that, okay,
this is one of these Sonny picks where it's something
in their back office with the analytics, with their scouting,
take a chance, had high value on their board, making
(31:48):
that deal to get Chisholm. And at first, again, things
were rough in the beginning as the Devils were getting
adjusted to the regular season. But it seems like he
is suitable for the kind of cap hit that he,
you know, that you would take.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
On your roster.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
I think this is a good value pick right now
because the Devils, in terms of depth, Sonny made a
right now offensively with the forwards.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
They've got depth all around.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Defense, a little light in some areas, but overall, they
have seven D guys right now.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Right now, it's Brendan Dillon is the seventh D guy.
Speaker 4 (32:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
And this is after the mess Tom Fitzgerald left. I know.
Speaker 4 (32:39):
Sonny's done some great things already with this team.
Speaker 5 (32:41):
And I want to say, what's up to Wimpy? I
forgot to mention before, Dubs.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
Dubs.
Speaker 5 (32:46):
See you in there. Stay between the dots. Protected the house.
Love to see that.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (32:51):
Stealth Chef.
Speaker 4 (32:53):
Brat, Jack, and Grits equals the good eats line.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
All right.
Speaker 5 (32:56):
I like that. Very nice. Bill Agnew. What's up, Bill?
Speaker 4 (33:01):
Haven't seen you in the chat in a while. Nice
to see you as well. Devils are first in the
league on five on five shot attempts, which, as we know,
an area of the game that they needed to improve on.
Speaker 5 (33:15):
And we will see.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
I mean, this 10-game cycle here, I think it started out,
just couldn't get any worse, you know, the way things
started out. And now the Devils have been able to
swing the momentum in the positive here by doing a
lot of the things that all of us fans have
been talking about. Scoring first, playing the defense. You know,
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protecting your goaltender. I mean, these are all things that
everyone has been talking about and hoping to see because
we know they have the offensive talent. But playing well
five on five, we know they can dominate when they
have the extra skater out there. But playing well five
on five has always been something that has haunted this team.
Speaker 5 (33:57):
And we shall see.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
All right.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
We will reevaluate again in 10 games. And I know
we're going to do some more because we'll have the
Kings tilt over the weekend on Saturday. Don't forget that's
an early start time. And then, of course, the big
show Sunday night. Myself, Beer Baron, Sam Wu all getting together.
And we're going to we're going to talk about the
(34:21):
11 games that were and have a full on evaluation
of the team Sunday night here in the Let's.
Speaker 5 (34:28):
Go Devils podcast network.
Speaker 4 (34:31):
And don't forget, on Saturday, we'll be back in action
with Game Day Live and.
Speaker 5 (34:36):
Devils After Dark, even though it'll be an afternoon time. Well,
it'll be dark out there on the East Coast.
Speaker 4 (34:42):
It'll still be bright and sunny out here in L.A., but,
you know, the sun will start going down, so we
can still call it.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
Devils After Dark. Eventually, Daylight Savings will kick in.
Speaker 5 (34:50):
Is that this weekend or next weekend?
Speaker 1 (34:52):
I think it's next weekend. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
I thought they were doing away with the.
Speaker 1 (34:59):
I don't know anymore.
Speaker 4 (35:01):
Yeah. But, yeah, yeah, Kovacevic has played very well. Chisholm, yeah,
he's making his way to, you know, maybe having one
of those, you know, bottom.
Speaker 5 (35:13):
Defensive pairing spots, you know, kind of locked up for himself.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
We'll see.
Speaker 5 (35:16):
We'll see how it all goes.
Speaker 4 (35:18):
See, the thing is, not everyone is locked into a
no-movement clause anymore, so it's nice.
Speaker 5 (35:23):
We can make decisions and have choices. Oh, what a
beautiful thing for a sports team. Isn't it, Sam Wu?
Speaker 4 (35:30):
Isn't it?
Speaker 1 (35:31):
Oh, yeah, not being held hostage. Oh, it's great.
Speaker 5 (35:33):
Yeah, it's just like Mrs.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
Wu has the opportunity to let Sam sleep in the
bed or out on the couch when he decides to
eat prime rib instead of salad for dinner.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Yeah, or she doesn't hide the cookie jar from me,
you know.
Speaker 5 (35:51):
All right, well, let's wrap this bad boy up, Samu.
Speaker 4 (35:53):
Devils win 4-1, 12 points on the season, 6-4 record.
Speaker 5 (35:58):
Starting to steer.
Speaker 4 (35:59):
This ship in the right direction and the direction that
all of us fans were hoping it was going to
go in coming into the season. Let's see if they
can continue on this good trend with an earlier weekend
tilt with the LA Kings coming into Newark, New Jersey
at the Rock.
Speaker 5 (36:21):
Let's go Devils. We'll see what happens. But yeah, we'll
be here.
Speaker 4 (36:24):
Game Day Live beforehand and Devils After Dark afterwards.
Speaker 5 (36:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (36:29):
Thank you, everyone on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, wherever the hell
else you might.
Speaker 5 (36:34):
Be listening to this podcast.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
We love you.
Speaker 5 (36:36):
We appreciate you. Join the YouTube chat. Chirp away. You
are the ones that make this podcast special.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Yeah, thank you to all the fans.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
Also, thank you to America Whiskey, Frank the Tank, Casey, Kevin,
Everybody behind the bar, thank you.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Thank you, and especially the fans again. Dropping the podcast
at midnight.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
Until next time, let's go Devils.
Hi, this is Chico Resch. You are listening to the
Let's Go.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Devils podcast on the Primetime Radio Network.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Happy Devils Thursday. This is Devils After Dark. Coming to
you live, live from America Whiskey.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
51 Edison Place, Cross Street, Financial Center. National Championship Plaza.
I'm your host, Sam Wu. Going cross-continent to the Michael J.
Fox Studios in beautiful Beverly Hills, California. It's Scotty of
Cirrus XM.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Liquid Metal as they're streaming live on Facebook Live, YouTube Live,
X Live, Twitch, and now on Instagram Live on the
Let's Go Devils Network as the Devils shoot down the
Ducks tonight.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
4-1 at the Rock. Big victory.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Two solid points. Devils moving up in the standings. This
is all good stuff, Scotty. Everybody's happy.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
What a game. What a game tonight.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Yeah, good performance by these Devils, you know, trying to
round into form here as we just right close to
the old 10-game mark of the season. And the Devils
are starting to play some good hockey and come together
and play some team defense as well. So let's do
(01:27):
a quick recap, and then we'll see what you think
about it on– Um, YouTube and Facebook and Instagram and
X and everywhere else.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Trip away. I see everyone in the YouTube chat already. Corbin,
the Met Jebel, the Met Jebel. Yeah. The Met jet
devil guy. Uh, oh my goodness.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Uh, Lynn Mars, Tom Dermody, John, we got John Heaton
and Art Heaton. Uh, little dubs, Eddie serve boxer Joe.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
That's a new one.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Beam me up.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Lawrence Eck.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
What's up, Lawrence?
Speaker 5 (02:00):
Haven't seen you in a little while. Thank you very much, Sean.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
The old Fear Factory demanufacture anniversary tour from, I don't know,
was that a year ago?
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Two years ago? Three years ago? Somewhere around there. Edward Gob.
Very nice. Gritz, yes.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Gritz is having a good, is going to, it seems
like he's going to have a good year. So we'll
talk a little bit about him later on. But see
everyone starting to chirp away.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
Yes, Eddie, the Devils went duck hunting tonight.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Very nice.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Everyone seems to be excited about the solid win, Doug Flambe. Oh,
my goodness. Lin Mars, don't worry.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I'm sure everyone can always find something to complain about,
but we're not going to do too much of that tonight.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Because, yes, the Devils did play a good game.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Oh, the Mets.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Jet Devil Guy getting some of those Peking Duck spring
rolls in the Verizon Club.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Okay, nicely done.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
John Heaton with the right score prediction tonight. Congratulations, sir.
Devils down under.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
There you go.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
Two wins in a row.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Who is this team? Well, we seem to be finding
out here. So, yeah, game number nine.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
My hat is all crooked. Game number. There we go.
I got to even it out there. Game number nine
on the season.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
It's 10.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
And.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Oh, is this the 10th game?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Oh, my bad, my bad.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
I thought we were on game eight the other day.
So game 10. Nico Dawes in net, no other changes.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
So seeing what the Dawes man can get done over there.
Will it double score first again for another game?
Speaker 5 (03:40):
Hey, what's up, Selecta? How's it going?
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yes, and as you can hear in the background, you know,
the Place is starting to pop over there at American Whiskey.
Always want to give a big thanks to Frank the
Tank and Kevin and everyone else.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
For helping out with the podcast and always go down.
Tip your bartenders. Be nice to them. They'll be nice
to you. And yeah, American Whiskey.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
We love our home over there across the street from
The Rock. So it started out with a goal from
that man, Arseny Gritsyuk. His fifth, yes, his fifth Goal
of the year already coming at 438 of the first period.
Speaker 5 (04:26):
And this was the tip. That's right. So here you go.
You get the Devils controlling the puck in the zone. Okay.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
And they're just kind of passing around perimeter cross ice.
Seem to be controlling play at ease at this moment.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
Moving the puck around.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Jack gets it. He's up near the point and he's
going to pass it down the wing. Okay, down low
to Jesper Bratt, who then does the shot pass, you know,
across to Gritsjuk.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
It deflects off of a D-man stick.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
And kind of like, and just kind of lands right
in front of Grits' stick, but past Husso, the goaltender,
and Grits is just able to put it in right
around that leg and into the back of the net
for his fifth of the year.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Put the Devils up 1-0. Yes. It's been occurring now.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
They are scoring first at will.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
We never thought they were going to be able to
do it for a while.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Now, all of a sudden, it seems like they can't
be stopped scoring first.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
So, there you go.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Devils up 1-0 at 438 of the first period. Gritsyuk,
his fifth coming from Jesper Bratt and Jack Hughes. Now.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
later on.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
In the period, very much later on in the period,
almost at the end of the period, on the power play,
the captain gets his fifth goal of the season. Slow
down there, Mr. Fancy Pants, Gritsyuk. The captain says, I
want to.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Lead the team in goals, or at least be tied
for it.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
But yes, a power play goal, PPG, for your captain,
Nico Heischer, his fifth of the year.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
I'm not sure. Oh, I guess did Evangelista get a
stick on it?
Speaker 4 (06:19):
I'm like, why isn't Jack Hughes on the assist over
here and only Jesper Bratt? Well, because essentially it was
like the same exact play with Jack Hughes getting the
puck and then passing it down, you know, down the
wing to Jesper Bratt, who's right around the goal line,
you know, just above it, you know, just above.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
A very sharp angle.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
And this time he Jesper Brat kind of goes down
on one knee to rip a one-timer on net. And
I guess, yeah, Evangelista was in front of the net
along with Nico Heischer. So I guess it tipped off
of Evangelista as well because he gets the primary assist.
And then Nico Heischer is able to clean up the
rebound from that Jesper Brat shot. And boom, in the
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back of the net there for your captain, number 13,
His fifth of the year, putting the Devils up.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
2-0 at 19-19 of the first period.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
So once again, we're seeing the Devils get those goals
late in the period or maybe early on in the period.
I mean, 4-38 into it, that's pretty damn good. That's
a good way to start off a game within the
first five minutes, getting yourself on the board.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
So a really strong period there for the Devils in
the first, leading 2-0.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
In the second period, I know Luke Hughes put one
off the iron. I don't think the Devils let the
Ducks get a shot on their power play. Nico Dawes
made an incredible poke save on our old friend A.J.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Greer.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
I was listening to the radio call because, you know,
out here in Los Angeles where I'm talking to you from.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
Of course, the Anaheim, because it's the Anaheim Ducks and
will be the LA Kings on Saturday, the games get
blacked out in this market. Yay!
Speaker 4 (08:01):
But It gives me a good chance to listen to
Chico and Matty on the radio call. And let me
tell you, Chico was jumping out of his seat at
that poke check from Nico Daw. So love seeing all that.
And then we had the first ever double major penalty
called by the officials today. We know about their vision
plan not being the best or maybe not even having
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one at all.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
But now they're getting double minors and double majors. Double majors.
Never heard of that one before. Getting their penalties all
screwed up. So, yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
There was a penalty called on Evan Rodriguez, which obviously
shouldn't have been a penalty because it was on the
follow-through of a stick. But the refs seemed like they
just wanted to call one against our old New Jersey Devils.
And at least they did the right thing. They called
the major, apparently a double major. Hey, you know, who knows?
(08:54):
Maybe there is something in the rules now where there's
a double major. And probably the refs don't have to
even blow a whistle on it. They just have to
think about blowing the whistle.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
And they say, oh, no, I was going to do that.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
I was going to do that and call a call
a double major. But at least they're able to review
it at that point and see that, OK, this was Evan.
This was on the follow through. This wasn't actually a
high sticking call. And the penalty does get negated.
Speaker 5 (09:17):
But let me tell you, man, Chico, I love it.
Bring in the fire. Talk about those officials. Rips them.
Literally a quote from our buddy Chico. And I know
I've said this many times on this podcast, and so
have you.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Chirping away in the chat. Are you even watching the play?
I think you should know what a follow through on
a shot is.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Yes, we would think they would.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
But once again, we know the NHL officials don't have
that good vision plan.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
And they don't see so well.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Out there on the ice, especially when it seems to
be in these New Jersey Devils games. But either way,
they actually get it right and negate that penalty. And
by the way, Arsene Grits, you're getting penalty kill time.
Love the way this kid is playing, and I love
the fact that Sheldon Keefe is starting to put him
out on the ice in those situations.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
That maybe you don't expect to see him in.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
But Strong, you know he's got the offensive numbers kind
of popping right now. but he's playing strong on the
defensive side of the game as well, which is really good.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
Let's move into third. It's still 2-0 New Jersey Devils.
Went about halfway through at 820.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Okay, things get a little bit tighter here now because
the Ducks do get a goal.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Kind of a, you know, a little bit of a
lucky tip there.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
A long range shot from the point that gets tipped
in front of the net and goes past Nico Dawes.
Speaker 5 (10:44):
Tough one to put on the goaltender right there.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
I'm sure he would have loved him to have it,
but Just kind of a funky bounce and into the
back of the net. So now, okay, the Devils played well,
but that 2-0 game is now 2-1. Now it's anyone's
hockey game at this point. But the Devils don't give in. Okay,
five minutes later at 1327, Anthony Manta comes through, getting
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moved down to that third line.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
He gets his second of the year from Brett. What
am I, funny? What am I, a clown to you? Pesci!
That's right. And it's funny because It's almost the same
play that Anaheim scored on.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
You get Brett Pesci throwing the long-range shot at the net, okay?
And then Anthony Manta is able to get a stick
on it, and he's trying to tip it down between
the five-hole. He does get it to go down, but
it pops in front of Jusso there, and then Manta
just kind of swipes at the puck, and it just
kind of trickles very slowly through his legs and into
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the back of the net for his second of the year.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
Brett Pesci gets his third assist of the year.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
So that 2-1, that 2-1 game, you know, a mere
five minutes later has turned into a 3-1, which is
obviously a bit more comfortable of a lead halfway through
the third period. And the Devils played well, good on
Brett Pesci as well, because he's starting to block shots
the way we expect Brett Pesci to block shots.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
So it's nice to see him also getting rewarded.
Speaker 4 (12:16):
On the offensive side of the puck, you know, with
this shot, getting deflected, and then putting the back in
the net by Anthony Manta, who's probably still, you know,
as well, fighting his feet with this new team. And
it's been 10 games, okay? We know he's only got
two goals, but I like where we're going with him.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
I think.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
He provides a lot more being on that third line
because it stretches the offense out a little bit more. Um,
he's still, no matter what, he's got a nasty shot.
And I think by the end of this season, we're
going to see him go on a couple of streaks.
And I don't know if he's going to be, you know,
40 goal score, maybe 30, but I think, I definitely
think he's going to get to the twenties. Um, and
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that'll be a much, much welcome addition, uh, for that
bottom six, which is something we've talked about for a
number of years, just the supplemental scoring and everything like that.
Speaker 5 (13:11):
So good on Anthony Manta.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
He gets a second to put the Devils up 3-1
at 1327. And then jumping Jack Flash gets an ENG
empty net goal to seal the deal 4-1 at 1953
of the third. Devils up 4-1, and that's how they
win it. Brett Pesci, strong game. Arseny Gritsiuk, another strong game.
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Nico Dawes. Like Chico was saying, can everyone stop complaining
about the goaltending? Because I'm not sure that was the issue.
I think maybe you play some team defense in front
and you block some shots and you get in some lanes.
You're going to be, it's going to be a different outcome.
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And in the past, you know, three, three, four, five games,
the Devils have actually been playing some good defense.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
They've won three out of the last four. Was it
five out of the last seven?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
When you play that team defense, yeah, Nico Dawes and
Jake Allen, they're going to be able to shut the door.
Speaker 5 (14:14):
Only giving up like a goal a game in these.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
As opposed to that 6-0 Islanders debacle that happened. It's
been a long way from that for Nico Dawes already
this season. So congratulations to all of them. Devils get
the victory. 4-1 at the Rock. Shots on goal for
the Devils. 11-11-7 for a total of 29. And in
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the first period, man, Devils were dominant. The Ducks had
two shots on goal. Two. And I think they got, like,
the second shot registered while the intermission was going on.
So the Devils outshot the Ducks 11-2 in the first period.
11-8 in the second. And they tied it up 7-7,
you know, with the third period. But that's when the
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Ducks were trying to make a charge. And the Devils said, quack, quack,
I don't think so. We're going duck hunting tonight. and
taking you down Old Yeller style.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Behind the barn.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
So Ducks, 287 for a total of 17. Devils have
a slight advantage in the face-off circle, 25 wins. To
the Ducks, 24. The Ducks have the jersey, everything bagel
with cream cheese. On the power play, 0 for 1,
while the Devils go 1 for 2. Devils, again, soundly
out-hit in this game, 27 to 12. 13 block shots,
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pretty good.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
Considering that the Ducks only had 12.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
But 23 friggin' giveaways by the Devils.
Speaker 5 (15:42):
Want to clean up some of that play over there.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
But overall, overall, a pretty damn good game by this
New Jersey Devils team. And it puts them in third
place in the division right now at 6-4 with 10
games played. The Rags are 7-4-1 with 12 and... No surprise,
the Carolina Hurricanes in first place, 8-2-1 with 11 games played.
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That's 17 points on the season for them. The Devils
have 12. So let's hear what you think about it
on the YouTube. Chirp away, chirp away, chirp away.
Speaker 5 (16:21):
Anyone else? Oh, Dawson Mercer played very well tonight as well. So, yes,
who did I miss? I said Pesci, Gritz, and Dawson.
Let me know who you.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Think some of your three stars of the evening were.
And let's bring in the man of the hour, the
tower of power, too sweet to be sour, Sam Bagadwu, who,
of course, was at the game tonight.
Speaker 5 (16:43):
And now he's at American Whiskey afterwards.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Go on by and have a celebratory adult beverage over there,
or maybe just a Coca-Cola or Pepsi if you prefer.
Speaker 5 (16:54):
How about a root beer or a Sprite? Maybe an unsweetened...
Iced tea. That's what I like now.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
Yeah. Because I'm in my mid-40s, Sam Wu. So I
go with the unsweetened iced tea because, you know, I
got to watch my calories and my sugar and all that.
You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
That's what Mrs. Wu would say.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
That's what happens when you get old.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (17:14):
That's what happens when you get old, Sam Wu. So
if you're in your 20s and 30s, enjoy it. I
hate you.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
I'm jealous.
Speaker 5 (17:22):
But at some day, you will appreciate the unsweetened iced
tea with a little lemon squeezed in it. I'm telling you,
I kid you not, my friend.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I kid you not.
Speaker 5 (17:31):
Sam Wu, how are you doing? How was the prime
rib tonight?
Speaker 1 (17:36):
I didn't have prime rib tonight.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
What did you think of this game?
Speaker 2 (17:39):
It was K-pop night, so they had a lot of
Asian food or things and all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Not that I tried it or anything, but.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
But, yeah, like overall this game, Scotty, they're putting consecutive
games back-to-back of 60 minutes of hockey.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
The defense has tightened up.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
The defense, any time there was trouble, you had help
from your teammates to slide over to make up the difference.
And I'll tell you, Scotty, they're playing a team defense
right now.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
They're blocking shots.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
I didn't hear the stats before when you were reading
them off, but they're blocking the shots.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
There was one sequence. I think they had about five
blocked shots in a row.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
I believe it was in the first period, I believe,
where the Ducks just, there were no shooting.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
The Ducks only had two credited shots on goal in
the first.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Yeah, so Devils came out dominant. They're feasting off of
these Western Conference teams.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
I brought that up.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
A couple days ago, that last season that they had
success in a down year, and that trend is continuing.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Nico Dawes, can we put it to rest?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
He's giving his team every chance to win, and I
thought he played excellent tonight. Gave up one goal, not
the end of the world. I thought he played an
overall great game. Luke Hughes, there was a couple times
where he I guess he slipped on the ice, but
he recovered very quickly to make a play defensively. I
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thought Luke Hughes is just looking more confident out there, Scotty,
and just more assertive. You know, he's not timid anymore.
He's playing his position. He's doing a great job. Also, yeah,
you're right, Pesci.
Speaker 4 (19:43):
Well, by the way, real quick, yeah, Brett Pesci three
blocks tonight. Dawson Mercer three blocks tonight. Erod two blocks.
Speaker 5 (19:50):
Tonight. Seegs, two blocks tonight. Two block shots.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yeah, and Roman was sitting next to me tonight, and
Roman was pointing out Dawson Mercer was doing all the
little things all night long, and he had a really
good offensive game, but I'll tell you, he He was
pretty tough out there, you know, stopping the Anaheim Ducks.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Gritsik, I mean, what can I say? The kid's on
a heater right now. He's hot.
Speaker 5 (20:21):
He's red hot.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Yes, he is. Evangelista as well. Red hot.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
And also you got a little feisty there, Evangelista, towards
the end of the game as well.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
So they're playing a full 60 minutes.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
You're getting a good performance from your backup goaltender.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Nico Dawes.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Let's see if the Devils can continue on Saturday when
they play the LA Kings and I would consider that
a trap game but all these Western Conference teams that
are coming you know and.
Speaker 4 (20:54):
LA's actually played a little bit better recently you know
they started out terrible but they've actually started to play
a little bit better now in these recent games kind
of like the Flyers yeah Yeah, a little bit, yeah.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
So we'll see. I mean, they're going to come into
town hungry.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Hopefully the Devils can take advantage of it because it's
going to be an early start. So, you know, I
can tell you coming back from Cali to the East Coast,
losing three hours is a lot harder than gaining the.
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Three hours, you know, just from my perspective.
Speaker 4 (21:27):
So maybe the Devils can take advantage and catch the Kings,
you know, maybe in a little sleepy time there.
Speaker 5 (21:34):
On Saturday with that earlier, I believe it's a 3.30
Eastern start time again.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
I don't like these start times, but, you know.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
They did not confer with Sam Wu on this. I mean,
how dare they, Sam Wu?
Speaker 5 (21:48):
Don't they know?
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Oh, I know. I know.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Look, the NHL schedulers should have me on speed dial
just to make sure.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
I mean, they really should.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
They should check with you first. Well, first they should
check with Mrs. Wu. To see if that's okay. And
then they check with you, Sam. That's how it should go.
Speaker 4 (22:07):
By the way, how was the couch two nights ago
that you were sleeping on?
Speaker 1 (22:12):
My back's still hurting.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
Back's still hurting a little bit?
Speaker 1 (22:15):
Back's still hurting. I was laboring. You can ask Roman.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
We were sitting in Section 18, those comfy leather devil seats.
Speaker 5 (22:25):
Oh, comfy leather seats?
Speaker 3 (22:27):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
They have leather seats there now?
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Oh, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Well, they've always had it. You know those black seats
where it's like nice and cushy?
Speaker 4 (22:35):
Yeah. Was it like riding in a BMW or something
like that in that section?
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Man, Roman.
Speaker 5 (22:41):
All right. I see how he rolls.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
But overall, I mean, there was actually a couple plays.
Evan Rodriguez, let me tell you something. That guy back checks.
If you ever go to a game, And Evan Rodriguez
is out in the ice. Don't worry about what's going
on in the game. It's a pleasure to watch what
Evan Rodriguez does for this team.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Just the little things behind the plays.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
But his back checking, there were a couple sequences where
he was just a thief out there grabbing that puck
away from the Ducks. That's what you need from your
third line. That's playing devil's hockey. It was a great
collaborative team effort tonight, Scotty. And he's the.
Speaker 4 (23:28):
First player to ever get a double major. He's the
first player to ever get a double major in a game.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
That existed before, Sam Wu, but according to the officials tonight,
double major out there. Wow.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
He's Evan Rodriguez. E-Rod.
Speaker 4 (23:42):
Most people call it a 10-minute misconduct, but Evan Rodriguez
apparently gets a double major.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
That's a new one for the books.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Yeah, you know, well, that's Evan Rodriguez.
Speaker 5 (23:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
I don't even know what to say. But just in
the fourth line, I thought downtown Connor Brown, the fourth line,
they were awesome as well. They were just doing their thing.
And the Devils really dominated this game for the most part.
I mean, they were just the Ducks had so much
trouble getting the puck out of their own zone. And
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when they did, the Devils were swarming to the puck tonight.
Absolutely swarming. That's what I was telling you. It was
a complete team effort. The teamwork was out there. But again,
if there was a play where somebody fell or just
a mishap or whatever, you had help from your teammates
to cover you.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
It was great.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
It was great. This is a team sport. They didn't
play like individuals. Not at all.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
And.
Look at this over here. Robert Isaacson and six-pack pops.
Speaker 5 (24:50):
Look at that. Six-pack pops. I think you're a noob
to the chat. What's up?
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Welcome.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
Love to hear the chirps.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
Robert Isaacson indeed looks better, but the Devils now have
scored 22 goals in the last five games compared to
the 11 they scored in the first five games.
Speaker 5 (25:06):
That's that goal support that we were talking about.
Speaker 4 (25:08):
Nico Dawes and And Jake the Snake Allen can't win
if the Devils don't score any goals or if they
just score one. It's not, you know, the odds really
aren't in your favor. But, Sam, just to throw these
out there as well, Eric.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
Gobb, I don't know, is Gritsuk hot or is he
playing with the right line mates now? Okay. Serv says
it's both. Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
He's going to score whatever line he plays on. He
says he's a smart player, never looks like he's in
panic mode.
Speaker 5 (25:45):
So is.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
Gritz hot or is this the way he should be playing?
And also, oh my goodness, he's got a hot take here.
Dawes will play more games than Jake the Snake Allen
this year. Well, what do you say to that one,
Sam Wu?
Speaker 5 (25:58):
That's a hot take. That's burning.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
That's sizzling.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
You know what? If that happens, that means all is
well with the Devils goaltender. I am all for it.
And I bet you Jake the Snake Allen would be
all for it as well. This is such a great
tandem just developing here between the two. You got the
veteran and you've got a promising, promising, you know, this
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is my shot. Nico Dawes, you know, this is his moment.
He's going to have to seize it. And right now.
They're giving him the goal support. They're giving him the
better defense up front, unlike the first two starts that
he had. This is exactly what Sonny had envisioned. And
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Devils are 6-4 right now.
Speaker 4 (26:47):
6-4.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
12 points. Yep. Dirty goals, too.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
That's right, Tom.
Speaker 4 (26:55):
Dirty goals right in the front for Manta and Nico
as well. um devil's guy robert devil's getting that net
front presence yeah selecta that's all they needed to do
was help out dawes defensively yeah yeah uh roman winning
is fun winning fixes everything absolutely um actually a couple
people i don't oh my goodness someone else said this
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before as well dougie hamilton had a really strong game
uh physically as well out there on the.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
Ice oh yeah he had a couple good hits dougie
hamilton tonight.
Speaker 5 (27:32):
Um, yeah, I was, again, I was listening.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
So, um, I didn't get to see as much, but, um,
Chico definitely sounded very excited.
Speaker 5 (27:43):
Uh, listen to him call the game. Obviously he's going
to be focusing.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
On, uh, Nico Dawes there in net, you know, but
Brett Pesci, Gritz, Yook, uh, Dougie Hamilton.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
What do you know?
Speaker 4 (27:54):
And it's all defensive players. And all of a sudden
the devils are playing a lot better.
Speaker 5 (27:59):
When the team defense.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
Isn't the old Swiss cheese that we had seen in
the past, you know, like when you play this team
defense is going to open up the other end of
the ice as well. So them getting in those holes,
them getting out into a lead instead of always chasing
the game, you know, and putting that pressure on themselves
to always have to score. I mean, that's huge, huge
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for this team. So the fact that they've been doing
it now in succession, I.
Speaker 5 (28:27):
Mean, That's a really, really positive step forward.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Very positive.
Speaker 5 (28:32):
Evangelista as well. You've seen a lot of people on
here about Evangelista as well. I mean, that's a nice
pickup by Sonny. Nice pickup. Completely off the radar, too.
That wasn't one.
Speaker 4 (28:47):
That you were hearing all these, yeah, you weren't hearing
all these rumors or long time, oh, they're trying to
work on something.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
You didn't hear anything.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
That was kind of just out of the blue. And
so far, it looks to be paying some good dividends.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
And just also note, Barrett Hayden's having a great year
right now. The guy that the player that Sonny made
him made that offer sheet. Remember with the Utah Mammoth? And,
you know, again, anything Sonny's doing right now, it's so
far it's. For the most part, working out. It hadn't
been perfect, but it's starting to work out. And this
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goaltending situation, you know, Nico Dawes played great tonight.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
You know?
Speaker 5 (29:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
He only gave up one goal, and Anaheim's got some firepower.
But they're going to have to, you know, obviously do
it again against the Kings on Saturday. I'm assuming Jake
the Snake Allen will be in that. And then they
go on the West Coast. They've got on the 27th,
I believe they've got Dallas. Dallas Stars on the 27th.
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We'll be at the Woodbridge... Brewing Company in Woodbridge, New Jersey,
I believe, on Tuesday for a live event, live viewing party,
Game Day Live and Devils After Dark. And then on
the 28th, second half of back-to-back, we're going to have
probably State of the Fan Address, I believe, then Game
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Day Live, then the game, and then Devils After Dark
when the Devils take on the Colorado Avalanche, which that
would be, again, I think the Avalanche wants to get
that one back after losing to the Devils.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (30:29):
We'll see here. Trevor and Lynn Mars over here. And Sonny,
we trust. That's right.
Speaker 4 (30:35):
Some really good pickups. Yes, and obviously, yeah, Evan Rodriguez
was a very, very good pickup as well, coming from
the Florida Panthers, where Sonny was.
Speaker 5 (30:44):
Very smart move. But, yeah, Evangelista, shocking. And actually, yeah,
good call on serve over here. And who else said that?
Speaker 4 (30:53):
Oh, my goodness, you know, Chisholm, having him in the lineup,
Over Dilley, I mean, that's not one that I would,
you know, really think, you know, I would think Brendan Dillon,
but it really has helped out on the.
Speaker 5 (31:06):
Speed side of things. Obviously, the physicality is taken back a.
Speaker 4 (31:11):
Little bit without Brendan Dillon in the lineup, but speed-wise, it's.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
A different team back there.
Speaker 4 (31:18):
And with Kovacevic back as well, that's another element to it.
Speaker 5 (31:23):
Yeah, they've been playing better. They've been playing better. Team defense.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
You've got to credit Sonny on that one because the
Chisholm move over the offseason, we all knew that, okay,
this is one of these Sonny picks where it's something
in their back office with the analytics, with their scouting,
take a chance, had high value on their board, making
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that deal to get Chisholm. And at first, again, things
were rough in the beginning as the Devils were getting
adjusted to the regular season. But it seems like he
is suitable for the kind of cap hit that he,
you know, that you would take.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
On your roster.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
I think this is a good value pick right now
because the Devils, in terms of depth, Sonny made a
right now offensively with the forwards.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
They've got depth all around.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Defense, a little light in some areas, but overall, they
have seven D guys right now.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Right now, it's Brendan Dillon is the seventh D guy.
Speaker 4 (32:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
And this is after the mess Tom Fitzgerald left. I know.
Speaker 4 (32:39):
Sonny's done some great things already with this team.
Speaker 5 (32:41):
And I want to say, what's up to Wimpy? I
forgot to mention before, Dubs.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
Dubs.
Speaker 5 (32:46):
See you in there. Stay between the dots. Protected the house.
Love to see that.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (32:51):
Stealth Chef.
Speaker 4 (32:53):
Brat, Jack, and Grits equals the good eats line.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
All right.
Speaker 5 (32:56):
I like that. Very nice. Bill Agnew. What's up, Bill?
Speaker 4 (33:01):
Haven't seen you in the chat in a while. Nice
to see you as well. Devils are first in the
league on five on five shot attempts, which, as we know,
an area of the game that they needed to improve on.
Speaker 5 (33:15):
And we will see.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
I mean, this 10-game cycle here, I think it started out,
just couldn't get any worse, you know, the way things
started out. And now the Devils have been able to
swing the momentum in the positive here by doing a
lot of the things that all of us fans have
been talking about. Scoring first, playing the defense. You know,
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protecting your goaltender. I mean, these are all things that
everyone has been talking about and hoping to see because
we know they have the offensive talent. But playing well
five on five, we know they can dominate when they
have the extra skater out there. But playing well five
on five has always been something that has haunted this team.
Speaker 5 (33:57):
And we shall see.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
All right.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
We will reevaluate again in 10 games. And I know
we're going to do some more because we'll have the
Kings tilt over the weekend on Saturday. Don't forget that's
an early start time. And then, of course, the big
show Sunday night. Myself, Beer Baron, Sam Wu all getting together.
And we're going to we're going to talk about the
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11 games that were and have a full on evaluation
of the team Sunday night here in the Let's.
Speaker 5 (34:28):
Go Devils podcast network.
Speaker 4 (34:31):
And don't forget, on Saturday, we'll be back in action
with Game Day Live and.
Speaker 5 (34:36):
Devils After Dark, even though it'll be an afternoon time. Well,
it'll be dark out there on the East Coast.
Speaker 4 (34:42):
It'll still be bright and sunny out here in L.A., but,
you know, the sun will start going down, so we
can still call it.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
Devils After Dark. Eventually, Daylight Savings will kick in.
Speaker 5 (34:50):
Is that this weekend or next weekend?
Speaker 1 (34:52):
I think it's next weekend. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
I thought they were doing away with the.
Speaker 1 (34:59):
I don't know anymore.
Speaker 4 (35:01):
Yeah. But, yeah, yeah, Kovacevic has played very well. Chisholm, yeah,
he's making his way to, you know, maybe having one
of those, you know, bottom.
Speaker 5 (35:13):
Defensive pairing spots, you know, kind of locked up for himself.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
We'll see.
Speaker 5 (35:16):
We'll see how it all goes.
Speaker 4 (35:18):
See, the thing is, not everyone is locked into a
no-movement clause anymore, so it's nice.
Speaker 5 (35:23):
We can make decisions and have choices. Oh, what a
beautiful thing for a sports team. Isn't it, Sam Wu?
Speaker 4 (35:30):
Isn't it?
Speaker 1 (35:31):
Oh, yeah, not being held hostage. Oh, it's great.
Speaker 5 (35:33):
Yeah, it's just like Mrs.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
Wu has the opportunity to let Sam sleep in the
bed or out on the couch when he decides to
eat prime rib instead of salad for dinner.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Yeah, or she doesn't hide the cookie jar from me,
you know.
Speaker 5 (35:51):
All right, well, let's wrap this bad boy up, Samu.
Speaker 4 (35:53):
Devils win 4-1, 12 points on the season, 6-4 record.
Speaker 5 (35:58):
Starting to steer.
Speaker 4 (35:59):
This ship in the right direction and the direction that
all of us fans were hoping it was going to
go in coming into the season. Let's see if they
can continue on this good trend with an earlier weekend
tilt with the LA Kings coming into Newark, New Jersey
at the Rock.
Speaker 5 (36:21):
Let's go Devils. We'll see what happens. But yeah, we'll
be here.
Speaker 4 (36:24):
Game Day Live beforehand and Devils After Dark afterwards.
Speaker 5 (36:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (36:29):
Thank you, everyone on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, wherever the hell
else you might.
Speaker 5 (36:34):
Be listening to this podcast.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
We love you.
Speaker 5 (36:36):
We appreciate you. Join the YouTube chat. Chirp away. You
are the ones that make this podcast special.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Yeah, thank you to all the fans.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
Also, thank you to America Whiskey, Frank the Tank, Casey, Kevin,
Everybody behind the bar, thank you.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Thank you, and especially the fans again. Dropping the podcast
at midnight.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
Until next time, let's go Devils.
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