GeertsenForHart

NJ Devils. Future HOFer

[GeertsenForHart @Der8234]

@WarkSheek Nico is better and younger

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@TheMugNHL Bro just said “yeah, I’m not trading this 24 year old who had 31 points in 45 AHL games and 4 points in 24 nhl games unless a star is coming back”

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@ByronMBader I was always under the impression the league quality went from NHL —> KHL —> AHL —> SHL —> Liiga
With NCAA somewhere in there. Is that not the case, and are the SHL and AHL swapped?
How do you rank the leagues?

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@ByronMBader Is Liiga just not considered that great of a league? Kakko has elite Liiga production. I always thought it was comparable to the SHL in terms of talent.

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@ToddCordell What changes since his rookie year? He was legitimately good that year, no?

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@scottcwheeler @coreypronman Ranking him 34 only last year is asinine

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@scottcwheeler Will your colleague @coreypronman ever admit he doesn’t know anything about hockey?
Didn’t he have him as a best case 3rd pair D only a year or two ago?

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@Timmy_G_Erie @JFreshHockey Nemec was drafted higher, is a higher position of need, similar age, and doesn’t seem to have the personality issues.
I think Michkov has more values, but come down here buddy

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@StopandlListen @andystrickland He’s great… except when he has to play hockey in the nhl

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@StopandlListen @andystrickland Edmonton going from Koskinen to smith to Campbell to skinner to Jarry than to Binnginton would be the most fitting thing of all time.
They just REFUSE to acquire a good goalie ever.
Kind of having to respect it at this point

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@MrWhite1079 0 points in a 4 game sweep. Is he still this natural leader with unlimited amount of intangibles? A born winner?

[Jesse @Jman220_]

It’s funny that people wanna trade Nico and think he’s so easy to replace yet this team hasn’t even been able to replace a bottom 6 center who’s been gone for 2 years.

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@notvtoe The devils have struggled for many years to find a 3C. How are we going to find a 1/2c if Nico leaves?
I also hate the “cap space” argument, as if this team isn’t spending 19 mil combined on Noeson, Markstrom, Kov, Dillion and Tsyplakov.

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@ThomasDrance What went so wrong with the devils rebuild that caused them to not become a Habs like team?

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@AATJerseyBlog To me it’s more just crazy for a player to say “yeah I don’t want the best/second best defensemen in the NHL on my team”
Forget that fact that he’s a Hughes

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@AATJerseyBlog @NJD_Eric Also if Nico decided he didn’t want to stay here, why would he agree to an extension, 1 year out from him becoming one of the best center FA in the last decade, in the most rapidly expanading cap era where he can demand his price, to sign in with a mid team like Detroit?

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@JFreshHockey Why would a devils team with Nemec, Luke Hughes, and Jack Hughes want to get older?

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@hockeystatcards @NJD_Eric I’m new to hockey but I feel like you just HAVE to sign that 36 year old guy listed at the #1 spot to a 2 year contract extension a year out from his contract expiring