should probably make a post about this on its own but updating my section is always fun.
So no news yet from the summer plans but it seems like alot of talk of Hitchcock wanting to coach the devils and alot of talk about how he will fit into the system. but make note that no conversation (atleast reported) has taken place between the 2. He might be good for the system and help the devils but ofcourse not good as we all know for fantasy aspect.
Make also more note that I wont be worried about elias, kovy, parise and so on putting up good to great numbers. teams still need to score, and need to get wins. the devils wont win every game 1-0. there will be alot of 3+ goals games. so yeah the points will come so dont panik just yet.
in an article on FIre and Ice today they interviewed Zajac. now this is where I am a bit concerned and anyone who has zajac might be. apparently hitchock coached zajac in the worlds and used him on the checking line:
"Hitchcock explained the role to Zajac that he wanted him to play before the start of the tournament.
He wanted me to be the guy to kill penalties and take faceoffs and play against other team’s top lines,” Zajac said. “That was just the role he wanted me to play. He thought I’d be good at it. So, I kind of just took it and ran with it.”
That is where i have a small issue. if he goes and plays that role as a devil not sure what that means to the parise/zajac line combo. but then agian as a devil his role is most likely different. so just beware. but he did have 67% win percentage in FW so that is a good sign if you have FW in your league.
Another interesting point in this article was what zajac said about Hithcock and coaching youngsters:
“I honestly don’t know what Lou is looking for or ownership is looking for, but I think he’s a guy that could fit with the team,” Zajac said. “He was pretty good with the young guys there. We’re going to be a young team with good skill with those young guys that are coming up and are going to be with the team for a while, so any coach we get next year is going to be a guy who is going to be around for a while and grow with this team.”
Interesting ofcourse based on the fact that we have herd all the bad rep he has gotten with filatov and in CLB with youngsters. so who knows just thought it was interesting.
- Zajac also mentioned that he knows parise wants to be a devil and that he thinks they will work it out and parise will be with the team.
- alot of talk abotu hedberg and what his role and if that will be with the team. talk of resigning him but he will want 1.5mil atleast bc he wants job security as he will most likely move his family whereever he is. so not sure the devils have that in the budget. if they were smart they would just use frazee as the backup and hope he can step up to the challange.
I think that is all for now. again no updates as managment has seen to taken the playoffs off. talks will start soon i am sure.