Funnily enough, the Devils are on the top of my list of biggest disappointments for the year as well.
Mr7three2
Ok ok. I hear ya… but let’s do a new chart since we got Jake “the GOAT” Allen “the tool man”
Hmmm?
ANARCHISTofGOODtaste
We finally made #1.
njkid30
Yes
sdurs
Devils fan living in Seattle… yay me
DRENREPUS
Coyotes expectations were spot on, how disappointing that must be…
HAPPY-FUN-TIME-GET
Fat lady hasn’t sung yet
CryptoSpyro
I’m still believing in the Jake Allen play him the remaining 13 games we go 13-0 barely making playoffs and then go undefeated in the playoffs all so I can say at the end “I never doubted them.”
Grimmer026
We’ve had some pretty crappy seasons in the last decade, but this one pisses me off the most because I fully expected to be competing for the cup this year, after improving our roster last offseason
PacTheTac
Tell me something I don’t know
sanbaba
Lol what idiots expected us to finish 3rd in the league? and above the Panthers no less 🤣🤣🤣
LaHondaSkyline
Devils 23/24 are the 22/23 Canucks.
SeriousHorror3428
Posted this in the post over in r/hockey I’m just struggling to figure out why some people thought we were contenders in a defence rebuilding year
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Really. The only disappointment with the Devils were all the injuries derailing the season. Timo, Jack and Nico all suffered big injuries and have clearly be playing hurt for the most of the season, until now and as you can see it’s like watching a different team. Getting a better goalie obviously doesn’t hurt either.
Also, this year was obviously always going to be a defensive rebuilding year so I’m not sure what made some people think we were cup ready just cause we had one good season in many years last year. All sports “analysts” should know that you don’t win cups while rebuilding the defence. Start of the season it was almost universally the Avs or the Canes that were talked about as actual Cup contenders , Devs were only ever really mentioned with a handful of other teams ranked based upon some arbritary betting odds that mean nothing. Sure, we were supposed to make the playoffs but I think the fact we actually still have a chance based on how the year has gone for us should be looked on as a huge positive.
Our cup window opens in ’25 imo with a mix of defensive vets and Hughes and Nemec with more experience.
No_Entertainer_9760
Ha! We won something!
vtloncto14
Shocked I tell you
ModernMandalorian
This is accurate.
simplycycling
I, for one, am disappointed.
caldo4
Comical amount of losers in that thread going “actually this season is fine and last year was an outlier”
Shadow_of_Yor
F
TheNightRain68
Can’t argue with that. This season is a wash, but the fact we were able to stay in the race this long with a top 5 current youngest team with all the injury and goaltending woes should honestly be pretty reassuring for the long term future. This will be an important offseason though.
Johnborkowski
How does one measure expectations?
ScreamQueenStacy
Sigh. I’m just continuing to hang onto the idea that this season may have sucked, but we should have alot of success to look forward to in the next few seasons. As long as they even make a half decent coaching choice, that is.
bowl119
WE’RE COMING BACK DONT EVEN WORRY (i’m delusional)
Stunning_risotto
Don’t see how Calgary is number 4. Our entire fan base was expecting this team to be chud
p0p19
This is all fair, but now that we are out with 0 expectations. Things strangely do seem kinda bright for the future.
We found Allen and have a new actual goalie coming next season. Our core is still insane and dont really need to change it. And we can easily add depth to our 3rd and 4th line. This season is an outlier guaranteed we had a ton of rookies and had so many injuries. I still believe in this teams future.
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Funnily enough, the Devils are on the top of my list of biggest disappointments for the year as well.
Ok ok. I hear ya… but let’s do a new chart since we got Jake “the GOAT” Allen “the tool man”
Hmmm?
We finally made #1.
Yes
Devils fan living in Seattle… yay me
Coyotes expectations were spot on, how disappointing that must be…
Fat lady hasn’t sung yet
I’m still believing in the Jake Allen play him the remaining 13 games we go 13-0 barely making playoffs and then go undefeated in the playoffs all so I can say at the end “I never doubted them.”
We’ve had some pretty crappy seasons in the last decade, but this one pisses me off the most because I fully expected to be competing for the cup this year, after improving our roster last offseason
Tell me something I don’t know
Lol what idiots expected us to finish 3rd in the league? and above the Panthers no less 🤣🤣🤣
Devils 23/24 are the 22/23 Canucks.
Posted this in the post over in r/hockey I’m just struggling to figure out why some people thought we were contenders in a defence rebuilding year
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Really. The only disappointment with the Devils were all the injuries derailing the season. Timo, Jack and Nico all suffered big injuries and have clearly be playing hurt for the most of the season, until now and as you can see it’s like watching a different team. Getting a better goalie obviously doesn’t hurt either.
Also, this year was obviously always going to be a defensive rebuilding year so I’m not sure what made some people think we were cup ready just cause we had one good season in many years last year. All sports “analysts” should know that you don’t win cups while rebuilding the defence.
Start of the season it was almost universally the Avs or the Canes that were talked about as actual Cup contenders , Devs were only ever really mentioned with a handful of other teams ranked based upon some arbritary betting odds that mean nothing.
Sure, we were supposed to make the playoffs but I think the fact we actually still have a chance based on how the year has gone for us should be looked on as a huge positive.
Our cup window opens in ’25 imo with a mix of defensive vets and Hughes and Nemec with more experience.
Ha! We won something!
Shocked I tell you
This is accurate.
I, for one, am disappointed.
Comical amount of losers in that thread going “actually this season is fine and last year was an outlier”
F
Can’t argue with that. This season is a wash, but the fact we were able to stay in the race this long with a top 5 current youngest team with all the injury and goaltending woes should honestly be pretty reassuring for the long term future. This will be an important offseason though.
How does one measure expectations?
Sigh. I’m just continuing to hang onto the idea that this season may have sucked, but we should have alot of success to look forward to in the next few seasons. As long as they even make a half decent coaching choice, that is.
WE’RE COMING BACK DONT EVEN WORRY (i’m delusional)
Don’t see how Calgary is number 4. Our entire fan base was expecting this team to be chud
This is all fair, but now that we are out with 0 expectations. Things strangely do seem kinda bright for the future.
We found Allen and have a new actual goalie coming next season. Our core is still insane and dont really need to change it. And we can easily add depth to our 3rd and 4th line. This season is an outlier guaranteed we had a ton of rookies and had so many injuries. I still believe in this teams future.