Devils President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald speaks to the media about a variety of topics surrounding the first part of the season.
Moves he made in the off-season have been epic. Even a guy like Kovocevic has made a huge difference, to say nothing about the rest of the new or returning guys
I’ve been saying this for like forever now it seems but there’s absolutely no coincidence why this guy was hired to be our GM! He was always a defense first guy as a player especially when he was on the Islanders back in the 90s and he knows that if you play defense, you’ll always have a roster spot in the NHL! He was the Islanders captain and once again, not by any type of coincidence, the guy was a leader and a warrior! Just like Nemec, Fitzgerald had offense but knew his team in some ways didn’t need him to make that a priority with super offensive guys like Pierre Turgeon and Steve Thomas on that Islanders team! Many of These young kids just don’t get it!
Excellent interview! LG Devils! 🏒 Every new season I get a new piece of Devils gear to wear during each game, my wife thinks I’m silly but I look forward to every single game…even when we struggle!
Last year Lindy Ruff was basically given Vítek Vaněček a third string Czech journeyman goalie who showed Devils fans what a .890 Save Percentage looks like. It wasn't pretty! The rest of the Goalie team was Nico Daws and Akira Schmid, both rookies with yeah, you guessed it, sub .900 save percentages that never stood a chance because the number ONE defense pairing consisted of two more rookies that were just terrible. Most fans understand that it takes 3 years to really make a good NHL defensmen. Luke Hughes and Simon Nemec were the number ONE Def pairing. Yeah, they were awful but so were the Devils. You can't win in the NHL with no goalies and no D-men. That's the difference between this year and last year. If you watch the Devils play regula Ruff's fault. Fitzgerald just got busy this past off-season and addressed most of the lingering problems that that he should have tried to fix last year. They could've had Jacob Markström last year.
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You’ve done a great job fitz!
LGD.
Meritocracy! YES… thank you, no hand outs, no DEI rubbish… just whoever is best plays. Very cool 😎 Let's Go Devils 😈🏒
In Fitz we trust!
Fitzy has been terrific! All you doubters from the summer are rather quiet now!
Moves he made in the off-season have been epic. Even a guy like Kovocevic has made a huge difference, to say nothing about the rest of the new or returning guys
Great team, great job Fritz! ❤
Find the way to get Brady and get heavier on the 4th line . Trade Nemec and Casey for him and Pinto .
Thank you Josh Harris for hiring this guy! Really loving the direction of this team! The future is SO bright!!
Love everything Fitzy has done to revamp this team
Please address the goaltending this offseason. Markstrom isn't the answer.
I’ve been saying this for like forever now it seems but there’s absolutely no coincidence why this guy was hired to be our GM! He was always a defense first guy as a player especially when he was on the Islanders back in the 90s and he knows that if you play defense, you’ll always have a roster spot in the NHL! He was the Islanders captain and once again, not by any type of coincidence, the guy was a leader and a warrior! Just like Nemec, Fitzgerald had offense but knew his team in some ways didn’t need him to make that a priority with super offensive guys like Pierre Turgeon and Steve Thomas on that Islanders team! Many of These young kids just don’t get it!
Excellent interview! LG Devils! 🏒 Every new season I get a new piece of Devils gear to wear during each game, my wife thinks I’m silly but I look forward to every single game…even when we struggle!
Team has no cap left with several long-term unmovable contracts. They better win or else our 15 year rebuild will continue. Trade Luke
the only video i like so far from this channel
Fitzy is a great GM. So happy to be here to ride this wave. It’s been a long time but patience has paid off
Last year Lindy Ruff was basically given Vítek Vaněček a third string Czech journeyman goalie who showed Devils fans what a .890 Save Percentage looks like. It wasn't pretty! The rest of the Goalie team was Nico Daws and Akira Schmid, both rookies with yeah, you guessed it, sub .900 save percentages that never stood a chance because the number ONE defense pairing consisted of two more rookies that were just terrible. Most fans understand that it takes 3 years to really make a good NHL defensmen. Luke Hughes and Simon Nemec were the number ONE Def pairing. Yeah, they were awful but so were the Devils. You can't win in the NHL with no goalies and no D-men. That's the difference between this year and last year. If you watch the Devils play regula Ruff's fault. Fitzgerald just got busy this past off-season and addressed most of the lingering problems that that he should have tried to fix last year. They could've had Jacob Markström last year.