Bryan Hayes, Jeff O’Neill and Jamie McLennan are joined by TSN Hockey analyst Mike Johnson to discuss the struggles of the New Jersey Devils, is Sheldon Keefe on the hot seat and should Jacob Markstrom have been pulled in blow out loss against the New York Islanders.
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Is Markstrom the franchise goalie Oettinger is? Definitely not. But leaving your number 1 in for 9 while St. Patrick himself is sitting across the rink saying "I know what I would do."
Its not quite surreal but what are the odds.
Markstrom sucks it's mind boggling Fitz extended him
What was Luke Hugh’s -8 😂
Devils fan here. Marky let in 3 goals in 5 shots, that's unacceptable. He's been consistently letting in soft goals and it was time for him to sit in his stink. Do not feel bad for him.
Why did they not pull him out! They destroyed his confidence! What the hell! I'm a leaf fan but I have a special heart for goalies.. this is so bad!!! Whatever 3 goals he allowed, we can't be perfect 100% all the time. Plus you don't get to destroy a goalie cause he allowed goals. Devils defense is bad as well.
they tried to patrick roy but he didnt fall for it…he aint going anywhere…
Markstrom stole starts from Allen and Daws over the last two years. Many a time he did not earn starts. With that said I don't feel sorry for him. Also he was handed an extension of $6 mill per season for two more seasons when he had not earned it. There was no reason at the time to have given him the extension and that is another good reason not to care about what happens with Markstrom. Quite honestly Markstrom is the clearly the #3 goalie in New Jersey. Who cares about #3 goalies. To finish Keefe maybe feels the same way. Maybe he is being forced to play Marskstrom. As a man though I would never let that happen and he should not. He needs to stop flip flopping back and forth on how he deals with various players. If he is not allowed to do his job then he needs to say so. The days of this being a player's run league needs to end. It has ruined hockey.
After marky signed his deal, he let everything in. He should have retired
In Sweden, Markstrom is known as Swiss cheese, aka always being full of big holes. Markstrom is not a stable goalie at the NHL level. He sometimes has the ability to be close to such a level, but he will always fall short and has been such a player since his junior days. If you look at it positively, Markstrom is exactly the right player to keep in games where everything, absolutely everything goes wrong. It would therefore be worse to put in a replacement when the whole team is underperforming like NJ is doing right now.
Markstrom is in the trio of 3 of the absolute MOST overrated goalies. With Hellyebuck, and Ottinger.
IMO… the Canucks gave up too quickly on Markstrom. With Demko always getting hurt… i was proven right
Mark kinda deserved it when they where winning he played like crap and now when they are playing like crap he's playing worse than how he started they all need to step up mark shouldn't be making 6mil next year the one who should is our backup he played great last year better this year mark is the same age he might be done now they are the older goalies in the league and he can't stop a beach ball and we can't do anything 14 nmc half the team and it's not the coach fault it's the gm we need to change him and the captain drop plata as alternate and they not scratching guy's like they should a game benching guy's like the other night luke letting him play the whole game not guning him accountability is what hurting this team than them coming out next game to let in 9 this a tank season they are done
All the silliness about firing the coach. The Devils were doing great until 10 games ago and Keefe was a popular guy. Then the wheels fall off for a variety of reasons, and suddenly it one person’s fault. Keefe doesn’t acquire and trade for players – he works with what he is given, and his record shows he’s done a hell of a job since arriving in the NHL as a coach. However, just like the mistakes of Dubas and Shanahan, the NJ GM has made mistakes in building the team, and now Keefe is paying the price.
The same guy who suggested to “shoot protesters” gets his “heart hurt” when a goalie is left in an NHL game? 😂 This guy should have been canned. Total 🤡
poor baby will see his psyvhiatrist & get a sick leave for depression 😂😂😂
Noodles you're right this is self Sabotage ❤🇨🇦😆
Shout out 😂Patrick Roy 🇨🇦✌️😄
All eyes on the Coach 🇨🇦🇺🇸😄
😂good work MJ.✌️😆🇺🇸
its bc keefe wants the org and everyone to know how bad marky actually is.. i hate to say this about someone but hes not a good goalie anymore – between his ears is the problem – hes lost his confience and isnt the same goalie.. they shouldnt have signed him the devils should have moved on… hes no better than allen.. thats 100% true