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  • Devils Make Their “Mark”strom

    Devils Make Their “Mark”strom

    In the midst of the Stanley Cup final still going on, we have a pre-offseason splash of a trade that went down today between the New Jersey Devils and Calgary Flames. Jacob Markstrom is on his way to the Garden State to become the Devils number one goalie in between the pipes after agreeing to to waive his no trade clause. This is a previously rumored trade that has been in discussion between the two teams heading up to the trade deadline that didn’t come into fruition until today.

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    New Jersey is sending defenseman Kevin Bahl and a 2025 first round draft pick that is top ten lottery protected in exchange for Markstrom. The Calgary Flames are also retaining slightly over thirty percent of Markstrom’s salary in this trade as well. Below is an announcement from the Devils with details of the trade and my reaction to Markstrom becoming a Devil:

    NJ Devils trade announcement

    Scott’s take

    This was a trade the New Jersey Devils had to and wanted to make going back to the trade deadline. Goaltending besides health was a HUGE problem for the team. Vitek Vanecek (who was eventually traded to San Jose) & Akira Schmid last season in particular demonstrated they were not the answer in goal for the team going forward. Getting Markstrom to pair with Jake Allen who was acquired at the deadline turns what once was a weakness now into a strength. There’s no doubt about who the number one goalie is anymore as we’ve all seen what Jacob Markstrom can do in net and is a former Vezina trophy finalist. Allen is a great backup with plenty of experience and has won a Stanley Cup previously with the St. Louis Blues. I’m looking forward to seeing a more stabilized & well performing goalie tandem in New Jersey.

    As for what the Devils are giving up, they are losing Kevin Bahl who’s starting to figure out what it takes to be a reliable and dependable NHL defenseman. Bahl can be a tough, mean, and nasty defender to play against who has great size to use to his advantage. On the other hand, the Devils have plenty of upcoming defense prospects who are ready to play with plenty of talent. As they say, you have to give something to get something.

    Now to the draft pick. The fact New Jersey was able to hold onto this years number ten overall pick and lottery protect next years first rounder are great signs. I anticipate the Devils using this years pick to either acquire a top six forward or top four defenseman. This gives them the flexibility to go out and make a big move to help improve the team and get them back into the playoffs. By protecting next year‘s pick, it definitely helps because next year’s draft is supposed to be really deep with a very good prospect pool. Overall, this trade is a win win for the New Jersey Devils. Stay tuned as the offseason heat will get turned up soon after the Stanley Cup has been awarded.

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  • Game Recap – 11/23/2019 – Vancouver Canucks v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 11/23/2019 – Vancouver Canucks v. Washington Capitals

    Vancouver Canucks (11-8-4 26pts) v. Washington Capitals (16-4-4 36pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Celebrating Hockey Fights Cancer with a special starting six, the Washington Capitals would play host to the Vancouver Canucks and a little over two minutes into the game Jakub Vrana would unleash a bullet past Jacob Markstrom to take the early 1-0 lead. The Capitals would then get a powerplay opportunity, but they would not be able to capitalize on it despite getting some quality chances. Then the Canucks would get the Capitals into penalty to get a 58 second two man advantage that would see Elias Pettersson score to tie the game at one. The Capitals would be able to kill off the second penalty to keep the game tied at one. After some more back and forth between the two teams, time would expire and remain tied at one going into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period there would be no goals scored, but the Capitals would give the Canucks two more powerplay opportunities. However, this time the Capitals were able to execute the penalty kill much better than in the first period. Tom Wilson would also draw an interference call on Tyler Myers to give the Capitals their second powerplay of the game, and will have a little over a minute of powerplay time to start the third period.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would fail to score on their powerplay to open the period, and again on a powerplay they earned while forcing the play in the Canucks zone they would fail to capitalize on the opportunity. Both teams would trade chances late in the third, but neither team would score and the game would go to overtime. In overtime Evgeny Kuznetsov would take a hooking penalty, but the Capitals would stay alive by killing off the penalty. In the final minute of overtime both Alex Ovechkin and TJ Oshie would try to secure the victory for the Capitals, but Jacob Markstrom would stand tall to force the game to go to the shootout. Then after six scoreless rounds, it would be Bo Horvat scoring in the seventh round to secure the 2-1 victory for the Canucks.

     

    Lineups:

    Vancouver Canucks:

    Tanner Pearson — Elias Pettersson — Brock Boeser

    J.T. Miller — Bo Horvat — Zack MacEwen

    Josh Leivo — Adam Gaudette — Jake Virtanen

    Tim Schaller — Jay Beagle — Tyler Graovac

    Alexander Edler — Troy Stecher

    Quinn Hughes — Christopher Tanev

    Jordie Benn — Tyler Myers

    Jacob Markstrom

    Thatcher Demko

    Scratched: Sven Baertschi, Loui Eriksson, Oscar Fantenberg

    Injured: Brandon Sutter (groin strain), Tyler Motte (foot), Antoine Roussel (knee), Micheal Ferland (concussion protocol)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie

    Richard Panik — Chander Stephenson — Travis Boyd

    Beck Malenstyn — Michael Sgarbossa — Brendan Leipsic

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Jonas Siegenthaler — Radko Gudas

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Christian Djoos

    Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (upper body), Nic Dowd (upper body), Carl Hagelin (upper body)

    Suspended: Garnet Hathaway

     

    First Period:

    WAS Goal – 2:22 – Jakub Vrana (11) from Lars Eller (8)

    VAN Penalty – 10:29 – Jake Virtanen 2 minutes for High Sticking

    WAS Penalty – 12:42 – Chandler Stephenson 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Penalty – 13:44 – Richard Panik 2 minutes for Tripping

    VAN PPG – 14:00 – Elias Pettersson (10) from JT Miller (14) and Quinn Hughes (16)

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    WAS Penalty – 8:37 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Hooking

    WAS Penalty – 16:20 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Hooking

    VAN Penalty – 19:14 – Tyler Myers 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    VAN Penalty – 4:43 – Zack MacEwen 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 3rd

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    Overtime:

    WAS Penalty – 1:25 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    Shootout:

    1 – WAS – TJ Oshie – Save

    1 – VAN – Brock Boeser – Save

    2 – WAS – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Save

    2 – VAN – Elias Pettersson – Save

    3 – WAS – Alex Ovechkin – Save

    3 – VAN – Josh Leivo – Missed

    4 – WAS – Jakub Vrana – Save

    4 – VAN – JT Miller – Save

    5 – WAS – Lars Eller – Miss

    5 – VAN – Adam Gaudette – Miss

    6 – WAS – John Carlson – Save

    6 – VAN – Tanner Pearson –

    7 – WAS – Dmitry Orlov – Save

    7 – VAN – Bo Horvat – Goal

     

    Final

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    Next Up:

    Washington (16-4-5 37pts) v. Florida (12-5-5 29pts)

    Vancouver (12-7-4 28pts) @ Philadelphia (11-7-4 26pts)

     

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