Louis❌ - cheap but I feel there’s better players out there for that price
Davies✅ - great brit for the 4th line
Brittain❌ - expected so much more from him
Crawford✅ - high point scoring d man is a must, and he has the potential to improve even more at only 25.
Duggan✅ - great brit who I believe will be future captain one day
Richie✅ - doesn’t age at all, one player that hopefully doesn’t retire anytime soon
Jardine✅ - riddled with injuries unfortunately but there’s still a really good player in there. Just needs a bit more confidence
Reid❌ - great player last year but he looks a different player this year, much slower, worse shooting, etc
Crandall ✅❌ - yeah he doesn’t look great this year but there is still a player in him, just needs the right line mates that play to his ability
Pietronirio - ✅ - we’ve needed a swing guy since mosey and I feel he has stepped up to that role, probably quite cheap as well
Brandt✅ - no brainer really, does exactly what we all cry out for whilst also being really cheap
Kelly✅ - I think he’s ready to be promoted full time
Kozun❌ - I really like Kozun, but he’s not a world class goaltender like Carruth was. I think he’s better than bowns but with bowns being a brit he will get to stay. I see Evan Cowley hasn’t signed for anyone yet next season
Bowns✅ - on his day a great keeper but those days may have passed, holding a British passport does help here though
Batch❌ - unfortunately it looks like his disinterested now he’s reached his testimonial year, lacks confidence when on the puck and can’t wait to get rid of it
Thompson❌ - a great player at the start of the season but now looks a different player and not in a good way. I get scared everytime he has the puck and he’s a turnover machine.
Cox✅ - he can frustrate me a lot with his off the puck play but he is very talented. Helps he has great chemistry with Sanford
Coughler✅ - another player like Jardine who has been riddled with injuries. On his day he’s unplayable. I’m confident injury free we see that player next season
Martin✅ - has improved alot as the season goes on, the GOAT, hasn’t slowed down at all
Penny✅ - a controversial one but I quite like penny. Doesn’t score as many as I thought he would but his play off the puck is actually one of the best in the team. Better linemates abd I think he can only excel
Waller✅ - has been exceptional this year. Same again next year hopefully
Sanford✅ - our best player this year. Hopefully he doesn’t get poached
DuPont✅ - at times I can be very frustrated with how we play, but I don’t think that’s his fault. And I said this with Skalde last year that you can’t sack a coach every year until we get success. Then how exactly are you meant to build a foundation? I did some research the other week and this season we actually have one of the best win % in devils history. I firmly believe we will have wrapped up the league if we could utilise a PP and even have Max Carruth in net. I would always give a coach 2 years. 1st year to get familiar with things and maybe experiment a little. And then 2nd year you have to deliver.
Horn✅❌ - I’ll be honest I’m not sure what happens behind the scenes as he may do a lot more than we see so I’m unsure about him.
I do believe it when the owners back him and so should they. And why would we make wholesale changes. We already know lines 1 and 4 are set. We just need a few changes on 2 and 3 to settle them as well. Maybe even a couple changes on D to further settle them.