Mac Carruth

[fridaysfingers]

Recorded his forth straight shut out today in Denmark.
Quite a feat.
For those that will read this and say who cares he doesn’t play for us etc, you didn’t have to click on topic

 

[kristian]

I like knowing how ex players are doing.

A quick search says the record is 6 in a row way back in 1927/8 Alex Connell.
Let's hope he beats it.

 

[ASHIPP]

Wow that is impressive. Danish League a higher calibre than ours.
Mac was the best goalie this club has had since Derek Herlofsky. A gamechanger, a player who elevated a team, , an intense professional who hated losing.
After one season, it wasn't meant to be....love to think he would want to come back one day.

 

[lloyd_jeff]

Massive loss, they can sugar coat all they want, to be honest the excuse is rubbish and the rumours I’ve heard are far more plausible.

 

[MA18]

Huge loss. I’d have him back in an a heartbeat. Think it was a better balance with him and Kozun.

 

[Rempel16]

I wonder if that’s more than the number of fights with teammates so far…

 

[MA18]

I wonder if that’s more than the number of fights with teammates so far…

How many fights did he have with Devils teammates?

 

[Rempel16]

How many fights did he have with Devils teammates?

Rumoured - lots.

 

[lloyd_jeff]

With last years team the majority needed their arses kicked, at least someone had enough passion to win to actually do that, most of last yr the team looked like it didn’t care & so far it seems to be repeating.

 

[MA18]

Rumoured - lots.

So to your actual knowledge none…

 

[TL91]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…had a titful of ‘rumours’ and people who claim to know things but don’t share. If you’ve got something to say, come out with it or don’t say anything at all.

 

[BostonBart22]

Major loss to our team, but we gotta move on, he's gone he will never come back with the current management so suck it and play with what we got.

 

[august04 2.0]

Lots of rumours about him being difficult in the dressing room last year, but those players must surely know that they only won a trophy last year because of Carruth. Without him, we wouldn’t have won anything last year, that’s absolutely certain. I hope he continues to do well in Denmark and I’d like to see him back in a Devils uniform too one day.

 

[BostonBart22]

What happened in the locker room stays in the locker room, quite a bit I heard..

 

[MA18]

What happened in the locker room stays in the locker room, quite a bit I heard..

Let’s hear it…we can compare notes.

 

[BostonBart22]

Nah not from me , I would lose my seat on the gantry..

 

[MA18]

Nah not from me , I would lose my seat on the gantry..

So again none…goes back to TL91s post.

 

[Rempel16]

So again none…goes back to TL91s post.

He’s on Instagram. Ask him. He’s an honest guy and will probably tell you.

 

[MA18]

He’s on Instagram. Ask him. He’s an honest guy and will probably tell you.

I don’t need to

 

[jenks33]

Well for a start I heard Kozun and Mcnally couldn’t stand him. And a few other players didn’t fancy coming back if Carruth and Skalde were returning. I also remember a tweet from a North American hockey journalist that said he was a cancer in the dressing room during his days in North America. If he was popular with his Devils teammates he would have returned. Carruth pretty much admitted on wally’s podcast that he wanted to come back but the club decided against it.

I’d go as far as to say Mac Carruth is the best goalie I’ve seen in my time supporting the Devils but I find it baffling that some fans think it’s ok for players to be unpopular in the dressing room as long as they’re doing the business on the ice. Team spirit is so, so vital. What kind of message does it send to current players (and players we want to sign in the future) if we’re an organisation that are happy to keep an arsehole just because he’s good?! That’s not the culture Todd and the owners have created here. It’s easy for fans to say “I’d happily have him back” when they didn’t have to spend 8 months of the year with the guy.