New Jersey Devils Lose To Montreal Canadiens 3-0 In 2nd Preseason Game

The New Jersey Devils lost their 2nd preseason game, losing 3-0 to the Montreal Canadiens.
We saw another lineup void of many of our top tier players.
I discuss all of this and much more in this video.
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[@LRon-Hoyabembe]

My opinion largely hasn't changed since the last loss. I'd love it if the Devils won, but all the NHL players are looking pretty good and that's what it's important. It's important to remember that every team that's staying in America have only these preseason games to pay attention to, while the Devils are correctly diverting time and resources preparing for Prague.

[@Southerndevilsfan]

At least we don't have to worry about the preseason curse. With the way it's going...

[@runninwiththedevils]

@Southerndevilsfan I want to see a game with the real roster. Hopefully tomorrow....

[@amx._arrow]

Reverse psychology guys We lose all preseason games and have an awesome regular season TRUST (am being delusion)

[@runninwiththedevils]

@amx._arrow We still haven't played a game with all of our NHL regulars...

[@amx._arrow]

@@runninwiththedevils I know 😭 I’m just being dramatic 😞 sorry

[@Ryyder64]

I mean, when your 4th line is your top line, that wasnt a bad game. Nemec looked good. Labanc was a shooting machine. Casey was solid too, diet L Hughes.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@Ryyder64 THE MEAT LINE! Casey was solid for sure. He is pushing as hard as he can to make the NHL as soon as possible

[@mariad3798]

At least the PK seemed to be working. Glad Dermy responded so quickly to that hit. Doing his job even in the preseason.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@mariad3798 Maybe a combination of that and the Canadiens PP being broken! LET'S GO DEVILS!!!

[@WaltBTB]

With the back-to-back games, seeing this lineup consisting mostly of AHLers isn't a surprise. The point tonight was to see where players are in their development and readiness to step into the NHL, who is going to step up or get lost, etc. Considering they still kept the game down to 2 goals (excluding the empty netter), I think they did fine for the roster that was iced. That Meat Line is definitely going to be a hard line for opponents to deal with, and if Cotter works his way up they still have other big boys to swap in his place. Having that physical line should make a big difference in a lot of games where last year they'd have been pushed around and beat up.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@WaltBTB Agreed. I think Cotter will eventually move up and another big body will take his place on the MEAT LINE. Time will tell. I am hoping to see a nearly complete roster tomorrow night. LET'S GO DEVILS!!!

[@MrZeek1519]

I absolutely was disappointed when I saw the lineup, but there was a reason for it I feel. First, Keefe has to give everyone a look to see if any of the players are good enough to be more than just an AHL player. The second reason is preparing for a Prague trip to start the regular season. With a preseason game right before that starts, Keefe has to keep some cruddy guys around. It's not going to surprise me if the last preseason game against the Rangers is filled with lots of AHL talent. In the end it doesn't matter. I'd rather lose the whole preseason and have a great regular season, than the exact opposite.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@MrZeek1519 I think the "real" team needs to get some playing time in before going to Prague. We will see how it shakes out

[@yoholmes273]

Halonen on the 4th line, especially with this game roster, is really a head scratcher.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@yoholmes273 The entire lineup was a head scratcher tonight

[@brandonthomas8787]

id like to write a complaint that i worked all day purposely never checked the score to have a surprise for the game recap and your video was the first thing on my recommendation and spoiled the game

[@runninwiththedevils]

@brandonthomas8787 I am so sorry. On the bright side, you did not miss anything. LET'S GO DEVILS!!!

[@ARusso22TV]

Analytics team always had too much influence

[@GemCardCollecting]

Alright. Games 1 & 2 for preseason have been pretty shit hockey if I must say. I like being positive but it was hard to watch today. I’d rather listen to the song “we bring the boom” for 3 hours straight over watching the Montreal Canadiens struggle to beat us with their full roster 😂🤣

[@stikfigzz]

With the AHL heavy roster, I'm not too concerned...yet.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@stikfigzz I wanna see the A team already!

[@DerektheMotorider]

don't like seeing the devils to such a cold start either but on the other hand, injuries are already occurring around the league so I don't mind saving the talent for the games that count.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@DerektheMotorider I just want to see a full lineup tomorrow....

[@jayviation7879]

Dont mind this at all, undefeated in preseason was a curse. Perfectly okay with a mediocore preseason

[@runninwiththedevils]

@jayviation7879 I would like to win at least one game!

[@philippecoll1116]

To answer to your lineup questionning ... 3 players had a good reason to play in Montreal ... one is a quebecer and 2 others used to play for the Habs ... the rest of your lineup is to evaluate the potentials and you want your better players at home for your fans ... this is still training camp .. new jersey had a team c against a team b for mtl

[@runninwiththedevils]

@philipppecoll1116 I fully understand why they did it. But it's pretty lame to follow up our first preseason game where we did the same thing, with another round of it

[@973Luca973]

They are fishing to see who will perform, I think the idea is to have backups if the star players can't play.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@973Luca973 I know, but I would like to see the legitimate guys get some action as well

[@AeroUSA]

Keefe forgot to unplug Lindys Line Blender

[@WaltBTB]

Get used to it. Keefe juggles lines often, so all we can hope for is that he doesn't shift players around unless it's to get more production out of someone.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@AeroUSA haha, I laughed out loud there

[@subfail4810]

Bro.... Cotter, Lazar, and Bastian were the top line. It's a shortened preseason for them

[@ARusso22TV]

Reverse pre season curse

[@runninwiththedevils]

@ARusso22TV I am hoping

[@manny_freah5148]

Man the pp fuckin suckedddd for both teams tonight omg. I think it's like 0 - 16

[@runninwiththedevils]

@manny_freah5148 Abysmal!

[@Jordanllam]

We win all of preseason, we suck in regular season, we lose all preseason games…. We win the regular season?

[@runninwiththedevils]

@Jordanllam The A team will be fine, I just want to see them already

[@jma.87]

3-0 after that ENG, but same thing. Didn't expect a W with the lineup, weird flow with all the penalties. Hoping for a much more entertaining game tomorrow

[@runninwiththedevils]

@jma.87 Totally forgot about the EN. What a bizarre game

[@dariusg7044]

no way ur actually in shambles for losing 2 preseason games haha

[@runninwiththedevils]

@dariusg7044 not at all, I just want to see the real team get some reps in before Prague

[@kevinkirk7570]

Brother Ace, Great show...sucks we lost again!! Here's a little six degrees of separation for you . Anyway, my uncle's wife's daughter married his uncle. So, through some kind of weird equation through marriage. Me ans Seamus Casey are distant cousins !! I know it's a stretch lol...LET'S GO DEVILS!!!!!

[@runninwiththedevils]

@kevinkirk7570 that is pretty funny

[@FrankO-ek1ec]

Pointless line combos, aside from the the top line and Mcdermott, none of those guys will be here, im fine with it.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@FrankO-ek1ec THE MEAT LINE!

[@FrankO-ek1ec]

I liked the deployment of that line, those guys will be huge for us, hopefully. Lets see what they can do together.

[@ritterengine1289]

No Jack and Timo?

[@runninwiththedevils]

@ritterengine1289 Negative. No anybody. What are we waiting for?!?

[@ritterengine1289]

@@runninwiththedevils I wonder if it’s because both were coming off an injury but at the same time, so is Nemec.

[@RiccoNapoleon]

We are so done with the two injuries and most likely more this season we will be a bottom feeder like I said get a guy for the top six and if you can’t get a guy that’s defensive for a to 4 or even 2 defensive line markstrom is getting old even if we got gib

[@runninwiththedevils]

@RiccoNapoleon no chance. We will be competing for the division

[@sst6601]

Macdermid is a disaster. The highest he should play is beer league. The guy won a lottery with that contract. 1.3M for this!?? The Devils must add 1st round and ship him away to Columbus or Calgary. For 1.3M the Devils could have a very good player who could actually play. MacDermid is a waste of money and spot on a roster.

[@sst6601]

This game perfectly showed the Devils' depth is one of the worst in the NHL

[@runninwiththedevils]

@sst6601 we didn't play anyone

[@tommyd1871]

Ace there used to be a rule where you had to dress a certain number of NHL players for the preseeason. Dont know if thats atill in place.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@tommyd1871 It is, the Devils met the requirement...

[@sst6601]

Two games played and only two goals to show for scored by Hischier and Bratt. Whereas all other teams have 20 yo kids scoring at will. Terrible young talent pool the Devils have.

[@runninwiththedevils]

@sst6601 this wasn't even our "B" team tonight, was more like a "C" team. I'm not concerned