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Well, the Devils went into St. Louis, the home of weirdly sliced bagels, and really bad pizza, and...
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Which is Lockdown Devils, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network.
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Now, the number one sports podcast network in the world.
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And my name is Zach Perman.
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And the New Jersey Devils, one.
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I didn't know that was allowed to happen.
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But they went into St. Louis, went into the Enterprise Center on Kids Day in St. Louis.
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If you are taking your child to watch the 2026 New Jersey Devils play against the 2026 St. Louis Blues,
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you should have the Department of Child Services called on you.
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That is child abuse, like straight up.
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But the Devils rebounded.
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And if you're listening, you're not seeing the quotation marks I am making with my fingers.
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They quote on quote one, the hockey game against another bad team.
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And oh, dear God, the Blues are really, really bad.
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Worse than the Devils, significantly worse than the Devils.
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The Devils win this game.
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Three to one complete the season sweep over St. Louis.
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Remember when St. Louis used to be like such a thorn in the side of this team?
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Well, that's not a case anymore for better for worse.
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And we're going to talk about who played well, who didn't play well.
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It's a game that, of course, I hate that my first instinct is to go to tankethon.
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The Devils are still in seventh as of now.
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Five days, 19 hours, 10 minutes, 16 seconds remaining.
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Before the trade deadline, I just see the lottery.
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The Blues get the first overall pick.
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So in the race for Gavin McKenna or Evar Stenberg or whoever you may fancy.
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The New Jersey Devils lost today.
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But if your Tom Fitzgerald and doesn't and you don't look at the standings.
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You'll see, well, I hope he sees the win lost results because they're.
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They're not great, but.
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This one was good enough tonight.
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And I think that is one of the most difficult parts of rooting for a bad team.
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Is that you can't even enjoy the rare occurrences where they win.
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A win, especially in.
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The odds of them finishing last.
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Or pretty low to begin with because we'll Vancouver so bad and.
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But it's not just that.
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It's that with such a dangerous general manager at the helm.
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You really have to worry.
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We're even one game against a bad team like St. Louis.
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Could be enough to sway Tom Fitzgerald into buying.
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That to me is utterly terrifying and it should terrify you to.
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And it's such an incompetent loose cannon at the helm who is.
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Possibly trying to save his job.
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I don't know if he's trying to save his job because I don't know.
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If his job is even in jeopardy.
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The funniest thing I read today.
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Was it was an article by a daily face off featuring one of our.
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Devils beat writers.
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And the title of the article is.
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Are the devils leaning towards making a change general manager.
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My first instinct upon reading it was thinking to myself, well,
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I certainly hope they're leaning towards it.
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The article didn't answer that question.
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It just simply restated the obvious.
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I sure would think given the situation there in that they would like to fire the general manager.
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My sanity is in the hands of Harris Blitzer sports entertainment.
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And that is a terrifying proposition.
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And I hate not being able to enjoy a win because let's be real.
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Devils came in today.
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Luke Hughes's first game back.
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Outshot St. Louis by a significant margin.
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Jacob Markstrom played well.
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They actually outshot the blues 33 to 26.
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Just about their best game of the month.
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In fact, it was the only game they won all month.
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Am I a little worried that Jacob Markstrom is going to go on a run here.
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And try and screw the devils out of top draft.
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I already voiced to a couple of friends.
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The NHL is pretty significantly.
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But I definitely am a little bit surprised that perhaps.
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Igor Shusterkin is being allowed to.
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Finish out the season because.
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If you don't know that Igor guys pretty freaking good.
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And the Rangers today.
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They won a game that.
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They probably had no business winning.
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Three to two and a shootout against the Pittsburgh penguins.
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It does the New York Rangers.
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Absolutely no good to be winning this.
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Winning these games.
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As it does for the New Jersey devils.
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So under normal circumstances, I'd be overjoyed that.
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I don't know what Markstrom the two years six million dollar goalie
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whose contract is yet contract extension is yet to have kicked in.
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I'd be really happy about him.
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Refinding his form and playing well.
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Except for where he tried to score a goalie goal.
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The puck gets knocked down immediately thrown into the net behind.
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And by Pablo Booch, David.
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But alas that was the only goal he allowed today.
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Otherwise, he was rock solid and.
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I'm a New Jersey devils fan and happiness isn't really allowed around these parts.
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What can I be happy about.
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Given the state of the organization right now.
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I'll tell you something.
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Luke Hughes tonight in his first game back looked very, very good.
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First game back from injury.
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Luke looked like the guy that we want and hope and pray that he can be on a regular basis.
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And the player that I saw tonight, suit up for the New Jersey devils.
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Was Luke freaking his.
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Now it's just one game.
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It's against a bad team.
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So hold your horses.
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I'm not sitting here celebrating the return of Luke Hughes to.
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The glory of the family name here.
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And you take starts.
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What else can I be happy about.
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Brett Pesci looked really good.
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But first game he's looked really good since he came back from his injury to be completely honest.
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He's been absolutely terrible for the most part.
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So it was nice to see Brett Pesci return to what we know he can do.
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And most importantly.
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Timo Meyer looked like the guy that devils traded for.
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That is the Timo Meyer I wanted to see.
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That is the Timo Meyer I look for every game.
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We haven't had nearly enough of them.
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We got Timo freaking Meyer.
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He opens up the scoring 537 into the second period.
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And a place set up by Brett Pesci and Luke Hughes.
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Great job in the neutrals on by those two.
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They chipped it ahead to Timo and he rips it home past Jordan Bennington on the rush.
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What else has been much maligned among devils fans recently?
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It's been terrible.
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Well, I got a gift for you.
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Devils converge on a vintage duggy hamilton one time.
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In the dying seconds of the second period.
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Off a sciss from Jack Hughes and Jacob marks from who that was three more assists on the year that have getting to dodge.
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Makes it to nothing.
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I talked to you about the bouch David's goal.
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Anything else really notable with this one?
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You know, it's their first win all month counts for something
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Most of the foreheads had good nights are looking at hockey stack cards right now jack looked great
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Mercer look great Niko brown Brat Gritschuk all had solid games Dylan and Nemitz were very good
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All six defense been worth
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We're potentially going 11 and seven with Luke coming back and
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Jonathan Kovacsevich whether he was sick or what not
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Goes down in tonight's game as a healthy scratch and
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The guy who is making four million dollars for the next four years
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Our next three years four years including this one with plentiful no movement
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No trade clauses in his contract
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Less than a year into his deal is a healthy scratch
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Tumpet Sheryl's the worst general manager in the national hockey like oh my god
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How on earth do you let that happen?
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And I don't I don't think this is an overreaction because a lot of people felt this way
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You just knew the moment that it was announced it was an uh-oh
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Why are we doing this kind of situation?
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Remember he came in second for Dylan Cousins his works not mine from mine too and
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His first response was oh dear god I
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Have to try and get something done to salvage this deadline because I was I
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The entire trade deadline
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Who knew who knows who he was going after maybe it was me go rantin and mate who knows and honestly who cares
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He didn't wind up with any of them and
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The debacle with the Brian Dumel in situation
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There was a big fish that the devils were looking for
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So right before pencils down
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Tump Fitzgerald had to sneak something in
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Just uh and admittedly it was a good trade. It was a good process to acquire Jonathan cova Savage
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Who was going into next summer as a pending restrict unrestricted free agent
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It felt like Tom Fitzgerald had to have that victory lap just so he could prove to himself
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I still know what I'm doing news flash Tommy boy. I know you don't
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And because everything Tom Fitzgerald turns to crap naturally he immediately well he is in cova Savage immediately tears his AC hell
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Like almost instantaneously
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After the extension and as a complete shell of himself since then only
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Like not only is Fitzgerald a bad GM
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No Fitzgerald a bad GM you don't say he's also incredibly unlucky and
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Even I mean you got to make your own look
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Even if there was sound process
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Behind extending Jonathan cova Savage it was a terrible idea
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He was having a complete outlier season you don't extend
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You don't extend people
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Having outlier seasons like that you just don't that's like
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It's like a prime rule of smart GMing and Tom Fitzgerald completely broke that rule
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And whether it's him long. I hope it's not him
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But whether it's him or somebody else
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Who has that job for the foreseeable future
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Jonathan cova Savage contract is just one more terrible situation
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That the next general manager god willing. There's an next general manager
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Have to get himself out of
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So it's a crappy situation
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That's about it on the cova stuff
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The New Jersey devils
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End the month of February and abbreviated month
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Their season was already on life support going in
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Perhaps the brainwaves are still active, but there's not really much left
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This absolute slahog of a month
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Four and oh good for two measly points
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And with five days left before the trade deadline
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All we have are questions
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Questions that whether we like it or not are going to be answered
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And I pray we're happy about those answers
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On the other side of the other side of the deadline
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Of course the two big names
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For Saint Louis that are
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Being floated around his potential trade targets both by New Jersey and by the rest of the league
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Jordan Kairu and Robert Thomas
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I'm gonna be honest with you
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I wasn't really impressed by either of them. I thought
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I mean maybe it's the system Jim Montgomery's running
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If you're a blues fan you can maybe elaborate on why
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The blues will so unbelievable why these talented Saint Louis blues
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Look so unbelievably
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What's the right word pedestrian
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Is that is a pedestrian looking team
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With a lot more talent
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And I'm confused about it
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Let me know what you think
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Your devils fan do you want Robert Thomas do you want Jordan Kairu? They're both big flashy names the
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If Tom Fitzgerald acquires either or one of the other
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It might be enough to save his job
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That's so scary to put into words
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Of course, this is a bonus episode don't have any reads
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A regularly scheduled programming
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I want to say in the morning because I got some more to get done tonight that you'll be seeing
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In the not too distant future but
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