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He was decent enough but I don’t buy he was too good for this league. He’s only ever reached double figures for goals once as a pro; someone signing in the coast at age 29 definitely isnt too good for the EIHL.

I’d take the pissed up sponsors wanting a bloodbath over some of the weirdos we’ve attracted in recent years. (And the morons who shout shoot on the powerplay).

He’s unquestionably the greatest Devils coach of all time, let alone 20 years.

Caponi is a centre and Brandt isn’t, so it isn’t a like for like replacement just because they like to play the body. They’ll probably play on the same line which would be good to watch.

Probably need to repeat this again; we have less money/income than Sheffield, Nottingham, Belfast and probably even Glasgow. Our roster may not be as high end as those mentioned above so we need to hope we can punch above our weight and make ourselves tough to play against. Expectation is way...

Brandt signs.

He only missed 4 league games with injury in the 23/24 season. Nasty, yes, but not catastrophic. He has played up the lines occasionally when there were injuries and just hasn’t been at it. 4 goals is an awful return, he needs a big improvement this season or I think it’ll be his last. Goals...

If you can read between the lines of who is replacing who in the roster, so far there is clear upgrade on all with the exception of Kay for Batch (but easy to accept you need to look to the future) and also the NM, but that clearly didn’t work last season. They appear better and also seem to be...

Steelers fans were mostly of the opinion he was shite last year.

This happens with almost every player who signs with a YouTube clip of them fighting in juniors or minors. It’s assumed they’re the same player at 33 signing for the Devils. A team they’d never heard of until their agent sold them the holiday in Europe dream. They’re being compared to what they...

Duke is Temu Joey Haddad. Easily replaced with another import from the coast.

Brandt is a good 4th line player but prime Payette he is nowhere near, especially as the standard is considerably better now too. When he arrived Payette had a load of AHL games under his belt and was a 6ft 3 powerhouse, I like Brandt but he’s nowhere near that.

Cole Sandford re-signs. Top player.

And also play the role he best suited to. He isn’t a 4th line grinder style player, he is a top 6 player. However, unfortunately he probably isn’t top 6 EIHL level ability.

It’s 1.5% difference, not 15! But either way 1.5 is fairly big at this level.