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East Metropolitan · 2026–27 season

The story so far

Devils fans opened the season demanding Keefe's firing after a 6-0 drubbing by the Islanders and spent weeks lurching between hope and dread. Gritsyuk's breakout and Hellebuyck's arrival have since flipped the mood, and misery has fallen to 18 as fans start believing.

From Reddit fan threads · through Oct 26–Nov 1 · 9-5-0

Season misery
45Content
Worst week
69Sep 28–Oct 4
Best week
18Oct 26–Nov 1
Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 69 (Miserable) · 1-1Oct 5–11: misery 67 (Miserable) · 1-1Oct 12–18: misery 68 (Miserable) · 2-2Oct 19–25: misery 21 (Euphoric) · 3-0Oct 26–Nov 1: misery 18 (Euphoric) · 2-1Nov 2–8: misery 28 (Euphoric) · 2-09/2810/510/1210/1910/2611/2
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long
  • Early debates over Noesen versus Boqvist gave way to calls for Gritsyuk on the top line, and by season's latest week fans hailed Grits as their untradable first-line sniper and lifetime Devil.

    “Grits was the first-line sniper we needed all along.”

    ▲ 72Oct 26–Nov 1

Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. 28Nov 2–8● so far2-0›
  2. 18Oct 26–Nov 12-1›
  3. 21Oct 19–253-0›
  4. 68Oct 12–182-2›
  5. 67Oct 5–111-1›
  6. 69Sep 28–Oct 41-1›