All Entries in the "New Jersey Devils" Category
New Jersey Devils: Still Stuck with “Boring” Label? They Shouldn’t Be!
Since the 1990′s, the New Jersey Devils have had a label put on them about playing “boring” hockey. It all stems from the fact the Devils were known for playing the neutral zone trap and essentially taking away the middle of the ice from opponents and attempting to slow down the offensive rush of their [...]
Five Deals That SHOULD Be Made Before The Deadline
As the late February NHL trading deadline approaches rumors have began to surface in every corner of the hockey world. From buyers to sellers and rentals, a plethora of deals always seem to be made this time of year. This year, as a few top-tier players are slated to become Unrestricted free agents at year’s [...]
Q & A with Hockey Future’s Jared Ramsden (Update on NJ Devils prospects)
Thank you to Jared Ramsden from Hockey’s Future (www.hockeysfuture.com) for taking out the time to answer some questions for me on the future prospects of the New Jersey Devils. Jared is a great resource on the up and comers for the Devils. Be sure to check out his upcoming column (expected to be available in mid-February) on the [...]
Match.com- Nashville and New Jersey
New Jersey and Nashville are two teams that are both coming to a similar crossroads. Both teams have a core player that will be unrestricted at the end of this season and neither has re-signed their player due to different reasons. Can these two teams solve one another’s problems? I think so. But it might [...]
New Jersey Devils Mid-season Report Cards (Part I)
With the New Jersey Devils halfway into the season, now is as good a time as any to grade out the team thus far, giving grades for first half performances. With that, let’s jump right into it, as I take a look at the goalies and defensemen: Goaltenders: Johan Hedberg: The Moose has been loose [...]
Should the New Jersey Devils be Looking Into Trading Zach Parise?
It’s getting to that very critical time of year in the National Hockey League. Team general managers are forced to decide if they view their teams as contenders or pretenders. Sure, there is a month and three weeks left before the actual trade deadline of February 27th. However, a lot of the homework is being [...]
CONCUSSIONS KILLING HOCKEY
Speed and offense are now the kings in the present day NHL. A focus on players with those very attributes took over drafts and team on-ice strategies. Slower skaters have slowly been fazed out, especially those pugilistic specialists who all too often didn’t quite have the same skill sets and strides of their respective teammates. [...]
Unlikely Hero Leads B’s Past Devils For Sixth Straight Victory
The stark contrast between the play of the Boston Bruins during the first ten games of the 2011-’12 season, as opposed to their efforts over the next five has been absolutely astounding. Through the first ten games, Boston scored only twenty-two goals while struggling to post a conference-worst 3-7-0 record. Over the following five games, [...]
Bruins GameDay: Parise’s Devils Visit Streaking B’s
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Bruins (8-7-0 — 16 Points) will look to extend their current five-game winning streak when they host American Olympic hero Zach Parise and his New Jersey Devils (8-6-1 — 17 Points). Coming off yet another five-plus goal performance, the B’s offense will be faced with the challenge of solving [...]
GOON: The Hockey Movie Preview
GOON: In our support of the lack of hockey movies, comes this info from the movie company to us. “We have a great throwback hockey movie coming out and we would love to get your support. Its violent and insanely funny.” Starring Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill and Liev Schreiber Written by [...]
Is it Time for the New Jersey Devils to Consider Sending Mattias Tedenby to the minors?
Last night was a fun night for the Devils. Sure, it was a little agonizing at times, but in the end, the Devils were victorious by a 3-2 score, thanks to Adam Henrique’s late third period wraparound goal, his second straight game with the deciding goal. For the most part, the team played pretty well, [...]
Five More Things To Like/Dislike About New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils rose above the .500 mark again Saturday night, defeating the Winnipeg Jets by a 3-2 margin in overtime. With that, I figure its time for another installment of five things that I both like and dislike about the Devils and their recent play. Five Things I Like About the Current State [...]
Before and After: Terry Murray on starting Bernier vs. Devils
Kings coach Terry Murray has been all the talk in LA hockey circles this week, as he decided to rest uber hot Jonathan Quick – riding a streak of three straight shutouts – and put in back-up Jonathan Bernier for Tuesday’s game vs. the Devils. Barry Melrose went on NHL radio yesterday saying he would [...]
Five Devilish Things To Worry About in New Jersey
Well, the New Jersey Devils have hit their first “crisis” mode of the season. While it certainly isn’t time to panic, there are a few things to have general concerns about. The reason for worry goes beyond the fact they have lost the last two games, but more so how outbadly they were outplayed by [...]
Kings’ Willie Mitchell on his past, present and future
Willie Mitchell has already revisited his past once this season and he’ll be doing in again on Tuesday night when the New Jersey Devils come to Staples Center in LA. “Where it all started. That’s the first thing I think about when it comes to playing the Devils,” the 10-year NHL veteran said. “It doesn’t [...]
Devils Rise Above the .500 Mark; Five Things to Like and Five Not to Like Thus Far
When you compare the idea to most Devils teams in recent years, it isn’t that significant of an accomplishment, but after last year’s disaster of a season, it is worth noting that after Thursday’s 2-1 shootout victory over the Los Angeles Kings, the New Jersey Devils are now above .500 (2-1-0) for the first time since the final game of the [...]
Time for a Do-Over: A New Season for the New Jersey Devils Begins Tonight
Things changed greatly for the New Jersey Devils last season. Rookie Head Coach John MacLean was brought in to help the Devils continue their winning ways. After all, the team was coming off of 13 consecutive playoff appearances, and had reached the Stanley Cup finals three times during that span. Ilya Kovalchuk was signed to [...]
Getting Ready for the Season in New Jersey; Predicting the 23-man roster
The New Jersey Devils have now wrapped up their preseason games and despite not neccessarily getting the preferred results, they are closer to having their roster set for Opening Night. The first cuts came last week when they “cut” 19 players, sending five players to their junior team and 14 to their AHL affiliate in Albany. None [...]
PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR CHARITY
We here at HI support this effort by Pat LaFontaine and Steve Webb, and personally implore you to give just anything you can in support of this…. HOCKEY LEGENDS PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR W20 FOUNDATION AND COMPANIONS IN COURAGE FOUNDATION NEW YORK (September 19, 2011) –NHL alumnus Steve Webb [...]
Devils with Intrasquad Scrimmage Today
With a few days of training camp behind us and everyone seemingly settled in, the New Jersey Devils prepare themselves for an intrasquad scrimmage today. It will be the first taste of game action for this group of players and will be the precursor for the preseason games to follow later this week.While it will [...]
