All Entries Tagged With: "Martin Brodeur"
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 9-8-2 with 20 points through 19 games. After 19 games last season, the Bolts were 10-7-2 with 22 points. The Lightning are in third place in the Southeast Division three points behind the Florida Panthers and 12th in the Eastern Conference. After 19 games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Rangers Waive “Aves”
To the very end of preseason, it was a battle to be the spare 13th forward on the New York Rangers’ roster between Erik Christensen and Sean Avery. Avery, who had generally been paired with minor league linemates rather than his NHL teammates when he did play this preseason, was a scratch in the final [...]
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 [...]
Are hockey players the toughest sports athletes?
With only one game to go (game 7 tonight between the Bruins and the Lightning) before the Stanley Cup finals, the arduous road to the most difficult trophy to win is about to come to an end. The Vancouver Canucks will meet tonight’s winner in the ultimate best-of-seven series. It amazes me that the two [...]
New Jersey Devils fire John MacLean, bring back Jacques Lemaire, duhh!
After 33 games, the axe fell and the head finally rolled, just in time to celebrate Christmas with your friends and family… well everyone, except John MacLean who was fired earlier today by GM Lou Lamoriello. With a paltry 20 points so far this season, the Devils are on pace for a dismal 50-point season, [...]
Predators Bedevil New Jersey 3-1
The Nashville Predators made a rare trip to the Rock to take on the New Jersey Devils in a contest that presented itself as a trap game. A game against an Eastern Conference foe that the Predators rarely see; a game against a team that has been struggling; a game that is sandwiched in between [...]
Daily Rumors: Twelve Notable NHL Goalies Hitting the Trade block by the February Deadline?
The lack of real trade movement in the days leading up to this season’s NHL Christmas “trade freeze” has more than a few pundits and bloggers looking ahead to the February 28th NHL Trade Deadline – when we know for certain there’ll be real, honest-to-goodness trade activity – and speculating over which players might be [...]
Fantasy hockey: goaltending battles part 2
Two months into the season, let’s have a look at the goal tending battles raging on in the NHL. Some teams still don’t have a clear-cut starter like Roberto Luongo, Ryan Miller or Martin Brodeur. Goaltending battles: – Scorching: game-to-game musical chair – Blazing: no clear-cut starter – Moderate: mild battle going-on – Low: a [...]
Fantasy hockey: goaltending battles
One week into the season, it’s time to look at some of the goal tending battles going on in the NHL. Some teams don’t have a clear-cut starter like Roberto Luongo, Ryan Miller or Martin Brodeur. Goaltending battles: – Scorching: game-to-game musical chair – Blazing: no clear-cut starter – Moderate: mild battle going-on – Low: [...]
Rowing In The Same Direction
What a difference a week makes. Following the New York Rangers’ home opener on October 15th, the news was pretty grim. No Vinny Prospal, no Chris Drury, and worst of all, no Marian Gaborik for a few weeks. The Rangers responded last Monday with a lackluster effort against the Colorado Avalanche, losing 3-1 before heading [...]
Brodeur blanks Canadiens (again) in snoozefest
As usual, when Martin Brodeur faces the Montreal Canadiens he shines. Brodeur recorded his second shutout of the season and 122 of his illustrious career blanking the Canadiens by a score of 3-0, making 29 saves in the process. Carey Price was far less occupied, but managed to get beaten three times on only 20 [...]
Weekly Fantasy: Top 20 goaltenders to draft this season
With the 2010-11 season slated to start on Thursday, October 7th, it’s time to have a look at the top 20 goaltenders to draft in your fantasy hockey league and at factors to consider when drafting your goaltenders. Is he prone to injury? Who is the backup goaltender? Do the team play many back to [...]
Let Avery Be Avery (Updated)
The New York Rangers play their 2nd preseason game this evening, playing the back end of a home-and-home with the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center. As I am writing this the Rangers have not yet released the list of the players who will be dressing for the game. One player that has to [...]