New Jersey Devils Power Play Questionable
Much was made during the regular season of the New Jersey Devils potent penalty kill unit. The group logged a record 89.6 percentage, shutting down opponents with a smothering, suffocating…
Much was made during the regular season of the New Jersey Devils potent penalty kill unit. The group logged a record 89.6 percentage, shutting down opponents with a smothering, suffocating…
The long, grinding marathon that is the Stanley Cup Playoffs is entering its final phase, as the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings will battle for the right to…
New Jersey Devils forward Stephen Gionta played in exactly one game in the regular season this year. He was called up to step into the lineup for David Clarkson on…
The New Jersey Devils evened their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals matchup with the Rangers at two games apiece on Monday, but that was only part of the story. In the…
Yogi Berra put it best: “It’s deja vu all over again.” The New Jersey Devils dominated for most of the first two periods of Game 3 of their Eastern Conference…
To be relegated to the dreaded “fourth line” is usually bad news for a hockey player. Wikipedia defines the fourth line of a hockey team as “usually composed of journeymen…
For most of the first two periods on Monday night at Madison Square Garden, the New Jersey Devils played their game: hard on the forecheck, swarming the puck and never…
They say familiarity breeds contempt. In the case of the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers, that saying rings truer than ever. The two clubs have played many memorable…
Despite his substantial success, New Jersey Devils President/General Manager Lou Lamoriello has taken his share of criticism since taking over the organization in 1987. Lamoriello, for better or worse (and…
Buy in. It’s what every executive, every coach, every leader seeks from his charges. Perhaps nowhere is “buy in” more important than in team sports, where one player not believing…
On paper, it was a tight come-from-behind win in Game 4 for the New Jersey Devils. After Philadelphia jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first period, New…
Ilya Kovalchuk is used to the criticism by now, however unfounded it may be. Although he’s put up impressive numbers since signing a 15-year, $100 million deal prior to the…