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The NHL’s Olympic break has come and gone; seven New Jersey Devils players went out and represented their national team in the competition. While only Jack Hughes came home with a medal, five of the seven including him went out and looked at least as good as their best games this season in New Jersey. […]
Last Devils Game On Wednesday night, the Devils lost at home, 2-1 to the Buffalo Sabres. The 2 teams went scoreless in the first period before Tage Thompson scored his 31st goal of the season to give Buffalo the lead about halfway through the 2nd period. Peyton Krebs scored halfway through the 3rd period to […]
Boy, those two weeks just flew by, huh? Oh well, back to this. You remember this, right? Hockey that isn’t much fun to watch. Meaningless hockey. Hockey that leaves you angry and baffled instead of excited. If you’d somehow managed to forget, boy did the Devils have a reminder for you Wednesday night. The Devils […]
The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (28-27-2) versus the Buffalo Sabres (32-19-6). The Time: 7:00 pm EST The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN, Devils Hockey Radio The Game Preview: Matt had it here. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not swear in […]
Big time players make big time plays in the biggest spots, creating moments and memories that last a lifetime. It’s a tale as old as time in sports. It’s why in the NYC metropolitan area, athletes like Eli Manning and Derek Jeter are as revered as they are. When the lights are the brightest, the […]
Plenty of politics intertwined with the hockey world over the last few days certainly. Be adults in the comments section please. Here are your links for today: Devils Links “U.S. Olympic hockey player Jack Hughes called his team’s relationship with the U.S. women’s team as ‘tight,’ pushing back on the backlash over his team’s reaction […]
Last Devils Game Way back on February 5th, the Devils lost at home to the New York Islanders 3-1. The game was scoreless after the 1st period before the Devils and Islanders traded goals in the 2nd period. Nico Hischier (who is the captain of the team, in case Bryce Salvador never told you before) […]
The Olympic Games are a beautiful thing. There are only, to my knowledge, two arenas in which all countries can regularly come together and depart without coming to blows. The Olympics are one such arena (hockey fights and curling controversies excepted), and the United Nations is the other. Thankfully, I am not paid to write […]
The first Devils prospect to 20 goals this season is David Rozsival. Let’s talk about him. First to 20 Goals After a slow start, winger David Rozsival has been explosive in the past thirty or so games, totaling 20 goals and 11 assists in 44 contests this season. It’s been a serious rise up the […]
You’ve all seen it a million times by now: The New Jersey Devils’ own Jack Hughes scoring the golden goal in yesterday’s Gold Medal Game against Canada. Our superstar delivered the USA its first mens hockey gold medal since the Miracle On Ice team of 1980, one of hockey’s mythological teams, not just in the […]
Jack Hughes delivers gold at the Olympics! Here are your links for today: Devils Links Our guy Jack, sporting cracked teeth, with the golden goal for Team USA! Luke’s reaction to the goal: “The Devils have been one of the league’s biggest disappointments — but there are still several positives beneath the surface.” [Infernal Access […]
Exhale. The Game Team USA came out of the gates strong in the Gold Medal Game against Team Canada. Both sides came out playing a hard and heavy game, exchanging hits and going at each other to set the tone. But Team USA would strike first when Matt Boldy decided to do it himself, finding […]
The Matchup: Team USA vs. Team Canada (FINAL) The Time: 8:10 AM EST (local time 14:10) The Broadcasts: TV — Peacock, NBC Bronze Medal Game Well, it wasn’t to be for our boy Simon Nemec as the Slovakia cinderella-ish run came to a close against Finland 5-1 in the Bronze medal game on Saturday. He has really shown […]
The Matchup: Team Slovakia vs. Team Finland (Bronze Medal Game) The Time: 2:40 PM EST (local time 20:40) The Broadcasts: TV — Peacock, USA Network A Medal for Nemec? Yesterday’s matchup between the United States and Slovakia did not go so well for the Slovaks. While the game remained close for most of the first period, the […]
The Matchup: Team USA vs. Team Slovakia (Semifinals) The Time: 3:10 PM EST (local time 21:10) The Broadcasts: TV — Peacock, USA Network For Gold or Bronze Both the Americans and Slovaks have earned the shot for a medal. Today’s Semifinal matchup just decides whether they will go for the top prize or if they will have to […]
Here are your links for today: Devils Links Olympic updates: Nico Hischier, Timo Meier, Jonas Siegenthaler, Jesper Bratt and Jacob Markstrom have been eliminated, and Jack Hughes and Simon Nemec will meet in a semifinal matchup. [Devils NHL] Updates from the home front: “From Nico Hischier and Timo Meier for Switzerland to Šimon Nemec for […]
Timo Meier has had another rough season for the New Jersey Devils. Upon his arrival in New Jersey at the 2023 trade deadline, the hopes were that Meier’s goal scoring ability would help push the Devils offense forward into another gear. Yet since coming over from San Jose, Meier hasn’t managed his 2021-22 numbers nor […]
The Matchup: Team USA vs. Team Sweden (Knockout Round) The Time: 3:10 PM EST (local time 21:10) The Broadcasts: TV — Peacock, USA Network Knockout Stage As expected, Team USA cruised through their group unscathed 3-0-0-0 and got a bye yesterday awaiting the result of Sweden and Latvia. Surprisingly, Sweden has struggled in this tournament so far finishing […]
If you read my article last week, you’ll know that my general thought process when it comes to fixing the Devils is that trading away star players is a bad idea. Most teams that make those types of deals don’t get better as a result of it. There was one player that I did kind […]
Here are your links for today: Devils Links Olympic updates: Nico Hischier had a goal and two assists as the Swiss advanced to the quarterfinals. Jesper Bratt was scratched but the Swedes advanced as well. [Devils NHL] “Dougie Hamilton was one of the New Jersey Devils’ biggest disappointments for the first chunk of the season. […]
Finally, a true test for Team USA. After coasting through the group round of the men’s Olympic hockey tournament, Jack Hughes and company will face a team with as many NHL players as its previous three opponents combined. That’s because Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom stopped 16 of 17 shots and Sweden’s all-NHL roster made short […]
It was a strong season debut for Marc McLaughlin. Comets Win Sunday’s win was a who’s who of multi-point efforts led by two goal games from defenseman Ethan Edwards and winger Angus Crookshank. Forward Marc McLaughlin potted a goal and two assists in his first game of the season, as did Brian Halonen. Shane LaChance […]
Here are your links for today: Devils Links Jack Hughes, friends: More Devils Olympic updates here: [Devils NHL] “According to a trusted NHL source, the New Jersey Devils are looking to make an impact ‘hockey trade’ that will shake up their roster and ‘send a message’ to their dressing room coming out of the NHL […]
The Matchup: Team USA (2-0-0-0) vs. Team Germany (1-0-1-0) The Time: 3:10 PM EST (local time 21:10) The Broadcasts: TV — Peacock, USA Network Final Day of Round Robin Today is the final preliminary round day of the Men’s Tourney in Milan. Probably the most surprising development so far is Slovakia and our guy Simon Nemec won Group […]
The Matchup: Team USA (1-0-0) vs. Team Denmark (0-1-0) The Time: 3:10 PM EST (local time 21:10) The Broadcasts: TV — Peacock, USA Network The Olympic Overview: Click here for an overview on the teams. Latvia Beats Germany, Giving USA an Easier Path to Group Victory After USA beat Latvia 5-1 on Thursday and Germany beat Denmark 3-1, it […]