by Neal McHale | May 9, 2021 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
One more. One more sleep, one more decision, a formality at that. Most of all, once more the 2020-21 Devils will play. The 2000-01 team, which won 48 games, had 12 ties and three overtime defeats, remains atop as the only 110+ point team in the franchise’s...
by Neal McHale | Mar 25, 2021 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
The Devils struggles following their two-week COVID-19 shutdown, which included a stretch of 10 regulation losses in 14 games, might ultimately be where they lost too much ground to stay afloat in the tough East division. But winners of four of their last five and 26...
by Neal McHale | Mar 19, 2021 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
As the Devils truck along with the final 29 games of their season, the emphasis looks to be on its collection of youngsters navigating their way through the league. Which is to say, it might not look all that different from the first 27 games. Six players under 24...
by Neal McHale | Mar 18, 2021 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
With the Devils and Penguins set to face each other for the first time this season, Pittsburgh, a veteran-heavy club will get their first look at the young New Jersey squad, complete with eight lineup regulars under the age of 24. On Tuesday, it was Yegor...
by Neal McHale | Mar 10, 2021 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL, Washington Capitals
If the assumption is that the Devils, 8-11-3 in 22 games, are more likely than not to be spectators to playoff-implicating games and the postseason itself, then Tuesday’s point was more so a learned and lived experience that anything else. Given the season-long...