The Devils did not plan on getting mixed up with the free agency frenzy this summer. Instead, their focus has been on re-signing defenseman Andy Greene (to a 4-year contract) and backup goaltender Johan Hedberg (undisclosed terms). They are also working with Zach...
It’s been a long season and a long post-season. After all of the hard work that the players in the League have put forward, it is time that the best of the best are honored. Here are your 2011 NHL Award winners: ART ROSS TROPHY This award is presented to the NHL’s...
When you’re going up against two goalies who participated in the NHL Stanley Cup Final, the likelihood of beating out the other two candidates is pretty slim, but Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators has unquestionably earned his right to be in one of the top three...
The NHL Awards are in Las Vegas this year. From teams all over North America, players exemplifying outstanding performance are being honored in Sin City. Here are this year’s 2011 NHL Awards nominees: ART ROSS TROPHY This award is presented to the NHL’s leading...
The Devils ended the season with a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on home ice Sunday afternoon. The last game of the season wasn’t only a pleasant win, but it was always one marked with newsworthy elements. The Nordiques Nation decided to hit the New York City area...
The New York Rangers could face complete elimination in game No. 82. With the Carolina Hurricanes defeating the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday night (6-1), they only have one win to seal the eighth berth in the playoffs. All New York is asking for today is one point in...
Everyone knew that the Devils had a slim chance of making the playoffs after going 5-4-1 in the last 10 games prior to their match against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. Their final hope was getting 87 points to tie for the final spot, which means they...
Little Sophia Gabriella Elias may not know what that round black object is now, but someday she will. Someday she’ll hear the story of how it came to be in her possession. “It’s going to be a while before she realizes what it is,” said Devils forward Patrik Elias....
As the 2010-11 regular season draws to a close, Martin Brodeur has a few things on his mind. During the 2008-09 season, he said that he didn’t anticipate playing out the final year of his contract. Next season, Brodeur enters the final year in his contract. With the...
The Devils jumped over two spots in the Eastern Conference after their win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday night. This much needed win places them closer to the finish line, but still six points out of reach. Advancing to the 10th spot in the conference — just...
n an interesting twist of fate, the New Jersey Devils are now one of the top contenders in the East to make the playoffs. According to NHL experts, Craig Button and ex-Devil Kevin Weekes, they believe that the Devils are making it to the playoffs. NHL.com reports that...
Before the Devils’ 2-1 win over the Lightning, team CEO/GM/President Lou Lamoriello announced that Zach Parise was cleared to begin skating. This came as great news not only for Devils fans, but also for the team and Parise. “As soon as he can,” Kovalchuk said of his...
Coming off of a victory against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday, the Tampa Bay Lightning won their third straight game on Sunday after visiting the New York Rangers in Madison Square Garden in their final match-up of the season. The win gave the Lightning their...
What is so different about the Devils now as compared to this time last year? Beyond the current standings, this team is different this year than it was last year. “The team has good confidence,” head coach Jacques Lemaire said. “You can see by the plays we were...
Since Jacques Lemaire took over as coach and Jamie Langenbrunner headed to greener pastures in Dallas, the Devils have seen a miraculous turnaround. After having won only 10 games in the first half of the season, they’ve gone 13-1-2 since they began the second half....
With Sidney Crosby (concussion) and Evgeni Malkin (undisclosed injury) out of the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup on Thursday night, along with Marc-Andre Fleury given the night off, the cards were in the Devils’ hands as they came out on top early in the first period to...
The Devils’ second shakeup commenced a few hours before they faced the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. It was no surprise that with the return of Jacques Lemaire as coach of the Devils, the team would soon see the departure of their captain. On Thursday, the media...
The Devils just can’t get a lucky break this season. Even if bookies pitted the Devils as winning against the Wild on Tuesday night, they erred by looking at the history of the match-up instead of looking at the Devils record this season. With 22 points, the Devils...
It’s difficult for anyone to watch a team notoriously known as being a winning team throw away most of their season. It’s even worse when you look at the NHL standings and see that team sitting dead last in the league. That happens to be the Devils this season. As the...
The New Jersey Devils players learned this morning that John MacLean was no longer their head coach. Devils GM Lou Lamoriello met with the players this morning to discuss his decision. In the interim, he has selected Jacques Lemaire to coach this Titanic of a team...
Martin Brodeur distanced himself a little bit further away from Terry Sawchuk’s shutout record when he received his 113th shutout on Wednesday night in the Devils win over the Phoenix Coyotes. “Keep climbing,” Brodeur said of his shutout. “Make it hard on the guys...
He won’t say it in front of the rest of the press, but he is eyeing that scoring leader title currently held by Alexander Ovechkin. I could tell…he was waiting for me to ask the question about his two goals and his new second place title that he now shares with Jeff...
Since signing with the Devils over the summer, Scott Clemmensen’s main wish was that he would be the backup goaltender to Martin Brodeur. In a wild, crazy way, he became one of two backup goaltenders to Brodeur when the franchise hero went out with a torn bicep. What...
For the Tampa Bay Lightning, it was a miserable game. “We’re looking to make a perfect play,” Tampa Bay’s coach Barry Melrose told the press after the game. “And the New York Rangers don’t look to make a perfect play. We don’t compete. Until that changes, we’re going...
My Saturday morning started off fresh and early, right about the time those of you on the East Coast were probably just getting to bed or were already asleep. It was game day and I had two game day practices to attend…and a hockey game. During the Rangers’ practice,...
Martin Brodeur has faced some challenges these past few years. After snapping a ligament in his arm that left him out of the lineup just a couple of years ago, he returned to win his 552nd game to become the most winningest goaltender in the history of the NHL. He...
