by Neal McHale | Oct 7, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, NHL, Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vegas Golden Knights
For the class of 2020, Tuesday brought a certain degree of relief as much as it did clarity. Since the pause of the 2019-20 regular season and the subsequent trickle-down in nearly every other major, competitive, organized hockey league across the globe due to...
by Neal McHale | Oct 6, 2020 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, NHL
We’ve arrived to the pinnacle of the NHL offseason: the draft and free agency. More moves and team-defining decisions are made this week than any other time during the regular season. Of course, this offseason timeline remains in flux making this potentially the...
by Neal McHale | Jun 19, 2020 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
One fired coach to go with a dismissed general manager and a teammate, just over a season removed from winning a Hart Trophy, sent away in a trade inspired by the team’s dismal start to the season–and while you’re at it, throw in a global pandemic to...
by Neal McHale | Feb 24, 2020 | Buffalo Sabres, Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
Wayne Simmonds, the Devils winger and pending unrestricted free agent, doesn’t score goals like he used to, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be a valuable add for a playoff contender. But prior to Monday’s deadline it was the 66-point Sabres,...
by Neal McHale | Feb 22, 2020 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL, Washington Capitals
NEWARK–After sitting on 698 goals for five games, it seemed unlikely that Alex Ovechkin, coming off a game in which he put home his 699th, would go that long for the milestone of goal number 700. That notion was in fact correct. At 4:50 of the third period...
by Neal McHale | Feb 20, 2020 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL, San Jose Sharks
NEWARK–No, this isn’t early September nor is it training camp. But for the Devils and Sharks, Thursday’s contest offers opportunity–maybe even an audition. In what is a formality of the schedule, the featured foes find themselves well outside...
