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What Do The Devils Do With Pan-Dough?

Posted: 7th May 2010 by Carlos Figueiredo in NHL
Jay Pandolfo had successful surgery today to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder.  That's the good news. Now, the bad news. As Tom Gulitti reported on his Fire & Ice  blog on Monday: "If the Devils were considering buying out the the final year on left wing Jay Pandolfo’s contract, they probably can forget about it now. The 35-year-old left wing will have surgery Tuesday to repair a labrum tear that he ...

New Jersey Devils Head Coach: It’s Time for John MacLean

Posted: 28th April 2010 by Carlos Figueiredo in NHL
He played in 1,022 games for the Devils. He was an assistant coach for the Devils for six seasons. He coached the Lowell Devils, his first season as a head coach, to a 39-31-10 record. Now, it's time to finally give John MacLean a shot at the Devils head coaching job. The other names being floated around, just a few days after Jacques Lemaire retired from coaching, aren't exactly exciting. Ken Hitchcock? While ...

Not Just Another Game For The New Jersey Devils

Posted: 16th March 2010 by Carlos Figueiredo in NHL
Saint Patrick's Day is a day when we celebrate the patron saint of Ireland by consuming large amounts of green beer, kissing random strangers without actually verifying whether or not they are actually Irish, as their shirt claims, and by eating corned beef and cabbage...not exactly a good compliment to the green beer. This year, however, Devils fans have an extra special reason to celebrate. Tomorrow night, for the first time ...

New Jersey Devils Season Could Come Down To Rivalry Game vs. Rangers

Posted: 9th March 2010 by Carlos Figueiredo in NHL
The Devils have won only six of their last 20 games. There really is nothing more that needs to be said. In that stretch of 20 games, the Devils have scored 42 goals. That's just two goals per game. They've let up 60. In case you're mathematically challenged, that's three goals per game.   The offense has struggled, even after the addition of Ilya Kovalchuk. The defense has struggled. Martin Brodeur has ...

The New Jersey Devils: A Tale of Two Teams

Posted: 16th February 2010 by Carlos Figueiredo in NHL
á Coming into this season, the New Jersey Devils were being dismissed as a contender by most of those that follow hockey, and even some of their own fans. The offseason losses ofáGiontaáand Madden, and the release ofáShanahanájust before the season made some wonder just what the team would look like this season. Because of those factors, if you told fans of the Devils at the start of this season that the ...

Big December Starts Tonight For The New Jersey Devils

Posted: 2nd December 2009 by Carlos Figueiredo in NHL
The Devils play 15 games in December, matching their high for any month this season (they also play 15 in March). Of those 15 games, 10 of them are at home, the most in any month for their ‘09-’10 campaign. The Devils have now won six in a row at home, after starting the season 1-4 on home ice. Looking over their home schedule for the month, it’s very possible for the ...

New Jersey Devils’ Martin Brodeur Looks to Tie Terry Sawchuk

Posted: 22nd October 2009 by Carlos Figueiredo in NHL
Martin Brodeur will be looking to tie Terry Sawchuk's shutout record when he faces the New York Rangers tonight. He will be looking not only to tie Sawchuk's record of 103 shutouts, but also look to get a win against a team that he has only beaten once in the last 11 regular season games over the last three seasons. Brodeur will also be looking foráhis 40th win against the Rangers, ...