This did not quite come out of nowhere. You get that impression from Brent Sutter but I refuse to believe it. The bottom line is the New Jersey Devils came up short pretty much since Game 1. Even when they won…you were left with the feeling that it could fall apart. Tonight it did. [...]
With Nikolai Zherdev wanting to go and play in the KHL earlier this season while still under contract, and now the rumors that Jaromir Jagr might play for the Edmonton Oilers this season, what’s going on?
The Devils traded defenseman Sheldon Brookbank to the Anaheim Ducks for the rights to center David McIntyre. The trade of Brookbkank opens up a spot for the Devils to add another player to their roster before the trade deadline.
New Jersey Devils have won eight in-a-row and are the hottest team in the league. Depsite that, GM Lou Lamoriello is still looking to make a move and Devils veteran forward Brian Gionta is rumored to be one of the players on the trading block.
You were expecting someone else in net perhaps??
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Rarely do you see the face of your team go down the way the Devils did and not have a bad reaction to it. Here is a quick video from that fateful game on November 1st against Atlanta.
The Brodeur Injury
The Day The Earth Stood Still For [...]
The reason I’m going to be brief about this particular preview is because what I saw of the Rangers through the preseason, and then what I saw in the back to back 2-1 wins over Tampa in Praha were enough to set my brain into a tailspin… Totally dominated in the games that didn’t matter, and totally dominant in the ones that actually counted for something, albeit played in an ill-contrived attempt at gimmicky marketing masked in the “gesture of good-will to the nations that feed us their best talent” setting…
In a way the Detroit Red Wings have one of the toughest jobs in hockey this coming season – defending the Stanley Cup. Detroit was the last team to win back to back championships (in ‘97 and ‘98) and is considered a favorite to repeat in ‘08-’09 – which is saying a lot in an era where repeats are rare and more often than not a team wins the Cup and finds their roster cracked open before the start of the next season, the pieces of their Stanley Cup puzzle scattered into free agency, priced out of the team’s salary cap allowances after having proven their worth all the way to the ultimate prize.
The second round of the play-offs will be as good, if not better than the first round. With all the interesting match-ups for the next round, it’s hard to say which one will be the best to watch.
Hey everyone, haven’t been around in awhile for a couple of reasons. First, I haven’t seen a full game in a while because of black-out situations and being busy with school, but I’m glad I caught last night’s game, so here are my thoughts.
Do Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan need strong playoff performances to remain with the Rangers? Is this the last season for Martin Havlat and Nikolai Khabibulin with the Blackhawks? Does Rob Blake want to play in the NHL past this season? Should Senators buy out Ray Emery? Are the Oilers planning on dealing Joni Pitkanen? Will Geoff Sanderson call it quits? Would islanders trade Rick DiPietro? Which teams may go after Jose Theodore if he becomes a UFA? What deals fell through at the deadline?
The Rangers got out of Buffalo once again through an OT and a SO with 2 points. This brings their point streak to 13 games and also ties them for 5th in the conference with the Ottawa Senators.
The Rangers snuck by the Bruins Sunday with a 1-0 SO win at the Garden thanks mostly in part to Henrik Lundquist. The Sabres are up tonight as they travel to Western, NY searching for 2 points.
New York Islanders coach Ted Nolan, perhaps buying too much into Brendan Shanahan’s comment from Tuesday that G Wade Dubielewicz had gotten into the Rangers’ heads, chose to play the diminutive netminder over regular starter Rick DiPietro and paid the price.
I wouldn’t even be posting if the Rangers had lost, but I’m here because of Steve Valiquette, Brendan Shanahan, and Nigel Dawes. That game did wonders for my blood pressure, and it was a great game to watch.
Well, my post-Montreal collapse predictions weren’t so crazy after all eh? The Rangers are 3-0 since their OTL in Montreal, and to my credit I predicted 3 wins, but only the 5-0 win over Florida at the Garden counts as a “spanking.” We are now into March on the calendar. This is a month where the Rangers play 10 out of 14 games against Atlantic foes. If we can get out of this month with more than a winning record, we should have a playoff spot locked up. All that starts Sunday @ the Garden when the Blueshirts have a brunch with the Flyers at 12:30 on NBC. But enough looking ahead, here are my notes and thoughts on last night’s 4-2 win in Raleigh.
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