New Jersey Devils Morning News, Feb 23

by TibbsBeastoftheEast on Feb 23, 2010 8:47 AM EST

Hits and misses in Olympic hockey tournament - (The Bergen Record)
Zach Parise: In his own words, from the Olympics - (The Bergen Record)

Good win but not miraculous - (The Bergen Record)
Marty Brodeur out of goal, Roberto Luongo in for Canada - (The Bergen Record)
Zach Parise’s Olympic Post of the Day (Monday, Feb. 22) - (Fire & Ice)
Tracking the Devils’ Olympians (through preliminary round) - (Fire & Ice)
Monday Olympic postcard: 'O Canada' giving tense host nation a way to vent - (The Star Ledger)
Martin Brodeur to be benched Tuesday for Team Canada's game against Germany at Olympics - (The Star Ledger)
After exciting U.S.-Canada clash, will 2010 be final hurrah for NHL at Olympics? - (The Star Ledger)
Politi: Bench Brodeur? Canada needs to relax and stick with the best - (The Star Ledger)
Canada turns to Luongo - (The New York Post)
Checking in with Devils and Rangers in Vancouver - (The New York Post)
U.S. Tempers Expectations While Canada Re-evaluates - (The New York Times)
Jersey Day - (NewJerseyDevils.com)
Someone Who Understands - (NewJerseyDevils.com)
Can NHL afford to skip Sochi Games? - (FOXSports.com)
Dressed for success: Canadian team gets Canucks' room, U.S. in a storage closet - (FOXSports.com)
Ovechkin not stunned by U.S.' win over Canada - (NHL.com)
Babcock replaces Brodeur with Luongo - (NHL.com)
Luongo excited to get the nod - (NHL.com)
More changes on the way for Canada? - (NHL.com)
Members inducted into Triple Gold Club - (NHL.com)
The Triple Gold Club - (NHL.com)
Upsets are aplenty at these Olympics - (NHL.com)
Drury comes up big again for Team USA - (NHL.com)
Burke not satisfied with 3-0 Team USA - (NHL.com)
Craig sees magic in U.S. Olympic squad - (NHL.com)
Roenick issues 'national apology' for demeaning Chris Drury - (Yahoo NHL)
Tales of NBC Angst: Huge USA/Canada ratings; bigger fan anger - (Yahoo NHL)
Roberto Luongo to start for Canada against Germany - (Yahoo NHL)
Puck Headlines: Brodeur or Luongo?; Gretzky's ESPN commercial - (Yahoo NHL)
U.S. top seed, Canada-Russia looms in medal round bracket - (Yahoo NHL)
What We Learned: Olympic roundup; whose game is it again? - (Yahoo NHL)
Inside Olympic Hockey | US hockey team sets miracle in motion - (Tufts Daily)
Luongo's time finally arrives - (The Province)
Heavy Medal - (Washington Post)
Canada must win 4 games in 6 days - (The Durango Herald)
Enduring Legacy of the Miracle on Ice - (FanHouse)
A longer road to Olympic gold - (Yahoo! Sports)
Canada changes goalies, Luongo to start against Germany instead of Brodeur - (Winnipeg Free Press)
How Will Martin Brodeur's Shaky Performance Affect Team Canada's Future? - (Bleacher Report)
Analysis: Brodeur scapegoat for Canada's woes - (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
THN at the Olympics: Brodeur out, Luongo in as Canada adjusts lineup - (The Hockey News)
THN at the Olympics: U.S. now favorites for gold? - (The Hockey News)
Canada in national crisis as hockey team stumbles - (The Plain Dealer)

LOWELL DEVILS
02/21/2010 - Devils Top 20 prospects, Spring 2010 - (hockeysfuture.com)

TRENTON DEVILS
Vokes Scores Four in Devils' Fourth Straight Win - (TrentonDevils.com)
Devils Dominate Chiefs in Farewell to War Memorial - (TrentonDevils.com)
Poli's Return Lifts Trenton, 3-1, In J-Town - (TrentonDevils.com)
Week 18: Trenton Earns Four Points Against East Leaders - (TrentonDevils.com)

MISCELLANEOUS
Thirty years ago, Americans were 'Miracle' men - (NHL.com)
Miracle memories remain vivid for Patti Brooks - (NHL.com)
Summer training set stage for 'Miracle on Ice' - (NHL.com)

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The Pittsburgh Post Gazette article. Pretty good article in favor of Brodeur. I am glad Luongo is in for the game against Germany and probably the rest of the tournament. Not only for the rest, but Martin needs to get out of this underachieving team. I might be wrong but I don’t see them winning a gold and probably not even a medal. Martin needs to stay away from that team and the mayhem the end result will be. Right now there are more concerns for him than team Canada! and that’s the Devils!

by TibbsBeastoftheEast on Feb 23, 2010 9:23 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

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Good article.

Someone from Pittsburgh defending Marty. Who’d’a thunk?

by elesias on Feb 23, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions

Wow

Amazing article!!! Who would really have thought? I keep hoping that Canada gets beat down by Germany in a 8 – 0 fashion. Anyone else feel this way? Anyway I have noticed lately with a lot of the games before the Olympic break that everyone was shooting low on brodeur and a lot of goals were going in. Have I just been blind to this for years now or is this a recent weak spot? I saw in one of the articles that Babcock thinks if Lu was in net his butterfly style would have probably stopped these shots. Anyway thats all I have.

by CaramelCoveredXMas on Feb 23, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions

Matthew Barnaby, one of ESPN’s hockey analysts (an oxymoron, I know) pointed out the same thing while reviewing the game’s highlights… though interestingly, he neglected to point out that Miller is a butterfly goalie during the highlight of Crosby slipping a softie through Miller’s five hole for Canada’s third goal.

I think your observation may be indicative of what is colloquially called, “the van is always at the corner.” One only notices the van when it is indeed parked at the corner, not the times when it is gone. John did a recent article that takes a closer look at the most recent goals against that shows that they come from all over the place.

That said, he does seem more vulnerable in some way I can’t quite put my finger on. I don’t know if it’s just age catching up to him or what, but it sure seems like, even though he’s not always to blame entirely for the goals he allows, he’s letting through goals he used to stop.

by elesias on Feb 23, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions