Devils in the Details - 9/18/11

by John Fischer on Sep 18, 2011 8:01 AM EDT in Devils in the Details

Your daily dose of New Jersey Devils & other interesting links:

The first practice for veterans took place on Saturday; and they didn't dawdle on day one. - Fire & Ice
Camp groups according to Tom Gulitti. - Group One, Group Two, and Group Three
Zach Parise keeps being asked about his contract, and he keeps saying the same thing. - Fire & Ice
Like most anyone on a tryout contract in training camp, Anton Stralman wants to make the team. - NJ.com
Bryce Salvador is glad to be back; admitted his concussion stemmed from December 2008 - Fire & Ice
Peter DeBoer is more than fine with Jacques Lemaire being at camp; he's learning from him. - Fire & Ice
Ilya Kovalchuk says the team will be on the same page with Peter DeBoer. Let's hope so. - NJ.com
The New Jersey Devils were the subject for the latest Puck Daddy Season Preview on Saturday. Greg Wyshynski doesn't think this team will make the playoffs. - Puck Daddy
Not Really A Link: Apologies for so much of this being from Gulitti, but he's really the man to follow during training camp. For those of you who don't know, Fire & Ice is his blog, and his Twitter account is @TGfireandice.

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Should I be worried that tedenby and jj are separated on the lines as of today?

Ilya Kovalchuk is good at hockey

by 3 already on Sep 18, 2011 12:19 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

No and why would you be worried? Are they incapably of playing without each other?

by NJDOhio on Sep 18, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think so. I don’t think I see them playing together on the same lines at first, but if not this season, they should be paired together in the future.

by NJGuy on Sep 18, 2011 12:43 PM EDT reply actions

TG just posted that Clarkson and Corrente worked with a skating coach over the summer

No more falling over when no one’s around? Lol

by SonicJoe on Sep 18, 2011 2:44 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

TG also tweeted that he’s worked with him years past, so more falls are expected.

And Kovalchuk speeds away, great moves, busting through, DID YOU SEE THAT?

by KovyisLove on Sep 18, 2011 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I saw that after I posted. More falling down then?

by SonicJoe on Sep 18, 2011 6:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Lots and lots.

And Kovalchuk speeds away, great moves, busting through, DID YOU SEE THAT?

by KovyisLove on Sep 18, 2011 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

from Fire & Ice

Parise and Elias will be kept together for a while, almost no surprise there as they both are versatile players.
On the other hand, a real good news is that DeBoer’s already seen some chemistry between Kovy & Josefson.

"It's magic, it's tragic, it's a loss, it's a win"

by Elektrostal_Kid on Sep 18, 2011 7:04 PM EDT reply actions

The only reason I think Wysh didn’t pick the Devils on Puck Daddy is because he doesn’t want the comment section to fill up with “Devil bias” accusations.

I have respect for most sports fans with 2 exceptions: NY Ranger fans who grew up in New Jersey, and Dallas Cowboy fans who can't name the capital of Texas.

by Cherno77 on Sep 18, 2011 8:15 PM EDT reply actions

i don’t think so, i think wysh simply doesn’t understand how good this team is. wysh is too busy writing articles to figure out the NHL. that sounds paradoxical but i think it’s true.

Driving Play - The Blog with Three First Lines

by Triumph44 on Sep 18, 2011 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions

The thing isn’t that the Devils won’t be a good team, but that the teams who were in the playoffs will and have improved…

And Kovalchuk speeds away, great moves, busting through, DID YOU SEE THAT?

by KovyisLove on Sep 18, 2011 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions

only an insane person thinks that the Flyers improved. Did the Lightning improve? I don’t think so. The Bruins didn’t improve much, if at all. I also don’t think Pittsburgh improved, or that the Rangers improved by as much as people think. NJ has traditionally been a solid shootout team and an excellent 4 on 4 OT team – I think they’ll be playing a lot of overtimes and they’ll come out with a lot of points as a result.

Driving Play - The Blog with Three First Lines

by Triumph44 on Sep 18, 2011 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions

The Rangers might not have improved drastically, but they are definitely still a team to make the playoffs, Penguins are always a good team and as soon as Crosby is back they become an elite team. The Lightning might again not have improved, but they are still really good. The Bruins also, ok, they have not improved from a cup winning team, but then again, they have Seguin and Marchand having a year under them, so if their young players take steps forward just like us devils fans expect our youngsters to take steps forward, whose to say they haven’t improved?

And Kovalchuk speeds away, great moves, busting through, DID YOU SEE THAT?

by KovyisLove on Sep 18, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions