Devils in the Details - 9/21/11

by Goalvalchuk on Sep 21, 2011 8:01 AM EDT in Devils in the Details

Your daily dose of Devils news...

The Devils spent yesterday working on their power play - Fire & Ice
DeBoer wants to improve the special teams play this year - Fire & Ice
Martin Brodeur was held out on monday because of hamstring issues - Fire & Ice
Brodeur: I'm fine - NJ.com
Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk know the power play stunk last year - NJ.com
Peter DeBoer has the team off to a fast start - The Hockey News
Here's some cool video from Devils media day - NJD TV
The NHL is beginning to discus realignment for next season. Will the Devils go back to the Patrick Division? - NHL.com

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Realignment shouldn’t be drastic… just put the redwings in our conference and that’s it.

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by KovyisLove on Sep 21, 2011 8:12 AM EDT reply actions

Aren’t there enough good teams in this division?

Also, there’s a little Blackhawks-Red Wings rivalry that the goes back a good 400 years or so. Maybe a little less. I doubt the NHL would break that up. Ever.

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by Murdoc on Sep 22, 2011 7:20 AM EDT up reply actions

geographically speaking the Blue Jackets are the team that should be in the East over all others.

by Zelepukin on Sep 21, 2011 9:03 AM EDT reply actions

Personally I think Nashville makes the most sense. Just drop them in in the Southeast to replace Winnipeg. This seems to be the least drastic as it involves only moving 3 teams (Nashville,Minnesota, and of course Winnipeg)
Atlantic- NJ, NYI, NYR, PHI, PIT
Northeast-BOS, BUF, MTL, OTT, TOR
Southeast- CAR, FLA, NSH, TB, WSH

Central- CBJ, CHI, DET, MIN, STL
Northwest- CAL,COL, EDM, VAN, WPG
Pacific-ANA, DAL, LA, PHX, SJ

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by statusquo on Sep 21, 2011 9:16 AM EDT reply actions

I can get behind this. Makes sense to me.

by SonicJoe on Sep 21, 2011 9:28 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

A compelling reason to move Columbus/Detroit and not Nashville has to do with time zones. Nashville is a CST/CDT club, whereas the Blue Jackets and the Red Wings both play within the Eastern Time Zone. Moving Nashville means a lot of Eastern Conference road games start at 8:00 or 8:30 local time, and a lot of Nashville’s road schedule would start at 6:00 or 6:30 local time. It doesn’t seem like that big a deal, but it can have a number of undesirable effects, including depressing fan viewership and enthusiasm when the games are moving around on one’s schedule.

You can also move Columbus into the Southeast reasonably easily and not have the geographical mess that comes with moving Detroit. If one looks at a map, Columbus is pretty much on the same line of latitude as Washington…. and while the Blue Jackets would likely prefer to share a division with Pittsburgh and Philadelphia for rivalry/proximity reasons, they wouldn’t look ridiculously out of place with the Capitals and the rest of the SE.

by acasser on Sep 21, 2011 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Good point. I forgot that Nashville is Central Time. Using google maps as a source between Philly, Pittsburgh, and Columbus, it actually appears that Philly is the furthest south of the 3.

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by statusquo on Sep 21, 2011 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Nevermind upon further review if you draw a line straight from Columbus’s dot to Philly’s dot, it’s literally the same.

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by statusquo on Sep 21, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions

This is Better

So. Dallas would get screwed with this set up.

Dallas, St Louis and Nashville should all be together. Same time zone and closest to each other.

Atlantic- NJ, NYI, NYR, PHI, PIT
Northeast-BOS, BUF, MTL, OTT, TOR
Southeast- CAR, FLA, CBJ, TB, WSH

Central- NSH, CHI, DET, DAL, STL
Northwest- CAL, MIN, EDM, VAN, WPG
Pacific-ANA, COL, LA, PHX, SJ

by NJDOhio on Sep 21, 2011 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t like the idea of Detroit being in our conference. Particularly due to the fact that they and Chicago have that rivalry, and they seem like a mainstay in the West.
Although Columbus is the other team in our time zone, I believe that Nashville should be the team moved. Their positioning is more Southward, and would be a perfect fit for the Southwest Division.

by NJGuy on Sep 21, 2011 9:16 AM EDT reply actions

How many games will Marty play this season?

it is clear that his days of playing almost every game are coming to an end, and already a hammy problem. Does he get 60 games this year?

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by Rickfansince76 on Sep 21, 2011 9:46 AM EDT reply actions

Detroit is not getting moved out of the West. There is no way the NHL allows only one original 6 team to remain in the Western Conference.

by Zelepukin on Sep 21, 2011 10:44 AM EDT reply actions

good point, & for myself, that would be weird.

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by Elektrostal_Kid on Sep 21, 2011 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions

While I agree that Detroit should stay in the West, they really want to come East, and there were whispers when Winnipeg moved that Detroit will be the team coming over to the East.

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by Triumph44 on Sep 21, 2011 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions