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New Jersey Devils at Edmonton Oilers - Gamethread #43

New Jersey Devils at Edmonton Oilers, Jan 11, 2012 9:00 PM EST


The Time: 9:00 PM EDT

The Broadcast:TV - MSG+; Radio - 660 AM WFAN

The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (22-17-2) at the Edmonton Oilers (16-22-3)

The Previews: Tom did the preview this morning, you can check it out over here. As for an Oilers' based perspective, Derek Zona has this breakdown of news; and Scott Reynolds has this preview/gamethread over at the Copper & Blue.

A Song for Tonight: You know you know this one: "18 and Life" by Skid Row! Burning ELCs has been the Edmonton Way in recent years, so I feel it's rather appropriate for tonight.

Gameday Info: You know what the Devils didn't need after a game where the other team went 6-for-14? News that Travis Zajac will be out for 2-3 weeks. Tom Gulitti reported this morning that doctors recommended that he be kept out due to his sore Achilles; and so the Devils have complied. Here's some more news that Devils fans probably don't want: Cam Janssen will be back in the line up tonight per the middle of this Gulitti post. He's replacing Nick Palmieri, who has done incredibly little in his chance to make another case for a NHL spot. Expect Janssen to miss on hits and charge into nearly all of them. I'll be hoping he doesn't do anything dumb. One more thing, Johan Hedberg will get the start tonight as Gulitti confirmed this afternoon. For all the talk about Brodeur needing to bounce back, how about Moose? He allowed 4 goals out of 9 shots last night and hasn't had a solid outing in over a month (feel free to argue for the last Florida game - if you want to ignore the two goals he allowed that he could've stopped). Who knows, maybe it'll be tonight. Anyone expecting any changes on defense shouldn't hold their breath; it'll be the same six guys from the Calgary game.

With respect to the Oilers, their official website reported that Nikolai Khabibulin will get the start; and that since Ryan O'Marra is ill, they called up Milan Kytnar. That's the Milan Kytnar of the ECHL Stockton Thunder. Expect him on the fourth line with the Boulton & Janssen like wingers of Darcy Hordichuk and Ben Eager.

As usual, you can use the comments in this post to discuss tonight's game before, during, and after it happens until the recap is up. Please remember the rules at all times. Namely: keep your comments clean, keep them on topic, and keep them legal (read: nothing about illegal streams - no links, no discussion, no requests). Go Devils!

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Interesting 3rd and 4th lines.

Boulton-Carter-Clarkson
Janssen-Zalewski-Tedenby

Is this good? I’ve got no idea. Instead of stacking the uselessness on one line, DB is spreading it out to two!

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 8:58 PM EST reply actions  

Is this good?

In a word: No.

In a longer word: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions  

I tend to agree. With the second one.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:01 PM EST up reply actions  

not good, but Tedenby has not done anything to impress and his last game was poor. But he does have speed and could cause problems in a 4th line match up. or maybe we just have a balanced 4th line.

by piscataway_devil on Jan 11, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions  

or maybe we just have a balanced terrible 4th line.

Fixed.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Guh

I don’t know, I think as soon as you put one Boulton/Janssen on a line, it becomes instantly useless.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions  

I wish Zharkov would get another shot. Can he really be playing that poorly in Albany? No way he’d be less effective than Boulton/Janssen

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 9:02 PM EST up reply actions  

brb i need to go shout at stuff to express my rage right now

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 11, 2012 9:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Thats some Sestito-esque energy youre showing there. I like it!

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 9:04 PM EST up reply actions  

I had some 5 shift ENERGY drink to help myself stay up tonight

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 11, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Boulton-Carter-Clarkson
Janssen-Zalewski-Tedenby

Why is Tedenby playing on the right? He’s a left winger. At least make the goon switch to the other side.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 9:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, that confused me too. It was just what was shown on the MSG broadcast. It might (hopefully) get switched.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:04 PM EST up reply actions  

You do know that just because MSG posted it on TV doesn’t mean that it is accurate.

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I don’t have the game on yet, I was just responding to the comment, but yeah, I would hope it isn’t accurate.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions  

This is my first time commenting on the live thread, even though I have been around In Lou We Trust for a while .

by NickRogers on Jan 11, 2012 9:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Welcome.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Welcome.

Make sure to trail off on pointless tangents about things unrelated to the game as often as possible. John loves this.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Yo

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 11, 2012 9:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Are you related to Buck Rogers? He’s got a space ship.

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

I miss Buck. I wonder if hurdling through space in suspended animation gets lonely. (I feel like I’m too young to be understanding this reference.)

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

lol, nice

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions  

Such is life in the 25th century

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 9:35 PM EST up reply actions  

Last night I went to bed after the 4th goal, but I ready through the thread comments today at work – That was one of the funniest threads we’ve had on here. Well done.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:03 PM EST reply actions  

That’s awesome. I did the same exact thing. Except I went to bed at the end of the first period.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

And I think the Sutter pictures were AMAZING.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I was trying not to laugh in my cubicle. Who knew he was such a rubber-face?

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions  

+1

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 9:18 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

The sarcasm/wit comes on strong in a blowout. Plenty of time to think of one-liners when you’re only half paying attention

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I thought the talk about the commercials was hilarious

by SparTEn85 on Jan 11, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

I fled the GameThread before the opening faceoff last night (along with the computer and the HD television) — my dog was very gassy, and it stunk worse than the Devils did in that first period. Guess I should go back and take a look if it was that stellar.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Tonight should be interesting, should see a couple of fights at least with the goony-ness that is on both sides. Should be fun. (Not sarcasm, I like the “staged” fights)

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"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:06 PM EST reply actions  

Here’s hoping Cam and Eric get game misconducts in the first three minutes

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Good to see Chico is drunk as usual, and Steve has more makeup on than a birthday clown. These are both good omens. I swear.

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 11, 2012 9:08 PM EST reply actions  

nice catch.

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions  

You think so, too? I always thought we could do a “Chico says the Darndest Things!” show after a game and not lack for material. Kind of how some WFAN hosts would do something similar with John Sterling after some Yankees’ radio broadcasts.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions  

I love watching him struggle to speak or finish a sentence or pronounce everyone’s name. I also love watching how much Steve hates sitting next to him.

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 11, 2012 9:10 PM EST up reply actions  

that “adam” moment chico had last night was great

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 9:19 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

I was waiting (read: praying) for him to say “Adam Mills”

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions  

haha yeah and then when it wasnt coming to him he just starts saying “coach…..coach…”

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 9:23 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Well, there’s always this guy, the only other “Adam” to ever play a regular season game for New Jersey before Game 82 of last season.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions  

I don’t create the information. I just use and abuse it.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Hopefully Khabibulin starting will give the Devs a confidence boost.

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 9:08 PM EST reply actions  

It’s not 2010-11 Khabibulin, so I’m not so confident.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions  

He’s been playing TERRIBLE lately. I know this because he’s on my fantasy team.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Me too, I started him just in case.

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:10 PM EST up reply actions  

They just showed his stats versus the Devils, now I’m with you on not being so confident…

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

They always show a “vs. the Devils” stats. If we’re not confident when they show Marty’s stats against any given team, why should we be confident based on this?

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

You’re right on most nights, but tonight Moose is playing.

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions  

I hope this doesn’t mean the Devils should take tons of penalties.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Haha, no

Just if we were to get penalties.

by Devils1192 on Jan 11, 2012 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

A game is afoot

The Devils lose the opening faceoff

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:10 PM EST reply actions  

Sign Yannick Perrault.

Or trade for Zenon Konopka…. Konopka would fit with our “fourth line”, only he really has some decent face-off skills.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

he’s as skilled as Janssen and BOulton at everything else though.

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 11, 2012 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

Janssen/Boulton + ability to win a faceoff >>>> Janssen/Boulton + nothing else of value

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

We need Shawn Thornton.

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Let’s look to continue our effort from the last two periods yesterday.

by NickRogers on Jan 11, 2012 9:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Look the benches are on the wrong side … silly Canadians.

by Justin Korkiner on Jan 11, 2012 9:10 PM EST reply actions  

Thought the same thing

by SparTEn85 on Jan 11, 2012 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

It’s just Rexall Place – they put the TV camera spots on the other side.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

But the logo is facing the camera.

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"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

But their symbol is the right way so they had to do it knowingly right?

by SparTEn85 on Jan 11, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions  

11 months of winter a year is enough to drive any town crazy

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh I know, it’s the only one in the NHL like this now. I think there are a few AHL places. The old Boston Garden had the boxes on the bench side which was even more odd.

by Justin Korkiner on Jan 11, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Will Hedberg make a save on the first shot? 50/50 chance.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:10 PM EST reply actions  

What would have happened if Calgary fired 100 shots on goal last night?

Oh, that’s right. Joseph Heller already wrote a book about that.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions  

I hate it when they loose opening faceoff

by piscataway_devil on Jan 11, 2012 9:11 PM EST reply actions  

I believe that’s the first SOG of the game – Hedberg knocks a puck wide.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:13 PM EST reply actions  

I agree, we need to be more angry…

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Over/under on that Oilers callup from the Stockton Thunder scoring on us tonight?

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:14 PM EST reply actions  

15:1

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"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:14 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll take those odds.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Man, those 3rd and 4th lines are so useless.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:15 PM EST reply actions  

They haven’t gotten scored on, one step at a time.

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Both teams look sloppy. I leave it you to decide if that’s good or bad.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:15 PM EST reply actions  

I think our puck movement is a little bit better

by Devils1192 on Jan 11, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Tedenby with Zalewski and Clarkson now. Maybe DeBoer realized something.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:17 PM EST reply actions  

I get so scared every time Hedberg plays the puck

by martysbetter30 on Jan 11, 2012 9:17 PM EST reply actions  

After one or two shifts, the 3rd line is now Tedenby/Zalewski/Clarkson.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:17 PM EST reply actions  

thats just too much falling down for one line

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 9:26 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Wish Marty had started

by witchdoctor on Jan 11, 2012 9:17 PM EST reply actions  

Ugh fourth line, get Henrique on the ice!

by NickRogers on Jan 11, 2012 9:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

I just will never get

Deboer’s obsession w/ the 4th line

by Nesterdude on Jan 11, 2012 9:18 PM EST up reply actions  

abada kadabara?

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"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Mattias Tedenby needs to spend the summer with a strength-and-conditioning coach. I’d strongly advise 10-15 lbs of muscle and a little bit of snarl to use it.

If not that particular coach, how about an ornery European like Bobby Holik?

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

Tedenby will report to camp with a thick neck and a unibrow.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions  

He can report to camp in a ballerina’s tutu for all I care, so long as he’s a little bigger and stronger and doesn’t get thrown around like a rag doll on the ice.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions  

I thought he would have done that over last summer, but i completely agree.

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Teddy got steamrolled

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

I’ve started counting how many times tedy falls on ice.. it’s 2 so far

by piscataway_devil on Jan 11, 2012 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

Hope you have a calculator or an abacus or something

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Hey, Devils, be rather careful when Hemsky’s on offense. He’s kind of really, really good.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:22 PM EST reply actions  

Khabibulin pulled a Hedberg, Clarkaround blocked. Ugh.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:22 PM EST reply actions  

NOOOO NOT THE CLARKAROUND

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 11, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions  

uh oh khabibulin

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 9:22 PM EST reply actions  

Moooose

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:24 PM EST reply actions  

Hedberg with a big save off Hall’s breakaway. Goodness, he created that himself.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:24 PM EST reply actions  

That was created by Mark Fayne, actually.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions  

Fair – but Hall’s speed just put him ahead of everyone else. Tallinder couldn’t catch him.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions  

might want to watch out for that hall guy....

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 9:25 PM EST reply actions  

UGH. Why do Devils defensemen like to take shots right into the other team’s forwards?

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:25 PM EST reply actions  

You know how fans yell “SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT” when a Devil has a puck on offense? Well, they sometimes have that mindset regardless of what’s in front of them.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions  

Somebody close that frickin’ gate!

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:26 PM EST reply actions  

I keep wishing she would fall off

by SparTEn85 on Jan 11, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions  

That looks dangerous as hell. A slight gust of wind and it’s Homer Simpson at Springfield Gorge.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions  

lol thats twice already for that awful commercial. they literally give it 8 -10 times a game

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 9:28 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Advertisers judge commercials differently from mere mortals such as you and I. They want a commercial you’ll remember, whether it’s good or bad.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions  

i cant imagine how good the oilers will be if they get another top 5 pick this year

by martysbetter30 on Jan 11, 2012 9:28 PM EST reply actions  

Especially if they pick up some solid D.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Hey, Teddy just made a nice play in the d-zone.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:28 PM EST reply actions  

I’ve seen Janssen on the ice waaay to much this period.

by NickRogers on Jan 11, 2012 9:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

I feel like we’re seeing a lot of 3rd/4th line early here

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:29 PM EST reply actions  

way too much

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Hedberg just made his 4th save.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:29 PM EST reply actions  

One more and he matches last night's total!

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions  

And he matched it with a bad assist from Carter.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions  

At least he’s 4 for 4 tonight

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions  

One shot you’ve got to be kidding me

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 9:31 PM EST reply actions  

Carter coughed it up in a dangerous place.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:31 PM EST reply actions  

My goodness, this arena is quiet.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 9:31 PM EST reply actions  

Hey! It’s the Devils’ 2nd shot on net! With 5:30ish left in the first!

Devils need shots on net.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:31 PM EST reply actions  

Paging DeBoer

Your 3rd and 4th lines are USELESS.

When will he understand that Boulton and Janssen add nothing to the lineup?

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:32 PM EST reply actions  

At least they haven’t been scored on with all this ice time…

/Knocks on wood

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions  

I don’t want to defend PDB here, but I’m going to give it a shot:

It may not be entirely PDB’s fault. IF this is the roster Lou has stuck him with, and/or this is the roster Vanderbeek’s finances have saddled us with, there may not be too many other options. Sure, we’d probably prefer to see Palmieri and Taormina in the lineup over the “enforcers”, but would that really make much of a difference?

This team just isn’t that deep or that talented. If PDB spread out the talent to make three viable lines, we’d end up with guys playing first-line minutes who don’t belong anywhere near the Top Six of an NHL roster’s forwards.

….

The short version: DeBoer’s hands are somewhat tied.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Maybe PDB is trying to rest the first line.

by NickRogers on Jan 11, 2012 9:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Jamsen has more ice time at this point than Elias and Zubrus. Maybe Deboer wants to intimidate the oilers youngsters.

by piscataway_devil on Jan 11, 2012 9:34 PM EST reply actions  

This is ridiculous. It makes me so angry.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions  

He seems to be set on rolling 4 lines tonight, which is probably why he split up Janssen and Boulton.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:39 PM EST up reply actions  

I suspect this won’t last all game.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Wow that Kytnar thing is crazy. Such is the NHL.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 9:35 PM EST reply actions  

Offense out of nowhere! Clarkson in front is denied.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:35 PM EST reply actions  

Oh Clarkie! You gotta finish!

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 9:35 PM EST reply actions  

Moooooooose!

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 9:36 PM EST reply actions  

Belanger wide open is denied by Moose. Oh, Clarkson, I believe that was your man.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:36 PM EST reply actions  

Lucky for Clarkie, Belanger hasn’t learned that you can’t put it through the goalie yet.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Mooooose

by NickRogers on Jan 11, 2012 9:36 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

It was a nice save, but let’s not go overboard. That was Eric Belanger shooting the puck, and he’s only marginally superior to Eric Boulton.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:36 PM EST reply actions  

Not true: Belanger has played hockey for years and years.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions  

So has Boulton, at least in theory.

But you’re absolutely right. I think “Edmonton’s Bottom Six” and “sucks” probably go hand-in-hand, and spoke before I checked out the numbers. Belanger is a pretty fair player.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Well it feels better for me...

And I’m sure it feels better for the team that the goalie is saving pucks

by Nesterdude on Jan 11, 2012 9:37 PM EST reply actions  

Foster…high an wide. what else is new

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 9:38 PM EST reply actions  

He has three assists on the PP that I know of. Three points is more than our entire fourth line has come up with this season.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Has he even hit a goalie yet? Seems like everything goes wide or gets blocked.

by HouseRich on Jan 11, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

I think Foster has answered the question of “What if Brian Rolston was a defenseman?” for all of us

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh dear, that is too accurate. At least he’s cheaper.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

And we saved a little over three million to get the answer. Way to go Lou!

by HouseRich on Jan 11, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Look on the bright side.

His salary cap hit is only $1.8 million, not $5.025 million.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

We did get him for Fraser and Pelley, what did you expect; Orr?

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Colton Orr would fit in nicely with our Fourth Line O’ Truculence!

….

Oh, wait…. that wasn’t the Orr you were talking about, was it.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:42 PM EST up reply actions  

lol

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions  

I mean, at least Al MacInnis

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:44 PM EST up reply actions  

I know this is off topic, but lol at the text Henrique sent Hall today that Chico just mentioned.

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 9:40 PM EST reply actions  

Henrique texted Hall last night:

“Last night, Jarome Iginla – tonight, you”

Ha ha.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:40 PM EST reply actions  

Love it.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Make it so.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Tedenby

He really should spend some time down in Albany and in the weight room. He is lacking confidence and also gets pushed around. He would be better off getting top line time in Albany

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by Devilssection21fan on Jan 11, 2012 9:41 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions  

Can we trade him for Rundblad 2.0?

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:42 PM EST up reply actions  

I have a feeling Teddy is getting traded at the deadline for someone real good in the classic Lou type trade.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions  

You forgot the sarcasm font.

Seriously? Who can the Devils possibly get for him at this point? I can’t imagine he has much trade value, and I can’t imagine this team taking on much salary with the financial catastrophe that is Vanderbeek/Brick City. That doesn’t leave much else.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Did you think we were going to get Kovy for Bergfors, Oduya and Cormier?

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes.

If you dig back through the archives on this site (and some of the other SBNation hockey-related sites), there was a whole series of articles and commentaries on what Kovalchuk was worth on the open market, including many SBNation blogs “making offers”. I thought it wouldn’t take much more than what it did, although the offer I submitted at the time was built around Zubrus instead of Oduya.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, you have a lot more savvy than I do, cause I thought it would take a lot to get him and I basically thought we stole him.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Atlanta had very little leverage. They also made a similarly stupid deal the year before when the player-in-question was Marian Hossa.

Hindsight is 20/20, but Kovalchuk for the “bag of magical beans” was one of those things you could probably have seen in foresight.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions  

I don’t want to trade him, but I seriously feel he’ll never get to play the minutes he deserves on this team. Play him in better situations, and that’s where the confidence and stronger defensive game is going to come. Playing him 3rd/4th line isn’t going to help his defensive game because those lines suck on defense.

by Devils1192 on Jan 11, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Possibly the oddest pair of first periods I’ve ever watched.

by irkenarmada on Jan 11, 2012 9:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Guys I think I may have become friends with a Flyers fan today. What do I do?

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 9:42 PM EST reply actions  

Run, unless she’s really hot.

by HouseRich on Jan 11, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Say 1975 under your breath every time you cough.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions  

act like an adult

by KenKen on Jan 11, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Banned.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:44 PM EST up reply actions  

get out

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions  

rabble rabble rabble rabble rabble

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Get your logic out of here.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Make sure you have plenty of Jorts to use as a peace offering in case you two get in a fight

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 9:44 PM EST up reply actions  

all of my friends are flyers fans

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions  

you poor thing

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions  

I went to high school in Poughkeepsie, so it was me and tons of Rangers fans. It was the mid-90’s so they were still high off the 94 victory. They quieted up after the Messier-to-Vancouver fiasco, though.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m sure theres flyers players that live within a 5 mile radius of me, I play where they practice, its a craphole

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Tonight’s bonus Fun Fact™: Mark Messier never made it back to the NHL playoffs once he left Broadway for Vancouver.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

We forget how pathetic the last few years of his career was. He pushed it too far.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Going to high school in northern New Jersey, I grew up with my share fair of Ranger fans. They still talked, and it got worse than ever when the Rangers finally made the playoffs after 7 seasons of not making it.

Even after the Devils won 3 Cups, they still talked. I have to hand it to some of them, ignorance is bliss.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll say one thing a majority of the flyers fans recently are bandwagon

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

I disagree. As much as I dislike the team, that city supports it’s hockey big-time.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions  

So sad that you don’t have any friends.

Go Devils
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by FrankG929 on Jan 11, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

My neighbor in SWFL is a Flyers fan...

I know this by the large magnet that was on the back of his truck tailgate.

by Justin Korkiner on Jan 11, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

The first is mercifully over

Devils down 4-9 in SOG. I thought the Devils had 5, but whatever. What a sloppy period. The Devils struggled to make passes, much less get in position to get shots. Oilers came close a few times, but Moose actually made more than 5 saves, so it’s all good at 0-0.

Corsi is heavily in Oilers favor: +13. Seems right, no Devils line looks awake.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:42 PM EST reply actions  

The only Oiler that looked awake was Hall, take him away and the SOGs are probably closer.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

True: Hall looks great. The rest…uh…

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Good news: We played a period that bracketed the 9:30 PM EST mark, and we didn’t suck!

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:43 PM EST reply actions  

I’d really like to get to the bottom of who left that gate open. Maybe it’s the same person that let the dogs out back in 2001 or so.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:44 PM EST reply actions  

ha, its probably some scumbag

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions  

+1

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 9:48 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

I’ll tak that over

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Anyone else think PDB reminds them of Homer?

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 9:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Sometimes, he reminds me of John MacLean.

….

….

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’m going to curl up in the corner and cry at that thought.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Let’s not say things we can’t take back

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:56 PM EST up reply actions  

All work and no goals make DeBoer something something…

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:52 PM EST up reply actions  

go crazy?

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions  

don’t mind if I do!!!

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions  

TG!

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 9:49 PM EST reply actions  

He looks a little uncomfortable on camera

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:52 PM EST up reply actions  

he does

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 9:52 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

I'd be nervous if I was sitting next to Deb too. She's real pretty.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Kind of an awkward set, too

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions  

I would have to think it’s difficult to be on camera and try to act like you’re not being filmed.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:56 PM EST up reply actions  

I mean I totally don’t blame him (especially since he’s a print journalist), just an observation

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions  

TG has a lot more to say than Chere did

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 9:52 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

I still have no idea what product is being advertised.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 9:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Something about credit cards I think

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

CitiCard “Thank You Points”. You spend your own money to get points so CitiBank can “grant people’s wishes” and do silly commercials about it taking all the credit.

Which sounds like every other “donation in your name” scam I’ve ever heard.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions  

im going to use my citi points to buy a hang glider and swoop by just in time to knock that lady off the mountain .

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:04 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

If you really mean to do so, I’ll give you my points, too.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:04 PM EST up reply actions  

ha ha

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Close the gate, while you’re at it

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions  

A second period is beginning

Maybe the Devils will get some more SOGs?

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 9:59 PM EST reply actions  

Hopefully they’ll just shoot at the one goal.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Memo to Moose

Occupy The Crease!

….

….

Devils fans everywhere will thank you.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 9:59 PM EST reply actions  

Fayne with a long shot.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:00 PM EST reply actions  

Foster makes his first intelligent defensive play in two games.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:01 PM EST reply actions  

nice move by teddy

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 10:02 PM EST reply actions  

Tedenby did a lot – and no SOG. Come on, man.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

He continually forgets that he’s allowed to shoot the puck.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Still waiting for him to score a goal that doesnt go in off his chest

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions  

this season, obviously

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 10:04 PM EST up reply actions  

My one beef with game center is the delay. I’m definitely at least 30 seconds behind you guys

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

Tedenby

Nice move, absolutely no finish. Would it be too much to ask for you to fire the (expletive deleted) puck instead of playing dipsy-doo all the time? 100% of the shots you don’t take don’t go in.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

And there’s a penalty.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

Sure is weird not being able to see the line changes.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 10:04 PM EST reply actions  

Parise in the box for a hook.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:04 PM EST reply actions  

Power Kill – although half of our deadly duo is in the box.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:04 PM EST reply actions  

I have a feeling we might see this game go post regulation, neither team has really dominated or gotten better chances yet. We obviously have lots of game to play, but just my thoughts…

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 10:04 PM EST reply actions  

Chico definitely just called Taylor Hall “Adam” Hall

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:05 PM EST reply actions  

Classical Chico...but we still love him

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 10:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Better than calling him Adam Banks.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Adam is far and away his favorite name

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:07 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Anyone else hear Chico say he wanted to see Tedenby race against “Adam” Hall??

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by NJallDay on Jan 11, 2012 10:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

That movie was alright. Charlie Conway would be a better match though.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Can someone explain the trapezoid rule?

I thought goalies can’t skate outside of it…

by Devils1192 on Jan 11, 2012 10:05 PM EST reply actions  

They can’t handle the puck in the corners outside of it, behind the goal line.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:06 PM EST up reply actions  

The puck hasn’t gone in those zones, but Khabibulin actually skated a bit through it a bunch of times tonight.

by Devils1192 on Jan 11, 2012 10:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Goalies may not play the puck when it is behind the end line and outside the trapezoid, or it is an automatic Minor Penalty. The exception, however, is if the goalie still occupies the crease (even if just with one skate)…. although that codicil isn’t very well known.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Devils kill the penalty. Parise tried to feed Elias in front but the pass misfired.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:06 PM EST reply actions  

Some good chances – and another PK.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:07 PM EST reply actions  

Where was the interference?

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 10:07 PM EST reply actions  

Away from the play, which is what made it interference.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Wasnt saying it wasnt the right call—i just missed it and was curious as to what happened exactly

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 10:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Ah. Clarkson hit Smyth at the net and without the puck.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Did you like that last PK? Well, then here’s another. Clarkson with the gift, apparently.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:07 PM EST reply actions  

An offensive zone penalty at that. Thanks Clarkie.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions  

im gonna like this power kill even more with Adam Parise and AdamHenrique while Adam Clarkson serves out the minor

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:09 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Don’t forget Adam Larsson with the pass to start the rush.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions  

George Foreman has eight sons – all named Adam.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions  

lol

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions  

He’s 2/3 of the way towards the David Clarkson hat trick:

1) A Clarkaround attempt
2) A bad penalty
3) A GWG so we forget everything else he did during the game.

by HouseRich on Jan 11, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions  

At least we’ll have Parique for this PK.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:08 PM EST reply actions  

haha

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

KOVY!!!!!

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST reply actions  

ILYA KOVALCHUK

WOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST reply actions  

KOVY SHG SCAR!

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST reply actions  

Power Kill SCAR!

KILYA SCOREVALCHUK!

Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!

by TWilliAM on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST reply actions  

That was a serious scarrrr!

by Justin Korkiner on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST reply actions  

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by NJallDay on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

There it is.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions  

You were late on that one! BUT YES!!!!

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah

That kovalchuk is a defensive liability

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by Devilssection21fan on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions  

Question of the Night

Which total will be greater at the end of the season?

  • Shorthanded goals scored by the Devils.
  • Shorthanded goals allowed by the Devils.

(We’ll judge right and wrong in mid-April)

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:11 PM EST reply actions  

Kovalchuk with pressure, won the puck, drew a call, and scored a highlight-reel worthy goal. 1-0 NJ

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:12 PM EST reply actions  

WOW what a play by Kovy! BEAST MODE

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:12 PM EST reply actions  

He Grabner’d that defenceman.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:13 PM EST up reply actions  

Damn Russian, He stinks!

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Disinterested

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:18 PM EST up reply actions  

Kovalchuk scored that goal with NO ASSISTS. lazy, greedy player

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:18 PM EST up reply actions  

P.S.

Congratulations to Ilya Kovalchuk, who just set a single-season career high in Shorthanded Points.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:12 PM EST reply actions  

Kovalshortie. Heck of a shot.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:13 PM EST reply actions  

He has just been killing it lately

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 10:13 PM EST reply actions  

Steve just said:

“Kovalchuck ties this…”
er..

by Nesterdude on Jan 11, 2012 10:14 PM EST reply actions  

He had a Chico moment

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Uh-oh, it’s contagious.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Chico-itis.

The Symptoms:

  • You forget the score.
  • You can’t understand the referee’s hand signals when he calls a penalty.
  • You call everyone Adam.
  • You start growing a 70s porno mustache.

If you or someone you love has Chico-itis please seek medical help immediately.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:20 PM EST up reply actions  

You turn everything into an anecdote about Saskatchewan wheat farming.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions   2 recs

You have an unhealthy fascination with food and goalies, not necessarily in that order or independent of one another.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

hahaha

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:23 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Is their a cure? Mike Francesa occasionally gets Chico-itis.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions  

There is no cure, but there is a treatment but you’re not going to like it. The treatment involves sitting in a room with Joe Micheletti for an hour every day.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Eh, I don’t blame him for assuming we were down…

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions  

teddy

looks incredible. love his effort.

by Grant Farming on Jan 11, 2012 10:15 PM EST reply actions  

not seeing the same thing

He gets muscled off the puck constantly. He has not used his speed to make a difference

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by Devilssection21fan on Jan 11, 2012 10:25 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions  

This is Clarkson, he is who he is.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:16 PM EST up reply actions  

passing would just confuse him (not sure if the sarcasm font works on the mobile app)

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:16 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

It doesn’t, but we’d be able to see it.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:16 PM EST up reply actions  

This Adam Hall guy is pretty good.

Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!

by TWilliAM on Jan 11, 2012 10:18 PM EST reply actions  

Him and Taylor Henrique played together back in Juniors

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:19 PM EST up reply actions  

i see what you did there

by martysbetter30 on Jan 11, 2012 10:19 PM EST up reply actions  

If you think he is good, wait till you see Charlie Conway!

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Are Moose more common in Edmonton than Calgary?

A lot more MOOOOOOOOSE sightings tonight.

Go Devils
Go Jets

by FrankG929 on Jan 11, 2012 10:18 PM EST reply actions  

Did anyone else see Ryan Carter

lose that faceoff, and think “wow, I miss David Steckel.” Or is that just me?

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 10:19 PM EST reply actions  

Just because David Steckel has more goals than our entire third and fourth lines sans Clarkson….

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions  

I would rather have Steckel than still be hearing the name “Cam Janssen” this late into the game

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:22 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

And 2 SHGs as well. Not shabby.

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Lol, don’t remind me. I also wonder why Sestito gets made fun of so much, yet Carter isn’t the butt end of any jokes. I think its because he does so little, people feel bad making fun of him.

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions  

Parise’s trying to go down low at a post, but he keeps trying to fire it before getting puck ahead of the post. Keep trying, Captain.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:20 PM EST reply actions  

Goodness, the Devils are getting worked over amid the bottom six. What a shock.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:22 PM EST reply actions  

Need JJ back. Fast.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Next week is when hes supposed to come back right?

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Don’t know for sure. He’s on a conditioning assignment in Albany.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Janssen just gave the puck away twice in the Devils zone on the same shift. Bench him. Now.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:22 PM EST reply actions  

Which one? The lazy backhand in the slot? Or the soft dump directly into the side boards and no where near the blue line?

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions  

you would think Janssen could at least take a penalty or something so we can go on a power kill

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:24 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Janssen is an automatic turnover every time he touches the puck

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Did you see him try a cross over move in the neutral zone and get stripped of the puck? I kinda laughed.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions  

every time he touches the puck

Which isn’t often…

Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!

by TWilliAM on Jan 11, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions  

Still too often for me

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions  

Heh

True

Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!

by TWilliAM on Jan 11, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions  

actually

According to nhl.com, Boulton has more giveaways than Janssen (4-3)

Go Devils
Go Jets

by FrankG929 on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions  

This game feels like all the second half of last year.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 10:23 PM EST reply actions  

I agree

But I’d prefer a B+ consistent instead of an A+/F depending on the game

by Nesterdude on Jan 11, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Is it just me

Or are the oilers getting away with a lot of contact that would be considered interference under the new rules?

by SantonioBurress on Jan 11, 2012 10:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

There’s only one other game in the NHL tonight. There’s the whole “officiating conspiracy” against our beloved Devils, and Edmonton might as well be NHL Siberia.

In other words, it isn’t like anyone is watching the officials to judge how well/poorly they’re doing their jobs.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions  

Haha

I’m just sayin on a lot of the dump ins their dmen have taken liberties that I thought buttman wanted eliminated

by SantonioBurress on Jan 11, 2012 10:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

it isn’t like anyone is watching the officials to judge how well/poorly they’re doing their jobs.

Bettman probably watches every NJ game just to make sure that the refs blow the calls.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Why did you use the sarcasm font?

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions  

I didn’t want to seem overzealous.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:31 PM EST up reply actions  

And the Devils very nearly got a break. Zubrus’ shot trickled through Khabibulin but it died an inch from the goalline.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:27 PM EST reply actions  

So close!

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 10:27 PM EST reply actions  

Gah!

Where was Clarky to vulture that one!?!

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Ah Zach. You cant do that

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST reply actions  

ugh zach

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST reply actions  

Oh Jesus. That was a dive!

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST reply actions  

Parise hooks down Petry. Come on, Zach, it’s Petry. He’s not so good he needs to be penalized when you’re chasing him for a puck.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST reply actions  

Our bottom six

is an utter disaster right now. That includes Tedenby, who I have always been a supporter of, but he has no confidence right now. I think the best thing for him would be for him to get first line minutes in Albany, score a few goals, then maybe come back up for the stretch run.

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST reply actions  

Thinking

Josefson could help teddy

by SantonioBurress on Jan 11, 2012 10:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

I could go for a Tedenby-Josefson-Clarkson reunion tour as our 3rd line once the team gets back from Winnipeg.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions  

I agree

But Tedenby is a completely different player than he was last season at this point. When Zajac and Josefson come back, a trip to Albany may be what he needs.

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 10:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Tedenby has spent most of the season playing with guys who probably should not be in the NHL. Sometimes one on his line, sometimes two. That makes it hard to get the best out of him.

T-J-C seemed like an effective third line last season and even put up some offensive numbers. Zajac isn’t going to be back for a while. I’m willing to re-assess once Zajac is healthy, but I have an uneasy feeling that isn’t going to be this season.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, I hadn’t heard Zajac would be out for a while. Then again, i hadn’t heard anything about him. If he is out for a long time, then I agree with your idea of what our 3rd line should look like.

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions  

He flew to Winnipeg this morning, and the doctor who did his Achilles surgery has recommended that he stay off the leg for a few weeks. The earliest he’ll be back is after the All-Star Break.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:39 PM EST up reply actions  

me too. Lets get the band back together. they looked good last March

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:34 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Hell of a tie, PDB. Looks like Bill Nye.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST reply actions  

Do the Devils’ players know something we don’t? For example, might it be one of those nights where the Devils’ PP would give up 931 odd-man rushes against; therefore there’s no need to risk disaster by drawing a penalty?

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:30 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Hedberg with a big stop on Hall. Also, PK, why was Hall that open?

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:31 PM EST reply actions  

Mooooooooooooose!

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 10:31 PM EST reply actions  

Moose gets run into by an Oiler, no call.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:31 PM EST reply actions  

Moose was slow to get up. That may be a hurtful non-call.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:32 PM EST up reply actions  

I thought I understood the rules, but there are 2 rules I apparently am not smart enough to comprehend.

1) Icing, they seem to call it off for no reason.
2) Goalie interference, sometimes its called, most of the time its open season.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Lol

I played hockey, but since the changes they made to the icing rules, my girlfriend can now predict icing better than I can. And she watches maybe three games a month.

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions  

Goalie interference seems to be an iffy issue. They tend to not call it when they should as far as I know.

Icing is when a player dumps in the puck from their own end, and it goes untouched through the neutral zone to past the goal line. A player from the other has to touch it first to initiate icing. It isn’t icing if the goaltender touches it.

Correct me if I’m wrong in any specific point.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions  

I understand the basic icing rule, i just don’t understand when they call no icing on a play that should be.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Referees have it at their discretion to wave off icing if they believe the defending player chasing the puck could reasonably have caught it before it crosses the end line.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions  

That beats me as well. I’m not entirely sure why it’s waived off a lot.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:39 PM EST up reply actions  

You’re right, I shouldn’t have used the sarcasm font on my comment before…

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Wow I looked up from my computer and the period is practically over. I thought we had a good ten minutes left in the period. I think I have a case of Chico-itis.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:32 PM EST reply actions  

avoid all sources of food and make sure you don’t butcher anybody’s name.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions  

If I start to grow a mustache, I give you full permission to pull the trigger.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll double tap. Just to be sure.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s very considerate.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions  

How many hot dogs did you eat? Whatever you do stay away from hot dogs!

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 10:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Please find a doctor that is covered by your HMO and make sure you shave any facial hair. Chico-itis is passed on by the mustache!

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions  

End of 2nd

Oilers end the second period with a PP and some chances. Devils showed some improvement at evens. 10-6 in the 2nd for SOGs in favor of Devils. Corsi jumped up to -5 after -13 first period, so we can say the Devils really did do better in 2nd. Kovalchuk is the reason it’s 1-0 NJ.

Side note: stop taking penalties, Devils. Yes, Kovalchuk’s SHG was sweet, I don’t want there to be a PPGA either.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:34 PM EST reply actions  

Also: Henrique line now positive at evens. Parise & Kovalchuk at +5, Henrique at +1.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions  

Theres that commerical again..

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 10:35 PM EST reply actions  

Gate: left open again. Is that 6 or 7?

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:35 PM EST reply actions  

I told my wife about the talk we had about that last night, and she asked what the big deal was. I told her to just watch the whole game with me, shed get it soon enough.

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions  

that gate is open everywhere on tv

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 10:37 PM EST up reply actions  

I must be dumb because I have no idea what you’re even talking about.

by KenKen on Jan 11, 2012 10:37 PM EST up reply actions  

do you mean the gate on pickup beds? If that’s it, I dunno. In car commercials it’s to show the size of the bed I think.

by KenKen on Jan 11, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions  

(The lyrics to the music in the background of the CitiCard Thank You Points commercial).

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Allow me to clarify:

SOMEBODY LEFT THE GATE OOOOPEEENN

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions  

yup. that should do it

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:39 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Youtube that and put commercial after it then you will understand

by SparTEn85 on Jan 11, 2012 10:39 PM EST up reply actions  

For those who are Youtube challenged, here is my librarian skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE4bcq8Plzk

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 10:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Every time someone posts a link to this video, the terrorists win.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:41 PM EST up reply actions  

i’ve been enlightened

by KenKen on Jan 11, 2012 10:42 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m youtube challenged. I refuse to let my computer go there.

Go Devils
Go Jets

by FrankG929 on Jan 11, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions  

lol

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:39 PM EST up reply actions  

oooooohhhhhh now i get it. Huge lightbulb just went off there in my head

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 10:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Wait, someone left the game open?!

by Devilsfan4life! on Jan 11, 2012 10:39 PM EST reply actions  

Yes, that means that Chico can get out at night

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Why do we have to let him back in?

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:41 PM EST up reply actions  

We don't HAVE TO. Just leave a hot dog available, and he'll find his own way back in

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions  

thats how they get him back to his seat in the booth after intermission. hot dog on a string

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:46 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

haha

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:41 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

lol

That’s how you spread Chico-itis. Please close the game at night.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Okay, Devils

Lets look good in the dreaded third period tonight

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:40 PM EST reply actions  

does anyone else hate tallinder as much as i do? i think he’s terrible.

by dptox86 on Jan 11, 2012 10:41 PM EST reply actions  

i dont hate him but i think hes played pretty poorly since hes come back from his back injury

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:42 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

alright you’re right i don’t hate him but i definitely think he’s not good and shouldn’t be on this team

by dptox86 on Jan 11, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions  

There isn’t a better alternative to take his minutes and role. There also is little likelihood of moving his contract right now, and the Devils aren’t going to pay him to play in the Minors/Europe.

No matter how much you might like a prospect such as Alexander Urbom, there’s no way he’s ready to take on that level of responsibility.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:45 PM EST up reply actions  

no definitely not, but anaheim might have someone or maybe we could rob tampa and get kubina and give them henrik (and probably something else). make sort of a lateral move if a team that’s struggling has some experienced Dmen that want to just shake things up to try to fit other players in their systems, see how they do.

by dptox86 on Jan 11, 2012 10:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Don’t go looking for unicorn trades to bail you out — it ain’t gonna happen.

Tallinder has two more years left on his contract after this season. That’s going to make it hard to move him in light of an uncertain financial landscape down the line, because nobody knows what the CBA is going to look like.

Anaheim has no reason to trade for Tallinder — they’re probably looking to rebuild from scratch if one believes the statements coming out of California. Tampa has a smart GM, one who probably sees no need to make such lateral moves…. let alone one where he takes on two years of salary for no good reason.

You’re stuck with Tallinder, whether or not you like that. I’d suggest getting over it and making the best of the situation.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:52 PM EST up reply actions  

I don’t personally, but you are certainly not alone in these parts with your sentiment

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions  

I like him. He’s tall and skinny and likes Iron Maiden. He was solid as hell during the 2nd half last year, and I think he’ll find his way again soon.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Likes Iron Maiden? Where did you derive this information? If it’s true, that’s awesome.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions  

The Devils media guide.

1995 - 2000 - 2003

by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions  

is that true ? he looks like a Sweedish metalhead. “HENRIK ! BERZERKER!!”

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:45 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

HENRIK! METAL FACE!!

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:48 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

That just makes me think of this

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:50 PM EST up reply actions  

cant click on it from the mobile app :(

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 10:51 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Hey Henrik

Skate to the Puck. Skate for you life.

Go Devils
Go Jets

by FrankG929 on Jan 11, 2012 10:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Henrik hath reckoned the number of the beast. That number is seven.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:47 PM EST up reply actions  

I like him I just wish NHL 12 would stop calling him talleander that really gets on my nerves.

by SparTEn85 on Jan 11, 2012 10:45 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m hoping henrique gets a point. Or 2 so he can break ahead of Nugent Hopkins

by Devilsfan4life! on Jan 11, 2012 10:42 PM EST reply actions  

That Kovalchuk goal on Lundqvist is one of the top three moments of last season. That game actually mattered, and the fans went crazy when he scored that breakaway goal.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:45 PM EST reply actions  

Kovy was pumped as hell after that goal and so was I

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 10:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Nice piece on #17 there.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 10:45 PM EST reply actions  

OH GOD! ANOTHER GATE IS OPEN!!!!!!!

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:46 PM EST reply actions  

@At least it’s not the game. Then Chico could get out. @

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Thats like the 8th time that gates been left open tonight.

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 10:46 PM EST reply actions  

you would think someone would have gone out and closed it by now

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 10:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Its kinda late, and its cold. Im not going out there.

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 10:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Why even bother, someone will just leave it open again

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Careful with that slippery slope logic, do you not make your bed too?

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 10:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Actually almost never haha. I live alone, so I have little motivation

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:52 PM EST up reply actions  

I bet by next commercial break its open again

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 10:51 PM EST up reply actions  

The dog is going to run away.

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:46 PM EST reply actions  

Who let the Resch out? (who, who)

Go Devils
Go Jets

by FrankG929 on Jan 11, 2012 10:47 PM EST up reply actions  

This dog?

I don’t think he knows what he’s doing…

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:49 PM EST up reply actions  

lol

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:49 PM EST up reply actions  

I love this, is this two or three games in a row now the lovely pic has appeared?

by Nesterdude on Jan 11, 2012 10:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Only the second in a row. I stumbled upon it last night.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Hopefully they’ll do a follow up on you’re welcome points with the gate finally closed.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:48 PM EST reply actions  

lol

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 10:48 PM EST reply actions  

Seeing the Kovy goal again: Great stuff. He beasted.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:48 PM EST reply actions  

Okay, Devils. Play a solid third. Please.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:50 PM EST reply actions  

Okay – it’s way past my bedtime. I want a solid-ass 3rd period.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:50 PM EST reply actions  

Man, with the gate opened maybe *I* should be the one to close it

yeah, MSG runs a lot of the same commercials. We get it. No need to harp on it constantly like a MSG commercial.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:50 PM EST reply actions  

I cant believe you let us go that long to be honest.

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 10:53 PM EST up reply actions  

hahah I was just thinking this

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, a third period has begun

The Parise penalty is killed.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:51 PM EST reply actions  

Another O-zone penalty.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:53 PM EST reply actions  

The Devils have taken another offensive zone penalty. Carter to the box for knocking Gagner’s stick out of his hand. Come on, Carter, that’s a rather easy one for the refs to whistle.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:53 PM EST reply actions  

Another offensive zone penalty. Wow. Ryan Carter .. that was terrible.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:53 PM EST reply actions  

Carter just “carted” his butt to the penalty box.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:54 PM EST reply actions  

Mr. Carter is likely done for tonight?

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 10:54 PM EST reply actions  

Eh

Devils don’t really have enough competent skaters to bench someone

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 10:55 PM EST up reply actions  

I would have said perhaps, but you’re right, he can play defense.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 10:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Why should a player’s competency have anything to do with whether or not he’s benched? Do you forget last season when the craptacular players making craptacular plays got away with whatever they wanted, but ol’ #17 was the one guy who got discplined the first half of the season?

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:56 PM EST up reply actions  

their Ryan evened it up

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by FrankG929 on Jan 11, 2012 10:55 PM EST reply actions  

The best thing about these SHGs is it has to make us even more effective, mentally that is, against the bad guys. You cant just ignore it.

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 10:55 PM EST reply actions  

And the PK is over

Ryan Smyth gets tagged for interference of his own, he hit Hedberg. Yes, the Devils will have an abbreviated PP.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:55 PM EST reply actions  

Weepy McMullet to the box.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:55 PM EST reply actions  

Pretty soft call on Smyth. But .. okay.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 10:55 PM EST reply actions  

Oh no

Devils’ PP upcoming. In light of how “well” the boys from Jersey have been playing, I have an ominous feeling about the PP.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:55 PM EST reply actions  

Well that makes up for the one where he got mauled.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 10:56 PM EST reply actions  

Elias roasts the Edmonton D, but no dice.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:57 PM EST reply actions  

Kovy flashing the defensive skills on Horcoff

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by TWilliAM on Jan 11, 2012 10:57 PM EST reply actions  

See that Tedenby? Elias did what you should be doing – taking a short shot AFTER the stickhandling dekes.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:57 PM EST reply actions  

Kovy with a nice play as Dman there

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 10:57 PM EST reply actions  

Horcoff could have went for that – but that would have risked too many men on the ice with the Oilers changing.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:57 PM EST reply actions  

ryan carter is a screw up

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by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 11, 2012 10:58 PM EST reply actions  

Somehow, Hemsky missed a glorious chance in front all alone. Devils really pinned back after the PP ended.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:59 PM EST reply actions  

Spending too much time in our zone…

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 10:59 PM EST reply actions  

longest. shift. ever.

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 10:59 PM EST reply actions  

Devils ice the puck – goodness, what a horrid shift!

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 10:59 PM EST reply actions  

That doesn’t help. Icing the puck means your tired players stay out there.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 10:59 PM EST reply actions  

we were pinned back for a good 2 minutes at least

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 11:00 PM EST reply actions  

man, that Oilers PP was insane.

Wait, it was 5v4?

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 11, 2012 11:00 PM EST reply actions  

When we're on

we have a pretty good team, it’s amazing how different they can be from night to night.

by Nesterdude on Jan 11, 2012 11:00 PM EST reply actions  

Absolutely necessary. Third period, long shift, no chance to change after icing, so they needed a rest.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions  

irrelevant but i want to point out that carter is a -14 and tedenby is a -15

by martysbetter30 on Jan 11, 2012 11:00 PM EST reply actions  

I caught that too. lol

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 11:01 PM EST up reply actions  

I’d mute the game and turn on the radio, but listening to Laughlin/Ross makes me search for knitting needles to insert into my ear canal.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:02 PM EST up reply actions  

same here. especially if Loughlin still calls Moose “Joe-han Hedberg” every time

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 11:04 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

No, Chico, #83 is not going to be in Ottawa very long. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he plays for Edmonton?

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:01 PM EST reply actions  

Maybe Chico knows something we don’t.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:01 PM EST up reply actions  

The mystifying Chicodamus.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 11:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Chico-itis.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:01 PM EST up reply actions  

He’s on a roll tonight

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Easy to confuse the two. Ottawa and Edmonton are only like 3,000 miles apart.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:02 PM EST up reply actions  

At least he didn't call him Adam Hemsky.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:02 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

I’m telling you, they feed that man alcohol hours before gametime as part of his pay.

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 11, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions  

I see Kovalchuk was out there with Carter and Boulton. I suspect Janssen’s benched now?

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:02 PM EST reply actions  

Boulton should sit right next to Janssen for the rest of the game

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 11:03 PM EST up reply actions  

That + Henrique and Parise were caught on the long shift with Clarkson

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 11:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, I forgot that was the change. I suppose I wanted to forget.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:04 PM EST up reply actions  

PK again. It’s going to be a long 11:40.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:03 PM EST reply actions  

Patrik Elias called for tripping. At least isn’t not in the o-zone.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:03 PM EST reply actions  

It’s time for the Power-Kill!

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:04 PM EST reply actions  

Uhhhhh….that’s a weak one.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:04 PM EST reply actions  

And it's tied

Ales Hemsky ties it up.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:05 PM EST reply actions  

Looks straight at the ref as he dives. Wow.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 11:05 PM EST reply actions  

And of course they score after that type of call.

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by Matthew Ventolo on Jan 11, 2012 11:05 PM EST reply actions  

Felt it coming

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:06 PM EST up reply actions  

It's Bettman's fault.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 11:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Moose would have had that one. Retire Marty.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:05 PM EST reply actions  

We had that coming.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:05 PM EST reply actions  

Smyth screened Hedberg perfectly. No way did he see Hemsky’s shot.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:06 PM EST reply actions  

Do we even root for a makeup call?

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 11:07 PM EST reply actions  

No

Not only haven’t the Devils played well enough to draw calls, but the PP would be likely to cough it up to Edmonton.

Take your chances at 5v5

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions  

5 to 1 advantage for Edmonton in the penalty department. I’d say we’re due to give up a shorthanded goal sometime soon.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 11:07 PM EST reply actions  

It could have been worse

He could have put Cam Janssen out there. Or maybe even both Janssen and Boulton.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s an old school strategy there. You put the goon out there and let him run around and hit people and maybe start a fight to get some momentum back.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Maybe walking around downtown Edmonton, DeBoer thought it was 1985?

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Ryan Smyth appeared to dive on that play in my opinion….

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 11:08 PM EST reply actions  

Yours and everyone else’s

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:09 PM EST up reply actions  

need to see more of the first line.

by piscataway_devil on Jan 11, 2012 11:08 PM EST reply actions  

Anyways, were we really expecting a 1-0 win?

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 11:09 PM EST reply actions  

For a moment there, I kind of was.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:10 PM EST up reply actions  

You know what would be nice? The Devils getting some offense. Ice has tilted back in Moose’s direction.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:12 PM EST reply actions  

I don't like the momentum of this game

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by Devilssection21fan on Jan 11, 2012 11:12 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions  

Gotta pick it up a little bit

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:13 PM EST reply actions  

language chico language …

by piscataway_devil on Jan 11, 2012 11:13 PM EST reply actions  

Chico says the Darnedest things!

Are we really worried about “killing the Devils playoff chances” with one loss in January while the Devils are still in a Top 8 spot?

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:13 PM EST reply actions  

hah and to a Western conference team at that

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 11:14 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

To be fair, Chico probably thinks Edmonton and Ottawa are the same team.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 11:15 PM EST up reply actions  

That was the closest Foster has come to scoring all season.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 11:14 PM EST reply actions  

foster’s defensive ability makes me miss Anssi Salmela

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It actually makes me miss Ken Klee.

KEN KLEE.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 11:16 PM EST up reply actions  

It makes me miss Martin Skoula.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:16 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't know what you are all talking about, Foster isn't that bad.

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:18 PM EST up reply actions  

All right

Let’s go for a regulation win!

by Nesterdude on Jan 11, 2012 11:15 PM EST reply actions  

Let’s go for a regulation win!

Any win will do. Regulation, overtime, or a shootout. Two points is two points…. and it isn’t like we have to worry about Edmonton battling us for a playoff spot.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:16 PM EST up reply actions  

KOVY

Almost…

Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!

by TWilliAM on Jan 11, 2012 11:15 PM EST reply actions  

Close chance for us…almost.

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 11:16 PM EST reply actions  

Good re-direction in front by Kovalchuk. It appears one line remembered what offense is.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:16 PM EST reply actions  

Damn Russian. Need to finish on those!

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:16 PM EST reply actions  

boulton and carter on a 2-1, go figure…..

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 11:19 PM EST reply actions  

Listening on the radio and laughin goes 2-1 forming...

Carter and Boulton move in, and I knew right there we were screwed

by SantonioBurress on Jan 11, 2012 11:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

why did i get my hopes up for that 2 on 1?

by JoeyV on Jan 11, 2012 11:19 PM EST reply actions  

you were hoping Boulton got possessed by the ghost of playoff Claude Lemieux?

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 11:22 PM EST up reply actions  

That’s awfully celfish.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Ryan Carter and Eric Boulton a 2-on-1. Carter’s pass gets through, puck bounces over Boulton’s stick. So it goes.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:19 PM EST reply actions  

Eric Lolton

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by NJallDay on Jan 11, 2012 11:19 PM EST reply actions  

You mean the 2 on 1

with Boulton and Carter didn’t work out?

by hammer1649 on Jan 11, 2012 11:19 PM EST reply actions  

Screw fairness, Chico. That opportunity wasn’t converted because it involved two players who should not be on an NHL roster.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:19 PM EST reply actions  

Hedberg comes up big on Jones.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:20 PM EST reply actions  

ANYONE BUT BOULTON THERE

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:20 PM EST reply actions  

Look at that lazy Russian

Standing around instead of backchecking

Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!

by TWilliAM on Jan 11, 2012 11:21 PM EST reply actions  

SCAR!

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by BlueChill on Jan 11, 2012 11:23 PM EST reply actions  

oh damm replay not paying attention

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by BlueChill on Jan 11, 2012 11:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Don’t do that.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 11:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Radio did subway play of the game

Without introing in and I jumped out of bed when they announced the kovi goal, only to crawl back in when he said that gives them a 1-0 lead…

by SantonioBurress on Jan 11, 2012 11:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

SCAR? I’m not watching…
SCAR? SCAR. SCAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 11:23 PM EST up reply actions  

1:20 left. Who’s gonna step up?

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:23 PM EST reply actions  

no coverage breakdown now guys

by piscataway_devil on Jan 11, 2012 11:24 PM EST reply actions  

Did Edmonton just find the winning formula?

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:24 PM EST reply actions  

They took an o-zone penalty within the game’s final minute, I’m going to guess no.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:26 PM EST up reply actions  

If the Oilers score there, taking advanage of the Devils’ SHGA problems sounds like a winner to me.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Devils to get a power play. 36 seconds left. Huh.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:24 PM EST reply actions  

Plzzzz dont give up a shorty

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 11:25 PM EST reply actions  

Big clear for EDM

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:25 PM EST reply actions  

Foster with a big stop after the shot block. Devils get a point in a HIDEOUS game.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:26 PM EST reply actions  

that might have been Fosters best play as a Devil

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 11:27 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

wow that was scary after that blocked shot

by MattiasTedenbyFlyingCircus on Jan 11, 2012 11:26 PM EST reply actions  

That was a good one.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Sheesh.

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 11:26 PM EST reply actions  

wow Kovy…why would you even risk that shot?

by Devils1192 on Jan 11, 2012 11:26 PM EST reply actions  

Brief scary moment, but the breakaway doesn’t materialize. Onward to OT.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:27 PM EST reply actions  

4 on 3, i say kovy gets GWG

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 11:27 PM EST reply actions  

Still time for a ROW win!

by HouseRich on Jan 11, 2012 11:27 PM EST reply actions  

Devils get a point out of this Alberta part of the trip. Devils -20 in Corsi to end regulation. So many shots were blocked; Devils pinned back too many times in third.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:28 PM EST reply actions  

Four forwards? Please?

I’d rather have Clarkson out there over Foster.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:28 PM EST reply actions  

No way

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by NJallDay on Jan 11, 2012 11:28 PM EST up reply actions  

It worked your way, but I still would have preferred a fourth forward. There isn’t anything to lose in OT against a team from the other Conference.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Sure there are things to lose when you consider a) we want another point, b) our past record of letting up shorties, c) Foster is a better option at the point that Clarkson any day of the week and d) Clarkson shouldn’t be on the PP to begin with IMO

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by NJallDay on Jan 11, 2012 11:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Play for the shootout. No shorthanded goals.

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by NJallDay on Jan 11, 2012 11:29 PM EST reply actions  

zachhhh!!!!!!

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 11:29 PM EST reply actions  

great work by elias.

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 11:31 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

SCAR PARISE!!!

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:29 PM EST reply actions  

Parise!!!!!!!!!

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by Matthew Ventolo on Jan 11, 2012 11:29 PM EST reply actions  

PARISE!

PATTY!

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SCAR WINNER!

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by BlueChill on Jan 11, 2012 11:29 PM EST reply actions  

PARISE IN OT!!!

Kovalchuk shot! Elias rebound! PARISE POUNDS IT IN!

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:29 PM EST reply actions  

YES!!!! PARISE!!!!

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 11:29 PM EST reply actions  

ZACH ATTACK!

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by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 11:29 PM EST reply actions  

I wasn’t watching, was that a regulation win?

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 11:30 PM EST reply actions  

ROW, yes. But not in regulation.

by acasser on Jan 11, 2012 11:31 PM EST up reply actions  

oh, ROW includes overtime? I didn’t know that, that’s awesome, thanks!

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 11:31 PM EST up reply actions  

ROW = Regulation and Overtime Win

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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:41 PM EST up reply actions  

ah, thanks for clarifying that…

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions  

A ROW is a ROW is a ROW.

by HouseRich on Jan 11, 2012 11:32 PM EST up reply actions  

good game, kind of

It’s been a pleasure guys, good night and good game…

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by andy6637 on Jan 11, 2012 11:30 PM EST reply actions  

SCAAARRRRR

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:30 PM EST reply actions  

Great setup by Patty. Zach seals the deal. Goodnight all.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:31 PM EST reply actions  

Did the Devils play well tonight? No. Oilers owned possession in first and third periods, Devils took 4 bad calls (Elias’ was #5 but it was weak, of course it became the PPGA), and they had to block a lot tonight. Moose had a very good game, I’m happy to see him do well. Kovalchuk was one of the few Devils who did well at evens; great to see him get the SHG and set up (in part) the PPG OT winner.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:32 PM EST reply actions  

In a results-oriented business, the win’s more important than the performance. Devils have to do far better in Winnipeg on Saturday, though.

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by John Fischer on Jan 11, 2012 11:33 PM EST up reply actions  

How fitting after Khabibulin leaves the gate open the commercial comes on.

by DiffuseTheBob on Jan 11, 2012 11:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

ty parise elias

return kovi to his strong wing

by Nesterdude on Jan 11, 2012 11:32 PM EST reply actions  

I can go to sleep happy tonight. Great finish. Not a great game, but 2 points is 2 points.

by dasru on Jan 11, 2012 11:32 PM EST reply actions  

Nice win there. Scratched it out

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:32 PM EST reply actions  

Moose came up big tonight. Nice rebound win.

"I'll drive the bus to make this team." - Petr Sykora, 2011

by natepilling on Jan 11, 2012 11:33 PM EST reply actions  

Now can we play with our real third and fourth lines pls. Can’t have Bolton and Jansen in the lineup

by piscataway_devil on Jan 11, 2012 11:34 PM EST reply actions  

38pts in 38gms for Kovy.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:34 PM EST reply actions  

It doesnt seem like hes playing phenomenal this season, but I mean thats really more on par with the Kovalchuk of old when you consider it.

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Amnesty buyout

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Not an exciting game really, but, they will take the W.

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 11:34 PM EST reply actions  

Parise’s first GWG of the year, interestingly.

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by bergenline on Jan 11, 2012 11:36 PM EST reply actions  

and chico just tosses in one more “Adam Hall” for good measure

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 11:37 PM EST reply actions  

Did Henrique get a point tonight on Parise’s goal?

by NJGuy on Jan 11, 2012 11:37 PM EST reply actions  

No, Kovy and Elias with the assists

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:38 PM EST up reply actions  

was deb placey blushing there, after that interview with Parisie!

by piscataway_devil on Jan 11, 2012 11:37 PM EST reply actions  

Shes probably giddy. He has that effect on the ladies.

by Chris Calabrese on Jan 11, 2012 11:38 PM EST up reply actions  

she was so giddy she was talking out the side of her mouth. oh , wait……

by JTdevs on Jan 11, 2012 11:45 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

All the ladies swoon for Zach

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 11, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions  

He better stay away from my woman!

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
"I was in the moment, and the moment said smack you." - Bruce Willis

by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions  

2 points!

After the refs did all they could to get the Oilers a goal, they made up for it with that last PP.

4 on 3 in OT = AUTOMATIC.

na-na-na-na HEY! You SUCK!!

by mogilny89 on Jan 11, 2012 11:45 PM EST reply actions  

Parise may not be in Ottawa for too much longer…

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 11, 2012 11:50 PM EST reply actions  

Where’s that “Zach Parise Show” graphic, I’ve been waiting for it!!! Or did we retire that one hahaha

by 5th Shift on Jan 11, 2012 11:53 PM EST reply actions  

This one haha?

Dug it up; © NJallDay (Would hate for him not to get credit for this masterpiece)

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 12, 2012 12:01 AM EST up reply actions  

hahaha

by JTdevs on Jan 12, 2012 12:06 AM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Now thats what I’m talking about!

by 5th Shift on Jan 12, 2012 11:58 AM EST up reply actions  

lol, Someone swore really loudly in the background of the Hedberg post game interview

There is nothing quite as satisfying as out running security after you've punched out a Flyers fan!
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by slackdog_rm on Jan 11, 2012 11:54 PM EST reply actions  

it was boulton finally realizing he missed that 2 on 1

by 5th Shift on Jan 11, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions  

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