Devils in the Details- 1/27/12: Poor Couture Edition

by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 27, 2012 8:08 AM EST in Devils in the Details

Your links for today

Rich Chere looks at the Devils during the first half [NJ.com]

Lou Lamoriello sees room for improvement in the Devils 1st half [Fire and Ice]

Jacob Josefson and Matt Taormina have been temporarily assigned to Albany to play while the rest of the team rests up during the all-star break [Fire and Ice]

Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke talks about Lou [National Post]

Fenwick Rankings at the all-star break [Arctic Ice Hockey]

If you're going to the AHL All-Star Weekend in Atlantic City, here's a few good places to drink [NJ.com]

Looking at goal differentials by period- which is the most important? [Canucks Army]

More complaints about Brendan Shanahan [Days of Y'Orr]

Cam Charron on Scott Gomez- he can't score goals but he drives play [The Leafs Nation]

Sharks Forward Logan Couture was taken last in the All-Star Fantasy draft. Have fun pimping your new ride Logan (Insert Xzibit joke here) [Backhand Shelf]

The NHLPA teams up with RIM to take a look behind the scenes of some NHL stars. Does anyone else find it funny that NHL is teaming up with RIM? [NHLPA]

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Comments

smh @ Burke.

Lots of complaints and minor jabs at Lou, but I’m not sure how that guy even thinks he can write a book on building a winning team. Lou is happy winning in front of 5,000 people? I can’t even touch that quote with any amount of restraint.

Sorry, that article alone just ruined by “buttered toast” for breakfast. What a tool.

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 27, 2012 9:16 AM EST reply actions

Lou built a team that won 3 Stanley Cups.

Burke stepped into a team and won the Cup in his second year, so he didn’t build the team, he inherited most of the parts. Not to mention the gift of having Rob Neidermayer on his team to lure Scott away from us.

I’ll take curmudgeonly Lou over boisterous Brian any day of the week.

by Marty 4 Prez on Jan 27, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions

LOU IS ABOUT WINNING.

I’d rather see us win 1-0 than lose 7-6 any day. The best entertainment is a win.

na-na-na-na HEY! You SUCK!!

by mogilny89 on Jan 27, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions

Exactly. If winning means you have to keep your hair short to be on Lou’s team and adhere to a strict code of conduct, is it not worth it?

Clearly Burke's way of doing things is so much better.

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 27, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions

Lou would have won a Cup in Toronto by now if he took over the same time Burke did.

na-na-na-na HEY! You SUCK!!

by mogilny89 on Jan 27, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions

But Lou makes players do things like practice hard and asks players to perform dumb tasks like taping the knobs of their sticks so it doesn’t cost our team a goal while they’re trying to collect a dropped stick.

He's such a bad GM.

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 27, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions

Sounds like Steinbrenner...

…and it seemed to work out for him…

by otamamij on Jan 27, 2012 2:50 PM EST up reply actions

Well, not entirely. After some early successes during his reign, Big Stein had about a 13-year lapse in postseason appearances.

by Marty 4 Prez on Jan 27, 2012 3:50 PM EST up reply actions

Perhaps that is what we are in the middle of now with teh Devils? Let them grow their hair immediately!!!

by otamamij on Jan 27, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions

Small crowds are just fine. No lines in the bathrooms or for beer.

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 27, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, because surely Toronto’s arena is full because of Brian Burke… not because it is a huge city that is completely crazy about hockey.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 27, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions

I think that’s the key thing, here.

As someone else pointed out, Burke inherited the Ducks and now he’s at a hockey-crazed town.

His observations and quips are without value. But, neither are they particularly damaging. Everybody knows Lou is a bit stodgy, not a showman predisposed to blathering on, gossipping about his colleagues.

by Alan Wright on Jan 28, 2012 8:56 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

There are some funny Lou quotes in that TG article. The best one is:

…we’ll proact to whatever we have to do with what we feel we might need or not need.

Figure that one out!

As far as Burke, F*** him. We’ll see where the Leafs are come playoff time.

by Bobby V on Jan 27, 2012 11:34 AM EST reply actions

50/50!

So in one breath Rich Chere says we should “relax, (Parise) won’t be traded.”. Then in the next sentence he says its only 50/50 that he stays! I’m sorry but if the chances of him staying are THAT low, he has to go now while we can still get something for him. It makes no sense to hang on to him all season just to lose him to the Red Wings for nothing this summer.

"We're looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy." Phoenix GM Bobby Smith.

by Michael Gianetti on Jan 27, 2012 12:02 PM EST via mobile reply actions

You can say that again.

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 27, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions

This

ESPN, Mike Francesa, NY Post, NY Daily News, Fox Sports = Propaganda
Blue and Orange, Green and White, Red and Black

Twitter: @BlueChill1123

by BlueChill on Jan 27, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions

50/50!

"We're looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy." Phoenix GM Bobby Smith.

by Michael Gianetti on Jan 27, 2012 12:02 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Just a figure of speech bro…

Seriously though, that is very confusing on Chere’s part.

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 27, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Just noticed the timestamps you cheeky bastard.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 27, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions

I had to. Excellent points by Gianetti all joking aside though.

by SatanicStickholders on Jan 28, 2012 12:45 AM EST up reply actions

I find it rather funny how the Negative Nancies come out in full force during a slump, and how forum fights seem to break out all the time about how it’s the end of the world for the Devils.

I’m happy though that we at least have a fair amount of people who don’t go crying that the sky is falling because we’re not 48-0-0.

by Marty 4 Prez on Jan 27, 2012 3:53 PM EST reply actions

we’re not 48-0-0

#FireDeBoer

In Lou We Trust: SBN Blog of the New Jersey Devils

by Matthew Ventolo on Jan 28, 2012 5:51 AM EST up reply actions

#RelocateTheTeamToAlbuquerque

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 28, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions

Atlantic City

Weird little piece on Atlantic City, there. I guess that’s their shore blogger. At least he mentioned the taxis/ jitneys to keep people safe.

But, I didn’t know AC was hosting the ECAC tourney in March. That’s cool. It’s a bitfar south from most of those ECAC schools but I guess it means AC will be full of private school kids for a few days.

by Alan Wright on Jan 28, 2012 8:49 AM EST via mobile reply actions