It was the first game without Ruff. Interim Head Coach Travis Green’s first behind the center bench in New Jersey. And they didn’t look that much different, of course, falling flat against a better Panthers team that nevertheless were trying their hardest to allow the Devils back into the game.
Returning from California, the New Jersey Devils open up a three-game homestand against one of the Atlantic Division’s best teams: the Florida Panthers. The Devils did beat them in Sunrise earlier this season. Talk about it here as to whether they can/will do it again.
After 61 games in the 2023-24 season, the New Jersey Devils fired Lindy Ruff. Travis Green has been named as the interim head coach of the team. This post is a quick reaction to the massive news, which may have been too late for this season to be salvaged.
When Nico Daws first came into the fold this year, he provided better goaltending than Vitek Vanecek and Akira Schmid. However, Ruff’s decisions to continually play him have driven his performance into the ground.
After Timo Meier scored 15 seconds into the game, it was all downhill for the New Jersey Devils in a 1-5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on TNT. Bad goaltending, bad defending, and bad coaching were all on display in this loss.
The New Jersey Devils will end their trip through California with an afternoon game against the Los Angeles Kings. Will the Devils prevail in L.A.? Will they return home with a win? Talk about it here as it happens.
In the twenty-first weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot of this season, the New York Rangers finally lost, the New York Islanders got hot, and the New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins fell to Western Conference non-playhoff teams. All this and more in this week’s division snapshot.
A road trip through California ends this afternoon on national television. The New Jersey Devils will take on a rather strong 5-on-5 team in the Los Angeles Kings. Easily their toughest opponent on paper of the trip. Learn more about the matchup with this game preview.
The Washington Capitals did the Devils a favor by beating the Flyers in regulation. Instead of capitalizing on that, they looked a gift horse in the mouth and decided to return the proverbial horse instead, falling 4-3 to the Ducks.
Earlier today, the New Jersey Devils traded a seventh round pick and Zakhar Bardakov to the Colorado Avalanche for supposed tough guy and hockey player Kurtis MacDermid. Think Mason Geertsen and you’re close. Subsequently, I criticize this move in this post.
The New Jersey Devils travel to Orange County to play the Anaheim Ducks. For most teams, the Devils would have to try to avoid complacency. But the 2023-24 Lindy Ruff-coached Devils will try to avoid losing a second game to Anaheim. Talk about it here as it happens.
The New Jersey Devils went 6-5-1 in February, finding ways to follow up big wins and successes with disappointing moments and enraging losses. They remain behind in the playoff race and weirdly steadfast going into March. This is a summary of what happened in February 2024 with the New Jersey Devils.
With a large chunk of cap space to work with and inconsistent results on the ice, do we maybe see a different strategy for the New Jersey Devils as we approach the NHL trade deadline?
The New Jersey Devils got involved in the Chris Tanev trade from Calgary Flames to Dallas Stars by taking 50% of Tanev’s 50% retained salary and sending out Cole Brady. They received Dallas’ fourth round pick in 2026 for their efforts. This post is a quick reaction to this favor done by the Devils.
Tom Fitzgerald has a lot of work to do this summer, but he needs to carve out some time this summer to make the Devils harder to play against, in more ways that one.