In Defense of Keeping Stefan Matteau
Recently, the Devils made the decision to play Stefan Matteau in a 6th game, effectively burning a year off his contract. While most people aren't too happy about this, I'm not too worried about it.
Recently, the Devils made the decision to play Stefan Matteau in a 6th game, effectively burning a year off his contract. While most people aren't too happy about this, I'm not too worried about it.
Eleven games and ten power play goals into the 2013 regular season, and there's evidence showing that the Devils' power play has improved to a degree from last season. However, there's more room for further improvement.
The New Jersey Devils made a trade with the Los Angeles Kings: Andrei Lokitonov for a fifth round pick. This post is a quick reaction to the trade, focusing on the 5'10", 175 pound, 22-year old center the Devils just acquired.
After recapping last night's 3-1 win by the Devils over the Rangers, I got curious about the even strength play and made Corsi charts to determine it. This post shares my findings, including how the Rangers didn't dominate as a team at evens.
While it's a small population size, it's always important to look at puck possession. Looking deeper into the Devils possession numbers shows that the Devils problems early on are somewhat... interesting
The New Jersey Devils have been one of the most disciplined teams in the NHL in the last seven seasons, but so far in this season they're far from it. This post briefly explains how bad it's been and what calls they've took.
David Clarkson is hot right now for the New Jersey Devils. He's their top goalscorer, point producer, and shooter. This post takes a closer look at what he's done to see whether we can expect him to keep it up.
The New Jersey Devils have not had very good performances in the first period in most of their first five games in 2013. This quick post points out how they've been beaten in possession and makes some suggestions on what they should strive for.
Stephen Gionta's goal on Friday featured some very good play between the mighty mite and Jacob Josefson. I intend on looking back at the excellent play between those two and the goal against the Capitals.
Stefan Matteau just played his fourth game with the New Jersey Devils this season and he can play one more before his contract begins. I briefly look at what he's done in those four games and conclude that he should be returned to the QMJHL.