The end of the NHL lockout is nigh and so David Sarch, John Fischer, and E.J. Fagan spend this week's episode of Talking Red discussing the new CBA, Jeff Vanderbeek owning the Devils, and the WJCs. We also answer listener questions about the Devils.
The New Jersey Devils ownership issues are resolved for now. Jeff Vanderbeek is now the complete owner of the organization and part of the team's debt has been refinanced. This post contains some initial thoughts on the news.
While the New Jersey Devils played the Philadelphia Flyers at the Prudential Center tonight, the Jersey Tour promotion made two stops in New Brunswick and on Rutgers' Livingston Campus. This report details all the questions the fans asked and the responses from the alumni and owner Jeff Vanderbeek.
Jeff Vanderbeek, along with three member of the Devils alumni, met with fans directly in Long Branch this evening to answer whatever questions they had about the team. I was there for both the media and public Q&A sessions and summarized both in this post.
At Ilya Kovalchuk's press conference, New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello and owner Jeff Vanderbeek were quoted with revealing details behind the team re-signing Kovalchuk. I offer my thoughts from ownership's involvement with the deal to Lou's own admission on long, front-loaded contracts.
The New Jersey Devils-Tampa Bay Lightning game on January 8 was postponed, and as compensation, the Devils are offering a free ticket to all ticket holders for that game. I got my ticket today, but I ask the community, is this fair compensation?
Inspired by Brandon Worley's Decade of Change article for the NHL, I thought of five possible and large long-term issues for the New Jersey Devils in the coming decade for discussion.
