The New Jersey Devils placed 8 on waivers, 3 directly to Albany, and decided to not sign 1 more player today. I offer my reaction and thoughts to each player who didn't make the team and a few who are still on the roster.
Today yielded some surprising news among the New Jersey Devils faithful as Colin White and Trent Hunter have been waived for the intent of being bought out tomorrow. I discuss my thoughts on buying out each, what this means for the roster going into 2011-12, and the underlying "budget" issue.
The New Jersey Devils hired Peter DeBoer as their head coach and I believe it's a seemingly good hire for the team. This post explains what I believe are the benefits and concerns, includes a video of DeBoer speaking to the media, and a poll.
Tom Gulitti tweeted the news that the New Jersey Devils filed for team-elected arbitration with Zach Parise today. I point out what are the two possible outcomes of this decision by the Devils in this post.
Zach Parise still hasn't been signed yet and it's news that he could be taken to team-elected arbitration. In this post, I explain why this isn't that big of a deal right now as well as why he hasn't been signed yet.
The 2011 NHL Trade Deadline is coming up and already significant deals are being made. I argue in this post that despite the New Jersey Devils' excellent record since the Langenbrunner trade they should still sell at the trade deadline.
The decision to bring Jacques Lemaire as an interim head coach definitely sent a serious message to the players. In this post I go into why I believe that is while emphasizing for Jamie Langenbrunner and his supporters that they need to learn to deal with Lemaire if they want to stay Devils.
Lou Lamoriello has announced to the media that the current team and coaching staff are going to be in place for the time being. I criticize Lou's inaction on making changes to an 8-19-2 team, as well as speculate as to why he is deciding to do nothing for the time being.
Today, the New Jersey Devils held their second annual season ticket holder BBQ, featuring free food, entertainment, and the players and coaches on hand for pictures and small talk. This post contains my pictures and some of what the players told me prior to the picture.
Given the amount of discussion Puck Daddy's Mount "Puckmore" feature has generated, I come up with some other, more offbeat monuments for the New Jersey Devils history.
