2008--09-season Stories - In Lou We Trust
Demitra: The Empty-Net Goal King
Just in case you get into a drunken debate about how many goals the Canucks scored into the empty net with the opposing goalie pulled, let me give you some completely useful stats (cue sarcasm) to put somewhere way back into your already cluttered mind. The Canucks scored 8 empty net goals last...
February 2009 in Review
February is the shortest month of the year, but it was one of the busiest for the Devils with 12 games in 28 days. As far as a month goes, it's pretty complete. It featured some highs, some lows, all kinds of wins and losses, and some big news. Ultimately, the Devils came out of the month very...
Division Snapshot 1/14 - 1/21
The New Jersey split their last week's of games, losing to Atlanta and Anaheim but beating Los Angeles and Vancouver. Would it be enough for the Devils to rise within the Atlantic Division? No. <!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Atlantic Standings GP W L OTL PT New York...
Division Snapshot: 12/15 - 12/22
Like life, the NHL is not a vacuum. It's not enough for your favorite team to win, sometimes. How rivals play, how other teams in the division and conference perform, and recent runs of form can affect a team's chances. Ideally, we would want them to control their own destiny and, really, that's...
All Good Things Must End
Normally, I'd like to be positive in how I see the Devils as a hockey team. Sometimes, it gets silly; but generally I see the glass being half full for the Devils and urge them to do better when they play poorly. I'm not one of those people who think that if the team's not in first place in the...
The Rise of Zubrus
In some ways, Dainius Zubrus is what Viktor Kozlov should have been. A big forward with a combination of skill, toughness, and skating ability that goes well together like chocolate chips in chocolate ice cream. Whereas Kozlov never gave anything resembling an effort on the ice for more than,...
No Mottau or Madden for Sunday
From reports from the NHL and Tom Gulitti at Fire & Ice, the Devils will be without Mike Mottau and John Madden on Sunday's late afternoon game with the Tampa Bay Lightning. There was controversy in last night's game, as Mike Mottau elbowed Frans Nielsen right in the chin in the third period. ...
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