Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsWhen your team doesn’t make the NHL playoffs (it’s kind of hard not to as 16 of 30 teams qualify), the season is deemed as unsuccessful. When the New Jersey Devils don’t make the playoffs (2 times in 16 seasons/2 of the last 3) changes will be made, as their mantra is: Stanley Cup or bust. ...
In the crazy season that just ended aka the lockout-shortened 48-game NHL 2013 season, every team dealt with major issues, be it crazy road trips, not enough practice time to correct specific flaws or injuries to key players. But of all the storylines in the 30-team league, one of the most interesting was how quickly ...
Any time a team misses the postseason, it’s disappointing. That is especially true of an organization with the expectations of the New Jersey Devils. Although it may be tempting to write off the season as a lockout shortened campaign, one with a smaller sample size, in the same breath, it’s hard to be completely dismissive ...
To say the least, it has been a tumultuous year for the New Jersey Devils. Left for dead by prognosticators following the off-season free agent exit of team captain Zach Parise, the Devils set out in 2012-13 to (as always) prove the critics wrong. After storming out of the gate to a 9-2-3 mark, the ...
On April 3, 2013 Steve Sullivan’s career came full circle — he was traded by the Phoenix Coyotes to the team that drafted him in 1994, the New Jersey Devils. His time between stints with the Devils was 16 years, 45 days, the third longest amount of time between stints with one team in NHL ...
The last time Russia had the Olympic games it was summer, the height of the cold war, and no one wanted to go to Russia. More than three decades later, they are getting the Olympics again, and no event will match the attention given to hockey. The Russians adore their hockey, and the nation’s best athletes usually flock to the sport. In Sochi 2014, Russia is certain to ice an incredibly talented team, with more than enough motivation in front of rabid home crowds to bring home the gold medal.
The New Jersey Devils are still in the top half of the Eastern Conference with 22 points (9-3-4), but they haven’t put together a solid 60-minute game since completing a home-and-home sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 10 by identical 3-1 scores. Those two ‘convincing wins’ were followed up by roller coaster week: a ...
With his New Jersey Devils off to a fast start in 2013 (9-2-3), GM Lou Lamoriello is already bolstering his lineup as his team looks to repeat as Eastern Conference champions. With Dainius Zubrus sidelined until possibly the last week of the regular season, Lamoriello brought Alexei Ponikarovsky back to the Devils for a second ...
New Jersey Devils General Manager Lou Lamoriello typically cites the 20 game mark as a barometer to assess team performance. That point is usually about the quarter mark of the regular season. Of course this is hardly your typical season and with 12 games under their belts, the Devils are now a fourth of the ...
Last night, the Washington Capitals were searching for answers to a frustrating 0-3 start, as they paid a visit to the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Head coach Adam Oates returned to New Jersey, where he previously worked as an assistant coach for the last two seasons. There you had it: several solid reasons to want to find the win column, for the first time in this shortened 48 game season.
