Posts About "Jacques Lemaire"
Who Should Be Ilya Kovalchuk's Center Next Year?
August 16th, 2012 One of the more interesting decisions facing New Jersey Devils coach Pete DeBoer heading into next season will be which player will center his top gun Ilya Kovalchuk? The two likely candidates vying for the spot as the sniper's set-up man will be Adam Henrique and Travis Zajac. Each has spent almost a full season centering the Devils...
8 Defensemen on the New Jersey Devils Vying for 6 Spots
July 19th, 2012 Assuming the New Jersey Devils don't make any trades or signings before training camp opens, they will have eight defensemen competing for the top six slots. Each blueliner brings some value to the lineup so it will be interesting to see how coach Pete DeBoer and new assistant Scott Stevens handle the situation -- the possibility is...
Parise and Suter Sign With Minnesota: The Day That Changed The Wild
July 12th, 2012 Minnesota is the state of hockey. However, it has very rarely been the state of NHL hockey. The city lost its NHL franchise in 1993 when the Minnesota North Stars left for Dallas, and some wondered whether hockey would ever return again. After plenty of petitioning and encouragement towards local investors, it was announced that an...
2011-2012 New Jersey Devils: A Look Back
June 13th, 2012 In the chorus of his 1974 hit song "My Eyes Adored You" Frankie Valli, proud son of Newark and world famous crooner, sings, "So close, so close and yet, so far away." Undoubtedly a tribute to some long lost love of his, Valli's words are also a fitting eulogy to the bittersweet season completed by the hockey club that resides just a few...
Phoenix Coyotes Should be Heading Home with Hardware
May 26th, 2012 Who says that you can’t win Coach or GM of the Year multiple times? Since its inception in the 1973-74 season, the Jack Adams Award, given to the best head coach in the regular season, has only seen five coaches win the honor multiple times (Scotty Bowman, Pat Burns, Jacques Demers, Jacques Lemaire and Pat Quinn). Of those...
The Devils: Downward Spiral to Hell
January 5th, 2011 The hottest question on the lips of New Jersey hockey fans is “What’s happened to the Devils?” Anyone that saw the Minnesota Wild game Tuesday night seeking that insight came away still scratching his or her head. One answer echoed through the hallways of the Prudential Center long before the game started: A lack of...
Lemaire: Third Time a Charm?
December 27th, 2010 The word came across the news wires on Thursday afternoon: Jacques Lemaire will replace John MacLean as the NJ Devils head coach effective immediately, Lemaire's third tour-of-duty, coming after a brief seven-month furlough. “This was a decision that certainly was not one that is pleasant or we feel good about,” said Devils’...
Point/Counterpoint: Blue Jackets' Transition Presents More Opportunity Than Peril
September 29th, 2010 For those old enough to remember the 1970's, 60 Minutes once featured the Point/Counterpoint segment, in which James J. Kilpatrick (conservative) and Nicholas von Hoffman or Shana Alexander (liberal) would engage in an always lively, and frequently acerbic debate over a political or social issue of the time. However, the more famous...
