Posts About "Joseph Blandisi"
3 Devils Who Could Sneak Into the Lineup
September 25th, 2017 In stark contrast to previous years, the New Jersey Devils are light on professional tryouts (PTOs) in 2017-18. The major rationale, in all likelihood, is that the roster has not featured this level of depth and potential in its five-year playoff drought and the young guns are just too talented to be crowded out by aging veterans. That...
The Colorado Avalanche: An Odyssey of Idiocy, Part 2
August 9th, 2017 In case you missed the news, the Colorado Avalanche were historically bad last year. So bad that the last team to be as bad was an expansion franchise. You can lay the blame for the Avs bad season on any number of things going wrong. An injury depleted defense that wasn't top-notch even before the injuries hit. A downtrodden forward...
What Devils' New Signings Mean
July 26th, 2017 The New Jersey Devils announced three signings on Tuesday. Forward Joseph Blandisi, defenseman Mirco Mueller, and goaltender Scott Wedgewood are the recipients of new contracts. That leaves Damon Severson and Stefan Noesen as the only NHL regulars without new deals. Considering no Devils opted for salary arbitration, you can expect the...
Devils Kids Are All Right
February 21st, 2017 If the writing isn't on the wall, it doesn't have to be. Michael Cammalleri was a healthy scratch in two consecutive contests. Sergey Kalinin was traded. Vernon Fiddler was also dealt. The kids are coming and they're coming fast with the New Jersey Devils. Before the season started I wrote about how the AHL Albany Devils were hoping...
Albany Devils January Review
January 30th, 2017 Next man up. The rally cry has served the Albany Devils well in January and heading into the American Hockey League All-Star break. Callups of Luke Gazdic, Steven Santini, Seth Helgeson, Karl Stollery and Blake Coleman, along with injuries to Joseph Blandisi, John Quenneville, Jan Mandat and Peter Straka, haven't deterred the...
Albany's Blandisi and Quenneville Named AHL All-Stars
January 6th, 2017 As the American Hockey League readies for its 2017 All-Star Classic in Allentown, Pa., rosters for each of the four divisions have been selected. Each of the four squads will be composed of 12 players. All 30 teams will be represented, including the Albany Devils. Like they did last season with Mike Sislo and Yann Danis, the Devils...
Albany Devils November Review
November 30th, 2016 The month of November saw the Albany Devils turn back the clock. Yes, there was an Albany River Rats throwback night, but there was something else familiar with this team. Much like their predecessors from a season ago, these Devils are tenacious and winning with regularity. Albany finished November with a ledger of 6-4-0-1 (13...
New Jersey Devils Announce Prospects Challenge Roster
September 9th, 2016 The New Jersey Devils have announced their roster for the 2016 Prospects Challenge, set to take place at Buffalo's HarborCenter on Sept. 17 and 18. Highlighting the roster are the organizations last three first-round draft picks Michael McLeod, Pavel Zacha and John Quenneville. All three are approaching their NHL career, and Zacha has...
Boucher vs. Blandisi: Who Will It Be?
July 26th, 2016 Houston Hynes, we have a problem here. Not too long ago, we took a closer look as to what the Devils bottom six forward group might look like this season. Forwards such as Vernon Fiddler, Pavel Zacha, Beau Bennett, Jacob Josefson, Devante Smith-Pelly, and Sergey Kalinin will all make up this newly improved group. And yes, this group...
Albany Devils Ahead 2-0 On Utica Comets
April 24th, 2016 Back in the late 1990s, the NHL ran an ad campaign called "Get Cup Crazy," a play on the Prince song, "Let's Go Crazy." This weekend in Albany, fans were loud, be they from the Capital Region, Central New York, New Jersey or even the random dude wearing a Cornwall Aces sweater. Two Empire State rivals were going at it on the ice and the...
New Jersey's Youthful Outlook
March 18th, 2016 One positive to come out of the New Jersey Devils’ 2015-16 regular season has been the obvious improvement in some of the team’s young players. It was well-known that this would be the year that some of the team's prospects would finally have a genuine opportunity to play more consistently with the big club. It has not been a...
Joseph Blandisi & Devante Smith-Pelly Fined For Diving
March 3rd, 2016 Two Devils had the hammer come down on them Thursday, with Joseph Blandisi and Devante Smith-Pelly getting fined for diving. Under NHL Rule 64 both will be fined $2,000 for their second diving/embellishment infraction of the season. That brings the total number of Devils with a diving fine on the year to four, though both of...
New Jersey Devils: January Report Card
February 9th, 2016 January was not necessarily a month that many New Jersey Devils fans would like to remember. While it began with an exciting overtime win against the Dallas Stars and even encompassed a four-game winning streak at the end, the middle was muddled with losses and inconsistent play. It was a tale of what could be described as two...
