Monthly Archives: January 2011

Langenbrunner scratched, trade in works???

Word has come down over Twitter that Jamie Langenbrunner is a scratch tonight against the Flyers. The Devil captain who came over from the Stars along with Joe Nieuwendyk in a trade for former Cup hero Jason Arnott and Randy … Continue reading

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Give MZA an A

Okay, we’re kidding with that fancy title. In all seriousness, we like Mats Zuccarello Aasen. Not just because the gifted 23 year-old Norwegian who looks strikingly similar to Marty St. Louis notched an overtime winner in a thrilling Ranger 2-1 … Continue reading

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Sign of the apocalypse

Through all of the turmoil that has befallen the Devils this season, from the summerlong saga that was the Ilya Kovalchuk contract to the nightmare start from him and the rest of the offense not to mention the clueless AHL … Continue reading

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Our All-Stars

Today, the All-Star teams are named. Figure there to be a few surprises with a new way of selecting the squads for the game in Raleigh. Be that as it may, here’s how my Eastern Conference team would look: EAST … Continue reading

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Tavares, Moulson lift Isles over Flames, DP hurt again

The encouraging news is the Islanders continued their impressive play last night, posting a 5-2 win over the Flames at The Saddledome. John Tavares tallied twice and set up another matching a career high three points and Matt Moulson added … Continue reading

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Pens-Caps nightime Winter Classic and 24/7 series show the best of the NHL

Taking a moment to reflect on something other than a Devils’ season from hell, I’ve actually wanted to write about the Winter Classic ever since seeing the first episode of HBO’s 24/7 reality series spotlighting both Pittsburgh and Washington in … Continue reading

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Changes on the Island

“What are they doing here? They’re selling. Well, that’s not right.” That was a classic scene from Trading Places which ironically was just on Comedy Central the other night. If you grew up in the 80’s, then you know it … Continue reading

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Rangers blanked by Cats, send down Del Zotto

The weekend in South Florida wasn’t too kind to the Rangers, who fell to the Lightning for the third straight time this time 2-1 in overtime on a Nate Thompson goal 19 seconds in from David Tyrell. Seriously. Thanks to … Continue reading

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Devils take one step forward, two back over New Year’s weekend

Despite their loss on Wednesday to the Rangers, for the first time in weeks the Devils played a competitive game and Friday they followed that up with a nice 3-1 win over Atlanta where ex-Thrashers Johan Hedberg and Ilya Kovalchuk … Continue reading

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